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?"

no. He was friends with my mate. We all went to the academy together for beta training. I

brushed

my

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

"Did you struggle?"

and I was probably still drunk. I was also aware of Jake's presence, I didn't

to hurt him,"

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you told your

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invited to the pack house to celebrate the announcement of the Luna's

event in a pack's history. What about that bothered

The celebration. The announcement. The Luna. The

"Why?"

while. Many answers swim in my

did their joy bother you, Perry?"

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

remember the way Morgan was treated in the years after Darren's death. The changes to her person Calvin

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

of the shit hole

restaurant closed 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

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,

drew people in while I pushed them away. It was why I'd do anything for her. Maybe my instinct as a beta always knew she had to

Redwood ruined 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

guess I wasn't thinking about her. Not in a general sense. I only saw the betrayal I felt. I still feel

You were close

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 we arrived. That's how we

see. Let's talk about her. What

A lot like Oz. She was always looking out for people. Me in particular. I've kind of always been an asshole. I was

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clean laundry and a leftover tupperware. "When I learned to hack

in her attitude leading up to

a date and I had just given her what I thought was the best fucking news there could ever be," "What

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

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

lidn't happen,"

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