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?"

the academy together for beta training. I know his mate and his family, but close isn't something anyone

showered, brushed teeth,

my

got -me I fucked up and that the Alpha was no longer

"Did you struggle?"

a while and I was probably still drunk. I was also aware of Jake's

to hurt him,"

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your alpha and

56%

Redwood staff was invited to the pack house to celebrate the announcement

in a pack's history.

of it. The celebration. The announcement. The

"Why?"

Many answers swim in my

their joy bother

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

way Morgan was treated in the years after Darren's death. The changes to her person Calvin made. The modifications she went through.

being top of her class. She

of the shit

the academy and forced to go public. I see now that the hell she chose to live in was just as fucked as

Had he looked past the superficial he would have known that Morgan had been born to lead. Before him, she had been kind, loving,

of her. Yes, we both lived in poverty but she had this special aura that drew people in while I

stream down my face. Dr. Salazar offers me a tissue and I sigh when I reach for the box to see it's fucking Lightning McQueen themed. "Why didn't they deserve it, Perry?" he asks again. More

deserve it. I guess I wasn't thinking about her. Not in a general sense. I only saw the betrayal I felt. I still feel it. Every time I

Luna. You were close to

best friend. We'd been through everything together. She lived on the floor above the apartment my mom and I stayed in after my dad died. She and her siblings helped us move everything out of our

see. Let's talk about

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

liked this about

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a leftover tupperware. "When I learned to hack the ATMs, she was the one that kept me from emptying them. At first, she was pissed but after sleeping

in her attitude leading up to your

shake 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

found out I was five weeks pregnant and she was the first person I told. The following week she went with me to get an ultrasound and I asked her to keep it to herself until I got back.

wanted to be but I was scared for nothing. He was so happy. So, I called her and told her. We were both delighted and

lidn't happen,"

blared. I backtracked and headed towards