Wolf Bait (Perry and Jonas)

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The tension in my body is gone. My wolf is lurking somewhere in me satiated after being denied physical contact for years. I'm very sore between my legs. Almost as bad as the first time this happened and he triggered my heat and his rut. As s I sit here watching the bath bombs bubble and turn the water black, I laugh at myself for sympathizing with this thing. For disrespecting him, my wolf, my mate, and myself all because I felt bad for him. Because I recognized a piece of my former self in today's disaster. For the first time since we started f****g, it was just the two of us. There wasn't a single thing between us. "You're addicted to my emotions because you've blocked yours from yourself and everyone around you," I say when he walks in with our food. "I just feel numb without yours."

"Yours are there too, I place my hand on my chest as I move to the other side to be closer to him. "You've only been feeding your fear. It's probably all you want to feel so you can protect the things you care about better. That's not how it works," "It's been working out for me just fine," he removes his clothes and gets into the tub with me as I reach for a slice of fresh honeydew melon. I turn around and hold out the other half. He akes it out of my hand with his mouth, I'm not dead because your brother knows I'm affecting you. He's not wrong. He wants us closer so it hurts more when the connection is broken. Today he used a Ruger. His shots were perfect. Had he had more than one shooter, he would have hit me. Was there more than one shooter the last time?"

"Yes, four of them. Two long-range and the two who came into the building and killed everyone but Jordan, Silas, and me,"

"Something is shifting in your favor. His friends are bailing. He came here to shake you after trying to take me. That was always his plan. To remove the collar. Make you doubt me when I tried to run. He's good at this but not good enough. At least not where I'm concerned. You need to pull in any of the women you slept with and moved away." "Why?"

"He's going to start killing them," "How do you figure?*

"When I first started messing with Morgan and Calvin. I killed his ex. Put her head on a pike in front of the packhouse along with the rogues that killed Darren. Crystal had just started going feral and I gave in to her. It's a pattern.

I

"I tried to negotiate with Morgan at first. I was still recovering. Crystal had gone dormant in me for months after I was released from the hospital. Tried to warn her that even if she stood in my way, I'd go through her. She thought I was kidding.

"When Crystal woke up again. I felt powerful. Like nothing could stand in my way. I rejoined the academy and I started hunting right away. Those who were our friends followed and they saw that I didn't want them with me when I let some of them die. I started burning bridges. That's at's the state he's in now. What's changed since I came here?"

"The board stopped threatening to sell their shares. More are in support of Lycan Tech and the projects you're funding."

"We're, I correct him.

We're funding. The stock has increased even with the amount he's taking. We're profiting." "And the council?" outside or hold

"We have an official date for our wedding. There are pictures of us all over the media. Every time we argue hands. Every time we leave the castle together. Someone snaps a picture. There are pictures of movie night. Reviews on your collar. Your car. All of it. The people see the difference between you and the other she-wolves,"

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"He's losing ground. That's why he's attacking us directly now. Weak," "Weak?"

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"He's weak. There are plenty of things he can use against you politically to turn the people in his favor. To turn the other Kings against you. S***ry and everything that comes with it. How you let those other she wolves die. You being a f****k boy even after meeting your mate. Your disregard for several traditions. The way you handled your mating. All these things can be used to make you seem lesser. He's weak because he has all this ammunition and he doesn't know what to do with it," "Maybe he doesn't want to,"

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he loved her as much as you think he did. He does want to. His coming here to speak his piece tells us he's losing control of the situation. The council is using him. They have been all along but he's catching on now. He has nowhere to go. Someone here is feeding him information," "I already knew that,"

"The girl who attacked me the first time. Who are her parents?"

"She's

's Octavio's little sister. He's one of S*****s personal guards. He's been with us for a while,"

"Does he

have access to your schedule?"

"Yeah, he has access to *****s and Jordan's as well,"

Watch him. Anyone else?"

The twins are-"

"The twins are what?"

"They

"That w

dated James when they were younger,"

I have been useful information before I told them about the f***g secret chip I'm building for you, Lycan King. How old is James?"

"He's twenty-six,"

"And their father let him date them?"

"Remember how I said some females are ready to go once they shift. They're like that and since there are two of them. They share." "What?" I laugh. He smirks. "Okay. Gross but also d***n. Why did they break up?"

"He got into Nova University. They were heartbroken. He was their first,"

"Have they dated I anyone since then?"

"Yes, they're with Jordan. Jordan isn't a big fan of James. He's their mate,"

"That makes me feel better. We also have to consider your sister,

"What? No," he shakes his head.

"She loves him just as much as you do. She's

Im not easy to manipulate,"

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to manipulate Kind of like you,"

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"These pretty gold marks say otherwise, Lycan King. Have you been keeping track of him?"

Yes, he

Leesn't stop in one place,"

"Let's see."

"Our phones are charging in my room, he takes a deep breath and lets it out slowly. "Why do I feel so calm?" "Because

Dec we f***d all our frustrations out. That's a perk of the bond. To keep us both grounded even when things are as hectic as they are now," 1 take a slice of meat off the tray. He reaches for me and makes me sit with my back to his chest, between his legs. "How far along were you when it happened?" he whispers in my ear and I stop chewing. You saw that, huh?"

"I saw a lot," he says against his mark.

"Four months. We were waiting until Jake's birthday to tell him. Two days before Darren was killed," I toss the food back onto the tray. "Don't tell him. Morgan and Mackenzie were the only other two people who knew,"

"It's the reason why your wolf went dormant and woke up feral,

"I know that. I've known exactly what's wrong with me from the start. I know why I can't stop. Why I don't allow myself to change my mind. You know it wasn't your fault, Jonas. You were meant to stop that mating.

For whatever reason. Her fate might have been more cruel at his side. Fate likes to play games like that. It might have been you who went feral watching your brother destroy what was meant for you. If you had been truly lost. Your people would be suffering now. Your family would be gone and the other Kings would be fighting over the scraps left behind. "You're not dead inside just yet, sweet prince. You're just heartbroken,"