The Son of Red Fang by Diana Sockriter novel Chapter 176

The Son of Red Fang

Chapter 176

I woke up to the sounds of my dad and his upper ring shouting my name, trying to find me. I got up slowly and looked around. Everything was off. My m smell, hearing and the way things felt, were all very different. When I stood up, or at least tried, I fell over. It took me some time to realize that I was in ing wolf. It was about the time that dad spotted me that I had fully accepted that’s what had happened. Of course dad had to take the time to jeer and mock my tiny, underdeveloped wolf. His beta and delta weren’t far behind. All three tried to tackle me at once. They all knocked heads instead and I took avantage of dad’s distraction to run off into the woods. I could hear him beating Andrew and David for letting me get away. I guess he wasn’t done with me and gre it to them instead.”

“He beat beta Andrew and delta David because the three of them couldn’t catch you?”

“It’s almost comical when you think about it.”

He sighs with a slight smile.

“I managed to disappear into the woods. To both my fortune and misfortune the storm that had been brewing all day broke loose. It helped me because 1 knew my dad wouldn’t come looking for me until morning but it also left me out all night in late April. In New Hampshire it’s still cold that time of year. I was soaking wet, cold and exhausted when I found the cave just inside our boundary. I sniffed around and found that nothing was living there so I crawled into the warmest, deepest hole in that cave that I could and ended up sleeping for days.”

Madilyn’s intense whimpering brings all of us quickly out of his story. Her eyes are shut but that doesn’t keep her from clawing at her stomach and digging her feet into the bed. I stand from the loveseat and quickly step over to the bed to help Cole as Madilyn gets worse. I take her hands in mine as I watch Cole slide his hand under her gown.

“You said that the cramping is because she’s an empath.”

“An intuitive, like me but it doesn’t make sense for it to be bothering her now. You’re actually doing very well telling your story. She shouldn’t be getting symptoms like this.”

Madilyn yelps as Cole presses down on her abdomen. I can see his hand moving in circles, searching for the next cramp which proves to be not that far

behind.

“Do you have a heating pad? Sometimes they help the girls back home.”

“I can get one.”

Lilly volunteers before disappearing out of the room. Suddenly it hits me. How many times did she throw up and how much water bas she had since it stopped?

“Are you okay alone with her? I think I know something that will se

these cramps down but I have to get an IV kit and some fluids from the other room.”

“Yes sir.”

“Try to keep her relaxed. I’m going to need

ur help. She’s not as bad as you

or Damian but shots and needles still scare her.”

He nods lightly as she whimpers again. He’s focused solely on her as I leave the room and head to the medical room next door. It’s the pediatric room that I gave Jessa last year when she joined the pack.

I’ve been increasing the amount of responsibility she has in the wing, encouraging her to spearhead changes in the way we treat the smallest members of our pack since she decided to join us permanently.

I go straight to the cabinet and pull out several items including a portable IV feeder, before returning to Cole. I smile gently at Lilly as I step back into the Cole’s, her head and hand on top room. Madilyn is laying on her stomach on top of the heating pad set to its lowest setting. She has settled nicely a

of his arm. His eyes are closed, his face relaxed as his fingers gently graze her shoulders.

“Lynnie baby, I know you don’t like it when Jessa takes your blood but I have some medication that needs to go in your vein. It’s going to feel like the blood draws you’ve had.”

I can hear Cole sigh hard. It seems he doesn’t like Madilyn receiving medication any more than receiving it himself.

“Cole, I know you’ve been abused with the submission hold but it’s important that Madilyn doesn’t move while I do this.”

Chapter 176

He nods his head silently as he starts moving her hair to one side exposing her neck. His movements are hesitant and unre

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