"No, it's okay," Derek assures him, letting one corner of his mouth quirk
up into something like a smile. "You can ask whatever you want. If I don't
want to answer, I'll just tell you so."
He looks down at his hands for a moment and then shakes his head before
looking back up at Thomas. "But no, I haven't offered it to anyone here.
Back home, right after I became alpha, I was a little-- hasty. I offered it
to some people that I thought would benefit from it, but I didn't really
think it through."
That's sort of an understatement, but he doesn't really want to get into
the mistakes he's made right now. "Back home, I needed a pack. Here, I
don't need one. It would be nice to have one, but I'm not in danger
like I was there. If someone wanted the bite, or if someone was sick and
wasn't going to get any better, that's different. But it isn't something to
be taken lightly."
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"No, it's okay," Derek assures him, letting one corner of his mouth quirk up into something like a smile. "You can ask whatever you want. If I don't want to answer, I'll just tell you so."
He looks down at his hands for a moment and then shakes his head before looking back up at Thomas. "But no, I haven't offered it to anyone here. Back home, right after I became alpha, I was a little-- hasty. I offered it to some people that I thought would benefit from it, but I didn't really think it through."
That's sort of an understatement, but he doesn't really want to get into the mistakes he's made right now. "Back home, I needed a pack. Here, I don't need one. It would be nice to have one, but I'm not in danger like I was there. If someone wanted the bite, or if someone was sick and wasn't going to get any better, that's different. But it isn't something to be taken lightly."