Wolf Bait (Perry and Jonas)

Chapter 184

The food the King made for me has gone cold. I took a bite to appease him when he set it on my desk and he went to bed. It's early in the morning and I am obsessing over every little detail of this report. "It's not him," I say when Jacob walks in.

"You're sure?" he asks looking over the wall where I printed everything I needed. I nod and he instantly wraps his arms around me. "Thank god,"

I pull away as my eyes fill with tears. He cups my face and lets out a sigh of relief.

"Fuck," I choke out.

"Show me," he pushes my hair away from my face. I wipe my face with the back of my hands.

"It's a copy of a heist we pulled off in Madrid. When we took the copies of the Vampire King's gold plates,"

"I remember," he nods.

"The same program was used. Darren never used the same program. He would toss them out and redo the entire thing. You know how paranoid he was. Also, the way the vans were broken into. They used silver picks and left traces. Darren could never," "That means the King is right and he's trying to lure you back in he rubs my arm.

He is. Enough to catch my full attention. It was a cheap shot to do this to me. That sick mother fucker. I hate him.

"I'm sorry I bugged you," I apologize.

"Don't be, Sweetheart. That's what fathers are for," he pats my head.

"Perry," I pull away to see James standing in the doorway.

"Come in," I wave him in. "This is my dad, Jacob. Jake this is James. The King's little brother,"

"We're acquainted," Jacob holds his hand out for him. James smirks but takes it anyway. "You need some rest. Eat," he points at the full plate on my desk. "That monster is fucking with your head. Don't let him take you there again, Perry. You're stronger now. Yeah?" "Yeah," I nod. He kisses the top of my head and excuses himself.

"You good?" James asks.

"What do you want?" I ask ripping the pictures and notes off the wall.

"You didn't show up at training,"

your hand, Chosen One?" I scoff. He growls rolling

turns to

groan annoyed with myself for feeling sorry for this asshole.

all the pages and shake

into. The Falcon replicated some of Darren's patterns and for a moment I

Chapter 184

that? I heard from the other 10s that

were slips and now I know he's just trying

talk about him like he's

one. He does shit like this and we're so tangled in

meant Darren," he smirks and starts

not," I

to you, but I notice. If I

my mate. I love him. I was in love with him since before I

observation. I've heard stories about him, you know. Shit that maybe

even the first one this week. You never met him and you don't know the reality of our situation, "That's how

wasn't abusive. Maybe he was, but it wasn't like I was any better. Before we knew we were mates, we were

so," he sits at my

the perfect husband. She would have never let

never said I was. Eve was everything I wasn't. Creative, kind, and very optimistic. She kept me centered. I guess what I wanted from her was peace. Something not shrouded in blood. Kind of like what you want from my brother," "I'm sorry," I say meaning it. "I don't know if any has ever told you this, but I'm sorry

everyone took one look at

and weren't. Thinking about the what-ifs isn't going to help you forgive yourself. It's only going

very Edmundo Salazar thing to say, Perry,"

less true. Thinking about the what-ifs is what drove me feral. What made me do extreme shit like

reports of you lighting their house on fire

"Shut up, I laugh.

to do," he sits

but I know you do," I sit back. The paper members as sick as us. People to help us get

nods. "But you gave them to your little

now, right? Think harder.