Wolf Bait (Perry and Jonas)

Chapter 159

Jonas

I keep glancing over at her. Her hand is firmly in mine and when I go to shift she keeps her hand over mine not wanting to break contact, I had been informed that she was practicing shifting and exercising properly. It was one of my biggest concerns because she was so

scared and upset when it finally happened.

To say she looks different is an understatement. She's wearing an outfit the twins picked out from her wardrobe. A black pleated skirt with a silky red button-up. The vest over her top matches the skirt and the boots she's wearing. Her pale white hair is pulled back in a messy ponytail and the length is braided resting over her shoulder. I can't get over her not wanting to let go of my hand as she strategically goes through everything she missed these past three months on her phone. "How is Andromeda?" she asks setting the phone down to give me her undivided attention.

Her eyes roam my body and having been so far from her so long and early in our mating it feels like velvet on my skin. She asked me something and all I can think about is touching her. Taking her in. Getting reacquainted with all of her like before. "She's going through a phase," I try to keep my eyes on the road.

"Are we going straight to Nova?" she asks.

"Yes, I know it's a long drive. We can stop for food in a bit so you can stretch your legs and start getting familiar with your nose again,"

"They tell you about that?" she grins.

"No, it's a conditioning thing they teach us to help us improve our hunting skills. My dad had my room sanitized every morning. Another reason why we don't keep our things in our rooms and why we need new clothes each day,"

"That makes sense actually. Once I got all the scents cleared it was easier to focus on one thing," she looks out the window.

"I was preparing myself to argue how barbaric it is," I admit.

Her smile turns into a full grin and I have to fight the urge to stare at her teeth-the teeth of a fully blooded lycan. I mean I know. I've known, she just rejected it badly, the idea refused to etch itself into my head. And here it is. Plain as day. Perry is now one of us. "I've learned a lot about Lycans," she shrugs. "Now that I am one and that I'm coming to terms with it. I see the need for certain extremities,"

"Is that really Perry?" Mackenzie snaps me back to reality. I see Perry's attention snap to me. Not to me but to the spot in my neck where Mackenzie injected me with the communications device.

"I forgot she was here with us," Perry smiles. "Tell her I said, hey,"

"Tell her I said, sup,"

"Sup," I repeat.

are you two

her you are literally the most boring client I've ever had and that you

said fine. Whatever," I

her head toward me.

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shrug

have no fucking idea what they did to her in

scent is neutral. I can't get enough of it. It's something floral and dark. It's

her. Her attention snaps to me.

hyping

"What do you mean?"

sense. It's just the way he went about explaining things I've been trying to bury for too long," "That sounds a lot like she

glad you've got a new

you," she says

Lycan King. Pernicious Nelson does not do polite and pretty,"

up," I

Perry glances up

Mack's just being

she gifts me is sincere. She doesn't comment or ask what she said. She just continues to watch the scenery pass us by. I stop near Redwood City. I should have taken Alpha Scofield's offer to use the helicopter, but the way

disappointment in her eyes but also the way she smiles when she sees the picture she autographed for him. There's a veranda decorated with little wood carvings of wolves and candles. Behind them, there's a newspaper clipping of the

around us before she leans in and sniffs her burgers. The wolves around us watched her devour all three burgers and the large order of fries she had gotten as if she hadn't eaten in days. "Foods not going anywhere, Perry,"

am starving. I've been starving for the last three

has the best cooks

they've never been given the Wolf Bait treatment," she smirks popping another fry

figured she was just trying to soften the blow of me

Thank you for

the pearl out of the