Jasper came a couple of steps closer looking between Lucy and Derek. “What happened?” He could see Derek’s hands trembling in anger. It was one of the rare moments calm and collected Derek had looked like this. He saw him like this when Lucy had been taken so he knew this was serious.
Lucy reached up and intertwined her fingers with Derek. “Let’s take a moment here and be calm okay. I’m okay. I worked it out in my head… I mean I was upset and still am but-“
“But nothing Lucy!” Derek growled angrily, raising his voice at a level she had never heard before. She could feel his anger but also his hurt… he was also in pain because of the rumors. She watched as his eyes softened towards her immediately. She could feel how his emotions were not dire
