Wolf Bait (Perry and Jonas)

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"What the f*****k are you two doing here?" I growl at the twins when they skip into the suite. Jacob holds up four sparkly duffle bags with a **id grin on his face. Sony, Kid. Jordan was busy," he shrugs. "Where is she?"

"Shower. Have Oz take a look at her and then have her call me," hold up a bag with the King's things for him.

"Is this where we're staying?" Bunny asks. It sounds like she's going to complain. I glare at Jacob for not warning me they were coming with him in Jordan's place. "Sorry," he repeats.

"No. We're heading out in a bit. I'm going to be moving around lot, so commodities are not going to be what you're used to," I slam the door shut. "Death did not make you nicer," Lillies grins and drops into the gray armchair with her phone in her hands.

"Take them back with you," I say to Jacob when he sets their bags down.

"The

King was

was the one who gave the order. Do you really think that boy would leave his mates with the likes of you? You're not the victim here, Perry," he waves me off. "Dad. What are you doing here?" Mackenzie comes out of the room drying her hair. She turns a glare at me when she sees the twins. "You're trading me?" "Mack, I need someone I can count on and right now. That's not you," I

"It's always about what you need, huh?" she nods.

"Yes, I've made that clear plenty of times. So have you. You need to home with

Jake and let Oz examine you,"

"I need that?" she asks. Her eyes flash amber with rage.

"Yes, you need it," I repeat.

"And if I refuse?"

"You don't have that option,"

"You're going to order me now, Your Highness? Sign a decree to have me institutionalized again?"

"What?" Jacob asks.

wha

I tuck my hand in my pocket wrapping my hand around the dart.

"You g got high and passed out knowing I needed you tonight," to go now,"

"I'm

"I've already finished. I'm moving to a second location in the morning. Taking you out on the field is not a good idea, right now. Go home with your father. Let Oz take a look at you. Get some rest. Can you do that?"

"Thate you," her eyes fill with tears as she steps into me. "No god is keeping you alive, Perry. You're already a f****king demon. You're going to have to-" I stab her in the neck with the dart. She stumbles back and rips it out. When she sees what it is, she looks up at me. "Always ten steps ahead of the world. Pernicious Nelson, ladies and gentlemen," her knees give out and she slowly slides down the doorway behind her. "Watch out. She'll get you all killed," 08.34 Mon, Nov 11 D

she shuts down as the falls tomp on the carpet. Jacob is staring down at her like he can't believe she just said that. When lie looks up at me, he shakes his head. She didn't mean that,

It's okay, Jake. It's nothing I haven't told myself already. I'll walk you down."

llin her up and carry her down to his car. I take her things from the car and put them in his trunk. I expected a lot of things from her return but what she said wasn't one of them. I can't deal with it at the moment. I just need some time to think about what I'm going to do with the information she gave me all the knowledge of what I tried to do. Not dying sucks a lot more now that I'm no longer fighting a raging beast trying to claw its way out of me.

We all made choices," he says cupping my face. "Whether they were right or wrong. We all knew what we were doing. It's not fair for you to carry that alone,"Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g

"I'm not. We're just the only ones left to regret it. She won't wake up until tomorrow," I point at Mackenzie in the backseat.

"Here," he reaches into his pocket. I smile when he holds up one of Darren's old journals. "Lockwood City. Contacts, safehouses, and money stashes. Please don't get mad, but Darren's with me now. I have this. For you, he opens the journal to reveal a cuff. A beautiful golden bangle. "I was going to put it in your casket. That's why it's engraved on this part," he shows me the side and stares at it as if it were the first time he's seen it. Just a little bit of him so he wasn't out of reach,"

"I love you," I choke out and hug him. He places his hand on the back of my head.

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"You're as much my daughter as she is. Dying aside, I'm very proud of how far you've come. I may not like his methods, but Jonas is a good kid. Don't feel guilty about moving forward. You're alive. Act like it," he kisses the top of my head and pulls away.

