Cole’s POV
Still fuming, I mind-linked my bodyguards to shadow them. I wanted to know where they were going and what pack she was hiding in. My wolf was pacing back and forth, furious that she’d gotten away. And even worse since I'd let that alpha walk away after he clearly disrespected us.
I should have killed him.
But a part of me was still in shock. Still mulling over what he’d said. What he’d claimed had happened to her.
To MY mate…
“Cole?” I heard a gentle voice next to me and felt a hand comfortingly squeezing my shoulder. “Are you ok, man?”
Trevor was one of my betas, who’d also happened to be my cousin, so we’d been friends since childhood. He knew me better than anyone and was one of the few people who I’d confided in these past few months. He knew all about how much I’d suffered since rejecting my mate…
“NO,” I snarled spinning to face them. “You heard?”