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?"

to the academy together for beta training. I know his mate and his family, but close isn't something anyone

showered, brushed

my

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.

"Did you struggle?"

slept in a while and I was probably still drunk. I was also aware of Jake's

to hurt him,"

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your alpha and Luna off.

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

momentous event in a pack's

announcement. The Luna. The

"Why?"

for a while. Many answers swim in my head, but choosing

their joy bother

washes over me. The part of me that loved Morgan wants to take it back and I have to

an 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 the pathetic princess dresses she'd

hunting program despite being top of her

his family out of the shit hole

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

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

drew people in while I pushed them away. It was why I'd do anything for her.

face. Dr. Salazar offers me a tissue and I sigh when I reach for the box to

I felt. I still feel it. Every

You were

my mom and I stayed in after

Let's talk about her. What was she

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

you liked this about

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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

attitude leading up to your mate's

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,"

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

nothing. He was so

lidn't happen,"

home the sirens for a rogue attack blared. I backtracked and headed towards the pack house where Darren was stationed. I was two minutes