𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 | derek hale [ON HOLD]

19 | v e n o m o u s

I hear Erica come back down the stairs, and I jump up from the floor in excitement.

"Erica, you're back! Finally! I have Eclipse ready for us to watch..." my voice trails off as I notice a limping Jackson in Erica's hold. "Jackson? Erica, what are you doing?" Isaac walks past me and helps Erica.

I turn around and cross my arms, raising an eyebrow at my mate. "Derek," I glare. "Why is Jackson here?" Derek is sitting on a crate, staring down at something in his hands. He must have grabbed something while I was setting up the movie.

"What happened to you on the night of the full moon," Derek darkly asks Jackson, ignoring me.

"What? Nothing. Nothing happened," Jackson pants, struggling in Erica and Isaac's hold. Derek looks up, his facial expression telling me that he doesn't believe Jackson.

"You're lying," he states. I huff and stomp over to him.

"What is the meaning of this? I thought we were going to have our weekly movie night," I accuse. Derek sighs and reaches behind to him. He pulls out a rubber glove and puts it on his hand. I raise my hands in defeat. "You know what? Forget it! I'll ogle Edward on my own!" I huff and stomp over to lean against a post.

"No, wait. No, wait. I can prove it," Jackson pleads. "I taped myself." I tense.

Matt and his camera!

"You taped yourself?" Isaac chuckles.

"Yes. It was the full moon," Jackson sneers. "And maybe while you were curled in the corner having an existential crisis about turning into a monster, I was preparing for the so-called gift your big, bad Alpha promised me! And what did I get? Nothing!"

"No!" I gasp, bringing my hands to cover my mouth. I glance back between Erica, Jackson, Isaac, and Derek. "Derek, you didn't!" I whip around to my mate, seething. "Tell me you didn't." Derek looks as if he's a deer in headlights.

"He asked," Derek slowly states, bringing his hands in a "calm down" motion. I snarl at that, and he quickly drops them.

"He asked? He asked? He asked?" I see red. "Derek fucking Hale! You turned Jackson!" I end up screaming that last part, and I see Jackson, Erica, and Isaac wince from my peripheral. I shake my head in disbelief. "When?" I demand.

"After Peter was killed," Derek sighs.

"After Peter... after... after Peter?" I screech. Derek looks like he's going to shit his pants. "That was like a month ago, Derek! And you didn't think to tell me?"

Derek opens his mouth, but I keep going. "You didn't think to tell me that you bit one of my friends and that, for some reason, he can't seem to shift? That something is wrong? That you bit him in the first place?"

I'm angrier than Alpha Peter. Fear me, Derek Hale.

"Hana..." I hear Jackson behind me. I whip around and see Erica and Isaac tense.