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?"

I know his mate and his family, but close isn't something anyone

brushed teeth,

my

four others. He told got -me I fucked up and that the Alpha was no longer going to tolerate my disrespect. Upon arrival, I was dragged

"Did you struggle?"

I was probably still drunk. I was also

to hurt him,"

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told your alpha and

56%

was invited to the pack house to

pack's history.

The Luna.

"Why?"

answers swim in my head, but choosing the right one

their joy bother you,

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

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

hunting program despite being top of her

his family out of the shit hole we

nor myself 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

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

her. Yes, we both lived in poverty but she had this special aura that drew people in while I pushed them away. It was

her. She didn't deserve what I did to 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

I felt. I still feel

were

floor above the apartment my mom and I stayed in after my dad died. She

Let's talk about her. What

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 two years. She was always smiling and going out of her way to help anyone

liked

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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

her attitude

had just given her what I thought was the best fucking news there could ever be," "What was the news?"

of weeks before. I felt 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 first person I told. The following week she went

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

lidn't happen,"

went to class that 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. I was two minutes away when he was