The Son of Red Fang by Diana Sockriter novel Chapter 245

The Son of Red Fang

Chapter 245

The previous four wolves that I placed on off book runs all had varying degrees of self injurious behaviors. Each of them engaged in it for differers Tease It’s not a simple thing to stop and expecting you to stop completely before you’re permanently in a safe, caring environment is setting you up for failure *

“So you’re not going to demand that he stops that crazy nonsense?”

“It’s not crazy or nonsense, Lucas. It actually has a very specific purpose for those who are severely abused and neglected. Demanding that he stops would never work and would likely have the opposite effect but you will allow us to intervene, Cole. You’ve done very well so far tolerating my interventions and my expectation is that you continue allowing it to happen. Over the timeframe that you’re here I will be teaching the other trainers what to look for and how to intervene. As long as you don’t cause yourself significant injury I will give you a pass.”

He nods his head against my chest before moving it back onto my arm. He’s finally relaxed despite Angela’s work on him giving me hope that something we gave him is finally kicking in.

“Another major issue that I’m seeing is your lack of interest in eating. Your unwillingness to talk about what’s going on at Red Fang makes it very difficult for me to create a plan for getting you to eat. I need your help with this. You can’t survive on tube feeds.”

He nods again but I can tell he’s not going to stay awake for much longer.

“Now, in regards to the actual run, documentation remains the same. You each will have your own file for recording your experiences with Cole just like you will have a file on each prospect remaining in the run once we finish the physicals. You will not have access to each other’s files and you will not have access to the one going to the council. While it is my standard for all of your reports to come back to me on every prospect so I can look through them before submitting them to the council, I will be handling Cole’s slightly differently. He has expressed fear over going on an off book run as it sounds like the previous alphas that put him on one mishandled the situation. While I can not, right now, explain what will get back to the council, what I can explain is that all my off book runs appear to be normal runs.”

“So you’re going to lie to the council to protect a pervert.” Lucas is quick to snap.

“When a wolf’s life is in danger and I feel the likelihood that they will return to the life that is slowly killing them is high, yes. I will do whatever it takes to get them back in my territory for the year–long run in the hopes that I can earn their trust and either offer them a position in the pack or convince them to seek sanctuary. So I omit what I know will get them withdrawn from the program.”

“So the council will know about me?” Cole whispers.

“I normally submit all observations on the prospects. The council loves when I report back to them as all my tests and training give them a really good idea as to the individual wolf. Other packs appreciate it as well because it gives them a good idea about how well the wolf would fit into their pack, at least if it’s a decent one.” I pause a moment, giving Cole a moment to understand what I’ve said.

“As I discussed with all of you Tuesday night, all physical testing will be one on one with me. Physical training, however, is on pause until I can get a better idea of his physical and mental health. Currently, both are extremely low and I have no desire to make them worse. His run is going to be very fluid so I can make changes where and when I need to.

My goal is to gain your trust, Cole. We both know it’s only a matter of time before your father kills you.”

I feel Cole nod slowly against my arm. It’s easy to tell that he’s finally giving into the exhaustion that the painful bandaging process has produced mixing with the medication he’s on. I continue my gentle petting as he relaxes into sleep praying to Goddess Diana that it’s a peaceful one.

As much as I wanted Cole to hear what I had planned for Lucas, letting him sleep is far more important. I lay with him silently, watching his face for signs of pain or distress. I wait until Pat and Angela get the blanket from under his legs to start moving around. I carefully slide my arm from beneath his head. Lilly jumps in gracefully, holding his head gently until/I’m free before lowering him down to the pillow.

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