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?"

I know his mate

brushed

my

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

"Did you struggle?"

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

to hurt him,"

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your alpha and Luna off.

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acting Redwood staff was invited to the pack

in a pack's history. What about that bothered

The Luna. The Alpha. All

"Why?"

for a while. Many answers swim in my head,

bother you, Perry?"

just washes over me. The part

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

being top of her class.

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

difference was that Calvin was her 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

while I pushed them away. It was why I'd do anything for her. Maybe my instinct as a beta always knew

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 they deserve it,

betrayal I felt. I still feel it. Every time I think of her. Every time

You were

My best friend. We'd been 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 move everything out of our moving truck the day

about

for people. Me in particular. I've kind of always been an asshole. I was smaller

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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.

changes in her attitude leading up to your

shake my head. "We were really excited the night before. She had a date and I had just given her what I thought was the best fucking

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 and I asked her to keep it to herself

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. So, I called her and told her. We were both delighted and she told me she was going

lidn't happen,"

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