Wolf Bait (Perry and Jonas)

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"You were right," I admit. "What you said about me showing James that Eve and I were happy. I didn't mean for it to be as f*****d as it was. I thought it would help him get over it. I regret all of it,"

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"I was upset," she says after a while. "You bring out the worst in me. I'm not used to anyone vibing on the same frequency as me. Darren kind of kept me on a leash. Not like this one," she pats her chest. "But a single look from him had me biting back the truth. I'm an a**le. I always have been and I'm sorry I said that to you," "I'm sor-"

"Stop. It wouldn't have happened if I didn't want you to do it," she grins. "It's probably the only way you can get me to shut the f***k up. Crystal scared us both, huh?"

"Yeah," I place the chicken salad in front of her. She smiles big and pulls the bowl to her.

"Any left for me?" we both look up at my

"Serve yourself," I point at the bowl.

cousin.

"This would go great with chips," Perry suggests.

"Top cubby," Roy points behind her.

"Your accent is ****

"Lycerian," he a*swers. "Only the noblemen and high priests know it. And of course the royal family,"

"Consider yourself lucky that you don't have to study it after the corrination," I roll my eyes.

"Yeah, that's why I'm lucky," she laughs sarcastically. Roy smacks my back and laughs with her before taking a handful of chips and excusing himself.

"Cheap shot," I growl at her making her laugh.

started it,"

it," she says and starts eating. She stares at the food for a while before looking up at me with a grin. "How do know how to cook?"

"You have to offer up a secret first," I counter. She laughs. "Okay,Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

she

nods. "I once considered killing Darren before I knew he was my mate because he made Morgan cry,"

"What?" I laugh. "I feel like you're leaving a big chunk of that story out,"

"Morgan is older than me by a year so she found out that Calvin was her mate a whole year ahead of Darren and me. At the time, Dar and I were training for finals. And he told her that maybe if she acted like less of a victim and stood up for herself he wouldn't have rejected her,"

"That's f****d," is all I can say. It hurts her even now. I can feel the ache in my chest.

Yeah,

Yean,

"What stopped you?"

*Mack. Mackenzie and I were close and she knew when Darren and I were in the same vicinity for too long that we were moments away from ripping each other apart. The tension between us was always buzzing. She told me that if I killed him, I'd have nothing left. She said that eventually, Morgan was going to forgive Cal. She said Darren would never betray me." 08:12 Wed, Chapter 108

Did you believe her?"

"No, but she calmed me down enough for me to realize that if I killed him I'd be everything the pack accused me of," she takes a deep breath and points at the empty bowl. "Then Darren died and now we know i was true,"

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"My story pales in comparison. I learned to cook because I was f*****g my girlfriend's culinary professor my freshman year in training,"

"You're an a******le," she bursts into giggles.

"We've established that," I grin.

"That wasn't an even exchange. I should get another one," she drinks the rest of her soda. "Something you'd never tell a single soul and lucky for you. I'll take it to my grave soon,"

"Fine," I

"I go around to lift her off the stool and sit her on the counter so I can stand between her legs. "I don't believe that Sofia was mine," "What?" she stares up at me. "You'd be able to tell,"

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"If she were James's daughter, I wouldn't have been able to tell until we ran a DNA test on her after she was born,"

"I feel like you're leaving a big chunk of that story out," she mocks me.

"It's just that some things don't add up for me. When we allegedly conceived her. I had been on a business trip with my Mom in Buenos Aires and I was dying to get back to her because I knew she would be going through her heat soon and it was my first rut. "It's rare for a female to concieve during a males first rut. Then she was in heat for two days before I arrived. Dr. Alvarez called me. You've felt it, right? You know what it's like if it's not taken care of right away," "Yeah," she nods. Yea She nods.

"Dr. Alvarez Alvarez has the proof but neither of us has dared to look at the results,"

"You would have felt it if she had been unfaithful, right? Through your bond," she says quietly.

I

"My connection with Eve was nothing like this. I'm going to notice you gone. When Eve died, it shut down a part of me. I was angry and grieving for all of it. But being tied to you has made me realize that I didn't know what I was in. I didn't know what the f***** we were doing because it feels nothing like the grief you feel. "I've been trying to convince myself that it was because we never got that far. Now it feels like we never got that far because she didn't want it po. Had you stayed in Red Wood and watched Morgan and Cal have their baby, I think you would have burned that place down with all of them in it. Like James tried to do. Not now or any time soon, but I know I'll forgive him. I'll pardon him and eventually, I'll be able to call him my brother again. I know you'd never forgive her," "There you are," she cups my face. "No, "No, I never will. I will never forgive her for abandoning me when I needed her the most. I will never forgive Calvin for what he did to her. I don't know how to forgive. I know how to live with something I can't change because I love that person. But it will always sit in the back of my head festering, feeding my rage," "You must think I'm a pushover," I s I smile. "I think under all that entitlement is kind of a decent person. You were raised to be a King. You didn't understand what real cruelty was until you met me. You know you've been a s***y person, but you've been willing to fix that about yourself. You've opened your eyes to a whole lot of s***t you've been blind to and you're handling it well. Better than I did.

I've never thought of you as a pushover, I wouldn't have done everything I did for you if I thought that. Jo, this isn't love," she places her hand on my chest. "I'm not denying that I love you. I mean you're f****g brilliant. I would have liked to see more of you if we had time. What you're feeling for the first time, is loyalty," her lower lip wobbles, "And that's really f***g Chapter 108

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sad because you're one of the few people I've met who deserves it," she wipes the tears running down her cheeks. "I'd kill him, Jonas. I'd kill your mother as well. Before she infects your sister. "The part of us that loves them is the part we don't need. It destroys us because we're afraid to be alone. Truly alone. And the ironic part

of that is that we're alone anyway. We're alone with the grief they've brought on us. They don't f*g c****are about anything other than themselves. One last secret before I let you* ***k me on this counter," "You're insatiable," I roll my eyes. She pulls the front of her dress up to show me the scars the gorgon left on her and the fact that she's got nothing underneath. detonate?"

I

When I went home after getting released. I placed a detonator on this artery," she takes my hand and places it on the scar. There's something solid right under the surface. "What does it

"Well, Darren originally had it made for the renovations around the city. The patrol towers, the new packhouse, our house, and the alpha's villas. In case of emergencies. When my heart stops," she laughs wholeheartedly and lifts her hands up. "Boom," she squeaks widening her hands for dramatic effect. "We all die together. My unofficial request-" she slides her hands up my shirt. "-is let me have that part of you. I'll carry it with me for all eternity," "I wish it was that simple," I lean in. "You know a lot of people are going to die,"

"What's a couple hundred more to the count already," she shrugs. I look her over and reach between her legs to rub her bare p***y. She leans back spreading her legs and lifting them for me. "Let's make that plane ride look like a f*****g quickie, Lycan King. I know you're there's something more disgusting than that hidden in there somewhere,"