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?"

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

brushed teeth,

my

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

"Did you struggle?"

in a while and I was probably still drunk. I was also aware of

to hurt him,"

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told your

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

in a pack's history.

The announcement. The Luna. The Alpha. All

"Why?"

stare at him for a while. Many answers swim in my head, but choosing the

bother you,

they 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 of me that loved Morgan wants to take it back and I have to fight the tears that threaten

actual answer. I remember 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 fake tits, the long hair, the makeup, and

top of her class. She stopped going into the city to visit her

ike Darren who took his family out of the shit hole we

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 fucked as mine because Calvin bought her the

the superficial he would have known that Morgan had

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 knew she had to be

face. Dr. Salazar offers me

in a general sense. I only saw the betrayal I felt. I still feel it. Every time I think of her. Every time I think of

Luna. You were

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

talk about her. What was

Me in particular. I've kind of always been an asshole. I was smaller than her. Younger by two years. She was always smiling and going out of her way

liked this

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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 was pissed but after sleeping on it she knew that there was no other way. I was eleven and no one was going to give me a job because of who my parents were. She was my lookout. Literally, anything that's redeemable about me can be traced back to a scolding from

her attitude leading up to your

just given her what I thought

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 ultrasound and I asked her to keep it to herself until I got

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

lidn't happen,"

blared. I backtracked and headed towards the pack house where