ALEXANDER
I released my grip on him just enough for him to breathe.
Barely.
He collapsed forward with a choked gasp, clutching his mangled arm to his chest as if that alone could keep him together. Bones had shifted where they weren’t meant to. I’d made sure of that.
He whimpered, blood at the corner of his mouth, eyes darting between me and Cole like a trapped animal finally realizing how small it truly was.
“Please,” he rasped. “Please… I swear, I wasn’t part of the planning. I was just following orders. I’m a soldier. That’s all I am.”
Cole crouched in front of him, expression cold. “Then start talking like one who wants to live.”
The wolf swallowed hard. His breathing shook, pain stripping away whatever bravado he had left.
“Why did you take Helen Blackwell?” Cole asked.
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