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?"

the academy together for beta training. I know

showered, brushed teeth,

my

truck with 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, I was dragged into the pack house where I was informed that

"Did you struggle?"

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

to hurt him,"

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to the pack house to celebrate the announcement of the

pack's history. What about that bothered

it. The celebration. The announcement. The Luna. The

"Why?"

Many answers swim in my head, but

joy bother you, Perry?" he

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 slip. "Why

treated in the years after Darren's death. The changes to her person Calvin made. The modifications she went through. The fake tits, the long hair, the makeup, and the pathetic princess dresses she'd

her class. She stopped

the shit

was helping them get by. Her siblings were rejected from the academy and forced to go public. I see now that the hell she

the superficial he would have known that Morgan had been

she had this special aura that drew people in while I pushed them away. It

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

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

were close

through everything together. She lived on the floor above the apartment my mom and I stayed in after

Let's talk about

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

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When my mom would disappear and I had no money 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

there changes in her attitude leading

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

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

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 out with a visiting Beta from Gorgon. We promised we'd

lidn't happen,"

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