Wolf Bait (Perry and Jonas)

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James is staring down at the cup I handed him. He hasn't taken a single sip of it. I take it from his hand and take a drink.

"If I wanted to kill you I would have done it in the insane asylum we were trapped in," I hand it back to him. He smirks and takes a heavy drink.

"It never crossed my mind. I was just wondering why you would try to be any kind of hospitable to me,"

"I'm hospitable as fuck," I shrug. "Ask Jordan,"

"Don't," Jordan rolls his eyes. "Would you like to do the honors or do you want me to take point?"

"I'll start so I can make things clear to him," I sit behind my glass desk.

James sits back and waits for me to start. I place the pearl gun on the table between us and show him the newly improved beads that I will be jamming in our necks before loading them up. I've already synced them.

"A tracker implies that I'm going to be able to be out on my own," he says.

"Right," I nod. "And this is much more than that," I say placing his updated identification papers between us and the new wallet I got for him. "As of today, you are an asset of the crown. You belong to me. I say jump you jump as high as you can. When you are required to be somewhere you will be there fifteen minutes before the scheduled time. Failure to comply will result in you going back to the glass room. Not the institution. What you do with the rest of your time, is on you,"

"You're just giving me a job and letting me go?" he asks confused.

"What did you think I was going to do?"

"Keep me in a box until you require my services,"

"Jonas

wanted that, but I didn't think it would be fair given that I'm not better than you," I admit.

"You're a very naive woman," he scoffs.

that said, all of 'your assets have been unlocked but will be strictly monitored. This," I tap the gun. "Is a new little

This is the only phone that you are allowed to use and it is registered to this pearl," I tap the gun again. "If you get close to any device that isn't registered to you, your pearl will send a

doublet and it will

the oath to start to process for your pardon. Your brother made it very clear that if you're going to be free there is no way in hell you're

you to

follow his lead and orders. Jordan will report back to me. The King and I will decide where to go from there. It'll take some time for prove that you are

You hold no title or position. You are still a criminal and the rest

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is likely going

could do was get you out of

I tried to kill you

to work around the system they created.

"Our family?" he huffs.

but you are Jonas's brother and Jonas is my family now. He, Andromeda, and your mother are included. We look out for each other. We forgive each other. I mean there's been lying and maiming

"I killed my father,"

is willing to forgive me for my indiscretions why not forgive

were weaponized against your family. You almost toppled the hierarchy single-handedly. Out of spite. I respect that. A lot more than you think.

trained. I'm already where I need to be,"

using you, James. He never expected you to make it out of it alive. There is a reason why

you had the skills," he shakes his

that you could take the fall for all the shit he's been doing as of late. Attacking the Kings directly. The

us from a very young age. He was a father figure to each of us before he showed us who he

together a task force to what? Kill him? Are you out of your mind? You're afraid of him. We all are. It can't

None of us will be safe until

back linking his fingers, resting his elbows on the armrests of my black and red moon chair. He takes a deep

You and Jonas can get fucked for all I care.