Chapter 74

#Chapter 74 Kidnapped

Patara

We barely had the time to get dressed before Erik came back with Ethan, but Erik looked pleased that we had made up in some fashion. The conversation wasn’t over, but we weren’t so tense anymore. At the least, I could start to believe that Dylan didn’t think of me as a piece of property even if he sometimes treated me that way.

There was hope that he would change the way he treated me. Erik and Dylan stepped into another room to talk for a long time, leaving Ethan and me alone. I got him cleaned up and changed into clean clothes for lunch, happy to sit with him and try to get him to talk to me.

He’d come a long way. He seemed to be more aware of when I was speaking to him and recognized a few words. I didn’t know how much longer it would be before he spoke to us or could really understand what was going on around him, but I hoped it was soon.