"If I was trying to defend myself, I wouldn't want to make my opponent
faster and stronger," Derek says with a huff of laughter. "But yes, I could
bite someone and make them a wolf. It's not something that I would do
without consent and a lot of serious thought."
He thinks of Victoria with some regret, but that was different. She was
attacking him while he was half out of his mind with wolfsbane and it
wasn't just his life on the line, but Scott's as well. He panicked.
"See, the way I was raised-- the bite was a good thing. Being a wolf was a
good thing. It was like a gift," Derek explains, trying hard to keep his
voice from wavering. "Not everyone thinks that way, of course."
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"If I was trying to defend myself, I wouldn't want to make my opponent faster and stronger," Derek says with a huff of laughter. "But yes, I could bite someone and make them a wolf. It's not something that I would do without consent and a lot of serious thought."
He thinks of Victoria with some regret, but that was different. She was attacking him while he was half out of his mind with wolfsbane and it wasn't just his life on the line, but Scott's as well. He panicked.
"See, the way I was raised-- the bite was a good thing. Being a wolf was a good thing. It was like a gift," Derek explains, trying hard to keep his voice from wavering. "Not everyone thinks that way, of course."