It was dark before we returned back to the Den, yet Darius loud voice still boomed out of his study as the two of us padded through the entrance hall hand in hand.
“Jessie, Now.” He said firmly, I smiled at Derek and tried to move towards the study but Derek kept a firm grip on my hand. I looked back over my shoulder and smiled fondly. I may have agreed that we would act like mates when I was around but he seemed to be far too into the whole idea. He was still holding my hand because he was trying to protect me because Darius had raised his voice, stupid as the action was as Darius yelled ninety percent of the time yet it didn’t matter it was an instinctive thing. I leaned over and pressed a quick kiss to his lips. Derek lifted my hands to kiss my knuckles gently before squeezing my finge
