Chapter 360

Cassius’s POV

“No Cole. You can’t do that.”

I chastise gently as I place my hand on his stopping the ineffective yet desperate clawing he has resorted to when the tape failed to give.

“Please. It needs to stop. It hurts.”

He’s absolutely frantic as I climb into the bed with him. Somehow his instincts are very strong and he immediately submits to the hold I had on him last night. His broken arm is between us as we sit chest to chest. He’s actively crying from the panic and pain that this medication has caused yet none of us know enough to stop the machine.

“What’s going on here?” The patient, kind voice of Carol comes back into the room.

“Why did you speed this up?”

“It’s supposed to run over half an hour, not a full one.”

“Which means you didn’t read his chart before coming in here.”

“The call button was activated while you were using the bathroom. I came in to see what he needed. I didn’t realize I needed to res