Trauma

A week after he came back, Mikhael became silent all-day long, worrying not just his parents but his sister as well. He was also clearly avoiding answering any of their questions and would run away if he got trapped alone with them in a room. Nesryn had asked Maxon about it but the man just said that Mikhael could have possibly remembered what had happened to him during the time he was abducted, hence he's being distant.

Nesryn had told her parents what Maxon had told her, urging them to agree to leave Mikhael to his thoughts for now and once he's ready then she'll talk to him, seeing as Nesryn the only one he allows in touching him. Mikhael let out a blood-curdling scream one morning, startling the whole mansion when Kathleen went to his room and woke him up for breakfast by shaking him. He had cried that day and tried to get away from his startled mother as much as possible.