Chapter 31

**Cole**



I head back to finish the council meeting with Alpha Ryan, and Blue Moon Pack. I fill them in with Winter’s latest intel. Gerard has not been close to our borders recently. Then we finish making our plan. We will send out two scouts from each pack to track him down. In the meantime, Alpha Ryan would like to take custody of the captive rogue. I am happy to oblige him. We have already interrogated him. So, if Alpa Ryan wants to take him that is one less thing for me to worry about. We agreed to stay in contact. Once our trackers find Gerard, they will be instructed to contact both Ryan and me, so we can jointly put him and his followers down. Once everything is set in place, we end the meeting.

Now I need to deal with my mate regarding her total disregard for her safety, and what she thinks is appropriate. Why does she persistently shift out in the open with no clothes around. I do not like other werewolves seeing her naked. How can she allow the others in the packhouse to see her in her birthday suit? She knows that I am not ok with that on a normal day, but now we have guests. So now she is parading around in front of strangers like she doesn’t care if they see her in the nude.

We are going to have this out. I step into our room, but she isn't there. I check the library next. No luck. So, I try to mind link. I can feel her, so I know she isn’t too far away. I can’t tell where though since she is refusing to answer my mind link. I try texting her, but she doesn’t respond.

I'm getting even more angry. I find Marcus and ask if he has seen Winter. He informs me that Winter and Gale went to the Bar. They asked Shelly if she wanted to come, but she wanted to stay in. So, I grab Adam in case Gale needs to be caried home. Sometimes she gets into trouble when she drinks. I just hope Winter isn't following her example.

Adam and I walk into the bar to find Gale and Winter drunk as skunks, dancing on the bar. This is not okay. She is shaking and moving her body in front of men who are just eye fucking her. I'm beyond pissed. First, she runs off, and then she blows me off after I tell her how upset I am with her. Now she is wasted with my sister and making piss poor decisions.

As I head over to the bar, she stops dancing to take a flaming shot. She finally notices I'm here. She ignores me though as she rolls her eyes and goes back to provocatively dancing on the bar. She starts drunkenly talking.

“Look Gale it is the big bad wolf, here to yell at me again.”

Gale looks at me then back to Winter. She burst out laughing and Winter follows.

“You called my brother the big bad Wolf.” They both continue laughing and dancing. Then Gale shouts “BODY SHOTS!”

“What's that?” Winter asks. “I want to try.”

Is she seriously going to ignore me? Gale tells her to lay down on the bar, so she does. Then Gale lifts her shirt and pours some liquor on her stomach. A guy comes up to suck down the shot on her belly. Oh, fuck no! This has gone far enough. I finally get to where she is laying on the bar. I shove the man aside and throw her over my shoulder.

“Put me down Wolf “she screams, but I keep a firm grip on her. I know I can't hold her long. She is a fierce fighter after all, even if she is drunk. We pass Adam at the door.

“Watch my sister and make sure she gets home okay.”

I walk out. Winter relentlessly punches my back and kicks her legs trying to twist free as I walk back to the pack house. I don’t know how, but I somehow manage to keep hold of her. As soon as we get home, I can't keep her on my shoulder anymore.

She falls off, and I get ready for her attack. She charges, but I block her. I am getting the sense that she is beginning to be as angry with me as I have been with her. She comes at me again. This time she dropkicks me and starts punching my face. I can’t take her hitting me over and over. So, I toss her off, and she hits the wall, cracking it. She pulls herself up from where she landed on the ground.

“Is that all you got?!" she shouts. I'm trying as much as possible not to fight her. We are both acting irrationally right now, and I don’t want to accidently hurt her.

I decide to walk away and head up to bed. I can hear her following me up the stairs. I know she is about to hit me again. I dodge and her intoxication causes her to lose her balance. She stumbles and rolls down the stone stairs to the floor. She is not moving. Oh Goddess, don’t let her be dead. She did hit her head when she fell.

I run to her and check for a pulse. There it is. Thank the Goddess. Blood is starting to pool around her head though, and she is unconscious. I pick her up and run as fast as I can to the medic center.

As I carry her in, I start shouting for help. They put her on a gurney and roll her away. They won’t allow me to follow her back. Why won't they let me go back with her? She is my mate. Not only that; I'm the fucking Alpha!

I go into the waiting room and take a seat. As I’m waiting, I text Marcus to tell him what is going on. Not long after, he walks into the waiting room.

“Any news?”

I shake my head.

“What happened?” Marcus asks.

I fill him in from the beginning.

“Cole you can't just yell at her and try to get her to conform to your standards. She has been a rogue for years. No one has told her what to do since she was 13. Also, remember she is 18. Try to think about how you were at her age. Her being in the medic center is because of an accident. So don’t blame yourself. You need to try to not lose your temper with her though.”

“Yeah, I just hope she is okay. Marcus, if something happens to her...”

"She will be okay Cole.”

We continue to wait until the doctor comes out to talk with us.