DEREK POV
The moment her lips touched mine, my body eased instantly. The anger that had been tearing through me went quiet, my Lycan side pressed down like it had been caged again. I stayed still, not kissing her back, not pulling away either. I could feel how nervous she was.
She struggled for a second, then finally pulled away. Her cheeks flushed red, and I knew it was from shyness. She could not even look at me. Her eyes dropped, and she bit her bottom lip like a child caught in trouble.
“I did… I did…that….” she whispered, twitching her fingers against each other as she was trying to explain why she kissed me.
I let out a short chuckle. Not just because it was funny, but because she looked too damn innocent and lost. At the same time, the sound of her broken words from earlier sti
