Chapter <b>294 </b>


    He’s shaking his head hard as he tries to exin but there’s no exnation needed. He’s sick and weak and feels undeserving of his mate. I wipe the fears from his cheeks as he looks down again. He’s shaking hard and the mate bond tells me I don’t have much time to find out why he’s so sick as my reads be fat more difficult when my patient is asleep.


    I run my hand through his hair. I’m desperate to get him to rx but he’s in bad shape and getting worse by the minute. I ce my hands on both sides of his face gently lifting his chin.


    “Look at me Cole.”


    His eyes are darting around the room as if he’s looking for a way out. I can tell it’s panic driven but I don’t know if he’s had any medication to help with it.


    I gently bring my hand over his eyes, blocking his vision and forcing him to close them.


    “Let’s calm the scanning a little Cole. There’s no reason to look for an out. Has he had anything for anxiety, Alpha?”


    “Half a mil of Ativan about ten minutes ago.”


    I nod my head as I slowly remove my hand from his eyes. He’s still scanning but not nearly as frantically.


    “Look at me, Cole.”


    This time heplies but I can tell it’s a struggle for him.


    “I understand that you’re not ready to ept what has been discovered. I’m not in the best ce to ept it either but I’m not going to reject it. I need you to use it. I know you’re overwhelmed right now. I can calm your wolf but I need you to focus. You have a lot of negative emotions that will make it difficult for me to urately judge what’s making you so sick.”


    “How?”


    He whispers. His energy is low but his mind is swarming and I know getting him to focus on something positive is the only way this is going to work.


    “The feeling you get when I touch you. You need to focus on it. Use it to push everything else away. When I do a read on adults I use the submission hold as I have to have control of your wolf to gain ess to your mind.”


    “Can you read thoughts?”


    I smile at his thoughts as I run my hand gently along his temple, gently encouraging him toy his head down on his arms to one side.


    “No. Not thoughts. I can feel what you’re feeling emotionally and physically. Although you appear very calm right now, just this very simple touch along your temple tells me a very different story.”


    “Oh yeah, dad. He looks really frantic right now.”


    Lucas scoffs in the background. He’s always been a skeptic when ites to my abilities but the alpha knows better.


    “Talk to me Jessa. What’s going on with him?”


    <b>I </b>can’t help but shake my head and sigh before speaking.


    “I need time that I don’t have. He’s not good. His/mind is swarming right now. Pain, anxiety, an overwhelming sense of fear and dread.”


    “Dread?”


    I’m not certain if Alpha is shocked or misunderstanding of my wording.


    “It’s the feeling you get before something really bad happens. You know it’sing. You just don’t know what or when.”


    Cole is neatly sleeping as Alpha uns his hand through the hair on the back of his head. I see several of us startle when he yelps with the contact. Even Madisyn starts whimpering softly as alpha speaks to him.


    “Cole, are you afraid that I’m going to punish you?”


    “He deserves it after he scared Madisyn like he did.”


    Lucas is obviously upset with Cole but I’m not sure why. It only takes a second for alpha to silence him with a fierce growl that everyone knows means business.


    “The thought is there alpha as no alpha has ever gone easy on me for defiance but overall I just feel like shit. I’m barely awake, everything hurts badly and i have no ability to move from this step.”


    “I don’t think you have much time Jess?.”


    I nod my head as I step back over to him.


    “Considering your reaction to alpha’s touch, I think that this is going to be a lot harder on you than normal.”


    I start rubbing his head, slowly and gently working my way down to where his skull meets his neck.


    *Concentrate on me, on my touch. Clear your mind.”


    I find my pressure point and use my fingers to start applying the pressure I need to subdue his wolf and feel his body. His weakened condition makes it easy to start feeling what he feels but I’m only about half way to the full pressure that I need when he starts whining loudly. I stop where I’m at, maintaining the pressure I’ve established. I concentrate my focus as I already have a partial link that I can start using for minor aches and pains.


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