Kicked out of his home at eighteen, Cole ends up at The Haven, a drop-in spot for homeless teens, run by Adam Franks. Unable to spend the nights there, he ends up sleeping rough, is attacked by a pair of punks -- and rescued by a Bullmastiff he names Bull.<br><br>Cole and Bull become inseparable. Cole also meets, and is attracted to, Ky, a friend of Adam's, who twice saves Cole from more attackers. After the second attack, things suddenly change in Cole's life when he finds out why someone seems to be after him.<br><br>Will Ky be able to convince Cole he's told him is the truth, while dealing with his own attraction to Cole? And can Ky and his friends keep Cole safe from a man who claims to be Cole's real father?

Cole and His Dog

“He can be very persuasive when he wants to be,” Jenna replied. “When she didn’t join him as promised, he claimed that she had gone against her father’s wishes and run off to be with, to quote, a bastard who had convinced her he loved her.”


Cole turned to Venus, asking angrily, “Why didn’t you call him a liar? You knew the truth.”


“I value my life. If I’d done that, Marsham would have thrown me to the dogs—quite literally. I’d have become the bitch for every male in the pack and no one, not even Quint, would have done anything to stop them.”


Cole got up, going over to hug Venus. “I’m sorry. I should have figured that out for myself.”


She hugged him back, saying, “It’s okay. It’s how life is—in our pack.”


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