AN: Hello friends! Hope you're all well! I want to thank all the new followers and people that have favorited this story. Lot's of questions get answered here and I hope you all enjoy the road I've begun to steer this story down. I'd also like to say I'm dedicating this chapter to CarleighAlpha who has been one of the biggest supporters of COREK since I started publishing this story again! Hope you all enjoy the update! Happy reading lovlies!

Hey pretty girl, wanna take you home
My momma's gonna love you
She'll make me sleep on the couch, I know
But hey pretty girl, wanna take you home

Hey pretty girl, lets build some dreams
And a house on a piece of land
Plant some roots and some apple trees
Hey pretty girl, lets build some dreams

Life's a lonely, winding ride
Better have the right one by your side
And happiness don't drag its feet
And time moves faster than you think

-Hey Pretty Girl by Kip Moore

Derek grabbed me before I could hit the ground.

"Cora! Cora! What's wrong? what's going on?" Derek asked frantically. I felt someone slide down next to me and grab my hand.

"Derek, look at her arm. She's been bit." I heard Anna say from next to me. I felt Derek grab my arm and examine the bite. My now Alpha mate let out a long pain filled howl. I saw Scott and Stiles step up beside me and I could see Allison, Chris and Jackson a few feet behind them watching the scene fold out. Scott went to speak, but was interrupted by four people appearing out of thin air at my feet. Dean, Sam and Uncle Bobby took in the scene before realizing something was going on.

"What in the hell is going on?" My Uncle's gruff voice spoke out. I smiled softly at him before lurching forward and vomiting black blood.

"Peter bit her." Chris spoke up.

"Hey guys welcome to the party, might just be my last." I told the three standing in front of me.

"I don't get it? Why is she reacting like this?" Scott questioned, I could hear the tears in his voice.

"Because she's a true mate. The only way she would be able to survive a bite is if it was from her mate. She's dying." Anna sobbed out. I titled my head back and met Derek's eyes. My heart clenched and I saw his tears falling heavily from his face. He pressed his face into my neck, lips landing on my mark.

Please don't leave me. His desperate thought floated through my head.

"No, she's not. Cas heal her!" Dean barked at the man in the trench coat behind him. The man shook his head.

"I can't." Dean spun around and grabbed the man angrily by the front of his coat.

"Can't or won't?" He growled out.

"Both. There is only one thing that can save her now."

"What the hell are you talking about?" Dean asked.

"Stop being cryptic Cas. Now is not the time." Sam added. I coughed up some more black blood.

"Derek is the only thing that can save her." Anna pipped up from beside me. The Alphas head popped up from my neck.

"How?" He asked hope filling his voice.

"You have to bite her Derek. You're an Alpha now." Anna responded.

"What? No!" Dean yelled angrily.

"The earth witch is right Dean." Cas responded solemnly.

"Do it." My Uncle said face hard staring at Derek.

"What? Bobby, you can't be serious." Dean exclaimed.

"Shut up ya idjit. I'll take her alive as a werewolf over dead."

"Maybe we should ask Cora. Considering it's her life." Stiles pipped up from his place next to Scott. All eyes turned to me. I looked up and met Derek's eyes.

"Do it." I told him not needing to think it through.

"Cora-" I cut dean off.

"I said fucking do it. It's not just my life that's on the line Dean. Deal with it or fuck off." I told him, the effort causing me to start coughing.

"Do it boy before she gets any worse." Uncle Bobby said. I reached up and put a hand on the side of Derek's face. I guided his face down towards the mating bite. Derek hesitated when he was in range.

I love you Derek. I sent the thought to him in hopes of easing his nerves. It worked because the next second I felt his canines bite down into their usual place on my neck. As he retracted his fangs, the dizziness came back full force and knocked me out.


Derek

I pulled my fangs back and centered myself to shift back. Cora went lax in my arms and my heart started beating harder, worry overflowing. I turned angrily to Anna.

"You said this would work!" I snapped, the witch rolled her eyes her eyes flashed purple.

"Listen to her heart Derek. It's strong. There is just a lot going on in her body right now. She needs to rest." I focused on her heart and realized Anna was telling the truth. I let out a sigh of relief and brushed some of her hair from her face.

