The Son of Red Fang
<b>Chapter </b><b>104 </b>
She crawls off the bed into my arms as she starts crying even harder.
“It’s okay sweetheart, he’s quite afraid of me too.”
I rub her back gently as he hides his face from us. I can tell by the way he’s breathing that he’s quite upset with the interaction as well.
“I’m sorry Cole. I guess I didn’t handle this as well as I should have. Madilyn is quite tired making her even more sensitive then she normally is. She came looking for me because she’s had a very uneasy feeling for most of the day. It’s been so bad today that she has barely touched any of her meals and she’s normally a very good eater. I believe the unease she’s experiencing is because of you, Cole. She can sense that you’re unwell and in need of help.”
I reach over and start rubbing the back of his head gently as Madilyn’s crying subsides. She startles badly when he yelps from the unexpected contact from me causing a renewal of her tears, this time for other reasons.
“Daddy please……don’t hurt him….. He didn’t mean….. to scare me….”
She hups through her concern for him.
“I didn’t hurt him, Lynnie. I started rubbing his head and right now he feels like he did something wrong. He was expecting me to hurt him so it scared <b>him </b>when I touched him.”
“He’s a big wolf daddy. Why would he be afraid of doing something wrong?”
She sniffles as she calms down. I sigh as I kiss the side of her head. I’m still gently rubbing Cole’s head but he’s still stiff and curled into a protective position with his forearms covering his face. He’s twitching badly with my contact. I can tell that he wants to move away from my touch even though I know I’m not hurting him. I loosen my hold on Madilyn as she tries to turn around.
“Cole? Why are you afraid of me?”
I pause my movements a moment slightly shocked at her sudden boldness. For the first time in several minutes he moves his arms away from his face<b>.. </b>
“It’s not you that I’m afraid of.”
It’s in the silence that Madilyn sees his arms. The pinkish purple two inch wide bands that circle his wrists and the angry red scabs that border inch wide stripes chaotically crossing his forearms.
“He’s hurt.”
I hear Madilyn whisper as she grazes his wrist with her finger, drawing back when she hears the strangled sound of him choking back a yelp.
“I’m sorry daddy. I didn’t mean to hurt him.”
I can see the tears forming again as I turn her to face me again.
“No Madilyn. You didn’t hurt him. He’s very scared right now. He’s hurt and sick on another alpha’snd so he doesn’t understand how <b>we </b><b>are </b>going to treat
him.”
“But he’s in the hospital. You’re taking care of him.”
“We are taking care of him Lynnie but when his own pack, his own family, hurts him badly for everything he does wrong. He doesn’t know how not to be afraid. He likes being with the little wolves like you because they love him unconditionally. They don’t want to hurt him so it’s easier for him to rx love them back. The reason he’s scared to touch you is there is a really bad rumor that ims he hurts little girl pups in his pack and he gets punished harshly every time he spends time with them.”
“Why doesn’t he stop ying with them?”
I’m surprised when I hear his response.
“I’m protecting them.” He whispers. “I won’t stop protecting them.”
I smile lightly as Madilyn cocks her head at his response. I must admit that I’m quite shocked as well.
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