The Son of Red Fang
<b>Chapter </b><b>222 </b>
<b>It’s </b>a struggle for me toply. I cringe and hold what little breath I’m getting as she gently massages my hands, loosening my hold on the <b>bed </b>before encouraging me to take the final three steps needed for me toy down.
I can feel my body shaking as I attempt toy on my right side but anything touching my left leg right now is pure torture, leading me to get frustrated <b>and </b>it’s getting harder to contain it.
“Ang.” I hear Luna’s voice calling Dr. Pierce as I hear the multiple machines in the room getting turned on.
“He’s having a really tough time gettingfortable with that leg being burned. Do you have an extra pillow we can put between his knees?”
I barely stifle my yelp as I feel Luna’s hand grasp mine, keeping me from wing at the pillow my head is on.
<b>My </b>eyes are closed but I feel, smell and hear everything around me. I stiffen hard as I feel the warm body of Madilyn beingid against <b>my </b>chest. Luna’s hand gently guides my own until it is wrapped gently around her daughter.
I open my eyes, frozen in fear as I look into her gentle light blue eyes. I watch her <b>as </b>sheys on the other side of Madilyn.
“Please.” I whisper pathetically. “I’m in too much pain, Luna. I don’t want to hurt her<b>.</b><b>” </b>
I’m breathless after trying to exin so very little but it does no good.
“You’re not going to hurt her.”
I close my eyes again as she reaches towards me, her touch can barely be felt along my temple, yet I still find <b>myself </b>cringing <b>and </b>whimpering under herfort. I hear the sounds of the nebulizer starting up and despite how desperately I need it I simply can’t calm the panic welling up inside me.
I feel Luna sit up in the bed before a phone ringing can easily be heard. The mask to the nebulizer <b>is </b>gently ced <b>over </b>my mouth and nose just <b>as </b><b>I </b><b>hear </b>alpha’s voice over the phone.
“Demetri, what happened at dinner after I left? I know Lucas was being ridiculous with hisments but he was a lot better than this when I brought Maddie up.”
“I’m sorry. I should have warned you two that he would be rough. He got fed up with Lucas’sments and cussed him out. The trouble is he’s disclosed disturbing information both from his own pack as well as what, or rather who, Lucas was having rtions withst night. I’m certain disclosing such information about the alpha’s son the way he did has him anticipating some sort of significant physical punishment.”
I cringe as I hear his words, bucking my head in my fight against the mask.
“Cole, stop fighting Ang. I know it’s difficult for you but you need to calm down and allow the medication to work.”
I’m shaking badly <b>as </b><b>I </b>reach for Dr. Pierce’s hand. She has one very gently holding the soft mask against my battered face and I can feel the other holding the back of my head.
“Thank you, Demetri.” Dr. Pierce speaks to the phone.
“I’m guessing the phone is close enough for Cole to hear me if he responded that quickly.”
“Yes dear. You’re on speaker phone so he can hear you but he’s still really tense and shaking badly. Ang is holding the nebulizer mask to his face right now. He keeps trying to fight it even though he’s wheezing badly.”
“I’m not surprised. Considering how bruised his face is now I imagine strapping <b>even </b>the foam lined mask to him would cause pe…. Plus when <b>he’s </b>panicking everything bes confining. Cole, I need you to listen to me son.”
I try to shrink away from his voice, not ready to hear the punishment I know my broken, battered body cannot handle.