Derek’s POVThe Moon Goddess had truly outdone herself with this creature. She was so tender with Mary. We had stayed with her for a few hours whilst she grieved in Sophia’s arms. But what had we missed? When had she been able to shift into a wolf as well? Jerek howled in my head when he had seen just how beautiful Bria had been. I don’t think even Soph knew what she had looked like. She stood as tall as Jerek would be in his Lycan form. She was as black as the night sky itself but also had a glow to her, like the moon itself was shining from her. Her eyes were the shape of the crescent moon. She truly had been touched by the Goddess herself.She was in the shower. I could sense how the shower was calming her. She had missed us just as much as we had missed her, but after hearing Mom’s voice for the last time Jerek had turned full beast and just needed to tear things apart. Sophia couldn’t see that side of us, not after what she had just been through. “Soph, baby, I am just going to
Sophia’s POVDerek was happy this morning, but I could feel that he was pushing something out of his mind. I knew he was worried about this trip, but we needed to see Alpha Titus. It was going to be a fair drive. I think it was at least ten hours' drive, so I relaxed into the seat and watched the scenery out the window. Derek wasn’t saying much. I think we were both just enjoying the quietness. After what seemed like forever, we arrived at the gates of Alpha Titus’s ground. The guards were at the gate waiting for us.“Prince Derek, Princess Sophia. I will announce your arrival to the Alpha and Luna. You can drive to the pack house. They will welcome you there.”“Thanks Nick.” Derek said to the man. He winked at me, which made me smile. I didn’t know him, but I could tell he was a good guy.“Who was that?” I asked Derek.“That was Nick. He is the Beta of the pack. Well, in training. We used to hang out when I was younger. He was friends with someone I used to know.” He explained, then
Derek’s POV Titus and I had gone over every point where they could get attacked twice. We think we had it under control. Marcus would need to send fifty men to help. Each Lycan would be in control of around five wolves. Sophia’s sadness was seeping into the mate bond. She must be telling Mira about Leo. That was the only thing that would cause her that much sadness. “Derek, help me.. MIRA.” Sophia’s voice sounded strained. Something was not right. What the fuck had Mira done? “Hang on Soph, I am coming.” I said, as Jerek was threatening to take control. Jumping over the desk, I had my hand around Titus’s throat. “WHAT HAS MIRA DONE TO SOPHIA? TAKE ME TO THEM NOW.” I roared at him. He cowered under the power of my command. “Derek, what are you talking about? They are at the house.” He explained and for some reason, I believed him in that instant from the look in his eyes. He bolted out of the office to the house. I was right beside him the entire time. We slammed through the door,
Derek’s POVI needed to have a shower to get this blood off of me. The bathroom was in the same room, so it was fine. As the water ran down my back, I thought why would Asher think Sophia was his mate, even after he had seen that she wore my mark on her neck. Was he really that dead set on trying to get everything that I had? But what I couldn’t get was what was the point in wiping out the packs?“Someone has to be working with him?” Jerek said to me.“I agree, but who and why? That’s what I can’t work out. What are they gaining out of this?”“Your guess is as good as mine, Derek. But we are going to need to confront the idiot about this after tonight.” I agreed with Jerek. Asher was going to pay for what he had done. Killing innocent people was not good enough and if that meant war, then so be it. But we would do it the way that Sophia had suggested. We would send word out to all the packs in the south, explaining what had happened and what we were going to do. Then they could decide
Sophia’s POVWhy hadn’t Derek wanted to come with me? I was trying to get him to come so that I could apologize for what I had said to him, but he was giving me the cold shoulder.“Because you were a bitch to our mate, Sophia. Did you not see the way you hurt him? How could you think he was a monster that he would kill Mira? She hurt us. Tried to hand you over to Asher.” Even Bria was pissed at me.“But she is our friend.” “HE IS OUR MATE.” She roared in my head, sending a shiver down my spine. Nick let out a low whistle from behind us.“Your wolf must be pretty pissed at you. I felt her power from here.” Nick said to me, which was unexpected. “She is pissed at me. Derek is pissed at me.” I sighed. This had turned into one shit trip. Everything was going wrong. It wasn’t meant to be like this.“Do you know why Derek is pissed at you, Sophia? I have known him for a long time and he doesn’t act like that very often.” “I looked at him like he was a monster, because I thought he had ki
Derek’s POVI wasn’t mad at her. I was hurt, but I wasn’t ready to talk to her. Brooke told me I was being an idiot not talking to her, but she understood my reasoning behind it. The minute she walked in with Nick, my heart missed a few beats. As they came to the table, I saw Nick holding her hand. There was nothing to it. I know what Nick is like. He would have been doing it to comfort her, but I couldn’t help the hurt in my eyes as she looked at me.“D, come on, it's Nick.” Zac linked me.“Yeah, I know. I just can’t help it. She really hurt me. But anyway, after dinner, we need to go and scout the woods.” I looked over in their direction and saw something was wrong with Nick.“Nick, what’s wrong?” I asked him, but he was looking straight past me. I turned my head to look and see who he was staring at. Brooke was standing up, her eyes wide with shock. What the hell was going on with the both of them? Then Brooke sat down, shaking her head.“Brooke, what happened?” I asked her.“Nic
