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
“Derek, stop. You are killing your mate.” A command came through my head, but it did nothing to me. All I could think about was ending Sophia’s life. I still wrapped my hands around her neck, squeezing her neck tighter with every passing second. All she did was stare into my eyes the entire time and laugh, but there was nothing in them. My Sophia was gone. Finally, she passed out from lack of air. Throwing her body on the ground, I run back to Mom’s side. It was too late. The silver dagger in her chest had delivered the final blow. My entire body went stiff. I felt the snap of Mom’s connection to the kingdom break, causing me to fall to my knees, howling in pain. One by one, as her connection broke from everyone connected to her snapped. All you could hear were the howls. I felt a hand on my shoulder as tears filled my eyes. “She is at peace now, Derek. She can finally be with your father. I am sorry, brother. What do you want me to do about your mate?” Asher asked me. “Take her with