Adele:
“Cole?”
The name hit me like a punch to the chest. My heart thudded violently as Alpha Jaxon’s words echoed in my ears. I couldn’t believe what I’d just heard.
Cole? He... killed my father?
No. That couldn’t be right. Maybe I’d misheard.
I blinked at Alpha Jaxon, my voice barely a whisper. “Are you… are you serious about this, Alpha?”
His eyes darkened as he stood, pulling his phone from his pocket.
“You think I’d joke about something like that?” he snapped and then shoved the phone into my hands. “Watch this.”
My breath caught as I looked down at the screen. A video was already playing.
It was my father—angry, pacing—and Cole was there too. Not calmly talking, but shouting. The argument escalated fast. And then Cole stepped forward.
“If you don’t back off or agree to this
