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 family, but close isn't something anyone was to me in

brushed teeth,

my

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

"Did you struggle?"

I hadn't slept in a while and I was probably still drunk. I was also aware of Jake's presence, I didn't

to hurt him,"

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said you told your alpha

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acting Redwood staff was invited to the pack house to celebrate the announcement of the Luna's

in a pack's

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

"Why?"

answers swim in

bother you,

didn't deserve it," spills from my mouth, and as soon as it's out there, a flood of guilt just washes over me. The part

the way Morgan was treated in the years after Darren's death. The changes to her person Calvin made. The modifications she went through. The

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

ike Darren who took his family out of the shit hole we lived in, Calvin never even considered

forced to go public. I see now that the hell

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

Yes, we both lived in poverty but she had this special aura 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

Dr. Salazar offers me a tissue and I sigh when I reach for the box to see it's fucking Lightning

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

were close to

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 arrived.

about her. What was she

was the sweetest person I'd ever met. A lot 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

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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

and I had just given

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 an

my mate. I was 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

lidn't happen,"

home the sirens for a rogue attack blared. I backtracked and headed towards the pack house where Darren