*Benji’s POV”
Damn it! I overslept. Then, no thanks to Derek, I couldn’t leave right away. Why was it that when he was hurt that he has to act like a big giant baby? He kept me confined in his room, holding me down from getting out of bed, all the while whining that I was abandoning him in his desperate time of need.
Was he always like this, or was it just with me now that I fully accepted the mate bond between us? I mean, I do find it cute and adorable, but still! He had no idea what was about to happen and even though I wasn’t going to enlighten him on it, I had a mission to keep Hazel away from that part of town at all costs.
When his mother promised me that she was going to do her best to keep Derek away as well, I thanked her and left in a hurry. But only after Derek was forced in