Derek’s POV“Did you just seriously say that to Asher?” Lars said through the link. He was pissed off at me.“Yes, I did Lars. Asher isn’t lying. It wasn’t him. Jerek would be able to tell if it was him. Sophia is old enough to decide if she wants to go with him or not. I am not going to stop her. Honestly Lars, with how she has been acting, I think she might reject me.” I felt deflated. I didn’t know what to do any more. So we walked back.“Asher, if you haven’t been attacking us, then do you know who it is?” I asked him seriously.“I sent scouts out, Derek, to try and find out who it is because you can’t seem to, but they turned up dead. All six of my men had their throats cut. They were my best scouts, too. So, I am as much clueless as you are.” He sounded indifferent to me.“Does Alpha Titus know you are here?” I asked him.“It was going to be a surprise. My men chased off that rogue army that was coming towards here, so you and your men can fly back. I heard your Mom isn’t doing
Derek’s POVWe landed a few hours after taking off, the feeling of dread sinking into my entire being. This was going to be the hardest thing that I would have to do. The drivers were waiting for us. Each one of them had a sullen look on their face. So they all knew of the Queen's health.“Sorry about your Mom Prince Derek. Just know that the entire kingdom will be behind you. If you need us to do anything, all you have to do is ask.” Miguel the driver told me.“Thanks Miguel, I appreciate that.” I sighed as we made our way back to the kingdom. I breathed a sigh of relief at being back home. Closing my eyes for the trip back didn’t help my headache. My heart was hurting being away from Sophia. I missed her even though we were fighting. If she was going to reject me, she might as well do it whilst I would suffer from the pain of losing Mom.“She won’t reject us Derek, Bria won’t let her.” Jerek said in my head, but it sounded as though even he wasn’t convinced. Ever since she had been
The darkness had consumed me, but I felt a hand grab mine, causing my eyes to open. I had been to this place before, but I couldn’t remember how. Looking at the hand touching mine, I saw her for how she really was, a goddess truly touched by the moon.“Do you remember how you got here, my sweet Sophia?” Her voice rung regal.“I am having some trouble, Selene. It seems that my mind is trying to stop me from remembering.” I was confused as to why. She stopped in front of me, still holding my hand, her other hand touching my cheek.“Will you allow me to show you?” She asked me. Nodding my head yes, I knew there were people waiting for me somewhere. Light shone from her hand and every memory that I ever had from when I was a baby right till my death flashed before my eyes. I saw all the love, all the hate. I gasped as the last memory stopped.“Will they be ok Selene?” I asked her.“Sophia, my child, would you like me to show you the future they have, or would you like to stand over all my
Why did he always assume that it was me? No matter what I did, he always thought it was me and I was tired of it. Here I was, accepting my fate to die so that they could live. Asher felt the pain he had just caused me. He was about to say something when I stopped him.“How dare you assume it was me? You always do this to me, Derek. I am sick of it. You ridicule me even though I accepted my fate so that you could live. I Sophia reject you, Derek, as my fated mate.” I said, and the bond snapped from me. The warriors gasped behind me.“You want to know where my mate is? I don’t know because I just rejected him. Even in death, he still chooses to believe the worst in me. As for my mate, you already know, Asher.” I told Zakari it wiped the grin off his face.“But you can’t have them both as your mates? It’s not meant to work like that.” He scolded me. The mate bond with Derek was broken by my side, but it wasn’t for him. That’s why I hadn’t said the rejection correctly, because I didn’t ne
Jarrod’s wolf was killing him slowly. His paw was on his head so that he couldn’t shift. Angus wasn’t even squirming. It was like he was welcoming death.“DO IT JUST KILL ME.” He screamed at us. He really wanted to die, but why should he? After all the pain he had caused me and countless others, death was the easy way out.“Jarrod, stop, don’t kill him. That would be doing him a favour. Chain him in silver.” Jarrod’s wolf cocked his head sideways. Asher disappeared and was back a few seconds later. Angus was now chained in silver and chained to the tree. Jarrod had shifted back.“What the fuck Sophia.” He said, coming straight at me. Asher stepped him in front of me and Jarrod stopped where he was.“If you touch her, Jarrod, I will rip you to pieces.” Asher’s voice was calm, and that’s what the scariest thing was.“I wasn’t going to touch her Asher, relax, but I want to know why she won’t let us kill him?” He questioned.“He wants to die Jarrod, we would be doing him a favour. See, we
