Ch. 15 MATE IN PAIN

Alpha James’s POV

I pummeled the punching bag with aggressive intensity, my movements swift and precise as I channeled my emotions through the powerful strikes. My potential beta, who had just arrived from the Duskfall pack, Nicholas stood nearby, concern imprinted across his face.

"Alpha, I think you should take a break," Nicholas urged, his voice rumbling with worry. "You have been at this for over three hours and haven’t taken a sip of water. Are you perhaps torturing yourself?"

But I couldn't stop, my need to punish myself was overwhelming. I had hurt my mate and made her bleed—the very thought of it tearing me apart. Davin growled in my mind, voicing his own displeasure.

"She wasn't wrong, you know," Davin rumbled. "Your grandfather is a madman. He should be in an asylum, not this packhouse, your coronation is tomorrow; you need to make preparations, don’t torture yourself, I told you not to hurt her, didn’t I?"

I grunted, my chest tightening with pain. "You did, I just couldn’t