Chapter 111
“Well I’m fairly certain that we all saw Cole approaching the playground from the direction of the dorms. His change of clothes concerned Patrick and he voiced that he was contacting you before we saw his eyes cloud. The classic link look. He wasn’t happy with you telling him that you knew they were together but left it alone. He asked me to keep an eye on them because he didn’t trust Cole and didn’t like the fact that he changed his clothes alone in his room with Lynnie there.
Once he got closer to the playground he let go of Madilyn’s hand and let her go play. He wandered around until he spotted Jamie where he attempted to sit down and chat but he kept squirming, like he was in a lot of pain. I guess he got frustrated because he only stayed five minutes, called Madilyn back to him and started leaving. He was moving fairly quickly for the amount of pain he seemed to be in but Lucas came out of nowhere. He was loud enough that everyone at the park heard him calling him a pervert and demanding that Cole give him Madilyn. Cole argued that you left him in charge of her. That he was responsible for her safety. He repeatedly told Lucas to call you or mom. That he would willingly give Madilyn to either of you but he would not force Madilyn to him because she was scared of him. At least that’s how I took his words and actions.
He kept backing away with his hand on Madilyn who was clinging to his leg. I could hear her screaming but I don’t know what if anything she was screaming. Then he hit him. I grabbed Patrick and Parker and started running towards them but he already had Cole on the ground and wasn’t letting him up. At one point Madilyn got between them but it was as if Lucas was blind because I heard her yelp. I don’t know where or how she was hit but I’d know her yelp anywhere. Cole snatched her up and used his own body to protect her. The yelps and screams were deafening as we got closer.
All three of us tackled Lucas to the ground at the same time. He was cursing us, yelling about how we let a pervert run off with Madilyn. One of us ended up relaxing our hold on him and he jumped up and took off for the pack house. It took all of us a moment to get up and run after him.”
“Thank you, Damian. Patrick and Parker. Do you have anything you want to add?”
“I don’t think I saw anything different. All I really remember was Damian grabbing my arm and yelling that Lucas was attacking Cole. I hesitated at first because it’s Wednesday. Lucas should be in school today as, to my knowledge, his schedule wasn’t going to change until after midterms were taken and all the prospects had gone through their physicals.”
Parker reminds me of the part time school program Lucas is scheduled to go into so he could start learning how to train the prospects.
“Pat? Anything you want to add?”
“I do but I need you to listen all the way through because I have no other way of explaining myself.”
“I’ll hold my tongue.”
“Although I have advocated for sending him home as soon as he’s well enough to travel and part of me still feels that way.”
He pauses as he holds his hand up enforcing his request to be heard all the way through.
“During my travels trying to find my fated mate I’ve interacted with a lot of alpha males. Both young and old and I have never seen the protectiveness towards a pup from an unmated, unmarked alpha male that I saw today.”
He sighs hard as if he’s trying to figure out the new position he’s taking with Cole.
“I still don’t trust him. Even with you changing your stance with him after he explained his situation with the girls. I simply can not ignore the rumors but…..”
He pauses again trying to collect his thoughts while my attention is completely on him.
“When he grabbed Madilyn after hearing her yelp. He had to change his position in order to protect her from the blows he was receiving which left his side open to Lucas’s attack. He sacrificed himself. Allowed himself to bare the blows to keep her from receiving anything more than that single one. The young alpha males that I’ve seen in similar situations do not react this way unless they are the official pack leader.”
His voice has dropped as if he’s in awe of Cole’s reaction towards Madilyn.
“Thank you.”
I speak sincerely as this information will help solidify the protector title I feel he’s going to receive once he transfers here. I stop the recording and turn off the phone before pocketing it.
“Patrick, there’s no force but I’ve been thinking about the physical punishment aspect of his penalty.”
I sit in my chair behind my desk and lean forward so I can look him straight in the eyes.
