“Enough.”


    I growl softly, freezing his fight. He’s breaking down quickly and I’ve got to get a handle of what’s going on.


    “Is it true? Did he hit you?”


    “It’s not a big deal, Dimetri. All this isn’t necessary.”


    She avoids the question while waving off the need to restrain him.


    “That’s not an answer and you know it, Ang.”


    I chastise as Cole pushes me away even harder.


    “Alpha please. Just let me go. I can’t do this.”


    “You’re not going anywhere, Cole. We are going to take care of thest of your injuries and get you started on your medication.”


    “Speaking of medication. I’m only putting him back on Effexor. Lowest dose to start, taken with dinner. Once the side effects mellow out, I’ll evaluate how his symptoms are and possibly increase it if he needs it.”


    “You still haven’t answered my question.”


    “I don’t feel it warrants an answer.”


    Suddenly Cole’s erratic movements catch me by surprise and he briefly escapes me.


    “Just let me go!”


    He whines with overwhelming fear in his voice as I gather him back against me.


    “Stop fighting me Cole! I’m not going to hurt you!”


    “Stop telling me that when I deserve it! I hurt her! I hit her! I don’t deserve to be here! I don’t deserve your kindness! Please, just let me go home!”


    He’s in aplete panic attack as he fights my hold on him. It takes several minutes but I finally get him pinned against the bed. His realization of having nowhere to flee allows him to finally break down in sobs,pletely defeated and unable to cope.


    “Sit down on the bed, Cole.”


    My aura is intense but not overwhelming as he submits to mymand. I pull him into my chest, pinning his arms between us.


    “I know this is confusing for you but I need you to allow it to calm you. Lay the left side of your head on my shoulder. You need to concentrate on my scent and aura. Do not fight it. I promise you, there’s nothing painful about it.”


    He sighs in defeat as he cautiously leans towards me. My heart aches as he whimpers and jumps back away from me every time hees close to touching <ol><li></li></ol>


    On his fourth try I move my hand to his head, keeping it a few inches away so he doesn’t feel forced. He bounces back again, freezing when he hits my hand.


    “I will never punish you forpliance.”


    I encourage as I rub his head following him down to my shoulder. I tighten my hold on him slightly. He’s shaking badly and I’m desperate to make him feel


    safe here.


    “Ang please. I need to know what happened after I left.”


    He’s rigid and breathing erratically as I speak. I’m certain he’s already made up his mind as to what’e oing so happen ka hus


    “It’s really my fault not his, Demetri.”


    “Ange please, …..”.


    She holds up her hand, pausing me before I can finish.


    “He did exceptionally well with me. He allowed me to wash from the waist up and I respected his need to take care of the pale de being his hair grante off challenging but we came to an understanding quickly and he was nearly sleeping by the time I started curing it.


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    Once again, the entire incident is my fault. I underestimated the length of theceration and ended up with the shaver digging into the asleep or at least nearly, him going into fight mode was an expectation. I dodged all of his swings until I tried to grab his hands. I graded hold of his left but ended up struck by his right.


    You know what it’s like to be a doctor. I’ve taken on more damage from a deltaing off a silver high. I calmed his panic after it happened and fr hoping that by keeping it as little of a deal as I could would keep the panic from returning. I’m sorry that I didn’t tell you right after it happened your were better prepared to deal with the level of panic he’s ended up in. I didn’t realize the toll such an ident would have on him. Are you redif going the restrain him?”