Derek was going to be back in a few minutes. I could feel his aura getting closer through the mate bond.“As much as I want to stay here in your arms forever, we have to clean up. Derek will be back in a few minutes.” I whispered into his ear. Luckily, I wasn’t going to be alive long enough to worry about upsetting both of my mates. After we had a shower, which turned out to be a little longer than we thought because we couldn’t keep our hands off each other, we went downstairs. Derek walked through the door, instantly coming to the both of us and pulling us into a hug.“I am glad that the both of you were able to have that time together, but now I must talk nothing but seriousness.” He was hiding something in his voice that I couldn’t decipher what it was. He moved away, looking at the both of us. “Marcus and I have been talking, and we have come up with a plan. I am sorry, but I must leave both of you. I can’t stay here and watch you die, Sophia. It is selfish of me I know but on
Asher’s POV“The cost of this is your life, isn’t it?” I was choking on the words as I tried to get them out. “You both know this has to happen. I don’t know when it is going to happen, but I know it will be soon. It is the only way to keep our babies alive.” She told me her voice was not her own, she sounded other worldly. I knew this was coming, but I didn’t expect it to be so soon. I needed time. I could fix this. My heart was being ripped from my chest, falling to my knees. I was struggling to breathe. Her touch on my shoulder warmed my body, but it still didn’t take away the fact that she was going sooner than we thought. I had only just got her.“There is a cabin in the woods on the other side of the kingdom. You both should go and spend the night together there, please. I beg the both of you. We all need this. Sophia, baby, I love you, but you need to love Asher as well. Asher, you need her. Spend the night with her, make it worth it.” Derek said. He had sat down on the other
Asher’s POVKnowing what Derek was asking me to do was taking me away from our plans to stop this. But I couldn’t bring myself to leave. Sophia had suffered some much pain in her life times. And I couldn’t be the cause of more pain to her.“We need to stay with our mates and babies, Asher. If our mate has to die and all we can do is to be there for her, spending the time that she has left to make her happy, then that is what we will do.” Ivar ordered me.“I know, but the pain is too much, Ivar. How are we meant to keep going with knowing what is going to happen? And we know that Derek will do whatever he can to die as well after she does. I can feel it Ivar, he is not going to stay here on this earth if she isn’t here. This is why I am scared to finish forming the mate bond with her. We can’t afford to do that. We have to be the strong ones here for the sake of the twins. They are going to need us. We are their family.” Ivar was right, he always was, but I couldn’t help but feel I was
Derek’s POVWhen Asher told me to get Tim because the babies needed to get out, I don’t think I have ever moved faster in my life. Within minutes, we were back in my office carrying all the equipment that Tim required. She was in pain. I could feel it, but again she was blocking it through the mate bond, trying to save us from pain.“Soph, baby, let the pain through. We can help you take it.” I tried to explain to her, but she screamed, the pain in her voice causing me to fall to my knees. She was going to die and I wouldn’t be far behind her. The babies would have Asher. I just can’t be in a world which she isn’t part of. Jerek had heard Soph and Bria talking about what has happened in their other lives and there is no way that I was going to let her go through this shit by herself. We had to keep it to ourselves because I know she would make us swear to stay with the kids, but I wouldn’t leave her again.Asher backed away to let me in to take her hand. He had every right to be here
Sophias POV“You already know about this, don’t you?” There was no point beating around the bush.“Know about what, child?” He looked at me, confused.“He doesn’t know Soph, I am the only one that does. Although I suspect that Asher’s beast knows about it, but he hasn’t told Asher yet.” Bria confirmed with me.“Sorry Alaric, seems you don’t know, but I think you need to know because I need you to look out for my babies.” My voice sounded firm even to me. My strength was building, and I had a feeling that my babies were going to be here soon, so I needed to start putting plans into place.“What are you talking about, Sophia? Something is changing in you. I can sense it. What is happening?” He sounded concerned, which in all honesty he should be, because I had just accepted my fate that I have to die.“Alaric, I have to die.” I stated to him.“No, you don’t. We are putting plans in place so that nothing will happen to you.” “No, Alaric, that is not what I mean. My fate has been set, a
Sophia's POV“Soph, did you just feel that?” Bria was on high alert.“I did, but what was it?” I asked her.“Someone wants to hurt us, but they need us alive. We need to always be at arm’s length to these guys, just like Asher told us.” She was right. There was no way that we were going to be out of their sight. Automatically placing my hands on my stomach, I felt one of my baby's move towards my hand. “They love us all so much already Soph, but they are growing at a rate of three times quicker than a normal pup would. I would honestly guess we have less than a month before they will be here, so we must do everything they tell us tonight.” Bria commanded me this time. The way she was worried had me worrying, too. Both Derek and Asher were watching me with concerned looks on their faces.“Soph, what is it?” Derek asked me. He really was in tune with us ever since he had woken up from the despair that he had been in.“Let’s just say it is a feeling, but someone wants to hurt me, but th