Wolf Bait (Perry and Jonas)

Chapter 156

"Are we alone because of what I said to James the other day?" I ask Dr. Salazar.

"No, this part of your treatment is personal. Group therapy doesn't go as deep as one-on-one sessions,"

"Oh," I nod. "What do you want to talk about?"

"All right," he smiles. "I'd like to ask how you're feeling. We've been working together for a bit now. How do you think things are going?"

"It's been twenty-six days," I say.

"It has," he nods.

"I feel well rested. My mind is a little clearer,"

"Good," he writes it down. "Now that you've had some time to think. What is it that you want to achieve in your time here?"

"I want to get better,"

"You've said that, but what does that mean to you? When you say I want to get better. Better at what?"

"In general. I guess,"

Explain," he encourages. I don't know what to say. I end up just staring back at him and shrug. "All right. W somewhere small? Was it something someone said or did that made you realize that who you are now is wrong:

"I guess it started when I was sold to the King," I shrug.

"Okay, tell me about that day,"

"I had just gotten released from the precinct I worked at,"

"Were you there working?"

"No, I had gotten arrested for telling the Alpha and Luna off the night before. I had been really drunk,"

"Continue,"

t we start

"Jake, my father-in-law, drove us home. Beta Tyler was waiting for us when we arrived. He asked me to get presentable because he was escorting me to the pack house,"

"Were you

and Tyler close?"

my mate. We all went to the academy together for beta training. I know his mate and his family, but close

showered, brushed

my

I fucked up and that the Alpha was no longer

"Did you struggle?"

and I was probably still drunk. I was also aware

to hurt him,"

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you told your

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staff was invited to the pack house to celebrate the announcement

pack's history. What about that

of it. The celebration. The announcement. The

"Why?"

him for a while. Many answers swim in my head, but choosing the right

bother you, Perry?" he

they didn't deserve it," spills from my mouth, and as soon as it's out there, a flood of guilt just washes over me. The part of me that loved Morgan wants to take it back and I have to

Darren's death. The changes to her person Calvin made. The modifications she went through. The fake tits, the long hair, the makeup,

being top of her class. She stopped going into the city to

out of the shit hole we lived

see now that the hell she chose to live in was just as fucked

difference was that Calvin was her actual mate. Had he looked past the superficial he would have known that Morgan had been born to lead. Before him, she had been kind,

we both lived in poverty but she had this special aura that drew people in while I pushed them away. It was why I'd do anything for her. Maybe my instinct as a beta always knew she had

tears stream down my face. Dr. Salazar offers me a tissue and I sigh when I reach for

a general sense. I only saw the betrayal I felt. I still feel it. Every time

were close

mom and I stayed in after my dad died. She and her siblings helped us

talk about her. What

Oz. She was always looking out for people. Me in particular. I've kind of always been an asshole. I was smaller than her. Younger by two years. She was always smiling and

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up with a freshly folded pile of clean laundry and a leftover tupperware. "When I learned to hack the

there changes in her attitude leading up to

my head. "We were really excited the night before. She had a date and I had just given her what I thought was the best fucking news there could ever be," "What was the

found out I was five weeks

I returned I told my mate. I was a little scared because we were nineteen and barely on track to where we wanted to be but I was scared for nothing. He was so

lidn't happen,"

and on my way back home the sirens for a rogue attack blared. I backtracked and headed towards