Chapter 95

“What was that out there? I thought you said you were going to be calm through dinner.” Aria asked as soon as, and she joined Cole in the room, forgetting to close the door properly.

“I am calm,” Cole answered, standing in the middle of the room and staring into nothing, hands akimbo.

“Are you?” Aria asked.

“Yes,” He breathed through a lie.

“Then turn around and face me.” She insisted and he sighed, slowly turning around to face her like she wanted.

“See? Calm.” He said, but Aria could see so much anger in his eyes enough to boil through half of Ironwood.

“Why won’t you just talk to Aren?”

“There’s nothing to talk about.”

“There’s a lot, a whole lot, Cole, to talk about.”

“I’m not talking to him. There’s really nothing to talk about. If he really wants to become Alpha, he can challenge me before the elders of Ironwood and beat me, as I did years ago.” Cole forced every word through his teeth.

Aria gasped dramatically. “So y