<b>Chapter 124 </b>
<b>“</b><b>He </b>believes it so strongly that he’s willing to harm his own pack mate for defending Cole *
Damian speaks<b>, </b>quietly interrupting my thoughts on Cole.
The you have a n, Demetri? How do you expect to tease out the truth about the pups? No pack is willing to take on a pedophile: No <b>matter </b>how ones he is, even you won’t take that chance. Not with your own two little girls in tow.”
“As much as I don’t want to admit it and as much as no one wants to hear it. I’m not going to push the pedophilia rap.”
“Are you crazy? What the hell are you thinking?”
Patrick shouts at me, reacting exactly the way I expected. I give <i>hi </i>slowing his harshness down.
a minute to rant his expletives on the first part of my n before holding my hand up,
“I expected such a reaction from you and I will not attempt to change your mind about how you feel. I do, however, expect you to be professional and treat him like a normal prospect. You will remain neutral when you work with him and have an open mind towards who he shows you he is versus allowing <b>the </b>rumors that he’s a pedophile to cloud your opinion. Plenty of packs have ended up transferring pedophiles in without ever hearing about the possibility <b>that </b>they are one because they have never been caught or their alpha used the program to get rid of them. It’s extremely rare for such a dangerous rumor like this, that’s getting passed around so early, to be true. Especially when you take into consideration what <b>we </b>know.<i>” </i>
“And what exactly do we know about him?”
Patrick spouts with angercing his voice again.
“That the future luna of the pack can im rape without proof and <b>he </b>gets beaten for it. What’s to keep anyone in that pack from making a im such as The raped my seyen year old daughter‘ without a shred of evidence?”
I’m stunned into silence at Parker’s sudden anger and defensiveness towards Cole.
“Why would you defend someone you don’t know?”
“For the same reason that you’re ready to condemn him, dad.”
I sit back in my chair <b>as </b>Patrick and Parker stare at one another briefly in silence<b>. </b>
“When Alpha exined that the rape usations only started after the mate’s union ceremony waspleted, even you agreed that there is something wrong with the im. Alpha said he let Madilyny with him and he was afraid to touch her. I don’t know much about pedophile behavior but I have a hard time believing that a pedophile could easily fake being afraid of a child.”
Patrick sighs as he breaks eye contact with Parker. Rubbing the back of his neck, I know he’s forming his thoughts before he speaks and I know I’m not going to like it.
“If you’re going to insist that I ignore the pedophile rumors while working with him then I am formally requesting that I don’t work with him. I’m sorry. know you have spent more time with him and likely have a clearer picture than I do, but I can not simply put rumors of him raping little girls aside.”
<b>I </b>
I nod my head silently, disappointed in my beta for his stance against Cole. His refusal to give him a chance, but I’m an alpha who believes in the freedom of choice and will honor his request, at least partially.
“Does anyone else who works with the prospects have an issue working with Cole? My expectations for training and testing towards him isplete neutrality. He is to be treated just like the other prospects whom we know nothing about.”
<b>The </b><b>Son </b><b>of </b><b>Red </b>Fang