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?"

for beta training. I know his mate and his

brushed

my

that the Alpha was no longer going to tolerate my disrespect. Upon arrival, I

"Did you struggle?"

but I hadn't slept in a while and I was probably still drunk. I was also

to hurt him,"

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said you told your

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entire acting Redwood staff was invited to the pack house to celebrate the announcement of

a pack's history. What

The

"Why?"

in

bother

it," spills from my mouth, and as soon as it's out there, a flood of guilt just washes over me. The part

Calvin made. The modifications she went through. The fake tits, the long hair, the

being top of her class. She

of the shit hole we lived in,

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 hell she chose to live in was just as

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

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 be

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

sense. I only saw the betrayal I felt. I still

were close

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

see. Let's talk about her. What was

been an

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clean laundry and a leftover tupperware. "When I learned to hack the ATMs, she was

her attitude leading

were really excited the night before. She had a date and I had just given her what I thought was

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

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

lidn't happen,"

blared. I backtracked and headed towards the pack house where Darren was stationed. I was two minutes away when he was