Chapter 407

Demetri’s POV

I close the door to the bathroom with a sigh. I knew he was struggling before Deven even spoke to me. I had started making my way across the living room to his room just as Deven came out. We spoke briefly, giving me an idea of what I would find but nothing prepared me for what I walked into.

I check on Jessa first. She whines subtly as I stroke her hair tenderly out of her face.

“Are you okay?”

I ask near her ear as I slowly slide my hand onto her neck. She shifts uncomfortably but her pain level is too low, if she has any at all, for me to detect. She is the first adult that I have ever purposely tried to take pain from outside of my own mate. I’ve been able to do it with children for years. I’ll have to do some research to find out if other intuitives have been able to achieve the same thing.

I wait until she settles again before I leave her and start opening drawers. I quickly find what he asked for and head back to th