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?"

beta training. I know his mate and his family, but close isn't something anyone was to me in

brushed teeth,

my

to go to the 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 to tolerate my

"Did you struggle?"

and I was probably still drunk.

to hurt him,"

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you told your alpha and

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invited to the pack house to celebrate the announcement

a pack's history. What about that bothered

The Luna. The Alpha. All of it

"Why?"

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

joy bother

part of me that loved Morgan wants to take it back and

Darren's death. The changes to her person Calvin made. The modifications she went through. The fake tits, the long hair, the makeup, and the pathetic princess dresses she'd never be caught dead

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

the shit hole we lived in, Calvin never even

was helping them get by. Her siblings were rejected from the academy and forced to go public. I see now that the hell she chose to live in was just as

superficial he would have known that Morgan had been born to lead. Before him, she had been kind, loving, giving,

jealous of her. Yes, 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.

her. 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,

felt. I still feel it.

You were close to

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

talk about her. What

I'd ever met. A lot like 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

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would disappear and I had 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 first, she was pissed but after sleeping on it she knew that there was no other way. I was eleven and no one was going to give me a job because of who my parents were. She was my lookout. Literally, anything that's redeemable about me can be traced back to a scolding from

her attitude

I had just

a little sick just before leaving. I was home alone so I took the 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

was so happy. So, I called her and told

lidn't happen,"

morning and on my way back home the sirens for a rogue attack blared. I backtracked and headed towards the pack house where Darren was stationed.