"Not to like, ruin the moment or anything, but should we maybe get out of here? Cuz I mean there's two dead bodies around here and I'm just saying maybe they need to be called in." Stiles' voice pipped up. Everyone looked to me and I nodded. I looked to Anna.

"Take Cora and these guys back to her apartment. I'll deal with Peter's body." Anna nodded and began to stand. I shifted Cora so that I could lift her with me and stood carrying her to Anna's car.

"There's not enough room for everyone." Stiles pipped up.

"Cora's truck is hidden in the woods around back." Chris pipped up as he pulled Allison along towards his truck. The hunter climbed in and took off.

"Dean you guys take that and take Scott, Stiles, and Jackson home." Dean nodded and headed around to the back to locate the truck.

"Hey Stiles, didn't your dad say they were looking for a specific pendant in connection with the fire?" Anna pipped up from where Chris and Allison had been standing before. I ignored the group for a minute as I finally approached Anna's car. I gently laid Cora down in the backseat and pressed a soft kiss to her forehead.

"I'll be home soon." I whispered to her. I shut the door softly and made my way back over to the group. Anna held up the Argent pendant for me to see.

"Put this on Kate's body. Might just exonerate you." I nodded and turned to Scott.

"Tomorrow you're going to go to the Sheriff and tell him it wasn't me." I told the boy.

"What, but I-" I growled to cut the boy off.

"I'm done hiding because of your dumbass mistake. Fix it."

With that I took the pendant from Anna and headed into the house to plant evidence.


Anna

When we got to the apartment Dean pulled Cora out of the backseat and followed Anna inside, with Sam and Bobby close behind. Their trench coat wearing friend had disappeared at some point after Cora had passed out from the bite.

As Dean laid Cora down on the bed Anna took in the sight of her best friend. She was dirty and covered in bruises and blood, and her cast appeared to be broken. The witch sighed and turned to the hunters.

"I'm gonna get her as cleaned up as I can. You guys might wanna think about getting a hotel, when she comes too she's going to be completely focused on claiming Derek." Sam quirked an eyebrow.

"Why they're already mated?"

"Yeah, but she's a wolf now. She never claimed Derek in the same way that he did her because she didn't have the capability. Now she does and that's going to be all her wolf will be trying to accomplish." Sam and Bobby glanced at each other and nodded.

"You guys go find one. I'm gonna stay here with Anna until Derek gets back." Dean told his companions. Sam and Bobby nodded patting him on the shoulder as they left.

Anna headed towards the bathroom to collect some cleaning supplies as she headed back into the room she paused and took in the sight before her. Dean was kneeled next to the bed with Cora's hand clenched tightly between his.

"You better wake up sweetheart. As pissed as I am you got yourself into the situation I need you to wake up. I promise, I'll stop making comments about us and I'll try to get along with- with Derek. But you've gotta wake up."

Anna cleared her throat from the doorway and Dean looked up wiping at his eyes. Anna took a few steps and set the bowl of water down on the table.

"She's going to wake up Dean. Probably sooner than we all think." Anna told him as she rang out the washcloth and began to wipe at Cora's face. The witch smiled at the sight of the bruising being gone.

"See look, her face is already healed." Dean took a moment to grab the arm where she was bitten by Peter, that wound was healed as well. The only wound visible on the girl was from Derek's bite, and it was healing continuously in front of their eyes.

"I'm ah- I'm gonna go out there so you can finish and get her changed and stuff." Dean said awkwardly standing. Anna smiled and nodded at him as she finished cleaning Cora's arm.

Once done, Anna headed out into the kitchen at the same time Derek walked through the door.

"How is she?" He asked in a tired voice. Anna smiled softly at him.

"Good, I cleaned her up some and got her changed. She's almost all the way healed up. I'd say she'll wake up within the next hour or two." Derek's shoulders sagged in relief.

"We're gonna get out of your hair, but Bobby, Sam, and I will be back tomorrow. We've got some stuff to figure out." Derek just nodded his head eyes locked on the door to the bed room.

"Derek?" Anna called out to the Alpha as he headed towards the room. He stopped and turned an irritated look on his face at being interrupted. "When she wakes up, the wolf is going to be in control, she's going to need to claim you." Derek nodded in understanding before continuing to the bed room.

"I don't know about you, but I could use a drink." Anna said turning to Dean. Dean smiled at the witch, all prejudice gone.

