Chapter 385
“I told you not to contact the council!!!”
He suddenly screams as he turns and runs towards me.
“I told you what would happen if they went poking around my pack again!”
He screams as he pounds his fists into my chest pad.
“He’s removing me from the program! I will become a prisoner in my own territory as soon as you
send me home!”
He goes silent while he pants, breathless from his sudden attack on me. He pushes himself hard off of where he collapsed briefly against me.
“I know about the buses coming for the free loaders. I know I’m one of them. I have never stayed
longer than three months out of the territory.”
He’s pacing between me and the edge of the mat, his hands in his hair though I can’t tell if he’s purposely causing himself pain or not.
“I’m so confused. I don’t know what to do. As difficult as it is to be here, it’s nothing like being
home and I’m not ready to leave.”
As suddenly as his rage began, he stops. Collapsing to his knees, completely exhausted.
“I’m tired of fighting alpha but the sooner I return to the monotony of fighting for everything I need
the better off I’ll be.”
His voice breaks as he changes his position, getting off his knees. I step back, kneeling down to the
mat as he curls into a ball. His face is against his legs and his hands curled around his head as if he’s expecting to be hit. It’s only a minute later that his body is racked with his silent sobs,
“Cole?” I reach out to him, pushing myself closer to him.
“No!”
He pushes me away as he scrambles back to his feet. I jump back on to my own and follow him to
the other side of the mat.
“Cole, I need you to talk to me.”
“Just stop alpha! Please stop being nice to me! I can’t do this! I can’t handle returning to hell after you’ve made everything so easy!”
Chapter 385
He’s pacing fast, it’s obvious that he wants to run but is blinded by his tears.
“You can’t seriously be thinking about going back.”
Jessa steps out of the crowd onto the mat. He shakes his head as he walks.
“I don’t have a choice.” He whispers.
“You just said there’s always a choice.” She whines defensively.
“Not for me. There’s never any choices for me.”
He slows to a stop, turning to look at Jessa.
“I’m sorry, Jessa. I’m so; so sorry that Diana was so cruel to match you with me. That I’m not man enough to let you go. I try. I fight every single day to do right by everyone but it’s not enough. I never get it right. All I know how to do is fail and the sooner you reject the mate bond the better off you will be.”
“Why do you still think I want to reject you? That I’m unwilling to give you a chance?”
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