Sophia’s POVOlivia had nearly succeeded in killing me, almost making me lose my Derek. When I nearly died it was like I was in limbo, replaying the worst moments of my life, but also the happiest moments. The funny thing was, the happiest I had ever felt was when I was with Derek. I saw the future we could have had with our babies. It was Olivia who was the poison. Every word they whispered to me, I heard them. It took me a long time to break away from the limbo because my baby that had been killed was with me. He stayed the entire time with me, never leaving my side. We had watched our life and what it would have been. He was like his father, but we both knew when it was his time to go and be with the Goddess. I was forever broken, never to be fixed again. The things in this world had made me suffer. I would never be the same, but I made a promise I would love his father with everything in me.“Derek, come on, I want to go home and eat something. I think we need to talk, but I don’t

Derek’s POV The last few weeks had passed with no incidents. Soph had recovered fairly well. The pack was happy that she was ok and awake. No one brought up what happened to her, but you could feel the sadness through the pack link. She announced to the pack what had happened to her and the fact that she might not be able to have another baby. They were ok with this. We would work something ok, I told her about adopting and she was open to the idea. Mom was not getting better. She had stepped down from most duties, so Soph and I had picked up where we could. Brooke never left Sophia's side. They had become inseparable. I had suggested that she ask Brooke to become her Beta. Lars and Zac were never too far from us, as well. They had both taken to being my equal Betas. The elder council had been happy with the suggestions that I put before them. The attacks were becoming more frequent. They were still attacking the outer packs, because they had not been able to break through the lines,

Sophia’s POV“What the fuck just happened, Bria?” I asked her, but she was preparing herself as the rogues that surrounded her tried to strike, a few of them lunging at her from different sides. Kicking two from behind with her hind legs, she sent them flying into the circle of rogues around the injured pack members. Killing all the rogues that had surrounded us by ripping their throats out before any of them could figure out what happened. The body count of the dead was building. She let out a howl towards the sky, thanking the Moon Goddess for her new powers.Power surged through her wolf form. She was powerful in this form, standing as tall as the Lycans. Her anger fall towards the rogues that were trying to get past the few fighters that we had left. As if time had stopped itself. I felt power and something that I couldn’t quite describe happen at once. Everyone had slowed down, barely moving. She used this to her advantage. Running through the circle of rogues tearing their chest

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 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