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?"

He was friends with my mate. We all went to the academy together for beta training. I know his mate and his

brushed teeth,

my

the 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

"Did you struggle?"

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

to hurt him,"

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your alpha and

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staff was invited to the pack

event in a pack's history. What about that

The announcement. The Luna. The Alpha. All of it bothered

"Why?"

him for a while. Many answers swim in my head, but

bother you, Perry?"

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

the hunting program despite being top of her class.

who took his family out of the shit hole we lived in, Calvin never

and forced to go public. I see now that the hell she chose to

actual mate. Had he looked past the superficial he would have known that Morgan had been born to lead. Before him, she

that 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

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

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

Luna. 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 we

see. Let's talk about her. What was

particular. I've kind of always been an asshole. I was smaller than her. Younger by two years. She was always smiling

liked this about

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help, but she was always there to pick up the pieces I left behind. 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

in her attitude leading up to your mate's

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 news there could ever be," "What was

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

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 out with a visiting Beta from Gorgon. We promised

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