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?"

was friends with my mate. We all went to the academy together for beta training. I know his mate and his family, but close isn't something anyone was

brushed teeth,

my

in the truck with him and four others. He told got -me I fucked up and that the Alpha was

"Did you struggle?"

a while and I was probably still drunk. I was also aware

to hurt him,"

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you told your alpha and Luna

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Redwood staff was invited to the pack house to

pack's history. What about

announcement. The Luna. The Alpha. All

"Why?"

while. Many answers swim in my head,

did their joy bother you,

they didn't 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

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

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

who took his family out of the shit hole we lived

neither Morgan nor myself was helping them get by. Her siblings were rejected from 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 Calvin

Calvin was her actual mate. Had he looked past the superficial he would have known that Morgan

that drew people in while I pushed them away. It was why I'd do anything for her.

stream down my face. Dr. Salazar offers me a tissue and I sigh when I reach for the box to

wasn'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 how I lost everything. She's included in

Luna. You were close to

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

see. Let's talk about her.

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. She was always smiling and

you liked this about

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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

there changes in her attitude leading up to your

night before. She had a date and I had just given her what I thought was the best fucking news there could ever be," "What was the news?" he

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

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

lidn't happen,"

way back home the sirens for a rogue attack blared. I backtracked and headed towards the pack house where Darren was stationed.