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 po