"As much as I could use one. Not really in the mood for the bar scene." Anna laughed.

"Oh honey, I meant back at my place." Dean quirked an eyebrow, ideas floating through his mind.

"Your place, huh?" He asked moving to stand next to her. Anna smirked.

"Yeah, who knows, maybe after a drink or two we'll figure out a way to release all the stress from the day." Anna called as she walked out the door. Dean was hot on her trail, the door shutting softly behind him.


Derek

Once in the bedroom my eyes immediately locked onto Cora and I smiled softly at the sight of her. She looked peaceful, and Anna was right everything looked to be healed, except the bite from him, but it was getting there. I stepped over to the bed and leaned down placing a kiss to Cora's head and brushed some of her hair back from her face. At the sight of my dirty hand against her clean skin, I decided it was best to get a shower now while I still had the chance.

Once I was done I threw on a pair of boxers, checked to see Cora was still sleeping and headed into the kitchen to make a sand which. Looking back, I hadn't eaten in two or three days. As I was finishing, the sandwich I felt Cora start to stir through the bond. I stood quickly and rushed to the room.

Cora was standing next to the bed looking around the room, but as I entered her head snapped to me. I sucked in a breath at the sight of her. She was shifted, fangs prominent, ears pointed and eyes red. She looked at me curiously for a moment. I flashed my Alpha eyes at her and she took in a deep breath, as she caught my scent a growled rumbled deep in her chest.

"Mine." She growled out and then she was charging at me.

Explicit

I caught her as she launched herself at me and our lips connected instantly. I groaned as I felt her fangs scrape against my lips and her pelvis grind into mine. Her fingers dug into my hair as she tried to pull me closer into the kiss. I moved quickly towards the bed and threw her down. As I began to climb on top of her she flipped us so that she was on top. I let out a moan at the feeling of her grinding against my pelvis. The only thing separating us being my boxers and her underwear. I reached forward grabbing the hem of her shirt and pulled it quickly over her head. She leaned down and began leaving kisses across my chest as one hand drifted down towards my boxers.

I heard a rip before I felt my boxers leave my body and smirked. I let out another groan and threw my head back in pleasure as her hand wrapped around my member giving it strong pulls. I reached down and ripped the panties from her body, causing the full sent of her arousal to hit me. I let out a lust filled growl as my eyes shifted.

"Mine." Cora growled out once more staring at me. Our eyes met and I bared my neck in a sign of submission.

"Yours." I growled back and then her warmth was wrapped around me. I moaned out as she began to bounce along my shaft her hands on my chest nails digging in. The Alpha in me was getting harder to control, not liking being dominated, but the man in me couldn't have been more into the sight. I reached up and grabbed at her breasts pinching at her nipples. She let out a moan and her movements started to become more erratic signaling to me that she was close. I let the Alpha have control at that point. I flipped us quickly, staying buried inside of her and began to thrust hard and fast. The sounds of pleasure she made spurred me on and shot straight to my member. I groaned as her nails dug into my back likely drawing blood, but healing just as quickly.

Cora's moans and mewls of pleasure increased as I changed my angle slightly. My orgasm building up as she began to thrust back against me. A few more thrusts and that was it. I let out a loud roar, as did Cora, as our orgasms crashed over us. I felt her teeth sink into the junction between my shoulder and neck a second before mine sunk into hers.

As she marked me I felt my penis begin to swell locking our bodies together with a knot. I retracted my fangs from her shoulder, and felt hers leave mine as well. When our eyes met this time, they were back to the normal brown that I loved so much.

"Hi." She whispered smiling sheepishly up at me. I grinned.

"Well hello there." She laughed and went to move, but winced as she got caught on the knot. She looked at me in confusion.

"Uh what's going on down there?" I let out a chuckle and reached down grabbing ahold of her waist tightly and flipping us over so she was laying on top of me.

End explicit


"It's a knot." I told her reaching a hand up and beginning to twirl her hair through my fingers.

"That's an actual thing?" She asked, as she kid her head against my chest and looked up at me. I hummed.

"Yeah. It never happened before because you weren't a wolf, it'll go away I'm like a half hour or an hour." I told her. She quirked an eyebrow at me.

