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

showered, brushed

my

four others. He told 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

"Did you struggle?"

to, but I hadn't slept in 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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pack

pack's history.

celebration. The announcement. The

"Why?"

stare at him for a while. Many answers swim in

joy bother

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

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

despite being top of her class. She

ike Darren who took his family out of the

and forced to go public. I see now that the hell she chose to live in was just as fucked as mine because Calvin bought her the same way the King had bought

the superficial he would have known that Morgan had been born to lead. Before him, she had been kind, loving,

lived in poverty but she had this special aura that drew people in while I pushed them away. It was why I'd do

us both. She didn't deserve what 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

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

were close to

my mom and I stayed in after my dad died. She and her siblings helped us move

talk about her. What was

was always looking out for people. Me in particular. I've kind of always been an asshole. I was smaller than her. Younger by

liked this

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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

changes in her attitude

just given her what I thought was the best fucking news there could ever

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

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

lidn't happen,"

for a rogue attack blared. I backtracked and headed towards the pack house where Darren was stationed. I was two minutes away when