The Son of Red Fang by Diana Sockriter novel Chapter 116

Chapter 116

Why does that sound like there’s more going on with him?”

Because there is, Pat. I also have to deal with the long term effects of both medical and nutritional neglect. Combine that with his mental health, edes li undoubtedly due to the severity of the abuse he’s suffered and it’s looking like four to six weeks before I can get him into any format tenting hat work training

“I told you this morning……”

“No, Patrick!” Everyone jumps back as my fist lands hard on the top of the table. “I will not abandon him simply because he’s Alpha Redmen’s son

Everyone has frozen in place staring at me silently, everyone except Patrick that is.

“What the hell was the purpose of this meeting if you’ve already made the decision to help him?” My beta shouts at me.

“This meeting was never a debate about me helping him. It was to inform all of you involved in the testing and training of the prospects that I’m getting involved. I’m already involved. I have already started talking to Xavier. Provided him with the same pictures that you see before you. Told him everything that I know so far while leaving Cole’s name and pack anonymous. I know what I can do for him if he talks. The problem is, unlike the others I have worked with, he won’t talk.”

“He seems to have talked enough to get you wrapped up in feeling sorry for him. You just met him. How can you possibly believe that he’s not deserving of the treatment he’s receiving?“.

“So you want me to believe that this twenty–three year old man has been a rapist and pedophile for two decades?”

“Two decades? What the hell are you talking about Demetri? That would make him three when all this started. Of course I wouldn’t expect a three year old

to be those things.

We are both standing at this point with only my sons continuing to slowly eat while we argue. Though there’s something about his acknowledgment of what I’ve said that has calmed both of us down. Lilly has taken my hand in hers and is delicately running her fingertips up and down the inside of my forearm. Further reducing the defensiveness I have developed for Cole.

“Of all the wolves at this table Patrick, you should know how damaging judging a wolf by the pack’s reputation can be. How long did it take for Alpha Mathias to see you for who you really were compared to the rumors he had heard about my father’s pack? You wrote to me, called and talked with me on the phone about how happy you were that you had Mandy but how lost you were at the same time because Alpha Mathias treated you differently from the others. I could tell by the way you talked about being here with me how much you wanted to come back. And it will always escape me as to why you didn’t

try.”

His eyes change from anger and frustration to sorrow as I bring up the tough memories of his fated mate.

“You don’t have all the pieces of the puzzle to be able to recognize how long Cole’s abuse has gone on. A wolf doesn’t get to where Cole is without the abuse starting in early childhood.”

“What makes you believe it started early?”

He’s calmed down his tone of voice significantly as he sits down again.

“His eyes Patrick. Have you ever met an adult with the navy blue eyes that all pups are born with?”

He shakes his head as he speaks. “The oldest I’ve ever seen was a twelve year old girl that was being sexually abused by her father as a form of punishment. It was what changed Alpha Mathias’s view of me. I noticed how her behavior changed dramatically when she thought she was in trouble in the presence of men and I brought it to his attention that I thought something was wrong. Mandy was only a few months pregnant with Parker at the time and we lived in the pack house since she was the beta’s daughter so we ended up taking her in until after Parker was born. It was only after she moved in that I noticed she had the same eye color as pups less than six years old.”

He pauses a moment as if he’s realizing the reason for my question.

“Are you saying his eyes never changed?”

I nod my head slowly as I finish chewing the bite I have in my mouth..

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