The Son of Red Fang by Diana Sockriter novel Chapter 278

Chapter 278

“Did you know that was what he was going to do?”

He asks excitedly. My face immediately changes to a scowl as throwing my daughter up into the air and letting her nearly hit the floor was not extiting for me of Lilly to watch.

“I’m sorry dad but I’ve never seen a wolf drop down that quickly. I know it scared her badly since but….” He trails off his sentence shaking his head.

she

barely cries when you spank her with your hand

I look to my right side, Lilly has her head down looking at her plate. It doesn’t take long for Damian to notice it too.

“Mom? Are you okay?”

I slide my hand under her chin, gently lifting it up and wiping the tears from her eyes. The thought that I was going to hurt Madisyn has really shaken her up. Anger flashes in her eyes as she makes contact with mine but she doesn’t shove me away like I am expecting.

“I’m sorry Lilly. I had no idea what he was planning but I had made the mistake. I gave into his demands and allowed him to teach her a lesson his way because he knew what I wanted to do and he called me out on it.”

“I can’t believe you were going for your belt over something so simple. Falling and getting hurt should be enough of a lesson not to tip her chair.”

Lilly scolds me, an unusual thing for her to do in front of the kids.

“Why did you let him teach her his way?” Lily’s voice is much softer now.

“It was obvious that he was determined to protect her from me.” I state simply. “There are three adults at this table that recognize he’s still suffering immensely at the hands of his father. He’s still being taught ‘lessons‘ at an extreme level on a regular basis from both him and at least one of his older brothers. His abuse started at a very young age, so he has no concept of how discipline towards the children works here and I just did a horrible job at showing him that I’m any different than his father. He’s only been here four days at this point and I was ready to pull the belt from around my waist and lay into her right here at the table.”

Madisyn looks up from her plate for the first time since sitting back down in her seat.

“You only use your belt on the big pups. Even then you count. Why did he save me? Even with your hand I only get two.”

“You were afraid of me Maddie. You knew, like he and your mom, that I wanted to use my belt and it scared you. Not knowing how that would turn out, many hits or how hard I would hit you, scared him.”

“Why would that scare him, daddy?”

how

“I was really fired up from arguing with Lucas and he knew that my anger was misplaced. It’s quite easy to assume he’s been on the receiving end of such misplaced anger many times.”

“Why would he think you would hurt me like that?”

“Because it’s what happens to him, Maddie.” Damian tries to explain gently.

“Why would his mama and papa hurt him like that? Was he a bad pup?”

I shake my head lightly trying to figure out how to explain such a complex situation to my four year old.

“We don’t know a lot about Cole yet. He’s very frightened right now and him coming to a strange alpha’s land hurt has made being here very difficult. He’s

an alpha like us, so being hurt like he is may be quite embarrassing for him even though he has no control over it happening to him.”

“That’s sad. For him to be hurt.”

“Speaking of him being hurt.”

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