Chapter 9 – Frayed, Savion POV

I slipped out of Derek's arms as soon as the light broke through the sky. I sat in my car for a moment contemplating whether I should walk back into the loft and stay with Derek. I thought of my pack, despite how shitty things have been lately; they've been my family for years. I thought of the twins, I couldn't just leave them. I sighed and drove back to my apartment.

I sneaked into the apartment, Deucalion, Kali and Ennis were out as usual. But the twins were still asleep. I tip-toed to my room, careful not to wake up the twins. I went straight into the shower, scrubbing Derek's scent off of me. I let the warm water flow all over my body; I shut my eyes as I recalled what happened last night. Every kiss I placed on Derek's skin was like a taste of paradise and every kiss he placed on me was like heaven. I wish it didn't have to end, I wish I didn't have to leave him.

Ethan walked out of his room as soon as I started preparing their breakfast. He placed a kiss on my cheek and grabbed his coffee from the counter before sitting himself down at the table.

"You smell different." He narrowed his eyes at me.

"It's a bit weird that you smell me, Ethan." I joked around.

He shook his head and changed the subject. "I haven't seen you around lately."

"It's because you and your brother have been at school." I flipped the egg in the pan. "Speaking of; you two better not be getting in trouble at school!" I narrowed my eyes at him. He gave me a toothy grin that made me roll my eyes at him

Aiden soon joined us and they started fighting over the first egg I cooked. I watched them both with a smile on my face, because they finally looked like normal teenage boys, but my smile soon faltered as soon as Aiden's phone beeped and his phone turned serious as he read the message.

"What is it?"

"Deucalion wants us to meet up with Scott tonight. All of us."

I chewed on my bottom lip. How stupid was this boy? How could he agree to meet up with a pack of alphas alone and think he would survive? I nodded and served up breakfast.

"Well you two aren't going anywhere until you finish all your homework." The twins looked at me with disbelief.

"Are you being serious right now?" Aiden said with a mouthful of toast, chewing like a cow.

"Chew with your mouth closed." I pushed his jaw up. "And yes, just because you two are big bad wolves don't mean you don't have to do homework." The two boys groaned, I patted their heads. "Make sure you both do the dishes and clean up the kitchen once you're done."

"SHOTGUN NOT!" Ethan and Aiden said in unison.

"I said both." I smirked. They groaned again. I made my way to my room; I crawled into my bed and curled up under my blanket. I didn't feel like doing much and I didn't need to until later tonight.

I pulled out my phone and looked through the few contacts I had. I thought about my conversation with Deaton yesterday, when he had told me about the sire bond. Perhaps there's a way to break it. I found Deaton's number and my finger hovered over the call button. I decided against it, if I'm meant to find a way to break it, it isn't any time soon… my pack needed me. I ended up going back to sleep and I didn't wake up until noon. From then the twins and I just watched movies to keep ourselves entertained while we wait for the go signal.

Ethan suggested we pick out outfits for tonight as if we were going for a night out with friends. I rolled my eyes but agreed to it anyway. Just in time after we got changed we got the go signal. The twins hopped into my car and I drove to the address they had sent us.

We entered the abandoned mall, I looked around the place. It was cold, dark and messy. I stayed on the upper level and leaned against the pole. It seems as if Scott was supposed to meet Deucalion alone because Ennis and Kali stayed hidden too while Deucalion stayed perched on the broken escalator.

I immediately sniffed out two other wolves, no, more. I looked at Ethan and Aiden but it seems they only noticed the one that's walking in with Scott.

"You didn't come alone." Deucalion murmured.

Scott looked at Isaac nervously and turned back to Deucalion. "Yeah, this is Isaac."

"I'm not talking about Isaac." So I wasn't the only one that sensed the others.

They all turned as a phased alpha revealed himself. Derek. Behind him were Cora and a tall, dark-skinned boy I'm assuming was Boyd.

"You knew I would do this." Scott looked at Derek warily as he stepped closer to Deucalion.

"Derek don't." Isaac murmured.

"You can't do this and no one gets hurt. If someone else dies-" Scott was trying to reason with Derek.

"Him." Derek pointed a claw at Deucalion. "Just him."

"Just me?" Deucalion smiled. "Now… how does a blind man find his way into a place like this?" He gestured around him. "All on his own."

Kali then slid down a concrete column, leaving claw marks with her feet. Ennis walked up another escalator. The twins revealed themselves from where they stood.

"And of course… my personal favourite." Deucalion smiled. "Savion."

I took a deep breath and stepped out of the shadows. Everyone looked up at me from where I stood.

"What's wrong with her skin?" Isaac whispered to Scott.

I looked down at my chest to see what he was talking about. The black veins were crawling up and I didn't even feel anything. Everyone shifted, slowly backing away from each other. Everyone just stared at each other until Derek tried attacking Deucalion. Kali immediately jumped up and landed a kick on Derek's face throwing him to the floor.

The twins somersaulted off of the ledge and landed in their full alpha form. Boyd tried taking on Ennis, he easily dodged the young man's blows although Boyd managed to land an uppercut. Isaac tried taking on the twins but he was easily tossed aside, Scott tried helping Isaac but he too was also simply swept to the side by the twins. Derek elbowed Kali on the face which knocked her to the ground. I hadn't noticed that I started making my way down. I stood behind Deucalion as we both watched the whole thing unfold. It hurt me to see the teenagers get hurt. I watched as Ennis mercilessly broke Cora's arm, I watched as the twins leave a nasty scratch on Scott's torso, as Ennis held Boyd and Kali clawing deeply into his chest with her feet.

