Chapter 50

Demetri’s POV

“It seems he’s been burned by several packs. That’s unfortunate and disturbing.”

“Not simply burned Xavier. The council showed up and started poking around a month after he got home. They never talked to him directly so he doesn’t know why they were there but I was able to infer from information given by his friend that his beatings stopped while the council was there but they increased for several months after they left.”

“Sounds like he’s correlating the council’s visit with him talking about the abuse.”

“Not just that. He’s been told by his father that if the council comes poking around again that he will be withdrawn from the program. I can only imagine the break he must be getting when he’s away from his home pack.”

“It’s not much of a break depending on which packs he’s going to, compared to who’s abusing him.”

“His father and lead alpha are one in the same.”

“Now you really have my attention, Demetri. Wh