The Son of Red Fang by Diana Sockriter novel Chapter 264

The Son of Red Fang

Chapter 264

“How many guts have you come across with that scent?

I knew Roger would ask that question. Unfortunately for me, Cole does nothing more than shake his head no. Being a delta, Roger knows not to push the

“I’m sorry alpha. I planned on telling you of what I smelled but I was wrong to do it the way I did. I had no right to accuse your son. I deserve whatever you feel is proper”

His voice is soft and sad. I can see confusion on Melody’s and Roger’s faces, sadness has come across Annabel’s.

“I know there are a very strict set of rules that you follow, Cole. That’s what my notes are about. Where I can I plan on adapting to your rules as, so far, they appear far stricter than anything I would put on anyone. But the punishment aspect of your strict sense of justice will not happen. I will not physically panish you.”

“I deserve it alpha.”

“Why do you feel that way?” Annabel blurts out.

“Do you really think I was able to identify that it was Lucas that put her in that dangerous situation?”

He seems to want to laugh but is cut short by his own whine. Myla has brought a clipboard with papers and additional collection tubes over to Angela. I know this means he’s positive, I just don’t know for what yet.

“Talk to me Cole because I don’t understand.” I softly encourage him to explain.

“The only thing I could tell by the smell was that she is a fertile pre–shift between ten and twelve who had unprotected sex with a shifter. Lucas was a guess based on the two of them coming out of his room and the way he kissed her after he hit me.”

“Well, Cole. Your guess was correct. Is that why you requested that he not receive physical punishment? Because you weren’t certain.”

“He doesn’t deserve to be punished because I stumbled upon them coming out of his room.”

“Cole, you know there’s more to him getting punished then what you witnessed. All you did was alert me to behavior that I have found out has been going on for at least two years. No wolf is to have sex until after they have fully shifted. That is my law for my pack so we don’t run into deadly situations like what would have happened if Melody had gotten pregnant.”

“That doesn’t make it right, alpha.”

I can hear the desperation in his voice. He does indeed live by a very strict set of rules that I will take the time to learn. If I achieve nothing else during this run, making him as comfortable here as I can is my top priority.

“I will not lie to you. I know there are several times that you feel I have but they weren’t purposeful or malicious. They were closer to a misunderstanding than anything else but I will not pretend that I understand why you feel the way you do about telling me of what you smelled.

I knew about him hitting you on the bad side of your head before I sat down to dinner. I saw him and Melody on the hallway camera. I just didn’t have enough details to identify her easily. That’s why I pushed you for a name last night.

When I asked Lucas at the table he unwittingly admitted why he was having sex with such a young age group. After you fell asleep he was the one to call Melody so that I could get her in my office and treated before she was in any danger. If he had denied knowing a Melody or denied having sex with her then things would have gone differently but I still would have found her and helped her based on what you told me.”

“What if I had been wrong? What if she hadn’t been in danger?”

“I’d be mad over stopping everything to find her but also relieved that it wasn’t an issue. I’m certain her parents would feel the same. Mad but relieved.”

“Would you have punished me then?”

“I don’t see where malice would have been involved so no, I wouldn’t.”

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Chapter 264

How

can you

not see

malice

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