Chapter 75

He couldn’t move from where he had been tossed so he just wheezed, his blood staining his lips and his body trembling from the impact.

Erv stared down at him coldly. “That bastard, Cole. He left you here to die for his pride, huh?”

Aren couldn’t answer, he just breathed. It was all he could do. He had to keep breathing.

“You will tell your Alpha,” Erv walked to where he lay, almost immobile, and said quietly to him, “that Blackclaws do not need paper to claim what it wants. I will not forgive this nonsense!”

“Why don’t you tell me that yourself?” They all heard Cole. He was back.

***

Cole arrived in Ironwood with Aria safe and sound. He left a soft kiss on her forehead and held her face in his palm briefly, eyes soft.

“I have to go back for Aren,” He told her and turned to go but came back and left a light kiss against her lips. “Take care of her,” Aria heard him tell someone behind her before he dashed off.

She swallowed and turned an