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 being put out about the gentle he-wolf laying 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 are true and what’s exaggerated. Have I become protective over 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 and find out about this young man. He needs help but am I going to endanger my own pack by helping him?

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Patrick’s POV

It doesn’t take long to cross the land in between the dining hall and the medical wing of the pack house. Jamison’s walking h