The Son of Red Fang by Diana Sockriter novel Chapter 179

Chapter 179

Delta David had only been dad’s delta for five years at that point and I didn’t remember ever seeing his mate with him. She came back to me six months later, in the same terrible pain. She was even worse this time than the first. I ran her a hot bath before leaving the room. I have a coded lock on my door so no one can get in and I developed precautions so when dad put a camera up to capture the code he never did.

We have a similar store room as yours. Only ours is a combination of new and used clothing. I went through the clothes and found a nightgown and underwear before stopping at another area of the closet and picking up two bottles of the grape flavored liquid Tylenol over the chewables. I could tell she didn’t like the taste last time so I was hoping this would be easier for her to take.

I went into the bathroom when I got back to the room. The tub was positioned on the other side of the room opposite of the door with a wall at one end so even without the curtain drawn you can’t see anything but the head of someone who’s soaking in the tub. I left the clothing as well as a towel on the counter near the door and left without a sound. I know she saw me but the smell of fear was so overwhelming that I didn’t speak. I just left the items before leaving the room. It was the first time I recognized the smell even though it was oddly familiar.

When she finally came out of the bathroom I was doing an assignment for school on my laptop. She didn’t say anything, she just crawled into my bed, curled up into a tight little ball and started to cry. I saved my work and joined her in the bed but things were different this time.

Even though she knew me, she didn’t trust me not to hurt her the way someone else already had and it tore me up in the worst way for her to fear me. So ! slowed down. It took me three hours before I could put my hands on her and even then the pain was so much worse. Somehow we worked through it. I skipped school, we’ll sort of. I was a freshman in high school and due to a series of events I had been switched to virtual learning so I could complete all my work on my laptop.

She was so exhausted from the constant pain that she slept for a week. I was barely able to wake her long enough to force her to the bathroom, get her to eat and drink and get medicine into her before laying with her and massaging the knots out of her abdomen. It scared me badly for her to be like that but I didn’t dare seek a doctor.”

“Why not?”

It’s the first time Lilly has spoken since he started his story.

“Livy told me that she had been to the doctor before for the issue and she ended up being punished by dad for lying. Unlike the doctor, I was willing to believe what little she was willing to share or perhaps the doctor believed her and took it to my father instead of the council. Either way she was punished in such a way that it prevented her from seeking help from anyone but me.

She started feeling better after that first week with me and left me a week later. That was around the time that I heard the first of the rumors. Whispers about me spending too much time with a seven year old girl, She came back six months later in even more pain than the previous times. I went with what I knew but her screams alpha.”

He pauses again, breathing hard. He’s starting to paint a very undeniable picture of being a caretaker despite the unimaginable abuse he appears to suffer.

“I didn’t mean to do it, alpha.”

He finally whispers, catching Lilly and I off guard. I grab Lilly’s hand as she opens her mouth, shutting it silently as we wait for him to continue.

“The screams of a pup in such agonizing pain. It does something to my wolf. Twice before I had controlled it but this third time….”

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