Derek soon brought home Cora and Boyd, Erica is dead, I hugged my imprint, not caring that he was covered in blood, and let out a cry filled shutter.
"Never do that again" I said feeling his lips on my temple. I saw my future sister in law,
"Cora you've grown up" I said feeling tears going down my face,
" So did you" She said as she pulled me into a hug.
"Your Pregnant" Cora asked as we parted,
"Yep your niece" I said smiling, Cora looked at her brother who nodded at her. Cora smiled as I took her hand and placed it on my belly, My babygirl kicked her hand,
"She likes you"I said before I watched her smile then go to her brother to hug him. I walked to Boyd who had a sorrowful look upon his face,
"Boyd I'm so sorry" I started as tears ran down my cheeks, Boyd embraced me as I felt tears go down my cheeks. Soon we parted, I yawned as my baby kicked my hand, Derek picked me up and took us over to the bed, Cora went upstairs to one of the spare bedrooms and Boyd went home. I felt my belly tighten, hissing as another Braxton Hick flooded my body, I was on my side as Derek rubbed my back.
"Not much longer" Derek said as I relaxed against his touch.
"I can't wait to hold her in my arms" I said as I carefully turned to him,
"She needs a name" I said as I yawned, but sat up. Derek laid his head close to my belly, we sat think of ideas, a name came to my mind, I smiled,
" What about Laura" Derek said as he was watching our babygirl kicking his hand.
"Laura I love it, what do you think baby Lil Laura"I said waiting for her response. She began kicking my hand,
"I think she likes it" I said as he kissed my exposed belly,
"I like Selena for a middle name" I said as our little girl kicked up a storm even more.
"It's perfect, our lil Laura Selena Hale" Derek said as I watched a tear go down his face,
"Your sister would be proud" I said as he then kissed my cheeks.
"She would" Derek replied as I then snuggled into his side, closing my eyes as I fell asleep, I couldn't sleep without Derek by my side. I woke up to see Derek looking at Cora as she was doing pull ups, I got out of bed as I placed a hand on my back.
"Stop, you're not done healing." I said as Cora dropped down from the bar and looked at Derek,
"Yeah? Well, I'm done lying around." Cora said as she looked at me, I quirked my eyebrows at her.
"Then sit." Derek said as Cora began doing pushups, Derek walked over to her and knocked a hand away so she would fall to her side. Cora tried to fight Derek, who was blocking her,
"Come on, fight back! I came back for this?" Cora yelled at her brother, I felt another Braxton Hick flood my body,Derek looked at me, taking my hand to take some of my pain.
" I can't believe I got my ass thrown in a vault for three months for you. All those rumors I heard. A powerful new Alpha, one of the Hales was building a pack. Do you know how long I waited to hear something like that? Do you have any idea how it felt to find out you were alive?" Cora yelled at Derek, who sighed at her.
"I'm sorry to disappoint you." He replied back, I heard the alarm go off, the light flashing, the door opened to reveal a half transformed Ennis. Cora growled and darted to him,
"Cora no" I screamed as
"Ready for a rematch?" He growled at Derek, then looked at me as I felt something moving in my lower regions, I took a deep breath as I saw Kali who growled at Derek. He dashed to her, Kali dodged his attack, but she landed a hit herself, Derek took a swipe to the face. He collapsed on the ground, I watched as Kali tore the pole Cora was using to do pullups. I watched as she slammed the pole through Derek, He roared as he was on his hands and knees. Ennis had a shocked Cora under his grip, she stiffened, I watched as the Demon Wolf walked into the Loft.
"Everybody done? 'Cause just listening to that was exhausting. So... Let's chat." I looked up to see Deucalion. Derek was still pinned
"Sorry about this, Derek. I asked Kali to be gentle, but..." He said getting a chair, Derek looked up at me, I kept my hand on my belly which was hardening under my touch,
"This is me being gentle." Kali said twisting the pole, I listened as Derek groaned as blood kept sliding down the pole, Derek looked at Cora and tried to speak.
"Let... let her go." Derek said as he tried to control his breathing with Kali keeping the impaled pole in his chest. Ennis let her go, Cora scrammed to my side, Derek slightly growling as he heard my heart rate increase a bit.
"See? We're not unreasonable." Duecalion said moving his hands towards Cora who cowered behind me as I rubbed my belly.
"What do you want? You want to kill me?" Derek asked as more blood rolled down the pole.
"You really think I'm that boring? Don't throw me in with sociopaths like your Uncle. I'm a man with far more vision than simple murder. In fact...I'm here to show you just how much vision a blind man can have." He said taking off his glasses, I just watched as more blood left Derek's body, through his mouth, I groaned at the new sensation that was rolling through my body, but I stood strong.
"You're killing him" Cora yelled, I looked at her, shook my head to calm her down.
