Chapter 89
“First base is kissing. Anything from light peck kisses to full blown making out. Skin to skin touch of the male’s abdomen and chest as well as touching the female’s abdomen are also part of first base. Second base is fondling the female’s breast and third is engaging in sexual stimulation without intercourse.”
“So home, as you called it, would be sex?”
“Vaginal and anal sex is home base. Oral sex and digital penetration or fingering is a part of third and still has the potential to spread diseases if you’re not careful.”
“Thank you alpha.”
“For what?” I’m truly surprised.
“For using the technical terms instead of the nicknames young people give them. They were terms I understood.”
“I thought Red Fang schools went out of their way to educate kids about sex.”
“Up until the eighth grade, yes. In the early grades it’s the standard stuff. Only a man and a woman can make a baby and these are their body parts. It gets more intense in the eighth grade. Permission slips are sent home every year from then on and your parents have to sign you up for the sex education class. You automatically get general health education and that does give you general information about the sex diseases you could encounter and how to keep yourself safe but sex ed was specifically for preparing you for long term relationships and having sex.
Boys are heavily educated on the laws of the pack. Girls are as well but in a different way. The only reason I know anything about the laws surrounding sex in my pack is because my twin sister stole her boyfriend’s sex ed book and gave it to me. She also gave me hers when she realized it was different and feigned losing it. That was one of the handful of times she’s ever been belted by dad. She claimed that it was worth it if it allowed me to stay out of trouble with the council.”
“Cole, I’ve got all the garbage out of the abscess and I’ve spotted the foreign object that’s causing the infection. It appears to be deeply embedded so I don’t know how painful this will be to remove.”
“About as bad as it was to receive.” He whispers.
Angela stands from her seat and leans over him. Placing her hand on his cheek he opens his eyes, looking into hers.
“Whatever you received was done with malice. I’m simply trying to help you. There’s a big difference.”
“I understand the difference when I’m sane, Dr. Pierce but there’s a reason I asked to be tied.”
“I told Demetri and you that it wasn’t necessary. I’ve had a lot worse from lower ranks.”
“Yes ma’am it is. Pain turns me. It’s a trigger I have no control over.”
He looks away as he finishes, shame lacing his voice.
“I’ll be done with this spot once I get the object out then we can work on closing your head. Once that’s numb we will be taking the restraints off.”
He stiffens slightly at the idea but remains silent.
“Cole.”
I start petting his neck gently again, trying to pull his attention back to me.
“Can you tell me about these three ladies you dated? You said that you stopped dating at eighteen. When was your first relationship?”
“I was three months away from turning sixteen when Allison and I stumbled into each other. She had been running from someone and was quite frantic to get away. I helped her up and invited her back to my room. It wasn’t until we entered the pack house that she realized who I was. I assumed that she was younger than me considering I had never seen her in school. I didn’t have any real interest in dating but there was something about me that kept her coming around. After three months of her hanging out with me rumors started and I got called to my dad’s office.”
His voice ends in a sharp whine as Angela clamps down on the object embedded into him.
“Breathe Cole.”
I try to soothe as I increase the pressure of my touch on his neck.
“Tell me more about Allison. What happened when you got called to your father’s office?”
He’s whining hard and his breathing is stiff as Angela starts pulling what appears to be a large gauge rod from the wound. He’s struggling to stay still, trying persistently to pull his legs and arms from the straps over top of him.
“Cole, what happened with your father?”
“Being called to him is always bad.”
There’s an increased whine to his voice but I know I have him back when he keeps going.
“But this meeting was different. He told me that he knew of my relationship with Allie and that as the alpha’s son I didn’t have to wait six months before having sex with her. He also explained that she turned eighteen the week before and was a delta level warrior so it was a fitting situation that we had been dating for three months even though I really only saw it as a friendship.”
The whine in his voice is dying down as Angela finishes pulling the last of a three inch, sixteen gauge hypodermic needle from his body. She grabs several pieces of gauze and places them on top of the hole caused by the now cleared abscess. I move the hand that was petting the side of his neck to the gauze gently pressing down to control the bleeding until Angela returns with a bandage.
“What happened next?”
“He gave me a box and encouraged me to open it in his office. Inside were the soft cuffs that I saw on your counter earlier, four of them along with a box of condoms. He informed me that she had already been moved into the warrior’s dorm, something my father insisted that all warriors do when they turned eighteen. Jamie is two years younger than me and I think he’s the first warrior to tell my dad ‘no’ and not get beaten into moving in.
The dorm is several yards from the north side of the pack house. He gave me a master key and wrote down what room she was in. Gave me step by step instructions on how to tie her down without waking her. How to work around any clothing that she may be wearing. How to be gentle with her so she stayed asleep until it was too late because I’d already be inside her, releasing my sexual frustrations within her. Of course there’s always a catch.”
He stops telling his story as Angela and I free him from the straps that are restraining him.
“What are you doing?”
His voice is hushed, his eyes fearful of what’s going on.
“Do you remember what I told you when I first tied you down?”
“No sir.”
“That’s okay. What about yesterday when we needed to do the IV?”
“You don’t use restraints?”
His voice has relaxed a bit but his eyes are wild with fear and anxiety.
“I know your left leg is very sore but do you think you can lay on your left side? We can get you into a different position that’s more comfortable once you’re numb.”
“Yes sir.”
He agrees but doesn’t move.
“Come.”
My voice is gentle, encouraging him to take my outstretched hand.
“Please sir. I don’t want to hurt anyone.”
“I know. That’s why I’ll be joining you this time.”
He finally takes my hand and rolls to his side, wincing in pain as he gingerly lays his burned leg on the bed. It seems no amount of pain relieving salve and gauze padding is helping to reduce his pain.
He accepts Angela’s guidance, resting his back against the pillow placed against the rail. His hand is shaking as he places it across his face. His body visibly stiffens as I sit on the edge of the bed. I use a damp wipe to clean my feet before sliding completely into the bed.
“Dr. Pierce said that she would numb my head before letting me go. Once you start the shots you can’t change your mind. I’ll be too crazy for you to get restrained again. Please put me back in them. I’ve already hurt Dr. Pierce. I can’t hurt her again. Please, I can’t do this.”
I can hear the fear and anxiety in his voice. It’s sad to think that this stranger in my land has more remorse for hitting Angela than a lot of the warriors that have grown up here and reacted in much the same way.
“You’ve proven that I can keep you here. That with the proper support you don’t need the restraints. I know it’s difficult for you to trust me and you’ve been convinced that you’re a monster but give me the opportunity to prove you wrong. This is going to be just like when we did the IV yesterday. The only difference is I won’t be restraining your legs.”
He’s gone silent with my explanation. It seems he understands my resolve, that I’m doing this my way. I lift my feet onto the bed and lay on my side.
“Come to me Cole. Wrap your arms around me in a hug.”
I’m surprised when he moves towards me, allowing me to wrap my arms around him but hesitating to do the same with me.