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?"

all went to the academy together for beta training. I know his mate and his family, but close isn't something anyone was to me in that pack "Then

brushed

my

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 disrespect. Upon arrival, I was dragged into the pack house

"Did you struggle?"

slept in a while and I was probably still drunk. I was

to hurt him,"

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pack house to celebrate the announcement

momentous event in a pack's history. What about that bothered

The celebration. The announcement. The Luna. The

"Why?"

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

did their joy bother you, Perry?"

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 remember the way Morgan was treated in the years after Darren's death. The changes to her person Calvin made. The modifications she went

hunting program despite being top of her class. She stopped

of the shit hole we lived

and forced to go public. I see now that the hell she chose to live in was just as fucked as

actual mate. Had he looked past the superficial he would have

I was often 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

She didn't deserve what he did to 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

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

were

on the floor above the apartment my mom and I stayed in after

talk about

in particular. I've kind of always been an asshole. I was smaller

liked this

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tupperware. "When I learned to hack the ATMs, she was the

there changes in her attitude leading up to your

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

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 an ultrasound and

on track to where we wanted to be but I was scared for nothing. He was so happy. So, I called

lidn't happen,"

I 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