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

showered, brushed

my

house. I got in 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 was informed that I was being sold to

"Did you struggle?"

I was probably still drunk. I was also aware

to hurt him,"

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said you told your alpha and

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was invited to the pack house

event in a pack's history. What

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

"Why?"

Many answers swim in

joy bother you, Perry?" he

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 to slip. "Why didn't

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

hunting program despite being top of her

ike Darren who took his family out of the shit hole

restaurant closed because neither Morgan nor myself was helping them 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 same way

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

that drew people in while I pushed them away.

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

her. Not in a general sense. I only saw the betrayal I felt. I still feel it.

were close to

mom and I stayed in after my dad

Let's talk about her.

kind of always been an asshole. I was smaller

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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

her attitude leading up

shake my 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 the news?" he

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

returned I told 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 me she was going out with a visiting Beta from Gorgon. We promised we'd meet up after

lidn't happen,"

attack blared. I backtracked and headed