Wolf Bait (Perry and Jonas)

Jordan and I make it to the compound and split up. Moving past the Lycan House, I almost give away my position when t see the G-Wagon parked with one tire up on the curb. Jordan was right, Lillies is a terrible driver. Why did Buniny let her drive the car when we returned from picking up the former Quen? I must have been completely out of it because I didn't notice how bad it had been. I was behind her.

I make my way to the Wolf House and sneak in through one of the open windows on the second floor. It's a huge walk-in closet filled with suits and princess dresses for Melody who love to be around her eldest brother. He's been taking her places with him since she was two. That little girl is trained to escape and has quite the set of lungs on her.

Wild to consider her my cousin now. The only princess at court is spoiled by her six brothers and it shows in the just the dresses and costumes in this room. I go over to the door and listen for footsteps, breathing, and my recent obsession thanks to the King, heartbeats. When I get nothing. I reach for the golden handle and press it down gently. I slip out into the hallway slowly. I take a deep breath to find the Alpha King's scent and follow it down the round staircase. When I get to the bottom, I hear a few voices. Most of them female, but none are the Alpha King's. I continue to follow his scent until the source leads me to a set of double doors. There is literally no one around. It makes sense considering he's here, but still. Where is the top-notch security? I tap on the door.

"Come in," he calls out.

could have killed you and you wouldn't have known any better," I slip inside.

"Why weren't you announced?" he stands up.

"We snuck in," Jordan walks out of what I think is a bathroom.

"What the fuck?" the Alpha King growls at him. "How long have you been in there?"

"Three minutes," Jordan answers checking his watch.Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.

"Come on, Cuz. This is on you. Where is your security team?" I laugh slapping Jordan's hand when he holds it out for a low five.

"Who the hell is this?" he asks annoyed and sits back down.

"This is my shadow. Jordan. Jordan this is my cousin the Alpha King. People call him Rick apparently," I introduce them. "Jordan," he holds out his hand to the King politely.

"Godrick," he takes Jordan's hand. "What can I help you with, Perry?"

"You promised me Princess Adeline's diaries and I need a favor,"

"Sure," he motions us to take a seat.

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"Take your time," Jordan says

and walks

back the way

he came.

"That's a closet," Godrick calls out.

"He knows. He just came out of there," I laugh.

He smirks and reaches for the drawers at his desk. My body tenses up and I watch him closely as he retrieves four brown leather-bound books to set on his desk. He shuts the drawer and slides the stack over to me.

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"You know you could have just told me," I say reaching for the tops one just to have something in my hands. This is already uncomfortable enough. Her writing is familiar. Where have I seen this before? I set it back down before I think about it too much.

"At first, I wanted to find out how a princess of the court ended up in Redwood City and then a traitor of the crown," he says quietly. "Also, how would you have brought it up? Oh, yeah my terrorist friend, we're first cousins. Your mother wasn't your biological mother and your father lied to you your entire existence. You've never really been all there,"

"Fuck off. We've known each other for seven years now. We've killed together and we've blacked out partying together. You had plenty of opportunities to do it. You just didn't want to lose your hacking buddy,"

"True," he shrugs. "What else do you need?"

"Alpha Scofield has one of Darren's old coding programs. It's called the Jericho. I want it back along with the red Alienware laptop it was created in,"

"First, do I want to know what that is?"

"It's a decryption algorithm I need to complete my supercomputer in Cliffside,"

"There is no supercomputer in Cliffside. We would have detected it,"

"Sure," I nod. "I wouldn't doubt it. But I still need that laptop from him,"

"Why can't you just go in and take it?"

"Godrick," I glare at him. He laughs.

"You think that because we're related I'm going to do this for you?"

"You're the Alpha King. You can have someone go pick it up,"

"What do I get in return?"

""You're an ass. What do

you want?"

"A real alliance with your mate," he says tossing a thick file on the desk between us. "These are very restricting terms,"

"What you and the King talk about is none of my business,"

"You're the Lycan Queen,"

"Yes, I am and I choose to stay out of the politics. You know I've never liked them,"

"Perry, you can't run black ops and not make it political,"

"Yes, I can. I've been doing it for years. Not only did the old man give me missions I hated, but so did you. You don't want someone who wants the same things you do, you want someone obedient and that's not me. Not anymore," ""Just take a look at it,"

"I wrote some of that for my King before I died, Alpha King. I know what's in there. An alliance has to be equal. You know that. If Jonas is drawing a line between our people it's there for a reason,"

"He's paranoid,"

"I sure hope so after everything he's been through. Godrick, you've lived a very pretty life. Your parents didn't fuck you or

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your brothers up the way his parents did him, his brother, and their sister. He's just looking out for his people. I'm not going to ask him to be a little more flexible because we're related now Fuck that sounds weird," "Our alliance is more than just paperwork now. We're bound by blood. You made that happen as his Wolf Bait,"

"See, the problem is that I'm no longer a wolf. I know it's not fair to you but being a wolf wasn't a walk in the park for me. I don't owe the pack lands a single fucking thing. Especially knowing how thy father was treated despite doing everything he did for the crown. Those are the King's terms and I refuse to go behind his back with promises that aren't mine to make,"

He sits back annoyed with me and glares at the contract in front of him. I stand by what I said. If I start making exceptions now, things will get out of hand. The King deserves someone who is going to stand with him no matter what and this qualifies as one of those moments.

"Nova hasn't detected a supercomputer anywhere outside of Lockwood City and Redwood,"

"That's because I built it. What good would it be if others could detect my things?" I stand up taking the diaries with me. "It's fine if you don't want to do this for me. Just be warned that if I try to go in there to take it back and that psycho or his mate catches me. I'm killing them. "They have five kids, Gedrick. I'm trying to keep my hands clean as long as I can. I could have leveled Lockwood City and Sherwood Oaks to get my mother-in-law back. I just don't want to be that person anymore,"

"You picked a hell of a time to grow a fucking conscience, Cousin, he huffs.

"Ha. Jonas said the same thing a few months ago," I smirk. "Just remember that I'm choosing not to be like that, Rick. It doesn't mean I'm no longer capable of it. We have equal power now. Don't tempt me,"

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