Chapter 64

Demetri’s POV

“Of all the wolves at this table Patrick, you should know how damaging judging a wolf by the pack’s reputation can be. How long did it take for Alpha Mathias to see you for who you really were compared to the rumors he had heard about my father’s pack? You wrote to me, called and talked with me on the phone about how happy you were that you had Mandy but how lost you were at the same time because Alpha Mathias treated you differently from the others. I could tell from the way you talked about being here with me how much you wanted to come back. It will always escape me as to why you didn’t try.”

His eyes change from anger and frustration to sorrow as I bring up the tough memories of his fated mate.

“You don’t have all the pieces of the puzzle to be able to recognize how long Cole’s abuse has gone on. A wolf doesn’t get to where Cole is without the abuse starting in early childhood.”

“What makes you believe it started early?”