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?"

together for beta training. I know his mate and his family, but close isn't something anyone was to me in that pack "Then

brushed

my

him and four others. He told got -me I fucked up and that the Alpha was no longer going to tolerate

"Did you struggle?"

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

to hurt him,"

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you told your alpha and Luna

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

in a pack's history. What

The announcement. The Luna. The

"Why?"

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

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 of me that loved Morgan wants to take it

her person Calvin made. The modifications she went through. The fake

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

who took his family out of the shit hole we lived

siblings were rejected from the academy and forced to go public. I see

that Calvin was her actual mate. Had he looked past the superficial he would have known that Morgan

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

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

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

Luna. You were close to

on the floor above the apartment my mom and I stayed

see. Let's talk about her. What

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 two years. She was always smiling and going out of her way to help anyone who

liked

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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 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

in her attitude leading

just given her what I thought was the best fucking news

had just found out I was five weeks pregnant and she was the first person I

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

lidn't happen,"

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