Cole's POV
It had taken longer than he'd thought to set everything up. A week later and he'd just finished planning the search parties, figuring out where they were going to search themselves. And dealing with Crystal.
That part was the most irritating. She was smart enough to not actually try touching him, but she had retaken her seat beside him at meals. Was constantly talking about things that needed to be done around the pack. He just wanted her to shut up. It felt like every time he turned around she was there. Making it even more difficult to plan out his search for Katrina. He didn't want her to know anything about it.
His mom tried her best to keep her busy with her training but she also had other things to do. Like actually running the pack. If this was a real mate situation,