"Not yet, little Hale. But I could. Who knows if it's five minutes or five hours before it's too late to take this thing out? But just to be on the safe side, Duke, you might want to get to the point." Kali said twisting the pole more and more, Derek groaned as I watched the blood turning black a bit.
"So you now have a child of your own" Duecalion said interested.
"Go near her I will rip your throat out" Derek said making his eyes flash at the Demon Wolf.
"Now you see the one problem with being in an Alpha pack. Everybody wants to make the decisions. Me? I'm more about discovering new talents... Like you." He looking at me then smirked Derek, which I let out a warning growl, but Derek grimaced in the constant pain that was currently growing.
"Not interested." Derek groaned as blood began falling out of his nose.
"But you haven't even heard my pitch." He said making it look like Derek was giving up a major opportunity.
"You want me to... Kill my own pack." Derek said but coughed up a bit more blood, come on Derek hang in there.
"No. I want you to kill one of them. Do that, and I won't have to ask you to kill the others. You'll do it on your own. I did it. Ennis did. Kali did. Tell her what it's like, Kali, to kill one of your own." Duecalion asked her as she had a look on her face as if thinking.
"Mm... Liberating." She smiled as she once again twisted the pole.
"Listen to me, Derek. Do you really want to stay beholden to a couple of maladjusted teenagers bound to become a liability? And believe me, they will become a liability. In fact... I have a feeling one of them is getting himself into trouble right now." Duecalion said with a smile on his face.
"If I find out that one of your alphas messed with any of my pack especially Isaac, you won't like the result" I growled at him as I made my eyes glow threateningly.
"See, the reason I'm always invested in new talent is simple. We all know a pack is strongest due to its individual parts. The stronger the individual parts, the greater the whole. When I lost my sight, one of my betas assumed I wasn't fit for my role anymore. He tried to take it from me. Killing him taught me something about alphas I didn't know they could do. His power was added to mine. I became stronger, faster, more powerful than I'd ever been. I tested this new ability to subsume the power of your own by killing another one. In fact, Derek, I killed them all. I took the individual parts and became a greater individual whole." Duecalion told his little story while Derek was bleeding dark red blood.
"Don't care" Derek growled at him as blood poured out of his mouth causing me to shiver. Duecalion lifted Derek's head by his hair, looking at his face
"You're right, Kali, He does look like his mother. You'll get to know me, Derek. Like she did." He said moving a piece of my imprints hair, feeling another pain flood my body. I shook my head and growled at the strain,
"I know you. I know what you are. You're a fanatic." Derek growled as black blood pooled into the giant puddle of dark red blood.
"Know me? You've never seen anything like me. I am the Alpha of alphas. I am the apex of apex predators! I am death, destroyer of worlds! I am the demon-wolf!" He growled, I watched as Kali lifted the pole out of Derek's chest. Duecalion took his cracked lenses off revealing his blind Alpha Eyes.
"Hate it when that happens." He said before having Kali get him out of our loft. Cora and I got Derek away from
the pool of blood,
"Get him on the couch" I said as I removed his shirt, seeing the muscles healing, I placed my hands on his chest, expelling my warmth to him, the
healing process quickened. After placing a pillow under his head, Cora then cleaned the blood mess on the ground,
"Stay here heal" I said as I rubbed my Imprint's shoulder, feeling another pain filling my body, but I got up. Isaac showed up later during the night,
"Ah... I don't get it. Look, did something happen?" Issac asked me as I watched Derek sleeping on the couch. "It's just not gonna work with both of you here. Isaac" I said as I felt another pain flood my body.
"Where am I supposed to
go?" He asked me as I sighed,
"Go to Scott."I said keeping myself from getting up. Thunder roared from the skies
"Did I do something wrong, Lexi" He asked me.
"No, it's what happened today while you were at school" I said holding my balance.
"What" He asked me.
"The Alpha Pack attacked us something came to thought a threat I don't want you getting hurt, go to Scott" I said as I felt tired.
"Alright, be safe" He responded and left. As the door closed, I rubbed my belly, I watched the night sky as Derek wrapped his arms around me,
"I hope this lasts Derek, but with no pain or suffering" I said as my large belly went to my imprint's flat stomach, my belly hardened up a bit, but slowly stopped, Derek placed his hand on my back as I looked at the balcony window, I walked to the table and felt a bit of pain as I gripped the chair, only to immediately feel a pop in my lower belly, a loud gush echoed through the Loft, I watched as Cora's eyes landed on me, I looked at my thighs which were wet.
"My water just broke" I said feeling a real contraction flood my body,
"What do we do, we don't know how to deliver a baby" Cora said scared as Derek helped me up,
"Derek call Deaton" I said as I sat in a chair, He nodded fast as he grabbed his phone.
