<b>Chapter </b><b>321 </b>


    (Demetri’s POV)


    I hang the phone up with a sigh, burying my face in my hands. This callback didn’t end the way I needed it to. The council is taking the case and looking into it, that’s perhaps the only good news I’ve received from it. Otherwise it feels like a huge mistake, one that’s ultimately going to let Cole down.


    Unlike protection from abuse orders this doesn’t lock him into my pack, preventing him from leaving or his father froming and getting him. He remains just as vulnerable as if I did nothing at all. If I could just get him to talk to me, to tell me about the abuse he’s suffering. I know that it’s severe enough that getting into the depth of it would result in him needing a psychiatric hold in the hospital. Perhaps that’s why he refuses to talk. He did say that every time he talks he ends up in the hospital.


    I stand from my desk as I hear the thunder of running feeting down the hall. I make my way to the door, slipping my feet into my shoes before swinging it open harshly.


    “What on earth is going on here?” Imand in my alpha tone..


    I’m caught off guard when I see Jamieing down the hall, dropping to his knees in hard submission before sliding to a stop in front of me.


    “Jamie?” My tone rxes as I reach my hand down to him.


    “I’m sorry alpha. I didn’t know where else to go to get him the help he needs.”


    His head is down, his shoulders slumped forward. He’s in apletely submissive position without ever being instructed to do so. Is everyone at Red Fang scarred like this?


    “Stand up, Jamie. There’s no reason for this. Who needs help?”


    He struggles toply with the idea of not submitting to me and it really does a number on his ability tomunicate properly.


    “Alpha…. Cole…. I’m not certain…..”


    “Easy there Jamie. Please, stand up. Take a moment to tell me what’s going on.”


    He finally looks up to see my outstretched hand. I take a step back, giving him a little space to think before he ces his hand in mine. I ease him up to his feet and ce my hand under his chin. I’m relieved when he doesn’t pull away like Cole does


    “Why the submission, Jamie?” I can’t help but briefly change the subject as thest thing I expected from him was a hard submission.


    “I’m sorry sir. Anytime I’ve gone to Alpha Redmen’s office, on my own or called there, it was an expectation until he walked away from me or told me to take a seat.”


    “Are different wolves treated differently?”


    “I believe so. I’m not certain why though.”


    “Now that you’re a bit more rxed, what’s got you so upset? What’s going on with Cole?”


    “He linked with me. He spoke super fast, which he only does when he’s about to go into a ck out and he knows it. I’ve learned to listen and not talk when he does that. He said that he went exploring and found what looks like a training facility west of the pack house. Lucas spotted him and forced him into sparring. He needs help, alpha. He doesn’te back from a ck out easily.”


    “Follow.” Is the only thing I manage to speak as I head north down the hall to an alternate exit from the


    house.


    I reach into my pocket and pull out my set of keys. I point towards the mule immediately in front of the door and without a word, Jamie jumps into the passenger seat as I start it up. I take off across thend, bumping and sliding on the seat but make it to the training annex in less than five minutes. I can hear the cheers going on inside as I m the door open, everyone freezes and remains silent as I enter the facility.


    “Everyone using the free weights, hit the exit, shower at home, now!” My firstmand echoes around the


    building.


    “Those of you training on the machines use the exits in the locker rooms to head home. Do it now.” A deep echo sends everyone in the northern third of the building into the locker rooms.


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