Erica went on telling her daughter the do's and don'ts and how Isabella should keep her distance from Derick.   Isabella frowned but waited for her mother to finish her words. Why is her mother trying to cause a rift between her and Derick?   Why is she sowing a seed of discord in her heart against a man that relates with them with a pure heart.   She is purely showing her detest for him. From her words and how she thinks she is counseling her, she is only showing her hatred and dislike for her mate.   Derick is her life. She will not let anyone make her feel unsafe being with him, even if that person happens to be her mother. She would fight to be with him and love him to the end.

Isabella's authority prevailed and Derick stayed behind. He was angry and walked out on her, went and find a suitable place to sit in the garden.  Derick remained there, unhappy with Isabella's unwillingness to understand him when he heard the noise of Fred Wilson's return. He was startled by the noise and he gradually stood up.   He perceived his mother's scent. But his father's was dominant. It could only be explained that his father was somewhere nearby but his mother and sister were a bit far.   Why is his father there? Oh perhaps as a prisoner. He doesn't want to see him, see his humiliation, shame and his present predicament.  He is more interested in finding his mother. He wants to meet her and Laura and get th