Chapter 7 - A Sensual Threat

Derek’s POV

She was curled up on the floor, hands tightened around her knees to make herself as small as possible.

Her big brown eyes looked up at me. Her mouth scrunched up in annoyance as if I was the last person she wanted to see. She might have everyone in my family fooled but I knew she wasn’t the one who poisoned me.

Anyone else would’ve missed it but I could see her eyes shine with relief when I walked in. Her face relaxed and she almost gave herself away but it was only for a mere fraction of a second before her blank, disappointed mask was on. It disappeared so quickly, I almost couldn’t even be sure if it had even been there in the first place.

She might not have been the one to add poison to the food but she certainly was doing a good job of acting like she did.

I needed to get to the bottom of this.

She needed to tell me what the fuck was going on. What worried me most was how stiff her whole body was as she anxiously looked everywhere but at me. Her gaze flew to the wind