Chapter 61. I’m Yours

I think Colton is ashamed of being so broken by this, another pointer of Juan’s parenting skill. Colton has been lacking a mother’s touch for half his life. The most critical years while he was forming. The one who should’ve nurtured and softened him after being forced into battles as a child, to teach him not to follow his father blindly, the way he does, and instill the strength to be his Alpha. That was Luna’s job as his mother. He’s been at his father’s mercy for years, bearing down on him and conditioning his outlook without restraint. It’s any wonder Colton’s as caring as he is and not more like Juan. Teaching him the cruelest of lessons about loyalty and compassion to your mate and the unimportance of love.

He discarded her as weak and put her somewhere to rot because her inability to handle what they threw at her shamed him. He chose the good of the pack over the mate he was destined to care for. No wonder Colton is screwed up. His role model and moral guide taught him