Derek's stomach started to sink even as he moved to stand up from the stool. The smile faded as Annie's words hit him like little pinpricks of guilt and something else. Fear? Confusion? How did she know...
"Of course I can imagine," he told her quietly. The vampire looked around them worriedly, but no one was paying them any mind. The next part came out as a whisper.
"She threatened my family."
A defeated shrug. "I'm sorry." He really was, in many different ways.