"Thank you," is all I can say. He gets in his Mustang and drives off. "What's up, Cripsy?" I smile looking down at the bangle. "Miss me?"

I pull it open and slide it onto my arm before clicking it shut. I have my phone to my ear before I get on the elevator.

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"You should be in bed. It's one in the morning," the King answers.

"Fine, I'll go to bed. Thank you," I clear

my throat.

"For?"

"The bracelet. Jake doesn't do jewelry,"

"I told him you weren't going to buy it," he laughs. "The twins have training,"

"I'm taking

them

"No, you're not,"

am.

back in the morning,"

They're little girls, Lycan King,"

"You're the same age," he argues.

"Yeah, but

"Yeah, but we're not the same,"

"Jordan is taking his trials. His parents are trying to cut him out of his position. I don't have anyone I trust to go with you and I'm not letting you go out there alone," "Then I'll stay until you find someone. Where are you?"

"I'm home,"

08 34 Me says skeptically. "I don't head out until tomorrow in the afternoon,"

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"Okay? You're just coming back? Come back now, I can postpone my travel arrangements, he rushes out in one breath.

Tre you later. I roll my eyes, Haer a good night. Jonas. I'm fe,"

Goodnight. Perry, he sighs heavily and hange up.

The reins are making food when I get back to the suite.

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"This is actually really smart, Bunny says as she examines what used to make the darts. "If you add half a scoop more it'll work faster."

"The target would also go into cardiac arrest. The goal is long term not immediate," I start putting things away. "Besides, I don't mind the delay. Famous last words are my favorite.

"That is one angry wolf girl," Lillies sets down a plate in front of me. Grilled chicken fajitas over fresh spinach and veggies. You were angry but never like that,"

"You just haven't been on the receiving end of it," I take the fork she hands me. "I'm probably the person she learned it from. Thank you,"

"You're welcome," she smiles and continues to serve her sister. "Guys, I don't think you should be here,"

"Strongly disagree about myself," Lillies smirks at Bunny.

Don't even start," Bunny rolls her eyes. "Look, would I rather be at home working on your programs?" she points at me. Yes, but I would also like for you to be there. So, the compromise is we help you get Mrs. P back and we can all work on them as your formal apprentices," "We're the same age," I remind them.

"We'll be twenty-four next month. You're younger," Lillies scoffs. "That's not the point. You are higher level because you played the beta program and now you're cracked. We would like to be in your position by the time we have to take an actual position in the Lycan Hierarchy,"

"Obviously, the King will be pushing for us to crawl out from under our rock like Wolf Bait,"

join the outside world. We want a cool name

"Bionic Good Girl," Lillies adds.

"Local L***ic," Bunny grins.

"And you're the only adult friend we have," Lillies concludes. "No one else takes us seriously,"

"They take credit for our work and hang us out to dry, but we're still just Lord Jordan's Weird mates," Bunny says. begrudgingly.

"I'm sorry to hear that," I've been there. Many. Many. Many times. "What I'm doing can get us killed,"

"No pain, no glory," Lillies laughs. "You taught us that,"

"Couldn't wait to throw that in my face, huh?" I look down at my food and shake my head. "Thank you guys for offering and yes on the apprentice thing when I get back. I just don't think it's a good idea to bring you along on this,"

"Because of what Mackenzie said?" Bunny asks.

"She's right. You guys saw me do one good thing, but it doesn't change the lifetime of f***ed up shit I did. You don't become feral and lose everything because you're a good person. I have really bad habits. I'm flaky. I lie and manipulate everyone ΜΙΜ, ΝΟΥ Τ

around me to get what Tward. This thing with the King is the fire time I've ever told the truth. I only told it to get him to kill

me when it was ver

"And it Teh good didn't it? 1 Mies asks. She comes around and takes my left hand to show me the ring on my finger. "So, you failed at bring a wolf. You've got a second chance here. You can jake things right. You can do right by us so we can do right