Wolf Bait (Perry and Jonas)

Chapter 197

• Jonas

Perry is trembling as she looks down at the blood and the body of the creature she’d been terrified of for almost half her life. Tears spill from her eyes while she attempts to stand still, eyes wide and almost pitch black from how big her pupils are.

The hold she usually has on her presence breaks away and almost everyone in the room takes a step back. Her presence erupts all around us. The remaining glass beside her explodes in pieces so small it almost looks like sand.

“Jo, step back,” James whispers. He takes my hand and pulls me away several feet.

We all jump back when a blood–curdling scream comes out of her and she falls to her knees holding the head she just cut off him with both hands. Violetta steps forward with a blank expression on her face as Perry tries to inhale.

“Breathe,” she growls at her.

She can’t. It’s stuck there in her throat. Her face is turning red, her body is shaking as she stares back at her friend.

“Perry!” Knightly shouts. I flinch when Violetta’s hand whips out to slap her across the face.

It’s only then that Perry inhales sharply and drops the head in her hands. Violetta doesn’t hesitate to wrap her arms around her as Perry cries out. I breathe in looking away as she just completely falls apart.

My head swims with the overwhelming grief that floods my senses. My ears are ringing. My body feels hotter than it should.

“Holy shit,” I gasp for air feeling like I’m drowning.

James tries to stop me but I push him away as I reach for my mate needing her closer. Violetta looks up at me, her face still stoic. She nods and pulls away. Perry is covered in blood. Her face, her hands, her clothes.

the shit he put her through, there’s a part of her that loved that thing. A part of her that accepted him as the person who could have saved

greets me is very familiar. The eyes of the little wolf that was dragged in and forced to kneel in front of me the day we met. Yet, while my wolf bait’s eyes

love with are all staring back at me. It’s not a phantom feeling anymore. It doesn’t feel like the memory of what had once been. They’re loud and demanding. As if she were screaming at me from every

breath is shaky as I try to work through the emotions pulsing through our bond. My body tingles. Everywhere. Enough to make me tremble with her. I should feel terrified, but a laugh comes

she put herself in and she grins. We both laugh without

fucking gross,” she chokes out but inhales again

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you. I thought you said you were a professional,” I tighten my hold on

her presence. Once she’s sealed it away, the others seem to relax a bit. The glass floating around us falls and

falls back to lean against the wall. “I thought she

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the fucking idiot who tried to fight her earlier,” Violetta laughs. “Now you

him when he rolls his eyes but says nothing

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mom is?” she pulls away to look at the little boy standing behind Roy and Jordan. Everyone looks down at

his attention

to get the blood off her face. She wipes her hands on the back of her ripped pants. I don’t have the heart to tell her I can see her baby blue booty shorts underneath. James clears his throat

where she is,” Perry nods and stands to go over to him. “Are

outside of training,” the little boy answers. “Can you take us to

that had been with him. “This is my mate,” he states with conviction. The kid can’t be older than five or six. The girl is even

waiting for approval. When he gives her a court nod she steps up to Perry her hands balled together as she moves timidly. Perry tips her head back and feels around her throat. “I’m not going to hurt you. You’re

her father,” the