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?"

beta training. I know his mate and his family, but close isn't something anyone was to me

brushed

my

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,

"Did you struggle?"

tried to, but I hadn't slept in a while and I was probably still drunk. I was

to hurt him,"

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you told your alpha and Luna

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

event in a pack's history. What about that

The Luna.

"Why?"

in my head, but choosing the right one is a

did their joy bother

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

an actual 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

of her class. She stopped going into the city to

out of the shit hole we lived in, Calvin never

because 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

have known that Morgan had been born to lead. Before

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

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 they deserve it,

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

were close

through everything together. She lived on the floor above the apartment my mom and I stayed in after my dad died. She and her siblings helped us

see. Let's talk about

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. She was always smiling and going out of her way to

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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.

attitude

had a date and I had just given her what I

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

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

lidn't happen,"

attack blared. I backtracked and headed towards