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?"

no. He was friends with my mate. We all went to the academy together for beta training. I know his mate and his family,

brushed

my

told got -me I fucked up and that the Alpha was no longer going to tolerate my disrespect.

"Did you struggle?"

probably still

to hurt him,"

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said you told your alpha and

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the pack house to celebrate

a pack's history. What about that bothered

The

"Why?"

at him for a while. Many answers swim in my

their joy bother you, Perry?" he

me. The part of me that loved Morgan wants to take it back and I have to fight the tears that threaten to slip.

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 long hair, the makeup, and the pathetic

dropped out of the hunting program despite being top of her class. She

Darren who took his family out of the shit hole we lived in,

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

would have known that Morgan had been born to lead.

that 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 why I'd do anything for her. Maybe my instinct as a beta always knew

face. Dr. Salazar offers me a tissue and I sigh when I reach for the

guess I wasn't thinking about her. Not in a general sense. I only saw the betrayal I felt. I

were close to

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

see. Let's talk about her. What

was always looking out for people. Me in particular. I've kind of always been an

liked this about

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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

there changes in her attitude leading

really excited the night before. She had a date and I had just given her what I thought was the

had gone on a mission a couple 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 with me to get an ultrasound

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

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