<b>The </b><b>Son </b><b>of </b>Red Fang
<b>Chapter </b><b>224 </b>
<b>She’s </b>working quickly, using scissors to get the bulk of the bandages off without hitting the burn but I still yelp in pain. I roll toward Madilyn, warning me face into the pillow and gathering the side of it into my fist.
It’s only seconds before Luna’s hand is in my hair, trying tofort and soothe. I’m in tears by the time everything is removed from my wond Farming to <b>stay </b>sane with the insane amount of pain that these bandage changes create, if I were standing I’d be putting my head through the wall.
“I’m sorry Cole. I’m going to do some more research and try to find a better way of doing this. You shouldn’t have to go through this much pain for a bandage change.”
I barely hear Dr. Pierce’s voice but from what I do hear I know it’s sincere. It’s rare for me to find a doctor that feels bad about the pain I’m in when they are trying to help me. That’s perhaps the only way I manage the bandage change, by repeating to myself that she’s trying to help me.
I yelp repeatedly as she starts spreading the specialized cream around my leg. It takes everything I have not to jump off the bed and run for the hills.
I’m not certain when I realized that Luna had left me but I find it hard to contain my yelps when I feel her again behind me.
“I know it’s stronger than Demetri’s but it’s important that you don’t fight it. Don’t think about it. I promise it will help in ways you don’t understand <b>yet</b>.
I can’t tell how she’s positioned behind me but I can feel her arm drape over my neck beforeying her hand on the pillow beside my head.
“The inside of my wrist is the second strongest location for scent. As luna of my pack my scent will providefort and security to you. Take my hand in yours so you can adjust my position for the most effect on you.”
I yelp several more times at Dr. Pierce’s touch. My entire leg is on fire and it’s <b>a </b>struggle to stay still. I feel Madilyn roll <b>away </b>from me. I’m shocked as to how lonely I feel without her scent near.
“Take Lilly’s hand Cole. This is going to be rough but it should provide about eight hours <b>of </b>pain relief
<b>SO </b>
<b>you </b><b>can </b>
sleep.”
“What are you nning to do?”
Alpha’s voice resonates through the room. I can’t help but cringe and whimper as the power he holds hits me.
“The amount of pain he’s in from this burn is extreme enough that I’d like to use a local anesthetic to numb it. I’d like to n to have him in <b>a </b>medicated bath tomorrow morning and we need to get him back on IV antibiotics.” <b>I </b>can hear him sigh as his footsteps get closer.
“Really dad. Why do I have to be here?”
“Lucas, you have been given your instructions. While I was nning on waiting until after he was <b>asleep </b>toe in here, I can feel the amount of stress and pain he’s going through. You will silence yourself or pay the consequences<b>.</b>” I feel Luna move behind me.
“Don’t Lilly, you’re just about perfect.”
I’ve closed my eyes in an effort to concentrate on my breathing. <b>I </b>tense <b>as </b>I <b>feel </b>Dr. Pierce wiping down my leg. I know she’s preparing to <b>give </b>me the lidocaine shots around my deep, infected burn but I’m not <b>as </b>certain <b>as </b><b>she </b>is that the pain of receiving the shots being worth the relief I’ll get from <b>the </b>pain I’m already in.
I pull my leg away, whimpering into the pillow as the sting from the alcohol sets in.
“It’s a lot to ask of you but I need you to stay still. If you don’t think you can then it may be best if I use a soft restraint on just this injured leg.”
I hear her words and my anxiety spikes because of it but once again I’m losing the battle, the desperate battle <b>I </b>always
the <b>one </b>with my own sanity.
The <b>Son </b>of Red Fang