The Son of Red Fang by Diana Sockriter novel Chapter 108

Chapter 108

He takes a deep breath as he takes his hand from Lilly. I’ve paused my actions with his medication again, watching his response to my questioning. I’m shocked when he curls around Madilyn, hugging her even closer to him as he starts gently rubbing her back.

“You’ve talked before haven’t you? With the alpha of the other packs?”

“Alpha please, it doesn’t help to talk. All it does is make it harder for me to act normal for what little time FIE be here.”

“I’m not like any alpha you’ve been with before. I know the laws and what I can do to help but I have to know what’s going on. I can’t help unless I knicker how often you end up in the condition you’re in now or something even worse.”

“They said the same thing. They can’t help unless I talk. I go through the physical. Explain all my scars, every cut, every bruise. They document everything They keep me in the hospital to test my explanation. Then I end up on a seventy–two hour hold because the tests trigger me into a crisis like what I’m having now. Just to send me home early. Just so the council can come poking around but they never come to me. They never ask me. Yet everything gets worse, unbelievably harder. For months I have to fight just to survive not just my father but my family, my pack. All I want is my luna. As soon as I find her I’ll find a way out of the hell I’ve been born into.”

His voice is cracking at the end and I know he’s struggling to stay composed. It’s obvious as he breaks down, burying his face into Madilyn’s hair, that he’s lost all hope of anyone but himself being able to get him out. To protect him the way he’s protecting my daughter.

“There’s two very nasty rumors about you. Both are very concerning. Now based on what little I’ve seen of your character, I’m having a hard time picturing you as either a rapist or a pedophile.”

“Which is why you want my side of the story.”

He whispers as he turns his head so his cheek rests again on Madilyn’s head, making it easier to understand him.

I’m shocked when he actually opens his eyes and looks straight at me. For the first time I see anger beneath the fear.

“What are you getting out of this?”

I can’t help but cock my head, curious as to what he means.

“What could I possibly have to gain by betraying your trust?”

I take his hand gently in mine but allow him to pull away. He closes his eyes as he runs that hand through his hair. He swallows hard before placing his hand back into mine.

“I don’t expect you to believe me, you don’t know me so why would you. But, the rumors that I’m a rapist and a pedophile are not at all true. I can’t go into details about my relationship with the little girls. The one time I did, I paid dearly for it after the council left. The only thing I can assure you of is I’m not raping them and I’m not having inappropriate relationships with them. They come to me of their own free will. I don’t seek them out but I won’t turn them away. I protect them from those who seek to harm them. Something I grew up never having. Both rumors are not simply rumors but allegations that have never been proven. The rumor about me raping Luna Sasha is completely false. I don’t like her and have no desire to touch her let alone take advantage of her.”

He takes a break and whines hard as he starts feeling the pain medication in his vein.

“I guess that explains why Jamie was so upset when you disclosed that the injuries you have are from being punished because of this luna. No alpha is to implement physical punishment without catching the wolf in the act of assault. This can be in the form of surveillance footage or someone walking in on you. Yet you’ve been beaten six times for something you’re merely accused of?”

He nods his head slowly as I detach the empty syringe and put it aside. I move around to the back of him but I can tell by the way he tries to follow my movements that it’s making him nervous.

“Relax Cole. I’ve got four supplements and the anti nausea medicine to give you.”

“What are they?”

I can hear the suspicion in his voice as he asks.

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