Derek’s POVMy beast finally let me in. He shifted into his Lycan from the second we were out the door. He ran at full speed. This was what we did lately.“She is going to reject us.” He said to me. My heart was pounding. It felt like it was being ripped from my chest. Jarek kept saying it over and over.“Jarek, we don’t know that man. How do we even know she is our mate?” I asked him, as he was running at full speed still.“She is our mate, Derek. When she was on the back of the bike with us, I knew for sure, but there was something about her. She has another mate. That’s why I blocked her out. I can’t be hurt again. That was a dark day for us.” Jarek had stopped running.“When we lost Kyra, and you lost Sarah, my head went to a dark place. I am just getting back from there. If she is our mate, she will make us better than Jarek. I feel so calm with her.”“But will she want to be with us when she knows what happened?”“I don’t know, Jarek, but the longer we stay away from her, the mo
Sophia’s POVDerek placed his hand on my shoulder, sparks flew through my body. Instantly calming down from his touch. My life has been tough, and it seems like it isn’t going to stop soon.“Well, I don’t have much to pack, so I will be ready quickly.” I said to them.“We need to get the car here, Mom. I think we need to move quicker than a few hours and we will take the jet home.” Derek said to his Mom. I panicked. I had never been on a plane, let alone a jet. What if we crashed? Derek must have felt I was anxious.“Little one, it's ok. I am guessing you have never been on a plane before. We will be fine. I will hold you the entire way if you want.” He said, winking at me. The thought of being in his arms made me smile. The bond with Derek felt different from the other two. I was sad that Steven had lost his life.“Don’t be Soph, he wanted our blood.” Bria said in my head. She had been purring the entire time that Derek had touched us.“Its different with him, isn’t it?” She asked m
Derek’s POVWhat pain my mate was feeling, and there was nothing I could do for her. My heart was breaking with every sob that rocked her entire body. She falls asleep in my arms but she continued to cry even then.“Derek, is it ok if we still come over, man?” Came Zak’s voice in my head. I wasn’t sure if they should come over with the way that Soph was, but I also needed to talk to my friends. I was at a loss.“Son, it’s ok. I will stay with her tonight. I will hold her all night.”“Thanks Mom, her and Bria shifted. They knew I wasn’t telling them about her old pack, but then she just started crying Mom. I feel so helpless. What am I meant to do? She seems so broken.” “Derek, all you can do is to be there for her. Be whatever she needs you to be at the time? Don’t force yourself on her though, she is very fragile, even I can see that. But yet she is strong.” Mom said to me.“Thank you, Mom. Zac and Lars will be here in a minute. I want to tell them about her.” I let Sophia go. I was
Sophia’s POVDerek’s warm eyes locked with mine. He looked like a Demi god standing there against the door frame. He looked so sexy. All I wanted to do was be in his arms right now. But Beatrice had been so kind to me. She had held me until I finished crying. She had just been telling me a story about Derek when he was little. So I didn’t want to jump in his arms while she was here.“And what would my two favourite people in this world be laughing about?” He asked, looking only at me, though. I was in a trance, lost in his eyes. I was having to remind myself to breathe. I could feel that Beatrice was watching us.“Well, if we told you then we would have to kill you, son.” Beatrice said to him.“Well now, there is no need for that, is there Mom.” Derek said to her so sweetly. He finally broke eye contact with me. He was staring at his Mom, and all she could do was smile back at him. I wonder if he had this effect on everyone or if it was just the two of us?“Little one, how are you fee
Derek’s POV I said to her I would come and get her in half an hour. The guys would be here soon. Walking into her room, I heard the shower. Then I heard her low moans. I could smell her arousal. My beast came forward. “Little one wants us.” He said to me. “Not yet.” I said, pushing him out of my head. “Mmm Derek.” came her voice. That was f**king hot. She was touching herself again, thinking about me. “Derek, baby, you're home. Why didn’t you tell me?” I heard Brooke’s voice coming from downstairs. F* ck, I forgot about her. I needed to get down there now before Sophia heard her. I raced downstairs. Brooke was standing in the kitchen, looking beautiful as she always did. Her eyes lit up the second she saw me, she strolled towards me with her hands out, ready to embrace me. “Brooke, sorry we arrived late yesterday.” I said to her, trying to sound indifferently. She pulled me into a hug. My heart softened being in her arms, but not for the reason she was thinking. Brooke had been
“Ah, coffee. Can I have one, please?” Beatrice asked me.“Of course. How are you today, Beatrice?” I questioned her.“Rough night dear. More attacks.” That was when Beatrice noticed Brooke was there.“It’s ok Betty, we have sorted everything out. There is nothing to worry about between us.” Brooke said to Beatrice. She must have worried about my reaction to her and Derek. Derek walked into the kitchen, smiling at me. He really seemed happy to be with me. He came over, wrapping his hands around my waist kissing my cheek.“Mind if I have one as well, little one?”“Sure babe. When is everyone getting here, and who is cooking breakfast?” I asked them, because I wouldn’t mind cooking, actually. It had been a while, and I wanted to thank everyone.“Well, now, the party starts when we are here.” Came a voice from behind us.“Soph, this is Lars and Zac. My closest friends.” Derek said to me.“Umm, and what about me?” Brooke said, pretending to be hurt by what Derek had said.“Hey Soph, I’m Za
“Sophia, I didn’t know that you had been through so much. Well now, you have all of us to look out for you now.” Lars said to me from across the table. It touched me that they were so accepting of me. Maybe we could do this.“Sophia, I hear your wolf is massive. Why don’t you join us at training later?” Zac said to me.“Yeah, why not? Only if Bria is up for it. She is resting at the moment.” I told him. “Well, I think it might be time for Marcus and I to go. We have a conference to organize. Sophia, I would like to introduce you as Derek’s mate, if that is ok with you? Angus will have to be invited, so will Jason. But we will keep you safe I promise.” Beatrice said to me.“Of course Beatrice, whatever you feel you need to do.” I said politely to her, after that everyone left.“See you at training later.” The others said as they left. I breathed a sigh of relief as everyone left. That had gone a lot better than I thought it would. But now I was anxious about the conference. It was goi
Derek’s POVThis girl was amazing, and now she is mine. No one else can have her now. I can’t believe we just mated and marked. I was going to wait till our birthday, but it felt so right. I could feel her love coming through the bond, just like I was pouring everything I had into the link as well. Her head was on my chest, she was made for me. But how was Bria her wolf going to go with transforming into a Lycan?“Son, I don’t want to interrupt your time alone with Sophia, but the king of the north has requested to speak to you and only you about the coming conference. It will be held in two days.” Mom said to me through the mind link.“No worries, Mom. We will be there soon.” I said, shutting the link off.“Baby, we have to go. Business is calling us.” There was no movement from her. I moved out from under her. She was not moving. My heart sunk. What the hell was going on?“Soph, wake up, baby.” I yelled at her, shaking her, but she wouldn’t wake up. The panic was setting in. She was
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