SHIRLEY’S POV I walked by the small dinner hall and noted that Derek was having dinner with his father and opted to pass by. Of course I could have interrupted them to rub my presence in Derek’s face, but that will only serve my petty desires, but I was unto bigger thing’s tonight. Besides, my aim was Lucas, and I knew that all this time, he would have stewed in my absence, imagining what I have in mind for him tonight. Seeing me earlier than that will ruin it. With that thought I passed to my room. Soon as I got into my room, the maid that had been assigned to me from my first day in, approached me. With her typical subservient attitude, she asked what I would like to have for dinner. Though I was a wolf who rarely shifted, I had quickly discerned that she was human. Though th

