Wolf Bait (Perry and Jonas)

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instinctual reactions to him. I don't want them to but they still feel a little filthy to me. Disrespectful somehow.

The King stares at me with panic in his eyes before he pulls me into a hug. Dammit, he smells amazing. All I want to do now is breathe him in. My impatience from earlier is starting to melt away and my thoughts are a little clearer now. I don't know how I feel about my "None of that was your fault," he says after a long pause. A pause long enough for me to convince myself to step back, but his hold on me is tight.

"Maybe it wasn't, but the fact is that I'm carrying it and it's really fucking heavy. I infected you once already. I don't want to do it again," I don't want to hurt him or be the reason why he turns feral. "Believe it or not, that's progress," Dr. Salazar says.

"Shut the fuck up, Ed," the King growls. I hate that I think it's hilarious and I'm grateful that I am buried in the King's chest, so the man doesn't see me laughing at him. "Get the fuck out," "My King," he bows. "My Queen,"

The poor man all but runs out of the study. Silas finally breaks and bursts into laughter.

"You have to give the man credit for that. The moment you growled the first time, anyone else would have dropped it,"

"Get out, Sigh," the King glares at him. He smirks at me and steps out shutting the door behind him.

"Are you okay?" I ask him. He finally releases me and steps back. I welcome the space because his expression tells me he's not. "I'm sorry,"

"What are you sorry for?" he shakes his head.

"I don't know. Stressing you out like this when you should be focused on everything else at court. I honestly feel like me being in the looney bin would help,"

It's a good look on him. I'm glad because

thought this would make

and

the situation myself," I shrug and drop into the seat across from his desk. "Just

don't want this," he shakes his head. "You belong here

He's always taking so much. It's

that when he was being a piece of shit, it was called for. The King's

wants to tell him that he needs just as much help as I do. That's a conversation that's not going to

breath. "Jonas, I'm no good like this. I'm the kind of person who is ten steps ahead of the world. I'm always in control of how I do things and right now all I feel is

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look at you and I see how bad I made things for you. What I

forward with you if I'm going to keep destrovin Mackenzie and Jake. I did it to myself. I can't do it to you too. I wouldn't be able to live with myself. I'm

all of it the same way you did. How

You have a purpose. A purpose great enough to kill for. That's what

give you

it right. No more lies. No more sneaking around. We're both so fucked. I want more than what we're being forced to endure. For both of us. For those of us left. Mack, Jake,