Chapter 104
“I’d like to lay down with you and feel your tummy, see if you have any knots that are bothering you.”
She nods her head against my shoulder as I gently lower both of us to the bed. She settles down nicely until I start encouraging her to lay on her back starting a brand new line of tears.
“I’m sorry. I can’t. I’m scared.” She wails as she clings to my shirt.
“I don’t know. Daddy likes you. He never leaves me unless he trusts but Lucas is brother. I don’t know. I’m scared.”
She hiccups through as she buries her wet face into my neck.
“Oh, Lynnie. It’s okay sweet pea.”
I try to soothe the frightened little girl as I hold her close. I gently play with her hair as she slowly calms her tears, waiting for her breathing to return to normal before talking with her again. Suddenly her grip tightens again around my shirt, confusing me as to what’s going on.
“What’s wrong, Lyn?”
“My tummy hurts. I feel sick.”
“I know you’re scared but I can help if you let me touch. Do you remember what I did last night?”
“Yes sir.” Her voice waivers with the pain she’s in.
“I’m going to do the same thing, nothing different. I just need you to lay on your back. Relax, don’t fight.”
I roll my body towards her, bringing her back closer to the bed. She clings to me harder as I try to roll away.
“No!”
She screams as the cramping intensifies. I gather her hands in mine and push them over her head. Her screaming intensifies as she struggles against me. I quickly slip my hand under her dress and onto her belly, making gentle circles with my hand until she starts to calm.
I find a knot easily and start putting gentle increasing pressure upon it. This time it responds quickly without the painful popping that occurred last night. Her screams stop as soon as she feels the knot release.
“That’s a good girl.”
I soothe as I release her hands. I prop myself up on an elbow as I continue my gentle massage. She turns her head, finally looking at me with calm, tear stained eyes. I smile gently as she reaches up and starts playing with my hair, giggling softly.
“What’s so funny?”
I ask gently, not wanting her to feel like she’s doing something wrong.
“Your hair is sticking up. You need a brush.”
I chuckle softly. Madilyn’s sweet and innocent nature has brought me back to her world. To being in the moment with her.
“I imagine so. I never brushed it after getting out of the bath. How are you feeling?”
“Better.” She states simply as she sits up in the bed.
“Are you ready to finish getting ready for the day?”
“Yes sir. I need help with my pants.”
“I thought that might come back up. We can make our way to breakfast and see if someone there can help you or we can fix it now. What would you prefer?”
“Now, they don’t feel right.”
“You have to do most of the work then.”
She nods in agreement before climbing off the bed. I sit up on the edge of the bed as she pulls both of them down at the same time. I’m not prepared for this little one to strip her bottoms off causing me to close my eyes and quickly look away as she uses my knee to balance.
“Cole, what’s wrong?”
There’s a hint of panic in her voice bringing me quickly out of my discomfort for the situation.
“You stopped breathing. What’s wrong?”
This time I can hear the tears forming in her voice. I look at her, wiping the tears from her cheeks.
“I’m sorry sweet pea. I wasn’t ready for you to take them off.”
“Why does it scare you?” She sniffles.
I sigh not wanting to get too deep into the life I live. The harsh reality her brother just made certain I didn’t forget. I take her clothes from her hands and separate the two pieces before sorting out which way they need to go.
“I’m going to hold them out for you to step into. You need to pay attention to getting your feet in the correct hole because I’m not going to watch. I’m going to close my eyes and look away while you step in. Then you need to pull them up and let me know when you're finished. It’s not acceptable for me to be in here while you dress.”
She nods her head but her eyes are sad and confused.
“I’m sorry sweet pea. I don’t expect you to understand. The truth is, when the rumors get out, I’m not allowed to be around the pups. This is a very scary situation for me because I’ve never had an alpha leave his own child with me when he’s aware of the rumors. I feel like he’s setting me up to fail.”
“Fail at what?”
She asks as I repeat the process for getting her leggings on.
“I don’t know. What I do know is my failure results in getting punished.”
“But you’re a big wolf. Big wolves don’t get spanked.”
“Do you know where your shoes are?”
She runs to her closet and pulls out a pair of sneakers.
“Bring them over and I’ll help tie them.”
She joyfully jogs over to the bed now that the awkwardness of getting her bottoms on is past us.
“I’m not certain of the discipline practices here but I assure you, the alpha of the pack, your father, can and likely has spanked full grown wolves. It’s just not something he’s going to talk about with you as it is a private punishment between him and the wolf who’s done wrong.”
“You’re so nice. Why would you get punished?”
“I wish I knew. It feels like no matter where I go I mess up and I’m either in the hospital or getting tied down to the alpha’s desk.”
Her eyes snap up quickly, looking deep into my own.
“I’m sorry, Madilyn. That’s not something you should ever hear.”
I speak quietly as I start to stand. She pushes hard into my abdomen. I wince hard with a soft whine as I fall back onto her bed.
“You’re not bad, Cole. They are. Daddy’s different.”
“I’m sorry sweet pea. I wish I could truly believe that. He has been the nicest of all the alpha’s I’ve met but I’ve barely been here three days. A lot can happen once things start to relax.”
I stand again but a lot slower this time, surprised at how much pain such a little push could create.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to hurt you.”
I walk back over with a brush, spray bottle of detangler and four bands to do her hair with.
“You can’t hurt me when I already am. Climb up on the bed so I can do your hair.”
She scrambles up onto her bed without hesitation as I sit down behind her.
“Where do you normally get breakfast from around here? I noticed that the dining room was empty.”
“We only have dinner there during the week. The bus stops right outside the banquet hall so all the school aged kids get breakfast there before leaving. Only the dining hall is open on the weekends and that’s only when we have warriors living here.”
“So you have breakfast, lunch and dinner at the pack house on the weekend. Sort of. It’s not the same as dinner. Maddie and I have breakfast with mommy and sometimes daddy if he’s not too busy. Lunch is usually with nanny or mommy but dinner is usually big. Anyone staying in the pack house comes to dinner.”
“I guess that means I’m supposed to come to dinner tonight.”
I speak with a bit more contempt towards the idea than I intended.
“Do you know where the banquet hall is? How long do they serve breakfast?”
“I think the banquet hall goes until nine. The families with kids going to school are the ones that get to eat first but after that anyone can come until nine. Lunch is smaller at the banquet hall but starts at twelve and ends at two. Dinner here is at six.”
To my surprise, she sat well through the creation of double ponytails situated high on each side of her head which I gave both a cute braid to.
“Check it out.”
I encourage pointing her towards the mirror. She grins from ear to ear loving the simple hair style I gave her for the day. I start walking towards her, holding out my hand.
“Shall we go find some breakfast?”
“Yes, yes, yes.” She squeals as she jumps.
“Okay sweetheart, you lead the way. Let’s go find the banquet hall.”
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