The Son of Red Fang by Diana Sockriter novel Chapter 386

Chapter 386

I can tell that he’s exhausted himself yet the behavior that I am most concerned about keeps appearing. I’m watching him closely, slowly closing the distance between us as he repeatedly places his hand in his mouth just to remove it without biting down. He’s fighting himself on top of everything else going on in his head.

“I don’t understand.” Lucas speaks quietly causing Cole to startle badly.

“What are you struggling to understand, Luke?” I reply calmly without looking at him.

“Going rogue can’t be that bad, can it? And, if he doesn’t want to leave, why can’t he stay? Why won’t you seek sanctuary with us?”

I’m shocked that he was willing to ask such a direct question when he has fepeatedly argued against Cole staying.

“There is no freedom. Not without innocence. It doesn’t matter where I’m at.”

“But what does that mean?”

Cole winces hard as Lucas’s brief kindness quickly fades into frustration.

“May I take a guess, based on what Demetri has told us, as to what it may mean.” Patrick speaks up as he walks towards Lucas.

“If you think you know.” Cole whispers but nods his head.

“Will you tell me if I’m wrong?” Again, Cole nods.

“I believe it means that there are things going on inside his pack that his father plans to manipulate in such a way that Cole gets blamed for the rapes he described before he told us of your tryst with Melody.”

I’m relieved at Patrick’s calmness and ability to explain the situation to Lucas. The problem is he doesn’t have the picture that I do.

“Is that what’s going on?”

Jessa speaks out to Cole. Surprisingly, he nods his head, starting his pacing again but changing his position ninety degrees so he now comes towards me instead of Jessa.

“But, that’s not all of it.” I state quietly. “Cole, I will let you choose but Jessa needs to understand why returning home for your laptop is so important. One of us needs to explain it.”

He stops about a foot away and stares at a spot past my left shoulder.

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Chapter 386

“I can’t. I can’t explain it. I’m sorry. I can’t. I can’t.”

I can tell that he’s building up again in a bad way but this time I don’t allow him to get away from me. I close the gap between us as he balls his fists into his hair. I’m close enough now that I can see – his tugs on the long locks without so much as a wince.

He tries to step away but he’s too late as my hands grab hold of his elbows. His inability to get away renews his fight as he yelps and screams while he pushes and pulls his body, trying for several minutes to get away before exhaustion hits him.

To my own surprise I managed to hang on to him and in the end he collapses against me, sobbing quietly into my neck. Everything is silent as I hold this shattered young man in my arms. Not even Madilyn can be heard. I close my eyes as I gently sway. One arm is wrapped low around his hips sitting nearly on his rear, the other crosses one shoulder with my hand on his head. I stay with him, in this moment, for several minutes as I know he’s never had this type of comfort from his own father and I truly wonder where his mother has been while everything has happened to him. Has she turned a blind eye or was she abused into giving him to his father?

“Cole.”

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