"Is it gonna happen every time now? That's going to make quickies difficult." She asked before muttering the last part. I let out a full laugh and leaned down to give her a light kiss on the lips.

"No. It just happened this time because you claimed me. It'll only happen after this if we have sex while you're ovulating. The point is to give the best chance for reproduction." She nodded in understanding.

"So, is it going to make my birth control not work?" She asked nervously. I quirked an eyebrow this time.

"No, but if it did would it be such a bad thing?" She smiled at me and shook her head.

"No. I guess it wouldn't. I'm going to sleep now." She told me. I smiled and wrapped my arms around her waist tightly. I smiled as images of a girl with Cora's looks and my blue eyes began to dance across my mind as I drifted off to sleep, my future held tightly in my arms.


Cora

I groaned as I woke up, to the door of the apartment slamming shut. I smiled at the warmth wrapped around me. At some point in the night I had slipped from Derek's chest and we had settled into our normal position of him as the big spoon and me as the little spoon. I felt Derek stir as well.

"Rise and shine Alpha's. I brought breakfast." Anna called from the doorway. I looked up and smiled at her. Derek growled and pulled the blanket tighter around my naked body.

"Relax, dude. If I see something I haven't seen before I'll throw a dollar at it." Anna quipped causing me to let out a laugh. "Get dressed, you two and meet us in the kitchen."

As she turned and walked from the doorway. I tried to focus on my new hearing, however as I did I threw my hands over my ears as I focused too much and the sounds of four pairs of shuffling feet invaded my senses. Derek chuckled from next to me and I groaned.

Focus on my heartbeat. It'll help tone your hearing back down. His voice floated through my mind soothingly. I did as he suggested and after a few seconds my hearing went back to normal. I let out a sigh of relief and felt him place a kiss against my mating mark. I smiled as I felt his peace flow through me. I moved throwing the blanket off and headed to the dresser to find some clothes.

Once I was dressed I turned to Derek and tossed him some clothes. He was laid reclined on the bed, blankets covering him from the hips down, giving me a nice view of his well-defined chest and abdomen. He smirked as he felt the lust flow through the bond and I rolled my eyes.

"C'mon before they eat all the food." I told him as I turned and headed out the door.

As I entered the kitchen all eyes turned to me and I smiled.

"Well there she is! How's the new you?" Anna asked from her spot on the counter, I quirked an eyebrow at how close she and Dean were standing.

"Eh. Obviously gonna take some getting used to. I can smell everything, and everything looks a lot sharper." I answered. Anna nodded and held out a cup of coffee towards me. As I reached her and Dean I noted that there were two different scents that seemed to be mingling coming from the two people. I narrowed my eyes at them, as Derek came out of the bedroom and I took a sip of my coffee.

"You guys fucked, didn't you?" I asked bluntly. Uncle Bobby spit out his coffee and Sam barked out a laugh.

"Jesus girl." Uncle Bobby grumbled as he wiped the coffee off the table. I felt Derek's humor through the bond as he poured himself a cup of coffee. Dean looked slightly uncomfortable and began to fidget, Anna just smirked at me.

"I told you I liked a challenge." I let out a laugh at that and patted Dean on the shoulder as I moved to sit down. I grabbed a breakfast burrito out of the bag and began to mow down as Derek came to stand behind me leaned up against the counter. I held one out to him and he took it.

"So, who wants to explain who the weird dude in a trench coat was?" I asked the room. Sam and Uncle Bobby glanced at each other.

"That was Castiel. He's an angel." I nodded my head.

"Alright then."

"According to him, you and Hale here have some big destiny." Dean said as he came to sit at the table. I glanced behind me to Derek who shrugged.

"What kind of destiny?" Derek asked. Dean shrugged his shoulders.

"No idea. He just popped in out of nowhere while Sam and I were planning to find you. Told us he wasn't going to let us fudge up your destiny, and zapped us to the panic room." Dean responded as he began to dig into a burrito as well.

"And then brought you back, just in time for me to be turned?" I asked in confusion. "That doesn't make much sense."

"We've learned a lot of what these angels do, don't make a lick of sense." Uncle Bobby put in. I saw Sam thinking hard.

"What's on your mind Samuel. You've got your thinking face on." Sam glanced around the table.

