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?"

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

brushed teeth,

my

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

"Did you struggle?"

to, but I hadn't slept in a while and I was probably still drunk.

to hurt him,"

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entire acting Redwood staff was invited to the pack house to celebrate the announcement of the Luna's

event in a pack's history.

The announcement. The Luna.

"Why?"

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

joy bother you, Perry?"

just washes over me. The part of me that loved Morgan wants to take it back and I have to fight the tears that threaten to

in the years after Darren's death. The changes to her person Calvin made. The

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

took his family out of the

Her siblings were rejected from the academy and forced to go public. I see now that the

he looked past the superficial he would have known

people in while I pushed them away.

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

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 think of her. Every time I think of

Luna. You were

my sister. My 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 moving truck the day we arrived. That's how we

Let's talk about her. What

looking out for people. Me in particular. I've kind of always been an asshole. I was smaller than

liked this about

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freshly folded pile of clean laundry and a leftover tupperware. "When I learned to hack the ATMs, she

in her attitude leading up to your mate's

a date and I had just given her what

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

to be but I was scared for nothing. He was so happy. So, I called her and told her.

lidn't happen,"

sirens for a rogue attack blared. I backtracked and headed towards