Wolf Bait (Perry and Jonas)

08:11 Tue, Oct 29 G. Chapter Jonas

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I stand here for a moment, just trying to catch myself. I take her inside with me so that she's properly prepared to be taken back to Cliffside. When I walk inside, everyone is on their feet. For a moment, I freeze unsure of what to do. They all take a knee. I almost drop her I killed her. I made a promise I fully intended to keep, but it's the most f***ed up shit I've ever done. I didn't expect it to feel like this. The weight of a single strike comes down on me and it's heavy. Was it mercy or greed? Why are the lines blurring when this is what the two of us wanted from the beginning? Roy comes over calmly, his expression filled with worry.

"Do you want me to take her, my King?" he asks. I nod and he takes her from me. dress as he takes her away.

Blood trails behind him from under her "Thank you all for all for coming. It meant a lot to us," I say addressing everyone present. What else am I supposed to do? I didn't plan this far ahead. My eyes scan the room. They're all looking at me sympathetically and I don't know how to react. "You're all excused," body bag. Roy says something and then waves someone over to me. I'm I follow after my cousin. I watch as she's placed in a escorted to my room and as soon as I'm alone I rush to the bathroom. Bile comes up my throat. I empty my stomach into the porcelain bowl. When I reach to flush I pull back seeing her blood on my hands. Immediately I ediately I tear at my clothes needing to get out of them. As I feel the hot water rain down on my face suddenly her little fit in the shower doesn't feel so little anymore. I understand that the burning sensation takes away from the anger and grief she'd felt. There is no time when it all crashes down. It stops. Effectively numbing everything else as it all presses down on the gas pedal and hits a dangerous hundred-and-twenty speed limit. Why does the first time we actually had fun together come to mind? The way she freaked is fast I was driving. I find myself laughing at the way Perry perfectly described what it was like to lose something that meant everything to her. Then I laugh at myself because I literally knew this girl for six months and she gave me more than anyone had my entire life. She called it loyalty. I trusted her with things I've never even trusted myself with. Things I'd never say out loud to anyone and she didn't judge me. She gave me her honest opinion on anything I presented to her. I'd been surrounded by lies my entire life and then there was her. Lit ally bleeding with truth and no one would listen. I don't know what to make of it. How am I supposed to live with myse now? "Yeah." I

the sound of Silas's voice startles me. He wasn't supposed to be here until tomorrow or is that how long I've been in here?

Yean, I clear my throat.

"Time to go home," he calls back. "Your clothes are on the bed,"Content is © 2024 NôvelDrama.Org.

"Thank you, Silas," I call back and stand to turn off the water. Unlike the water back home, this shower never ran cold, but it also didn't get as hot.

"You're welcome," he says quietly after a long pause. I thought he had walked away.

I walk out to the bedroom and put my clean clothes on. Someone put her in an ice box and I stay with the box until it's loaded up on the plane. Silas, Jordan, the twins, and Roy get on the flight with me. It doesn't feel right to leave her back there alone, but then again it would be morbid to have her up here or sitting back there with her. She'd probably laugh at

me.

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3.11 Tue, Chapter 114

"My King," Jordan catches my attention. He hands me his phone.

It's a video. I tap the screen to see it's a national report. In big bold letters the words, REDWOOD CITY IN FLAMES. I had forgotten about that. The anchor goes on to list the names of the people who died in the explosions. The very first name is Luna Morgan Redwood followed ved by the names of Calvin's parents.

"Why are you smiling? Sixty-four people died," Roy scolds me.

"That's it?" I look up at Jordan.

"Jake called some people," he explains. "I guess that the City decided who they wanted to save," him his

hand him

phone back and sit back. Demon wolf. That's what she was and yet, I can't believe she's gone. That I ended her. We arrive and we're welcomed by cheers. Banners and posters of the Local Lunatic are waved as the ice box she was placed in is paraded all the way to the shiny black hearse. The crowd chants WOLF BAIT over and over again. We follow behind the hearse to Cliffside.

My mother and sister are waiting for us along with Jacob. To my surprise, a woman is standing behind him. Next to her is Violetta f**ng Wilde. Jacob waits for everyone to get out of the car. I stop right beside him so he gets out whatever he wants to say.

"Was it quick?" he asks quietly.

"Yes," I answer. He nods and places his hand on my shoulder comfortingly. I expected something a little more violent, but the truth is that there was no other way out for her.

"This is my daughter. Mackenzie," he glances back at her.

I wasn't sure what I expected her to look like, but it wasn't a near-mirror image of the man that haunted both Perry's and my dreams. They have the same gunmetal blue eyes. The same sharp features and high cheekbones. The soft brown hair. She's petite and the cold look in her eyes matches theirs. Both Perry's and Darren's.

"It's nice to meet you," I offer her my hand. "Perry spoke very highly of you,"

don't believe that," she says coldly. "All I ever did was hurt her,"

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