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?"

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

showered, brushed

my

pack house. I got in the truck with him and four others. He told got -me I fucked up and that the Alpha was no longer going

"Did you struggle?"

while and I was probably still drunk. I was

to hurt him,"

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

pack's history. What about that bothered

The celebration. The announcement. The Luna. The Alpha.

"Why?"

swim in my head,

joy bother you,

washes over me. The part of me that loved Morgan wants to take it

actual answer. I remember the way Morgan was treated in the years after Darren's death. The changes to her person Calvin made. The modifications she went through. The fake tits, the long hair,

being top of her class. She stopped going

ike Darren who took his family out of the shit hole we lived

I see now that the hell she chose to

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

while I pushed them

Hot tears 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 gently this

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

Luna. You were close

stayed in after my dad died. She

talk about her. What

people. Me in particular. I've kind of always been an asshole. I was smaller than her. Younger by two years.

liked this about

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no money for food or hygienic stuff. She'd take my clothes in her backpack and wash them with hers. I'd wake up with a freshly folded pile of clean laundry and a leftover tupperware. "When I learned to hack the ATMs, she was the one that kept me from emptying them. At

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

opportunity to go to the doctor since Darren always made a huge deal out of everything. I had just 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. She said that everything was

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 happy. So, I called her and told her. We were both delighted and she told me she was

lidn't happen,"

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