Chapter 438

Jessa’s POV

Saturday, December 21st

After a long five and a half hours I finally turn off the main highway onto the gravel road leading into Crimson Dawn. I reach beside me and grab Cole’s hand, rubbing it gently in an effort to wake him. He stirs lightly from the nap he’s been in for the past hour.

“Start waking up, Cole. We’re almost home.”

I speak calmly despite the growing anxiety within me. Spending the last two months with Cole at the Shadowlands pack has been both nerve racking and relaxing at the same time despite how oxymoronic that even sounds.

Being outside the comfort of the only pack that has ever taken care of me after my parents died stirred a level of anxiety that I haven’t had in two years but being reunited with my mate before he arrived home was relieving, despite the stress of my detox and his paralysis.

We were supposed to stay until the new year but after getting rid of some of the silver trapped in my wolf,