"I was just thinking, what if part of the destiny was for you to be turned?" He questioned. We were all silent for a moment.

"It would make sense." Anna said from her place on the counter. We all turned to look at her. "I mean think about it. You guys are true mates, which is pretty fucking rare, but I've never heard of a true mate pairing between a wolf and a human."

"We didn't find any in any of our research either." Sam added. I contemplated this for a moment.

"Why don't we just ask him?" Derek asked. I nodded in agreement.

"How do we summon him?" I asked.

"You pray, ya idjit." Uncle Bobby said. I rolled my eyes.

"Sorry I've never dealt with angels before, ya grumpy old geezer."

"Watch your tone girl." I looked down.

"Sorry." I grumbled out. Everyone one chuckled at the reprimanding.

"Call him Dean." Sam directed. Dean looked annoyed.

"You call him. Why does it always have to be me?" The older Winchester grumbled.

"Because he only ever really answers you." I let out a laugh.

"Ahhh does Dean have an admirer?" I teased and the man glared at me.

"While I do admire Dean's prowess as a warrior, I don't admire him in the way I believe you mean." A deep voice stated causing me to whip around heart pounding. My eyes turned red and as the colors contorted I let out a growl at the unexpected intruder. I felt claws begin to sprout from my fingers and heard chairs scraping against the floor as Dean, Sam, and Uncle Bobby stood up to back away. I turned my head a growl ready to let loose as I felt a hand on my shoulder, but the growl died in my throat as I turned and saw Derek.

Focus Cora. Shift back. I tried to do as he said, but couldn't get it to work I let out a frustrated growl.

Focus on me, on the bond, my heart beat. Whatever works. I did as he instructed. I focused on his heart beat and the calming emotions filtering through the bond and I slowly shifted back. I looked around the room and saw the apprehensive looks on everyone except Anna and Castiel's faces. I smiled sheepishly

"Sorry fam." I said with a shrug of my shoulders. The Winchester's and my Uncle sat back down and I turned to face Castiel.

"It's good to see your bond is as strong as heaven hoped." The angel told Derek and I as he stepped closer to the table. I quirked an eyebrow.

"What's up with this whole destiny thing?" I asked.

"The joining of the Cavanaugh and Hale lines has something that's been foretold since the creation of werewolves and hunters along with the joining of Winchester witch and the child of the strongest true mated pair." I quirked an eyebrow.

"What the hell does that mean? What Winchester witch?" Sam asked in confusion.

"The one that Dean and Miss Deveraux created last night."

"What?" Anna questioned in shock. "That's not possible. I used a contraception spell. There's literally no way- "

"Your spell is not stronger than the plan of God." Castiel said cutting off the witch. I looked to Dean who had gone pale, and like he might vomit.

"Alright enough with the cryptic bullshit. Tell us what the hell is going on." I snapped, I felt my wolf rise and my voice took on a commanding tone, and I'm sure my eyes flashed red for a moment, before Derek sent a wave of calm through the bond. Castiel looked around the room.

"You all have connected destinies, as well as your own solo destinies." Castiel began to explain. "You two," He looked to Derek and I "are fated to create peace between the wolf clans and the hunters" he turned to look at Sam and Dean next "while the two of you already know what your destiny was supposed to be. Anna and Cora, along with your children, are destined to bring the natural witches into the peace." Anna and I looked curiously to each other.

"Our children?" Anna asked weakly. Castiel nodded.

"The union of the Winchester Witch and the offspring of the strongest true mated pair, will seal the peace and continue to uphold it for long after as will their children's children and so on."

"What if they don't want to get married?" I asked.

"I'm not making any of our future children get married, just because some dicks with wings say it's supposed to happen." Derek growled out.

"These children with also be true mates. Do you think they will not want it?" Castiel responded he looked between Dean and I. "Your lines were never meant to come together as they almost did. That is why you miscarried, Cora." The room went silent at that and I clenched my teeth tightly. I felt Derek's confusion through the bond. Dean's head snapped to me.

"What? You- you were pregnant?" He asked but I ignored the question.

"Are you telling me that fucking angels or destiny or what the fuck ever are the reason that- I fucking miscarried." I asked angrily, as the change began to settle over me.

"No. It was because Dean was not your true mate." I growled.

