Guarded by the Vodnik (Monster Security Agency, #6)

by Layla Fae

You’re all right. You’re safe. It sucks right now, but everything will be fine soon. I promise. It’s just a bit of discomfort. You can get through this. In fact, you WILL get through this, because you have no other choice.

“Do you know what happens when a baby cries and nobody comes to comfort it? It learns from the earliest moments of its life that its voice, its needs, its comfort and happiness don’t matter. Neglected children learn that no matter how loudly they cry, no one will help. Even worse, they learn they don’t deserve to be helped. So they stop crying. They stop asking. It’s heartbreaking. “And if babies aren’t hugged, if they don’t get that physical contact early on, their emotional and social development is thwarted. It’s been studied and proven across most sentient species. We need touch. It’s literally a basic need, just like food and shelter, except it’s not included in any official guidelines. Ever since I learned that, I made it my life’s mission to hug the children no one else wants to hug. I’ve been doing it for six years now.” Hug the children no one else wants to hug.