Chapter 100
He pulls Madilyn closer to him as he talks.
“I didn’t mean to do it. I don’t want to do it but everything happened so fast that it spiraled out of control. For three years now my father has punished me every single month, even more than that when he finds a mark.”
He freezes as soon as he realizes what he’s done.
‘Silence.’
I warn Lilly through the link as I stand from the loveseat.
“Fuuuuck.”
He groans as he rolls away from Madilyn. I can see him balling his hand into a fist and before I can stop him he pummels himself twice in the head. I stop him before he strikes a third but he’s fighting it badly.
“Alpha please. I deserve this. You’re refusing to punish me when I deserve to be punished. Why haven’t you beaten me yet? Please just tie me down and lay into me. Stop withholding on me. You know I deserve it. Stop treating me differently and give me what I deserve. Alpha…..”
“Enough.”
My voice is stern and my aura is out but neither is angry in nature. Unfortunately he doesn’t understand that. All he understands is the power behind it. He’s breathing hard and shaking from the tension in his body, in his desperate attempt to protect himself from the blows he believes he deserves.
“Take my hand.”
He doesn’t move, he stays stiff as a board panting hard with a slight wheeze behind each breath. I soften my voice without losing my commanding tone.
“Cole, you are to open your hand and take mine. I want you to squeeze as hard as you can.”
“Alpha please, why can’t you just beat me. Holding back is worse than doing it. I can’t handle the waiting.”
“That’s not what you deserve.”
“You heard me alpha. I’m marking those girls. As young as seven. I mark them and care for them like my mate for three days. It hurts them. It’s indescribable how I hurt them. That’s why I don’t fight meeting with my father. I deserve the beatings I receive.”
“At this point you will answer my questions.”
I put the emphasis on will.
“The injuries that you have right now. Are they from a single beating or multiple?”
“Just one Saturday night.”
“Did he tell you why he was beating you?”
“Normally no but he had my brother help this time. Luna Sasha claimed I assaulted her while Andre was out of town. He took it to dad but when he saw what dad had planned for me he tried to get dad to back down the severity of my punishment. That’s when dad mentioned the father of twin girls coming to him claiming I marked them. He accused me of raping the girls. He told Andre that he wanted me impotent.”
“Did you mark them?”
“No. I only had one girl this month. Her mother brings her to me and keeps it secret. I’ve got five such mothers now. I’ve never been beaten for marking their girls.”
His movements and breathing have become frantic and I know he’s going to wake Madilyn if I don’t get things under control again.
“Alpha please, you know I deserve it.”
“Enough.” I’ve brought back my sternness. “Bite back your yelp. You will not wake Madilyn.”
I’m stern enough that even Lilly looks as if she’s seen a ghost.
I manipulate Cole’s outstretched arm down to his side before leaning my body over his. I can feel the tension radiating from him as I place my other hand on the back of his head. His reaction surprises me as he bucks against me.
“Let go Cole. I’m not going to hurt you.”
He’s fighting me badly as he tries to get my hand off his head.
“It’s wrong to mark them. I deserve the pain.”
“No you don’t.”
“Alpha…..”
I lean my forehead against his head and speak directly into his ear.
“Let the emotions go. The anger you have that these little girls have to come to you. The frustration of being the only one they trust to help them. The sorrow of being labeled a monster and the fear you feel right now. As much as you are begging for punishment you are still terrified that I’m actually going to punish you. Breath Cole. Let it go.”
He squeezes down hard on my hand as he curls into a ball around Madilyn. His sobs are silent but rack his entire body. It gave me something to give the council but nothing that I feel can be used right now. Without proof that he isn’t a pedophile something like this could easily be misinterpreted and land him in jail but I can definitely use it to prove other things if his father makes good on his threat and uses this information to blackmail him back to the pack.
I hold him as he cries, moving my hand in light circles trying to figure out how to get him to open up like this on what happens during these beatings. That’s the information that I need in order to set him free from the hurt and torment.
Silently I thank Diana that Madilyn’s cramps haven’t started back up from his stress. He needs this release more than any beating he feels he deserves and I’m so graciously thankful that Lilly stayed put even though she thought I was going to punish him as well.
I stay with him well after the sobs have stopped comforting and consoling him the best I can. It’s only as his hand slacks and his breathing slows to a steady pace that I attempt to move away from him.
I remove and trash the IV from Madilyn as I silently gesture to Lilly to head out the door. I pick my phone up from behind the lamp before turning the app off. I stop a moment at the bed gazing silently upon such a sweet, young soul being so mercilessly tortured. Giving Madilyn a gentle kiss, I cover the two of them up before heading out the door.
It’s as we exit the west wing of the pack house that Lilly finally starts to speak.
“He admitted to marking them.”
Her voice is as incredulous as I feel.
“He didn’t mean too.”
She nods as I continue.
“He spoke of hurting them several times. I had a feeling, since he was already that close to admitting it, that it might slip.”
“Why did you record him?”
She asks as I guide her towards the office wing.
“The two additional injuries we found tonight. I want as much information as he’s willing to give. I won’t submit anything without his knowledge but I want to have it just in case.”
“What can you do with this one? It sounds so incriminating.”
“Taken out of context, it is. But the fact that he’s providing protection marks for a dozen or more girls does not look good on Alpha Redmen.”
“Why is that? Have you found information on the protection marks?”
“I haven’t been able to find much yet. Information on them is scarce but I think that’s because of the rarity of finding someone who is of pure enough heart to provide it. Taking this information to the council without proof of his ability to actually provide such a mark could prove extremely dangerous for Cole.”
I place my hand on Lilly’s back, guiding her into my office.
“It’s eleven o’clock at night, Demetri. We’ve got another long day tomorrow. Come to bed.”
I smile gently at my luna. That is one thing she has never disappointed me on, her desire to cuddle.
“We can sleep in here if you wish or give me five minutes and we can head up stairs.”
“You know I don’t like the girls that far from where I’m sleeping.”
“The girls are split right now. How are you going to manage that one?”
I state with a chuckle as I wake my computer up.
“Madilyn has Cole, she’s fine.”
I smile the widest grin she’s seen since the young man has arrived here.
“What’s that for?”
She smiles back. I lean over my desk towards her. She meets me halfway for a long sensual kiss before we break up, breathless and smiling.
“You’re willing to see him as I do. Thank you. He needs this. Beyond what he even understands. He needs to be with those who are willing to give him a chance. To get away from where he’s at.”
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