Wolf Bait (Perry and Jonas)

Chapter 81 Jonas

James stayed where he was until early morning. He walked away, he didn't shift. He made no effort to leave after I brought Perry back inside. How the **k did she get out without setting off the motion sensors or using the elevator? The only reason I found out she was

missing was because Jordan called to ask me why we were in the cemetery.

F***g wolf has a mouth on her. Even as scared as she was she didn't hold back and **k her for making me rethink about everything I've done. I'm not good with guilt and until Perry came into my life, I never had to deal with it. She carries so much of it. Listening to what she admitted to was hard. Even more to what my brother said to her. How could I not know that my mate was a wolf? I've been sitting here for four hours not knowing what to do with myself. "You're up early, my mother walks into my study with a stack of files in her arms.

t down, mother, I say. She pauses as she sets everything down at the study table she's taking up residence in.

"You sound upset," she says coming over to sit across from me. Did you and the little wolf fight again?"

"She

snuck out last night," I sigh.

"Where did she go?" she asks concerned.

"To the cemetery,"

What? Why?" she shakes her head.

"Because t

that's where James sleeps," I answer and watch the way ber body tenses very briefly before she nods. "She spoke to him. He said some very alarming things to her.abour Dad," "Such as?"

"Such as sending me away so that Dad could use James to clear up his loose ends. He said Evie was a wolf. An offering to him when he met with the Alpha Prince Regent, "Jonas," she sighs.

"I just want to know the truth, Mother, I growl a warning.

"It's true," she whispers. Her shoulders sag like she's unburdened by something she's been carrying for a long time.

"How long did you know he was going feral before I came back?"

"Who?"

"James. What happened with Evie was just the push over the edge."

"You don't know that," I'm at her side with my hand around her throat the moment she finishes her sentence. Her hands grip onto my wrist as she panics. "Jonas," Tao. I do. I have a little wolf upstairs slowly rotting away and I'm linked to her, Mother. It doesn't happen quickly. You and Dad did that to him and you used Evie's death to cover it up. You let me carry the weight of losing my brother for the past eight years. For what?" 1 demand.

Jonas," tears slip from her eyes but she doesn't smell distraught or scared. I would know, I smell it on my wolf all day an night.

"Tell me what he's been hiding and I'll bring James back. Lock him in the tower where you can see him just tell me what the

Sat,

****k you and dad are hiding.

"I can't," she whispers.

"You can't? Why not?"ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

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"All the doors are locked." Perry walks into my study and places a device on the door behind her. She shuts the balcony doors and brings another device to place on my desk. "These provent anyone from listening in. It's a sonic wavelength. Disrupts any sound on this side of it. Ellie created to put in my room with Darren after we mated. Her hearing was sensitive. Whatever it is. You can tell him and it'll stay between the three of us,"

"I can't," my mother shakes her head. Perry looks up at me and shrugs.

"It's up to you. You give the order and I have to follow it,"

"Can you do it without hurting her?" I release my mother. She's quick to move behind my desk as if it would somehow protect her.

"I think she'll tell you without me having to," Perry pulls a chair over to the door and sits down in front of it. "Either way, no one comes in or out until she tells you the truth," "What are you afraid of, Mother?" I ask her. "Tarnishing my father's memory? My opinion of you?" she looks down without saying anything. Tm going to give Perry the order, Mom. By any means. It's up to you to decide how much you want this to hurt." "I'll tell you," she chokes sout. Perry doesn't move a muscle. She just sits back with her eyes closed. I know she's only gotten a couple of hours of sleep. How she knew I'd corner my mother is a conversation we need to have later. "Take a seat. There's tea, I motion to my desk.

She pulls out my chair making it clear she's not coming out from that corner. I take the remaining seat in front of it and have a seat. I don't know why it feels disrespectful to give the little wolf my back like this. I don't think I trust anyone to sit behind me this way. Not even Silas Silas Yet,

I know she'd never hurt me.

"Are you sure it's safe?" she asks Perry,

"Yes," Perry croaks sleepily. "You can't use any of your electronics either,"

"Your father wasn't King," with a single sentence she shatters our entire world.

"Excuse

me? I try to to fit what she said in my head to no avail. "What the ****K is that supposed to mean?"

"Oh, **s*t," Perry laughs from behind me. For a second I thought that maybe James was a ba***rd. Your mate's son or something scandalous like that,"

"Care to elaborate?" I ask my mother ignoring her.

I've held that information in for a little over eighty-seven years. Allow me some room to breathe," she growls.

"You were targetting those who knew," Perry is suddenly at my side. I don't move when she places her hand on my shoulder comfortingly.

"Yes, my mother confirms and lets out a heavy sigh. "Your grandfather was the beta prince of the region at your age. We weren't at war with the wraiths then, but there is always someone aiming at the target that you paint on the back of your head when you're at the top. The former beta prince and the lycan king shared a mate. She gave them both heirs. No one Sal, QCIE

knew which one was the beta prince and which one was the next king.

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"It was obvious that it wasn't your father and what more. The prince was an a***le. He f**d the wraith princess. Took her virginity and then rejected her before the entire throne. She was your father's mate. He killed the prince and your grandmother and his real father covered it up. It's why the former King had the Wraiths hunted down.

"When your father ascended the throne there were those who questioned it. Demanded proof that he was the true blood heir. My father was the next in line to become the beta prince. He killed the former King for your father. I was nine at the time. His first son was supposed to be my husband so that we could take the throne after them, but he never found his mate or someone compatible to take his knot. We're all built a certain way, Jo. Your father was a beta male. Regardless of race. Your mate was a wolf," 0 Chapter 82