Boyd was on the floor, Kali had Cora pinned down with her foot on her neck, and Scott and Isaac were on their knees.

"Kill him." Deucalion said sternly. I wasn't sure whether he was ordering me or Derek. I got the urge to jump off of the escalator and rip Boyd's heart right out of his chest. But I looked at Derek and at Cora, and at the teenage boys that shouldn't be here. Derek eyed Boyd and Boyd looked at Derek. "The others can go."

"You're beaten." Deucalion started walking down the escalator. Derek looked past him and at me. I stood frozen at my spot. "Do it, Derek." Deucalion urged on. I shook my head at Derek and averted my eyes elsewhere. I couldn't let him see the tears starting to pool in my eyes.

"Take the first step." Every beta in the room eyed Derek, unsure of what Deucalion was talking about. I could almost smell their fear from where I stood.

"Are we serious with this kid? Look at him. He's an alpha? To what? A couple of useless teenagers?" Kali gestured to the beaten betas in the room.

"Some have more promise than other." Deucalion said, turning to Scott's direction.

"Let him rise to the occasion then."

I looked between Kali and Deucalion and then at Scott. I've heard that before, someone has said that about me before.

Kali turned to Derek. "So what's it going to be Derek? Pack or family?" She added weight on her foot that was stepping on Cora's neck. Cora screamed.

"Stop." I blurted out, a sob threatening to escape my throat. Everyone's eyes shot straight to me. My pack glaring at me. "Please." I whispered. "They're just teenagers, please." I slowly made my way down. The twins looked at me in confusion. "Ethan, Aiden… please. Please just stop." The merged twins tilted their head as if thinking for a moment and immediately separated, their eyes still glowing.

An arrow shot straight down from the upper floor and landed on Ethan's chest. It exploded into a bright light that blinded us all, this continued raining down on us.

"COVER YOUR EYES!" Derek growled at his betas.

I covered my eyes and ran across the room and dragged the twins out of harm's way, I then returned for Cora and Boyd and dragged them to another side. Scott dragged Isaac to the same side and looked at me. He gave me a confused look but nodded gratefully.

Scott jumped up to his feet and took aim at Ennis. They charged at each other and made an ear-splitting crack as they hit each other with equal force and slid away from each other. Scott looked up and his yellow beta eyes flashed an alpha red, he shook his head and they returned to their yellow glow.

I looked around for Kali and Deucalion but they were nowhere to be found. Derek attacked Ennis from behind; as the two struggled they neared the ledge over the three floor drop. Scott jumped towards them but was too late. Ennis fell taking Derek down with him. They dropped straight to the escalator, three storeys down.

"DEREK!" I roared. I felt arms wrap around me, pulling me back. "Derek!" I struggled against the twins' hold around me. They dragged me back.

"Sav, sav!" Aiden yelled. "Sav, Derek's gone!" They pulled me back.

"No!" I refused to believe it, I tried listening out of his heartbeat but I couldn't hear anyone else's but my own. Ethan threw me over his shoulder and carried me back to my car. Aiden jumped into the front seat and quickly sped away as Ethan held me. "E, he can't be dead. Derek can't be dead." I sobbed. "He-he can't."

"Shh. It's okay." Ethan kissed the top of my head and was attempting to calm me down.

My brain was pounding in my head, it was like a hole had been punched straight into my chest and my heart was being slowly extracted. I shook my head. Ethan's arms tightened around me.

I have never felt so weak, so helpless. I seem to always freeze in my spot even though I was completely capable of helping. I could've ran and saved Derek. I could've helped Derek's pack during the fight. I could've easily prevented Derek… or anyone getting hurt. But I'm kind of just there. A display, as if Deucalion was just displaying me to convince Derek to join our pack.

By the time we got home I was numb, I was staring into thin air. Aiden scooped me up in his arms and carried me upstairs bridal style; everything around me was moving so fast. I could hear Ethan groan as he tried to tend the burn mark on his chest. Aiden walked through the apartment, Kali was sitting on the couch sobbing, he took me straight to my room and laid me down on the bed. He helped me out of my dirty clothes and slipped an oversized shirt over my head. He quickly got changed and walked into my room again. He climbed into my bed, under the blanket and pulled me close to him.

A broken sob escaped my lips, Aiden held me tighter and hushed me. I clutched on to his arm, afraid that I would physically fall apart without him there. The images of Derek falling to his death kept replaying behind my lids every time I shut my eyes and tears would start spilling.

As much as I wished for Derek to be alive and safe, he wasn't. Derek Hale is dead.


Author's note:

I didn't end up posting another chapter last night, sorry about that! I went to the gym and told myself I'd post a chapter when I come back but I ended up falling asleep again.

Anywayyyy, here is another chapter! Honestly even though it's my story and I can do what I want with it, it's pissing me off how I'm not making Savion do anything and whenever I read it I get really angry at her for not helping Derek's pack.

But yeah, reviews would be nice please! :)

Oh and also a big big thank you to the people that followed and added this story to their favourites!

Kisses to everyone. x