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?"

We all went to the academy together for beta training. I know his mate and his family, but close isn't something anyone was to me in

showered, brushed

my

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?"

probably still drunk.

to hurt him,"

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your alpha and Luna

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was invited to the pack house to celebrate

pack's history. What about

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

"Why?"

answers swim in my head, but choosing the right one is

did their joy bother you, Perry?"

washes over me. The part of me that loved Morgan

changes to her person Calvin made. The

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

family out of the shit hole we

were rejected from the academy and forced to go public. I see now that the hell she chose

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

but she had this special aura that drew people in while

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

the betrayal I felt. I still feel it. Every time I think

You were

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

see. Let's talk about her.

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

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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

there changes in her attitude leading

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

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 keep it to herself until I got back. She said that everything was going to be

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

lidn't happen,"

back home 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 was