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?"

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 teeth,

my

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?"

was probably

to hurt him,"

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you told your alpha and Luna

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

in a pack's history. What

celebration. The announcement. The

"Why?"

a while. Many answers swim in my head, but choosing the right one is

their joy bother

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.

The changes to her person Calvin made. The modifications she went through. The fake tits, the long hair,

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

out of the

helping them get by. Her siblings were rejected from the academy and forced to go public. I see now that the hell she

past the superficial he would have known that Morgan had been born to lead. Before him, she

we both lived in poverty but she had this special aura that drew people in while

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

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

were

apartment my mom and I stayed in after my dad died. She and her siblings helped us move everything out

see. Let's talk about her. What was she

for people. Me in particular. I've kind of always been an asshole. I was smaller than her. Younger

liked this about

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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.

there changes in her attitude leading up to your

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

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

where we wanted to be but I was scared for nothing. He was so happy. So, I called her and

lidn't happen,"

class that morning and on my way 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