C103 Do you love him?

"What are you guys waiting for? Take that jerk to the basement!" Derek's abrupt command sliced through the tension in the room like a blade. He seized my hand and led me away, up the stairs, as if to distance himself from the turmoil that had just unfolded.

Derek's grip was firm, his fingers intertwined with mine, and I could feel the turmoil that churned within him