✤ Cole ✤
After the first punch, it was followed by a second, and soon we were going at it. Hard. Ryder gave just as good as I did. After all, we both had Alpha blood running through our veins. Truth be told, I didn’t want to fight the bastard, but I felt torn between the pain I felt of not only losing my mate but losing my pup too. It was a hard one to deal with and punching Ryder certainly helped. Or at least I reasoned that it did. Distracted by my thoughts, Ryder punched me hard in my gut. I retaliated by punching him back, my first connecting with his nose.
“Stop!” Ryder yelled out as he leaned over and breathed heavily. We were both bloody and tired. “Just go to her,” he added softly. I wiped my hand across my mouth as I eyed him closely. He looked pretty beaten up and I felt slight
