<b>Chapter </b><b>237 </b>
<b>(</b>Patrick’s POV)
“If you don’t mind, I’d like to tell you about myself. I know this is exining my bias the long way but I’m hoping giving you a story instead of an exnation will help you to rx with my assistance in finishing what needs to be done for your leg”
I test his receptivity as I walk back over to the bed.
“Twenty years ago, before Demetri became alpha, I was a part of the prospect program. I packed my bag and headed fifteen hours north to a small town in Maine near the Canadian border. The alpha, beta and their families met the bus as it pulled up. The beta’s daughter, Mandy was there and I fell off the bus. Literally face first into the dirt.”
I chuckle as I remember the fond memories of meeting my mate. Something about the sound allows Cole to rx, giving me the ability to lift his leg and slide his over worn sock off his foot.
“Everyone was so excited that Mandy had found her mate that I never participated in the program. Alpha Mathias called Alpha Brian and six monthster when I should have been headed home I waspleting the mates union ceremony and Mandy was three months pregnant with Parker.
It was three monthster that we first met Ansley. There was something about her behavior that didn’t sit well with me. Each time she came over to the pack house I said something to Alpha Mathias but he always waved me off. He always told me that Delta Aiden would never do that sort of thing. That it didn’t exist in his pack. After insisting that something was wrong two to three times a week for over a month, he started using me of nder and <b>if </b>! didn’t stop I would be forced to go rogue.
Three monthster Ansley came charging into the pack house<b>. </b>She was screaming and crying,pletely inconsble, frantically looking for Mandy. Unfortunately, Mandy had been admitted to the medical wing and despite her immense fear of me, she dived into myp in the middle of dinner. Alpha Mathias was lit. Started ranting about how I convinced the child that her dad was doing something wrong.
When he tried to pick her up she grabbed me with every ounce of strength she had and screamed. It was only after I wrapped her in the tightest hug I dared to hold her in that she stopped. He didn’t stop ranting until he realized she had passed out. It was only then that he had the warriors at the table grab and secure Aiden. When I realized that everyone was looking at me, <b>I </b>started looking around. It only took a few seconds to realize that the leg she <b>was </b>sitting on was so saturated with her blood that it had started dripping onto the floor.
Without a word I jumped from my chair and ran into the medical wing. As soon as they saw her they took her to surgery<b>. </b>Ansley told meter that <b>her </b>father used a point system for her and her mom that tracked the bad things they did during the day. Every time she hit ten points he would beat her with <b>a </b>belt before raping her. To distract her from the pain of being raped, he would often mark her. The day the abuse was discovered, he had lost control and it nearly killed her.
Alpha Mathias decided to let Mandy and I foster Ansley since her mother’s mental health was in bad shape. She was with us for <b>six </b>months before they were ready to start seeing each other. It took a full year before she was returned to her mom.”
I take a break from my story, surprised that he’s still rtively rxed. I slowly slip the sock onto his uninjured foot before turning my attention to the injured one. I slowly wrap my hand around his calf near his ankle, cradling it as he tenses and pulls away from me. As hard against him as I was, it <b>does </b>hurt to feel the fear he has towards me. Not that I can me him after Lucas attacked him.
“Dr. Pierce, do you think you could wet the waterproof pad down with that wash so the inside of his leg cany on top of it?”
“That may help. I was nning on lining his leg with gauze and soaking it with lidocaine so that should work simrly.”
I nod in understanding before trying to work with Cole again.
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