Wolf Bait (Perry and Jonas)

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The strength of four or five alphas is correct. My claws cut through her like it was nothing. Nate is a fucking idiot. Had he transferred the position over to her he wouldn't have made it out of the city. What the hell was he thinking? If the old man. would have found out

before I did, he would have made him kill her himself. What the hell was he thinking?

"Are you okay?" the King asks. He's driving now. I open my mouth to try and explain to him what happened when my phone goes off with the tornado warning siren ringtone.

"Please, don't say a word." I whisper and lift my phone to answer it. He knows. Fuck. "Mr. Falcon. To what do I owe this honor, sir?"

"Don't brown nose me. Pernicious, he growls. "Did you think I didn't know about your little alpha buddy?"

"I took care of it, sir,"

Tve been very patient with you, Pernicious. And now you've gone and become an object. I am very disappointed in you,"

"Belonging to the Lycan King isn't going to interfere in anything, sir. I promise. I made sure Nathan knew his place before leaving. Everything is where it should be,"

"Not everything. Terabyte. I'd prefer you to be sitting at the head of the table. I'm glad you showed dear Nathan his place. Don't let it happen again. Understood?" ""Yes sir."

"Fucking wolves," he growls and hangs up. I hit the play button to listen to the recording and then send it to Nathan so he sees how badly he fucked up. My heart is pounding in my chest "Who was that?" the King demands.

"Vladimir Sokolov," I answer. The owner of Lycan Tech,"

"The alpha Wraith is the owner of Lycan Tech?" he turns to look at me.

"Eyes on the road, my King. And yes. He started all of this. He used me to get in with the wolves here in the city. It's the only city he could have done it because our alphas truly don't give a fuck about the people. It's our names on the paperwork, but it's all his and he's what I would actually call a monster,"Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.

"You're afraid of him,"

"Falcon wouldn't kill me. He'd turn me. Make me live out the rest of eternity away from the next life if we ever betrayed him. What Nate just pulled. He's lucky I killed her. He would have made him torture her until she died a slow painful death and then he would have marked him for doing what he tried to do,"

"How did you even find him? No one knows where the fuck that pack is."

"I didn't. Darren and I used to get high in his room when we were in the academy. We came across this code on the dark web. It was a very sophisticated puzzle and we cracked it. That's how he found us.

"I was stupid, but we had nothing and Jacob was drowning in delit. Lycan Tech saved us. This thing saved us and all he asked for in return was our loyalty. We all took a blood oath. Nate and have been the only ones to live long enough to regret what we did." Full of fucking surprises, Little Wolf, he growls.

I'm sorry. I didn't think it would be a problem. I haven't heard from him in years. This shit that Nate pulled. I'm not surprised he knew. He was probably waiting for my reaction. Nani told me he made the announcement two days ago,"

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"What is going to happen when I kill you?"

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"Nothing. Shit happens. Wolves come and go. You should know that better than I do," I stare down at the blank phone call. No way to trace it. No way to call back. A fucking ghost. "I have some questions for you,"

I have a shit ton for you," he scoffs. "It's a four-hour drive. Why don't we get some food and we start when we're both a little

less tense?"

"Okay," I agree. He pulls into a burger stand and I laugh.

""What?"

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"Is this the first time you eat fast food?"

"The first time we got chicken nuggets, he smirks.

"You're fucking welcome," I say jumping out with him.

He grins and holds his hand out for me to take when he gets to the glass doors. He doesn't realize he does it as he pulls his phone out. I pretend not to see it and open the door for him. He looks up at me and then walks in without commenting. I am going to ignore that. It never happened. We order and sit down to wait for our food.

"How did your meetings go?"

"They merged or I would have taken longer, The Alpha King would like you to make contact soon. I have his information on my tablet. Alpha Eloise in Lockwood City is going to try and help me locate your brother. I still have to go into Magique to talk to the vampire about your position on the board. Maybe kill a few people for them, but it's nothing too bad."

"Killing isn't too bad?" he smirks

"No, I've been doing it since I was fifteen. I'm a huntress. That's what I did for the pack. Which reminds me. I need to call Tyler and tell him to bail,"

"Wait," he puts his hand over mine when I take my phone out of my purse. Just slow down for a bit, Perry. Why are you working for the King?"

"I need you to trust me, Jonas. I haven't done anything for you to question my loyalty,"

"Except I see everything you're doing. How you treat your friends. How you treated your superiors. There's no other way of looking at this, Little Wolf. You're a traitor," he whispers. "Mutiny, conspiring against your alphas, cyber-terrorism, racketeering, you have the worst kind of criminal charges. If you weren't friends with people like the Alpha King and Eloise fucking Lockwood. You would have been hanged a long time ago. You're loyal only to yourself,

"Maybe," I nod. "But I'm not anything they didn't turn me into. This is what I'm trying to tell you, Jonas. I've been doing shit I shouldn't be doing since I was a kid. You see this lost little girl who misses her mate. I'm telling you, I'm not.

"No one gives a shit about me or the place I grew up in. Have you ever gone to Lockwood City? Do you know why Eloise Lockwood is a fucking legend?"