"Deaton it's time, yes her water just broke" Derek said as I got up,
"I'm going to the spare room" I said as I looked at Cora who helped me. She lead me to the room, I watched as Derek stayed on the phone with Deaton for about a half hour, I had a total of four contractions. Derek got warm water, a nice white sheet, and padding, which he placed on the bed. Deaton appeared about ten minutes later,
"Lexi" Deaton said as I looked at him, he had a beg, probably with what he needed to get her healthy and safely out into the world,
"Lie down" He said as I nodded,
"My last contraction was about fifteen minutes ago" I said as Derek sat beside me as Deaton set up what he needed for the delivery. I moaned in pain as another contraction flooded my body,
"Shh Lexi Shh" Derek said as I whimpered in pain, Deaton checked to see how far I was.
"Your about three centimeters" Deaton said as I growled,
"Are you serious" I said feeling my eyes glowing,
"I'm serious as a heart attack, prepare for a long night you two" Deaton said as Derek took my hands,
"Lexi your so strong, you can do it" Derek said as Cora sat beside me, I felt tears going down my face as I watched Deaton sitting across the bed,
"I hope" I said as I smiled, Laura would be welcomed into the world soon, my baby, our babygirl. Hours passed, Contraction after contraction, I wanted Laura out of me,
"nine centimeters" Deaton said as I smiled but grimaced in another flash of pain, Cora on my left as Derek was by my right,and Deaton was monitoring, "It hurts" I screamed as another contraction flooded my body.
"Ten centimeters, on the next contraction I want you to take a deep breath in and hold for ten" Deaton said as I began feeling it,
"I gotta push now" I said sitting up a bit, Derek holding my right hand and Cora holding my left. I took a deep breath, pushing down as I heard Deaton counting, my inner muscles moving.
"Alright" Deaton said as I relaxed,
"Your doing so good Lexi" Derek said wiping my forehead,
"Ready?" Deaton asked as I gritted my teeth, taking another deep breath before grunting as I pushed again, the same count down echoing through my ears,
"and relax" Deaton said as I felt something moving down,
"I have to" I said panting before taking another breath in and screaming as I pushed more and more, groaning as Derek urged me on along with Cora, I collapsed on the pillows, tired as hell,
"I can't do it anymore" I said panting,
"Lexi the shoulders need to come out" Deaton said as I whimpered,
"I'm too tired I can't" I whimpered as tears flooded out of my eyes,
"Lexi you can do it, I love you, soon we'll be able to hold her, please" Derek's eyes connected with mine. I nodded before I felt another contraction flooded my body, I took a large breath in and pushed down,feeling something stretching me to the point I felt like I was being torn apart.
"Relax shoulders are out, Derek you want to catch her on the next contraction" Deaton asked as Derek nodded. Derek got down with Deaton, I took light breaths before feeling the urge to push again, I then growled/screamed as I felt the stretching stop and something leaving me, I collapsed on the pillows taking deep breathes, I saw Derek smiling face as cries began to echo throughout the room. Deaton was cleaning something, my vision blurred for a second before I heard claws being unsheathed, Derek cut something, making our baby cry again, Deaton tied the separated unbelica cord with twine. Soon Derek place our crying daughter on my chest.
"You did it Lexi, our lil Laura Selena Hale is here, I love you"Derek said as I looked at our crying daughter holding her into my chest.
"Laura my baby girl" I said as she cried, she was in my warm womb for nine months and now she was in my arms, her cries weren't calming,
"Laura shh baby shh, I'm here Mama's here, Daddy's here, Auntie Cora is here"I said cooing our daughter, her cries turned into whimpers before I sat up, wincing again.
"Placenta?" I asked Deaton which he nodded, I gave Laura to Derek, the placenta came out, and Deaton disposed of it. Soon Deaton weighted her, she was nine pounds and nineteen inches long, she was in a blanket, and he gave her to me after I had changed into something more comfortable. Deaton soon left, Laura let out cries, I pulled the strap to my bra down, placing our daughter on my chest near her food source. Laura's nose twitched before she nuzzled to my nipple and latched on, drinking calmly. Derek just smiled as he lightly felt her black hair that filtered her head,
"She's perfect Der" I said as Laura continued feeding nice and slow,
"I can't believe I'm a father" Derek said watching Laura let go,
"I got her" He said as he put her on his shoulder right and patted her back, soon she let out a little burp as I pulled my strap up. Derek just held her against his chest, Cora just watched as Laura slept in her brother's arms.
"A new generation of Hales and Vulpes" I said as Cora smiled at her niece, she's not even an hour old and she was loved so much already.
"She's ours Derek she's here" I said as I yawned,
"Get some sleep, you deserve it" Derek said as he lightly kissed my lips. I soon fell asleep watching Derek holding our daughter.