Author's POV
Derek had snatched it mid-sentence, his wolf reflexes faster than her human ones.
"Derek!" Sophie lunged for it but he held it out of reach, eyes locked on the road ahead, voice dropping to something dangerous.
"Your brother committed fraud, Sophie. Fraud. Do you understand what that means?"
"I understand that woman is trying to destroy our family—"
"Your brother destroyed his own life!" Derek's control finally snapped. The car swerved slightly before he corrected, pulling over to the shoulder with a screech of tires.
He turned to face her fully, and Sophie saw something in his eyes she'd never seen before.
Fear.
"Listen to me," Derek said, voice low and urgent. "If you push this, if you drag lawyers into it, Aria doesn't just defend herself. She goes
