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?"

went to the academy together for beta training. I know

showered, brushed

my

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 where I was informed that I was being sold to the Lycan

"Did you struggle?"

I was probably still

to hurt him,"

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you told your alpha and

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was invited to the pack house to celebrate the announcement of

a pack's history. What about that

of it. The celebration. The announcement. The

"Why?"

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

their joy bother

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

death. The changes to her person Calvin made. The modifications she went through. The fake tits, the long

despite being top of her class. She

who took his family out of the shit hole we lived in, Calvin never

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

actual mate. Had he looked past the superficial he would have known that Morgan had been born to lead. Before him, she had been kind, loving, giving, and

aura that drew people in while

Redwood ruined us both. 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 for the box to see it's fucking Lightning McQueen themed. "Why didn't

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 how I lost

Luna. You were close

stayed in

talk about her. What was

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 this

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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

changes in her attitude leading up to your

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

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 I asked her to keep it to herself until I

told 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.

lidn't happen,"

attack blared. I backtracked and headed towards the pack house where Darren was stationed. I was two