The Son of Red Fang by Diana Sockriter novel Chapter 304

Chapter 304

“Cole, I need to see your arms. My initial read is correct. You have silver all over your body as well as in it but I have to find the source of the silver or the binders will only draw out the withdrawal process making it painfully slow and much more deadly.”

My ability to relax him has proven almost detrimental as he’s barely able to keep his eyes open. Alpha notices the change and starts stepping in to help.

“Damian,”

“Yes, dad?”

“Come hold this phone. It’s still recording. The council doesn’t like interruptions like this in a statement but it was necessary and I feel that with Cole on the verge of unconsciousness I need to help Jessa find her answer.”

He walks over quickly, not waiting for his father to finish his explanation. Alpha immediately gets behind the chair gently pulling Cole back against him. I lift his arm, carefully looking it over but I don’t immediately see anything silver related. It’s as I’m going over his other arm that it finally dawns on me what I’m looking at.

“Alpha, have you or Dr. Pierce done a full physical on him?”

“Are you allowed to ask questions when doing an official read?”

“Yes Damian, if there is something that would provide clarity to her read she’s allowed to ask. She just can’t ask him to remove his clothes. Yes, Jessa. I did a full physical Wednesday evening in addition to the injuries that we started finding on him Tuesday.”

“These cuts on his arms, are they elsewhere on his body?”

“Yes. They’re quite deep in some places.”

“I’m talking everywhere, alpha. His chest, abdomen, back, butt, the backs and fronts of both thighs, even his, his….”

I can’t even get the word out as I’m in shock as to what I’m feeling.

“Yes Jessa, even his genitals.”

I sigh deeply as I gently trace one of the angry, red lines across his forearm. He whimpers softly as he barely has the energy to tug his arm away from the pain I’m producing. Although the line is thin, I can still tell that it’s a bubble with small/amounts of fluid inside. The sudden realization of what I’ve found is

breathtaking.

“Alpha, are there any indicators as to what this bruising bordered by two red cuts was made by?”

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Chapter 304

“On his back there’s a few stray marks that end in what appears to be a buckle.”

“Like a belt?”

Alpha nods his head as I desperately try to conclude anything but what this seems to be.

“Alpha, these cuts are not cuts.”

My voice wavers as I begin to verbalize what I’m feeling. He cocks his head waiting for me to continue,

“They are burns. Whoever did this, beat him with a belt lined in high purity silver.”

I can feel the shock rippling through the room. I guess no one thought of that as a possibility but it’s the only conclusion that I can make.

“Jessa, at this point I need your recommendations for treatment. Were you able to tell what kind of silver withdrawal he’s in?” I nod silently.

“There’s a wound near the base of his neck. It feels long, like a needle was used to go deep into his chest. At the bottom of this wound I can feel a large concentration of low purity silver. There were chemicals added to it that are making it very easy for this concentration of silver to leak into his blood as it is very

close to his heart.

You will need to use an ultrasound to locate the silver and an epidural needle to aspirate the silver out. Failure to find it and remove it will be fatal. He will ultimately need to go under general anesthesia for that procedure as well as the others that I’m going to recommend.”

“Keep going, Jessa. I need to know what he needs.”

I can feel the tears starting to drop from my eyes as I struggle to continue with the medical interventions

he needs beyond the standard blood tests.

“While he’s sleeping, all of the blisters that are bordering the bruises need to be scraped off. They are holding fluid containing high purity silver against his skin giving both the silver and infection ways into his body.

The wound on his left thigh will need to go through several debridements to scrub the infected and burned

tissue out of the wound.

Lastly, considering he’s developed septicemia, a spinal tap should be performed to check for meningitis. I recommend taking care of the silver first as the binders will have little effect on stopping his crash if any trace of the silver feeding the poisoning of his body remains.

The debridement of his leg and spinal tap should be done during a separate surgery. His best chance at survival is admittance to Crimson General’s ICU. Without proper treatment, Cole’s ability to survive both blood poisoning and silver poisoning is less than 25%.”

I can feel the tears falling fast as I admit to what I could never hear from another about my mate.

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