Chapter 49

I wake with a groan as my two little princesses take turns jumping on me. This is turning into one of the longest days I’ve had in a while. Physically and emotionally draining with everything I have learned today. Cole is the worst case that I have ever seen regarding his physical and mental abuse. My own luna finally realizing the full extent of the abuse she suffered has weighed on us both today. She has struggled to be her normal upbeat self which has caused questions to cycle around the pack as to what happened between us.
My thoughts about Jamie and Dr. Carter and their involvement with Cole has raised some serious questions about Red Fang and how Alpha Redmen interacts with the pack. Is Cole’s hesitation towards talking about the full extent of the abuse simply a matter of protecting those who care about him? I don’t think so. The young man trembles every time I find a new wound on him. Even so much as begged me not to punish him for not telling me about the burn on his leg when I asked about any cuts and bruises that I needed to know about before cutting his boxers off.
No, something happened to him that has made him terrified of telling me. That has made him believe not only can no one in the pack help him but no one on the outside can either. I can’t imagine how hopeless that must feel. To be trapped in a pack that hates you. To feel like you were never meant to live.