Wolf Bait (Perry and Jonas)

He actually did it. There is a huge white screen with a projector waiting for us when we get back from the dome. Obsidian Corp. is doing a whole lot better and to celebrate, here we are. Movie night. We're watching Frozen. There are treats and snacks adorned with Frozen party decorations. There are bean bag chairs and blankets set up in the center of the courtyard. "Where are you going?" the Queen calls after me when I try to get inside.

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"My tagging kit. I'll just be a minute, I reassure her.

"Alright, you better not make us go up there," she says dismissively.

I take the king's hand and pull him with me.

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"Are you excited?" he asks when I pull him into the elevator.

I'm going to need you to listen to everything I say. You invited him, right?"

I had Annie do it, he nods.

"Okay, the tracker is a small needle. Like a really small needle. It can be injected on any surface of the skin and he won't be able to detect it. We'll never be able to remove it."

How do you know that?"

Thave one, I pull up my phone to show him. "And I've never been able to remove it. Not unless I cut that area out. There's no telling how deep it is."

"You could have told me before," he glares at me.

"Why would that be something I bring up? Hey, I have a tracker on me. How cool?"

"Shut up." he 'he rolls his eyes. "Why do you have one?"

"Darren tagged me and I tagged him. We used to go days without seeing each other. This is how we would check to see if we were where we were supposed to be without interrupting one another." "You mean the mind thing?"

"Right. We limited our use of it when we were working on important shit. You lose your train of thought and it's difficult to pick back up when something requires our full focus. Like coding and training." "How deep does the bond become?"

"The more we use it between us, eventually you'll be able to feel some of the things I do. If I'm hurt or scared. You'd be able to feel that and the other thing

The other thing?"

"You know the other thing. I point at his crotch. The elevator door opens and we head over to "my study".

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if you're h**y?"

"You're kidding," he laughs.

"Nope. And sex would be like a million times more fun,"

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"Huh," he nods. "How

"We're not doing that,"

much more do we have to use it for it to get that way?"

"I kind of want to do that,"

"It's not just that, Lycan King. It's a different kind of intimacy. I don't want to put you through that kind of stress when I'm gone. Trust me."

"The trackers," he says and stops me when I reach for the doorknob.

"What?"

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"No, I have everything I need at the dome," I shake my head.

"Allow w me he opens the door and waves me forward with a smug look on his face.

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"I made you a study," he laughs.

I groan and walk through the door. The first time I walked in here, I went to a really dark place. One I hadn't gone to in at long time. Longer than my mate's death date. It had just been an empty room like it had been when I was taken into custody after my mother died. And now, it looks nothing like the room I had walked into a few days ago. The walls are a pretty matte shade of black with pretty golden stars that were positioned to look like the Nothern Celestial Hemisphere where the Leo Constellation is located

I know that because I've been obsessed with it since our neighbor, Justice Mercury told me that my Zodiac Sign was Leo. I didn't know what that meant then, I still don't fully grasp it, but Justie was a witch and she was awesome.

In the center of the room is a round glass office desk. The frame holding it together is gold and the glass itself is tinted the darkest shade you can get on glass and still see through it. There are three curved monitors set up facing the center of the desk and right in the middle is a black office chair with a golden trim. The cables are all painted with gold glitter and pulled up towards a Saturn chandelier where the f***g towers are hanging.

The back wall where the massive window overlooks the courtyard is covered with empty shelves, I looked around to find that on the right side of the room, they built a closet space and organized my clothes by color. They even added some cool shoe racks for my shoes. On the left, there are huge e floor c***ons. Black suede decorated with glittery gold trims.

"How did you-Jacob?" I look back at him crossing my arms over my chest.

"Jacob told me your favorite thing and your preferred decor colors. It was easy to put this together,"

"It didn't look like this like four days ago,"

"Black wallpaper. That he points at the ceiling. "Is also a wallpaper, but Tulie sells them. She painted that herself,"

And the chandeller towers?"

"That is my favorite thing actually. That used to be a piece in our old observatory. Silas put your towers in there and attached them to the ventilation system to keep it cool. I think the filters have to be swapped out every so often. The rest of the stuff was just the staff and the remodeling people,

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