The Son of Red Fang by Diana Sockriter novel Chapter 236

Chapter 236

“I’m going to start slow. Based on your comments it’s easy to tell that you’re aware that Lucas and I had requested not to work directly with you. I will admit that my decision was based on the pedophile tumor and the fact that you were not willing to talk about your relationship with the pups. Even though. I’m not satisfied with the level of secrecy Demetri is keeping, he has never steered me the wrong way. I also have to consider the protectiveness you showed towards Madilyn. I’ve never seen an alpha male protect a pup that wasn’t his. Not when he’s staying on another alpha’s land. Why did you protect her Cole?”

“I don’t force pups. She was afraid. The only son I knew was Damian.”

“If Damian approached you the same way Lucas did, would you have given her to him?”

“She was afraid.”

His answers are monotonous but direct, giving me some insight into his thinking.

“In your pack family members can’t always be trusted not to hurt them.” I conclude out loud.

“With the rumors that are out there about Red Fang it makes sense for him to react that way which makes it difficult to believe that he’s actively harming the pups of his own pack.” Pat finally concludes.

“Why is everyone so willing to side with him!” Lucas cries out in frustration.

“No story is one sided, Lucas.” I try to explain to a teen who doesn’t want to be reasoned with. “Why are you so willing to take the word of a wolf who has been banished from every pack he’s visited?”

“Once again, you’re taking his word on that.” He tries to argue.

“No sir, that is information reported to the council from all ten packs Dallas has visited over the last five years he’s been in the prospect program. It amazes me that he’s even still in it considering the activity witnessed inside his own pack, which is what Cole spoke of downstairs. Cole has only been to three packs over the last eighteen months. How would he know anything about Dallas’s other seven runs?”

He stays quiet and for a moment I’m hopeful that he’s finally seeing the truth of the matter.

“What is wrong with you Pat? I joined you in hating him and now you’re helping him?”

He surprises everyone by taking a different tactic, jumping from his chair to attack Patrick on his changing stance.

“I voiced that I was uncomfortable working with him and requested not to work directly with him, yes that’s true, but I did not hate him when I made the

request.”

“You and Damian were making your way to him when I stopped him. You didn’t like him having Madilyn either!”

I watch as my beta steps away from Cole and directly in front of Lucas, looking him dead in the eyes, challenging the authority he knows he doesn’t have.

“I contacted your father and asked the important questions you refused to seek. When we started towards Cole it was because Damian was going to take responsibility for Madilyn, letting her play on the playground while I helped Cole get back to Dr. Pierce. He was in obvious pain that no level of distrust towards him would allow me to ignore.”

He steps into him, causing him to step back until he stumbles into the chair he started in. I’m completely lost when it comes to Lucas. How can my own son form such a rigid opinion based on a rumor? It’s even more confounding when Lucas has never interacted with any of the abused wolves that I have helped leave their packs. I just don’t understand why he has such a problem with Cole.

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