responsive than she had feared. He and Heather had endured a long difficult labor. Both were lucky Evan had been able to salvage the situation with his magic hands and voice.
Heather looked worn out and she seemed worried so Isabelle asked her, “What’s worrying you? You seem anxious.”
“It’s Luther,” the girl said. “I don’t want to see him, especially alone. I’m afraid he’ll hurt us, me and the baby. I’m also afraid he’ll want me to have sex too soon since the baby is born now.”
Evan spoke up, “Don’t worry. You don’t have to worry about him any more. You and the baby are safe.”
The girl was not quite ready to trust in that without more reassurance. “He likes to hurt me and he does what he wants regardless of what I might want or feel. I really thought I would do anything to have enough to eat, but I no longer think that. He said if I would let him have sex with me, he would let me come here with him. Otherwise I could just starve. I wanted to be some place safer but having to put up with him was worse than I could have imagined. I would be happy to never see him again.”
“No one here will ever see him again,” Isabelle said lightly. “He left the castle shortly before Evan and I came here to this room. He will never return to hurt you or bother anyone else, either. You do not have to be afraid or worried any more.”
They cleaned the bed and the room and fed Heather, finally leaving her and little Wolf to sleep and regain their strength.
“Wake her in two hours. The baby is underweight and so is the mother. They both need to eat every two to three hours for the foreseeable future,” Evan said. “She’s going to crash pretty hard, so she is not out of the woods yet.”
“What did you do to bring the baby?” Isabelle asked.
“It’s a kind of compulsion. He was aware of what Luther did to his mother. He did not feel life would be at all good with the kind of man they would have to tolerate. He was literally afraid to live, to have to exist in such conflict. Babies are impressionable. They often sense conflict in the womb. Everyone needs a sense of hope and the baby only sensed fear and pain. He can also sense that his mother is in trouble or in physical distress. Part of what I do is to calm his fears of whatever he’s noticed in the world. His father was a rough, even cruel man. His mother was having a lot of physical stress, which I was able to relieve through the compulsion I used on her. I’m glad I killed Luther, for Heather and the child as well as for you. I sensed he abused the girl and used her for rough sex. The loving attention and touch you gave him helped, too. The kindness of the touch brought him into this world…made him want to live, unlike his father.”
“They will be better off without him, but she will still have to raise the child alone,” Isabelle said.
“We will help them,” Evan said. “Plus she will become more educated and independent as she matures. It will take a long time for her to recover from what Luther did to her. She may never wish for a mate after being with him.”
“I felt pretty much the same until I met you,” Isabelle said. “I was really starting to think all men were scum except maybe Albert.”
“Things are changing here,” Evan said. “Changes always happen. Influencing change and making changes happen can be one way to help people.”
It excited Isabelle to think that she could bring good things to Heather as well as lots of other people. “I’m really starting to like this.” She told him, unwilling and unable to hide her excitement. “What you did was remarkable. I’m afraid we would have lost her and the baby without your help. How did you learn to do it?”
“It came to me when I needed it the first time I had to deliver a baby,” he told her. “It’s like your visions of illness. It also is something more hopeful than just being a
Heather looked worn out and she seemed worried so Isabelle asked her, “What’s worrying you? You seem anxious.”
“It’s Luther,” the girl said. “I don’t want to see him, especially alone. I’m afraid he’ll hurt us, me and the baby. I’m also afraid he’ll want me to have sex too soon since the baby is born now.”
Evan spoke up, “Don’t worry. You don’t have to worry about him any more. You and the baby are safe.”
The girl was not quite ready to trust in that without more reassurance. “He likes to hurt me and he does what he wants regardless of what I might want or feel. I really thought I would do anything to have enough to eat, but I no longer think that. He said if I would let him have sex with me, he would let me come here with him. Otherwise I could just starve. I wanted to be some place safer but having to put up with him was worse than I could have imagined. I would be happy to never see him again.”
“No one here will ever see him again,” Isabelle said lightly. “He left the castle shortly before Evan and I came here to this room. He will never return to hurt you or bother anyone else, either. You do not have to be afraid or worried any more.”
They cleaned the bed and the room and fed Heather, finally leaving her and little Wolf to sleep and regain their strength.
“Wake her in two hours. The baby is underweight and so is the mother. They both need to eat every two to three hours for the foreseeable future,” Evan said. “She’s going to crash pretty hard, so she is not out of the woods yet.”
“What did you do to bring the baby?” Isabelle asked.
“It’s a kind of compulsion. He was aware of what Luther did to his mother. He did not feel life would be at all good with the kind of man they would have to tolerate. He was literally afraid to live, to have to exist in such conflict. Babies are impressionable. They often sense conflict in the womb. Everyone needs a sense of hope and the baby only sensed fear and pain. He can also sense that his mother is in trouble or in physical distress. Part of what I do is to calm his fears of whatever he’s noticed in the world. His father was a rough, even cruel man. His mother was having a lot of physical stress, which I was able to relieve through the compulsion I used on her. I’m glad I killed Luther, for Heather and the child as well as for you. I sensed he abused the girl and used her for rough sex. The loving attention and touch you gave him helped, too. The kindness of the touch brought him into this world…made him want to live, unlike his father.”
“They will be better off without him, but she will still have to raise the child alone,” Isabelle said.
“We will help them,” Evan said. “Plus she will become more educated and independent as she matures. It will take a long time for her to recover from what Luther did to her. She may never wish for a mate after being with him.”
“I felt pretty much the same until I met you,” Isabelle said. “I was really starting to think all men were scum except maybe Albert.”
“Things are changing here,” Evan said. “Changes always happen. Influencing change and making changes happen can be one way to help people.”
It excited Isabelle to think that she could bring good things to Heather as well as lots of other people. “I’m really starting to like this.” She told him, unwilling and unable to hide her excitement. “What you did was remarkable. I’m afraid we would have lost her and the baby without your help. How did you learn to do it?”
“It came to me when I needed it the first time I had to deliver a baby,” he told her. “It’s like your visions of illness. It also is something more hopeful than just being a
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