“Your brother, fuck Alaric. Is it him behind this?” I asked him. How the fuck was it about his brother? This wasn’t good at all. What if he didn’t punish him?“Asher, calm down. I have not seen my brother since I punished him last time. But after I tasted Sophia’s blood, I can confirm that it was Nikolas. Now I do not know why the hell he has done this? Or who he is working with? But I can swear to you all on my life that I will find out the people behind this and kill them all.” He declared there was something in his voice that sent chills down my spine. I wouldn’t like to be Nikolas right now.“I don’t get why they have targeted Sophia? I mean, is there something special about her that we are missing?” I asked.“Um, well, there is something. But it really isn’t our place to tell anyone. But if you think it will help you, Alaric, then I will tell you and take the punishment later.” Lars spoke up.“What is it, son? We need to know what we are working against here.” Alaric told him.“S
Derek’s POVI was alive. I couldn’t understand how the fuck I was? That nightmare had seemed so real. Holding Sophia’s lifeless body over and over had woken me up from whatever dumb state I had been in. I don’t give a shit what she did, because I know it wasn’t her. She is my mate, and I had left her alone through all of this. I was the worst mate there was. “How much do they know, Alaric? Did any of my guys explain to you about Sophia?” I asked him through my thoughts. I had met Alaric a long time ago. When I was little, he had helped my father with a few rogue vampires that had been causing trouble for the Kingdom. So after that, every so often, he would come to check up to make sure nothing had been happening. Plus, having him there, his scent was all over the kingdom, scaring away the rogue vamps. “I told them everything. They had a right to know. Yes, Lars told us all, and he said he would take the punishment for telling his Queen's secret when it wasn’t his to tell. But like I
Derek’s POV Jerek shifted in his beast form, taking a stance. Someone lunged at him, but he snapped the lycans neck in his mouth, almost ripping the beast’s head off. Asher was in a dance with his father, but neither was attacking the other. Zac and Lars had taken out a few lycans already. “Back up towards Asher. We need to make sure they don’t attack him from behind.” I ordered them through the link. Within a few seconds, we had our stance around Asher. There was no way anyone was going to get him. They outnumbered us. It seemed his father had a bigger following than Asher thought. “BACK DOWN FATHER, BEFORE YOUR THROAT IS RIPPED OUT.” Asher’s Lycan roared. “You think you can take me? Your out numbered. The others that took off are about to be caught.” His father's beast laughed. What the fuck was he talking about? “Derek, you need to leave me and save Sophia.” Asher linked me. “No way in hell. I trust Brooke and Alaric. She is safe with them. What is the plan here?” I linked him
I could sense that Asher was staring at Derek, guessing that he was warning him. Asher truly was special. He was nothing like we all thought he was. The saying don’t judge a book by its cover came straight to mind. He was warm and caring. I know what he has had to sacrifice, and it was truly not fair. Every part of me was aching, but I was putting on a front. Everyone had been strong for me and now I needed to do the same for them. Looking down at Brooke's body, my heart missed a beat. My best friend had died trying to save my sorry ass. How the fuck was I meant to live with that? Her scream had awoken me from the cage that I had been caught in for nearly a year, a prisoner in my own body and mind.“Asher, if you need any help to clean this up or handling anything, please let me know. But I would like to take my best friend back home and plan her funeral with the Queens.” I said to him. Honestly, I didn’t want to leave him alone with what had just happened, but Brooke deserved to be b
“Soph, we have heard some much about you. We will get to know each other soon, but I would really like to get my mate home. From the looks of it, they are all in shock. Do you mind if I pop over tonight?” Lar’s mate said to me, I could feel the hurt she was holding back trying to be strong for her mate. That was something that we were all doing at the moment.“Of course, our door is always open for you.” I said to them as they wrapped their arms around their mates, pulling them away to take them home. Which left Tim taking Brooke’s body away. Derek stood there watching as his friend's body was being taken away. Before I could stop him, he shifted, giving Jerek full control.“Jerek stop.” I begged him, but it was too late. He had Tim by the throat, growling at him like he was about to rip his throat out.“Sophia, it's ok. Don’t move or say anything. He will calm down, just give him a second.” Tim’s voice said in my head. Doing exactly what Tim told me to do, I didn’t move.“Where are yo
Sophia’s POVI wasn’t sure how many hours had passed, but Derek had finally fallen asleep, my broken mate in my arms like a little child every time I thought about our son it made me sad, but I knew that he was with the Moon Goddess. “Brooke.” I heard Derek whisper again. He was dreaming about her again. I wasn’t sure if this should be upsetting me, but Brooke had been my friend as well. She had died trying to save me. Now her mate was never going to know her. That was going to have to change. I would tell him everything about her and let the others tell him everything that he might want to know as well.“You weren’t meant to go, Brooke. You were going to help me with the wedding and be her bridesmaid.” He whimpered.“See, he does love us, Bria.” She hadn’t said a word to me in hours.“I know he does, but what about Jerek? Derek has locked him away where I can’t reach him and I don’t know if I want to reach him?” We were both so torn about what had happened. But at the end of the day
Sophia’s POVDerek was sound asleep, but I was still feeling restless. My stomach had been doing flips all night, and I felt like I was going to throw up again. Shifting out from the arms of my mate was going to be a problem, because every time I moved, he would grab me tighter.“Baby, where are you going?” He whispered as I pried his arms off my waist.“I need to go to the bathroom.” I told him. He sighed, then rolled back over and was asleep in a second. How he could do that I couldn’t understand?As I made my way to the bathroom, my head started to spin. I rushed to the door to hold myself up so I wouldn’t fall down and wake Derek up. He really did need to sleep, opening up a mind link to Tim. I think we needed to have that talk.“Tim.” I said to him. Even my voice sounded weak.“Sophia, my queen, are you ok? You don’t sound too well.” His voice was alert.“Um, not sure. My stomach has been doing flips for hours now, and I nearly fall over from being dizzy. Do you think we can have
There was no way what I heard was right. Tim told her it was impossible for her to become pregnant. This was going to be some type of sick payback. They were dishing out on me for the behaviour of bloody Jerek. Moaning in the back of my head, I locked him out of my head again. He still couldn’t see what he did was wrong. Sophia’s gasp brought me out of my shock. Running into the room, I looked at the scene before me. Sophia was crying, but the look on her face was shock and happiness.“Soph?” my voice came out so weak I wasn’t sure if she had heard it or not.“Derek, come and look.” I couldn’t bring myself to move. If it was their way of getting back at me, I didn’t want to get my hopes up because it would be the last blow I could take. She was holding out her hand.“Baby, it’s not a trick. Come and look.” She whispered again.“Derek, it’s true.” Tim confirmed it, slowly moving towards the bed, grabbing her hand. Feeling nothing but the sparks of the mate bond course through my body,