Chapter 35

Demetri’s POV

There’s a collective groan, but Dominic is already working on names as I sit at one of the tables observing everyone. I allow myself to get lost in my thoughts as the dining hall resumes its orderly way of working. It’s hard for me to believe such harsh rumors are being put out about the gentle he-wolf lying in my medical wing.

Yet, rumors almost always have a hint of truth to them. The problem is teasing out what part of those rumors is true and what’s exaggerated. Have I become protective of a rapist and a pedophile?

Yet it’s obvious that he’s severely abused and neglected; there’s no way anyone can deny that. I need to make notes on everything I see, hear