Chapter 114

Demetri’s POV

He’s panting just as hard as she is, his left arm is wrapped around her body holding her tightly to his, his right is still on her stomach.

“What the fuck was that? You’ve got to take her away from him, dad. All he’s doing is hurting her.”

“Shut it, Lucas.” I state, tired of his comments.

“Dad!”

“Shut it!”

I place my hand on Madilyn's head. She’s shaking hard with a soft whine.

“Madilyn.”

I try to encourage her to talk but I don’t think she’s quite ready so I switch to the link. I’m relieved to find that despite the harshness of the release her overall pain level is a lot better but she’s nervous because she can feel Cole’s claws.

I rub the back of Madilyn’s head as I come out of the link with her.

“Just relax Madilyn, everything is okay.”

I reassure her as I try to connect with Cole. Everyone seems to have come to the same conclusion as me, Cole has taken a dramatic change that even he