The atmosphere stilled, a stark tension brewed, as Derek’s eyes found Emma, and of course the professor whom he had heard so much about from Ava, Claire, and then Louis, the son of the beta of Wind Winders Pack. He didn’t know which one grated on his nerves; the fact that the professor had been too close to Emma since today, was actually still close to her even as they approached them, or the fact that he was a creature of the night, a vampire.

For fudges sake, he was only out for ...