Chapter 363

Deven’s POV

“Can you tell me what’s going on between you, Lauren and David?” He shakes his head.

“No?” Cassius is easily as shocked as I am. “Why, little buddy? I can’t help you if I don’t know.”

He shakes his head as he speaks. “I tried to go to you. I talked to Braysen instead. He started meeting with them and now he adds to their punishment every day.”

“You feel that talking has made it worse?” He asks gently. I can tell that he’s hoping to gain a little confidence to keep him talking.

“It did!”

He suddenly steps back forcing Cass to grab his hands. He yelps and screams again, fighting to get away. I’m surprised when he succeeds. I know that Cassius allowed him to pull free. What I didn’t expect was Colton’s reaction to the child’s desire to flee. With energy he shouldn’t have while under the drugs he’s on, he leaps from under my arm and across the room pulling the young pup into his legs.

Clayton immediately wraps his a