The Son of Red Fang by Diana Sockriter novel Chapter 384

Chapter 384

“You didn’t keep your distance out of respect did you?” I ask while I partially remove my gloves and put the pads on my hands.

“I don’t know why I want to see this. I just do. I’ve never seen anyone fear you like I saw at the table. When you were commanding him to answer your questions. Is that the fear you were talking about? The fear you said he has of me?”

I sigh, not knowing exactly how to explain it to him.

“I don’t think it’s quite as ingrained but yes son, he does fear you.”

He steps away without another word, taking a seat in the chairs positioned around the ring.

“Come to the center, Cole. We are going to start this off the exact same way as last time.”

He follows my directive, slowly coming to the center. He looks at me briefly, sadness and fear consuming him.

“Hands up Cole, you’re going first.”

I start with him slowly. Simply touching his gloved hands with the pads, giving him stern directives until he starts participating. I stay like this for several minutes until I see the gradual change that I’m looking for. The change that tells me he’s getting angry and he’s ready to let loose. I follow his change, allowing him to take his anger out of the pads in relative silence.

“Hold.” I call out.

It only takes a second for him to stop and walk back to the center of the ring. He’s still showing significant stress and so far, has stopped fighting the sparring session. I walk to the edge of the mat, throwing the pads to the floor and adjusting my gloves back onto my hands.

“Alright Cole. Now we start transitioning between offensive and defensive strategies.” I explain

calmly.

“I can’t keep going alpha. Please, you’re pushing me too far.”

“I need you to talk to me. You’ve been going down hill at a remarkable pace which tells me tonight’s incident with your father wasn’t the first this week but it was definitely the most devastating and I can not help you without you telling me what happened.”

“You can’t help me any more alpha. Calling me back for a second run won’t work.”

“Don’t lose faith in me based on the words of your abuser. He could easily be feeding you a lie.”

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Chapter 384

He shakes his head as I position myself in front of him.

“You don’t understand, alpha. He doesn’t lie to me. Everything he has ever said he has done.

We start back up our sparring gently, meeting gloves in the middle as we circle the mat.

“Once again, you are to start. You throw the first swing.”

“You don’t know what you’re doing to me.”

“I believe that I do, Cole. I’m telling you to get emotional. To allow yourself to vent what your father

did, what he said while having you trapped in that link today.”

“I don’t want to talk alpha.”

He lashes out as he speaks.

“It doesn’t do me any good and only serves to make it real.”

He finally starts putting his anger and strength into his hits, coming hard and fast. I put my full concentration into his strikes, blocking most of them while occasionally accepting one to the padding before throwing a swing or two back his way. Our spar is intense as we both get into the meat of it. I’m actually enjoying this duel with him and I lose track of how he’s doing emotionally as he becomes more engaged in the fight.

A sudden collision with the right side of my mouth brings me quickly back to reality as he realizes exactly what he’s done despite the deep rage he’s experiencing. He turns his back to me, walking away as he throws his gloves to the ground.

“I’m done!” He yells, anger in his voice.

“Not until you talk.” I comment calmly.

He shakes his head as he takes off his helmet. It, too, lands on the floor with a soft thud.

“No alpha, I’m done!”

“Not until you talk.” I repeat with a bit more force in my voice.

“No! What’s the point of talking? I’m done! Not just this sparring match! Everything! I’m done with

the program!”

“What are you talking about?” I’m quite confused with this turn of information.

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