"You're being cryptic again." Derek began to try and send me calming thoughts, but it wasn't working as well as before because his emotions were all over the place as well.

"Think about it Cora. Your body is literally designed to carry Derek's children. It's not unlikely that it would treat anyone else's offspring as incompatible." Sam pipped up. The room was silent after that.

"Alright. Shit. Back up. Did you say Anna is pregnant? With Dean's kid?" Uncle Bobby asked. Castiel nodded.

"Yes." Dean's chair slammed across the ground and he stormed from the apartment. I turned and looked to Anna who had a distraught and panicked look on her face. I stood and approached her as I heard the impala start up and peel out of the drive way.

"Cora, I can't raise a fucking kid by myself." She choked out, as tears welled up in her eyes.

"You won't have to hon." I told her as I pulled her into a hug. "Whether Dean man's up or not, I'll be here to help you."

"It might make you feel better to know that Cora, will be going through everything with you." Castiel added I turned.

"Excuse me?"

"You're pregnant as well." The angel responded. I gasped as a feeling of complete joy from Derek and pride from his wolf flowed through the bond to me and I couldn't contain the smile that broke out across my face as I saw the wife one on his. Castiel disappeared after that last little bit of news.

We all looked around the room at each other in shock. Sam stood and walked over to Anna and I.

"Well congrats guys." He said pulling me into a hug and smiling at Derek. After Sam's hug, I rushed to Derek and wrapped my arms around his waist tightly. Trying to focus on his feelings of joy and not the worry and nervousness that was settling over me.

"Don't worry Anna. Dean will come around. That was just a lot of information thrown at him all at once." Sam told the girl pulling her into a hug.


Anna

Anna stepped out of the shower later that night and threw on some pajamas. She headed to the kitchen for a glass of water, when she was stopped by a knock on the door. Unsure of who it could be this late she warily made her way to it. Anna was surprised when she saw dean standing on the other side. She quirked an eyebrow at him and crossed her arms.

"What?" She snapped in irritation. He took a deep breath before speaking.

"Look, I'm sorry I took off. But that was a lot of shit." Anna glared at him.

"You don't need to tell me that Dean. I just found out I'm pregnant from a one night stand the fucking morning after." The witch snapped. He glared at her.

"Yeah well not only do I find out I got some chick pregnant, but apparently, I almost had a kid with Cora, the only girl I've ever been in love with, but it died before it could be born." Anna eyes softened and she sighed.

"You never knew?" She questioned. He shook his head.

"No. I don't even know when it was." Anna motioned for him to come in.

"It was almost two years ago now. When she couldn't get ahold of you. Laura and I were with her on a girl's trip to San Diego."

"So, it was while I was in hell." Dean mumbled as he followed the girl to the couch. Anna nodded.

"When you care back and she found out what happened, she probably figured you had enough on your plate as it was." Anna responded as they sat. Dean sighed as he leaned back into the couch. He was silent for a moment.

"Look. I'll be there for the kid, I'll help you out and I'll visit when I can. But this life, I don't know if I can offer more than that." Dean told her honestly. Anna smiled at the man.

"That's all I need Dean. I don't expect a relationship or anything like that. I just, I grew up without a father. I don't want that for my child." Dean nodded.

"So, I guess we're having a kid." He said a soft smile playing at the edges of his lips. Anna nodded.

"I guess so."


Cora

Derek and I were lying in bed silently each contemplating all that we had learned today. His hand was splayed across my stomach, mine laying across his.

"How come you never told me you were pregnant before? Or that you miscarried?" Derek asked quietly. I sighed.

"We weren't really talking at the time. You had stopped calling and answering mine. It happened when Laura came and met Anna and I in San Diego. They were the only two that ever knew." I explained. Derek nodded understanding flowing through the bond.

"So, we're having a baby." Derek stated with a grin I smiled at him.

"We're going to need a bigger place. I don't want to raise a kid in this apartment." Derek hummed in agreement snuggling more into my side.

"What do you think about buying your house back from the county? We could rebuild it?" I questioned. Derek smiled at me.

"I like that idea."


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CarleighAlpha: Of course I wouldn't kill her off! ;) sorry about the cliff hanger! Hope this chapter makes up for it! I'm dedicating it to you, because of how amazing you've been to me! Thank you so much for being you!

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