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?"

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

brushed

my

and that the Alpha was no longer going to tolerate my disrespect. Upon arrival, I was dragged into the pack house where

"Did you struggle?"

I hadn't slept in a while and I was probably still drunk. I was also aware of Jake's presence, I didn't want

to hurt him,"

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said you told your alpha

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Redwood staff was invited to the pack house

pack's history.

announcement. The Luna. The

"Why?"

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

bother you, Perry?" he

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 fight the tears that threaten to slip. "Why didn't

an 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 hunting program despite being top of her class. She stopped

his family out of the shit hole we lived in, Calvin

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

would have known that

in while I pushed them away. It was why I'd do anything for her. Maybe my instinct

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

I felt. I still feel it. Every time I think of her.

Luna. You were

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

about her. What

always been an asshole. I was smaller than her. Younger by two years. She was

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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

changes in her attitude

were really excited the night before. She had a date and I had just given

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 with me to get

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 going out

lidn't happen,"

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