Chapter 119

Cole’s POV

My physical and mental pain have made it impossible to control my emotions as I feel the tears I loathe stream down my face. I’m not deserving of their patience and kindness. I just threw their son under the bus in my own desperation to get him off my back.

I’m weak, and I don’t deserve to be here. Alpha males don’t cry. They don’t yelp or scream; they simply fight back until their aggressor is unconscious or dead.

“Let me take Lynnie,” Luna states quietly, taking the sleeping pup from my arms. The weight difference throws me off as I stagger slightly backwards into Dr. Pierce.

“What happened at dinner to make you so tense and fearful?” she asks as I try to get out of her hold.

“I’m not certain, Angela.