“Considering all that has been said. How Luke went after Cole, unprovoked even after Cole told him he would give Madilyn to us all he had to do was call us as well as the damage he has caused Cole, I think the standard punishment of half my strength at half his age isn’t enough.”
“What are you asking of me, Boss?”
I sigh as I run both my hands through my hair.
“What are your feelings towards Luke about this attack on Cole? Considering you seem to hate him as much as Luke does.”
“I don’t hate him, Demetri.”
Patrick speaks softly, reassuring me of his sincerity.
“I don’t know him well enough to move towards that deep of a feeling towards him. I don’t trust Cole. Which is why I linked you when I saw him coming from the dorms in a change of clothes. I didn’t trust the idea that he got changed with your daughter in the room with him but I would never attack him.” I nod my head.
“Although this would appear that I don’t trust him, my motives are the opposite. I’ve been gathering evidence to show the council that he’s a protector not a predator.”
“Why would you do that?”
Damian asks as I turn the monitor so everyone can see the video. I squat down on the other side of my desk so I can maneuver the mouse and play the video. It’s a short clip but I feel it speaks volumes as to not just his character but how much these rumors has affected the way he interacts with others.
“Tell me what you see, Patrick.”
I ask him softly. He watches the clip silently.
“Can you rewind it?”
I scroll the video back until he tells me to play.
“So he gathers his clothes, talks to her, then takes some into the bathroom. He’s fully dressed, not even a bare chest when he steps out. He’s actually got more clothes on afterwards than he did going in. Wait! Back that up and play again.” I oblige his request. “Madilyn’s putting his socks on him. Is he that bad off?”
His voice is incredulous as he views the video. He sits back in his chair. I can tell by his eyes that he’s thinking hard. Before I can ask the question again he speaks firmly.
“I still don’t trust him but this does ease some of the concerns I had when I spotted him. Can you tell us anything more about the girls? Is he in fact marking them? Treating them as his mate? Is there any validity to what Dallas said?”
“I can not go into any further details than what I’ve already explained. He did talk and the information he gave me has two very nasty consequences should they come to light at the wrong time or way. He does not seem to have an understanding as to why what he’s doing produces the effects that these girls need nor does he seem to have an understanding as to why it’s so dangerous for it to get out but if he is indeed doing what he describes it has the potential to destroy his entire pack.”
“If what he’s doing could destroy his pack then Alpha Redmen may use the information to blackmail Cole.”
“Exactly, Pat.”
“But why? Why would it destroy the pack?” Damian asks.
“Because Alpha Redmen would be forced out and by the sounds of it, none of his kids would be qualified to take over. A sudden and dramatic shift in power like that always throws the pack into chaos for several years. You were too young to remember but your Uncle William was the favorite to take over here even though he had left to rule his mate’s pack several years before your grandfather died. So when your grandpa died before he officially announced that I was the one to take over it took about five years for things to calm down.” Damian is quiet after my explanation.
“Patrick, the reason I asked how you felt about what Lucas did and showed you the video of Cole and Madilyn in Cole’s room is because I want your help with the physical punishment aspect of his penalty.”
“You know I can’t meter my strength like you can.”
“Yes I do. He needs more than half my strength and I believe your strength fits what I’m looking for.”
“So what are you proposing?”
“You take the belt to his underwear clad ass ten times. I will hold him in submission, support him like I have the other fathers do when their pups are deserving of such punishment.”
He thinks quietly for a minute before responding.
“He’s wrong and deserves to be spanked, hard. I will do as you’re requesting. Just tell me when.”
“Dinner’s at six so I’ll bring him down at five thirty.”
He nods his head slowly as Damian looks at me. His eyes are a mixture of emotions that are hard to pin down but the most prominent seems to be fear. Is he afraid that I’m going to allow Patrick to hurt his brother or is it more a fear of his brother’s hatred towards Cole. Definitely something I’ll need to ask once this is over.
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