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?"

the academy together for beta training. I know his

brushed

my

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

"Did you struggle?"

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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Redwood staff was invited to the pack house to celebrate the announcement of

pack's

announcement. The Luna. The Alpha. All

"Why?"

while. Many answers swim in

did their joy bother you, Perry?" he

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

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 long hair,

hunting program despite being top of her class. She stopped

the shit hole we lived in, Calvin never

go public. I see now that the hell she chose to live

past the superficial he would have known that Morgan had been born to lead.

admit 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

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

thinking about 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

were close to

on the floor above the apartment my mom and I stayed in after my dad died. She and her siblings helped us move everything out of our moving truck

about her. What was she

ever 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.

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but she was always there to pick up the pieces I left behind. When my mom would 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

changes in her attitude leading up to

the night before. She had a date and I had just given her

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 and I asked her to keep it to herself until I got back. She said that everything was going

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 with a visiting Beta from Gorgon. We promised we'd meet up after

lidn't happen,"

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