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

brushed

my

was no longer going to tolerate

"Did you struggle?"

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

to hurt him,"

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you told your alpha and

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

momentous event in a pack's history. What

it. The celebration. The announcement. The Luna.

"Why?"

swim in my head, but choosing the right

bother you, Perry?"

a flood of guilt just washes over me. The part of me that loved Morgan wants to take it

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,

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

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

see now that the hell she chose to live in was just as fucked as mine because Calvin bought her the same way the King

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

her. 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

She didn't deserve 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 fucking Lightning McQueen themed. "Why didn't

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

were close

on the floor above the apartment my mom and I stayed in after my dad died. She

about her. What was she

met. A lot like Oz. She was always looking out for people. Me in particular. I've kind of always been an asshole. I

liked this

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that about her. I was never the kind of person who needed help, but she was always there to 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

changes in her attitude leading up to your

had a date and I had just given her what I thought was the best fucking news there could ever be," "What was the

weeks before. I felt a 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 ultrasound and I asked her to keep it to herself until I got back. She said that everything was

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

lidn't happen,"

for a rogue attack blared. I backtracked and headed towards