Cole's POV
Shawn stared at me after his last comment, the room falling into a thick silence. He set his glass down slowly, watching my expressions the way only someone who had known me for years could.
“Are you still taking the medication I gave you?” he asked suddenly.
I didn’t answer.
The silence stretched long enough to make his jaw clench.
“Cole,” he said sharply, stepping forward, “don’t stand there acting like you’re invincible. Answer me. Are you taking them or not?”
Still, I said nothing.
That was all it took.
Shawn’s calm broke at once, frustration rising through every word.
“For f**k’s sake, you should be taking them! Nolan might have shot you with whatever antidote he brought from God knows where, but from what I detected in your system, you're not cured. Not fully. Th
