Back at his side, she knelt on the floor as he sipped the water, his color slowly returning. She kept close watch over his features as she tried to reconcile this man with the creature she’d seen him turn into. Derek was refusing to meet her eyes. He just sat there swirling the water in the glass and chewing his lip. “So, when were you going to tell me? Were you even planning on telling me?” Krissy surprised herself at the strength in her voice after everything that had just happened. Moments passed before he showed any sign he’d heard her. She’d been about to push on and throttle the answers out of him when he closed his eyes and sighed, chin dropping to his chest. Krissy thought he’d fallen asleep on her so she reached to shake him awake, pausing when her mind kicked back in, reminding her of the look on his face as his appearance had become wolf-like. This was not a man she wanted to startle. “I’m sorry you had to see that, Krissy, I really am.
