Chapter 12
A howl broke through Stiles thoughts as the hunt came to a close. Harry was coming down the stairs with one of the twins in his arms. Followed by Diana who had the other one. Hmmm I wonder what's going on there. Maybe they have a thing going on. But they can't have a thing. Not really ,the word thinks Derek and Diana are still together so it's impossible for them to have a thing. But maybe just maybe Diana will happy now. With Harry by her side that is.
"He's calling for you" Harry said motioning towards the door with his head. He? Whos he?
"Go stiles. Before he gets impatient" Diana said opening the door.
Derek they must be talking about Derek. As I stepped over the threshold Derek was standing there with a hog at his feet.
"The Great Britain Pack knows the truth about Diana and I so there is no point in pretending here" Derek announced moving towards me. Diana and Harry gave the twins to the human servants and moved to stand. Harry moved to stand with his pack while Diana's Betas moved to stand with her. The rest of the pack stood in front of Derek kneeling. The lesser wolves followed them and kneeled in front of Harry and Diana.
"A mates job is to provide for his mate. And so I would like to present my mate. Stiles with this hog in order to show that I will always provide for him" wow, okay so this is a wolf thing then. What am I supposed to do? Bite it? Hug it to my chest and I say I love it?
"Say I accept your claim" Lydia said whispering behind me. She moved to stand with Jackson who was at Diana's right.
"I accept your claim" I said. Okay so that sounded unsure but what was I supposed to do? Jump for a joy and scream it out? Well um how about no?
"I would like to put in a claim for Lydia Martin!" a voice sounded out through the courtyard. The GB pack started to shuffle around until the wolf that put in the claim moved forward. He was tall and British obviously. Blond hair, blue eyes. He was big. Like way bigger then Jackson.
"She's already been claimed you dipshit!" Isaac and Scott said simultaneously moving to stand in front of Lydia. Jackson however stayed quiet. He looked at the other wolf.
"A challenge then. Between me and the wolf who first claimed the lady"
"Bloody hell" Harry said to himself. Diana was glaring at him while he gave her "the fuck do you expect me to do?!" eyes. Oops couple problems clearly.
"I accept" Jackson finally spoke. Diana's eyes bugged out of her head. She turned to look at her most trusted beta. Clearly she didn't expect him to win either.
"I will not condone this challenge" Derek said, looking towards Jackson and Lydia. "You are on my pack territory and if you expect me to simply stand by and watch as you try to tear my pack apart you have another thing coming"
"With little respect Alpha Hale you already did that yourself" the wolf said, his eyes flickering towards Diana. Shit, burn! You want some ice for that? Wait. I'm on Derek's side. Okay focus Stiles. No matter how good this guys comeback are cause OUCH! That one had to hurt.
"Alpha Wales, control your pack or otherwise I will be forced to act" Diana said looking at Harry with cold eyes. Oh he's so not getting any tonight. Or any night. Oh burn.
"I apologize for my pack. But since your beta has already accepted the challenge Alphas Hale input is no longer necessary. "Harry said.
"Fine then. Tonight at 9" Diana said looking towards Derek. When Derek nodded his approval she allowed the pack to disperse. None moved to leave the property because of the fight that would occur later on.
Derek moved towards me with his eyebrows furrowed. Clearly the big bad wolf was not happy. As we made our way up the stairs Lydia's sobbing could be heard followed by Jackson's howls of rage.
"Derek?" I said as we entered our room. He didn't even bother to turn on the light. "What's wrong is it because of Jackson? He can hold his own in a fight. You don't even have to worry about that"
"I know he can. But I'm not upset over that. I'm upset because of what that fucking pup said. I tore my own pack apart because I couldn't control myself. Did you not see how all the betas moved to Diana? How the only wolves who stood by me where the one of lower ranking? The ones who have to if they want to rank up? The wolves that I turned moved towards Diana! None of them moved towards me! That pup was right. This pack was broken way before the GB pack got here and it's all my fault"
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?! That you regret taking me as your mate!? That you regret what happened that night? What's been happening since then? Because face it! If I hadn't come along you wouldn't be happy! And I'm sure as hell Diana wouldn't have been happy!"
"SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPY! She wouldn't have been sobbing every night since then. I would have been the one taking her to her appointments. I would have been the one picking out the babies' names. Helping her with nursery. I wouldn't just be the dumbass who got her pregnant again. I would be a father. A real father with 4 pups. I would have been happy! I would be in her bed right now. But instead I'm the alpha who destroyed his own pack."
"Is that really how you feel? That if it wasn't for me you and Diana would have had a fairy tale story? You would be with her right now if you could? Knowing that the fucking King of England is so goddamn in love with her he would die for her?! Would you die for her Derek!? Would you really?! I know how you acted when she first got pregnant! You didn't even care! You left her alone and went AWOL for the first 7 months of her pregnancy! You can't sit here and tell how much you want to bet there for her if you weren't there in the first place! YOU KNOW WHAT?! I can't fucking wait to go to college so you can get your shit together and decide what you really want!"
I can't fucking believe him! How could he!
"SHIT!" ow, when did I fall down? There's no way in hell I can be that clumsy.
"I'm sorry!" I heard a voice from up above me. Hey! Is that wolf that pretended to be Derek when he went to my house. I didn't know he was here. He's still on top of me. Why is he still on top of me.
"it's okay dude. Um do you mind getting off of me?"
"Oh, my bad. Sorry. My name is Ryan by the way. You know the one who pretended to be Derek back in Beacon Hills?"
"Yeah, I remember you. You're going to go to college with me on Tuesday!"
"Yeah! I am. Itss mostly for your protection but Diana offered me a chance to study there as well"
"That's cool man!"
"Yeah. We should be heading down. The fight is about to begin."
"Yeah okay lets go then"
Ryan, well he's interesting. He kind of reminds me of Isaac but he features are hardened. He doesn't hold himself back. His steps are confident and controlled. He is definitely Alpha material. It doesn't hurts that he's cute. No wonder Diana picked him. She's always had good taste in men. But why doesn't she change any of the humans she picks.
Both packs had gathered in the courtyard forming a large ring in the center. Jackson and the unknown wolf were already in the middle circling each other. The Alphas sat in the balcony overlooking the wolves. Diana stood with Derek at her right while Harry stood at her left. The humans were placed in a balcony bellow the Alphas.
"Tonight Jackson of the Hale Pack will fight against Matthew of the Great Britain Pack. As soon as the fight is over Lydia will determine whether she will accept the winning wolf's claim or not. This is a fight to the death" Diana said moving to sit down.
"You may begin" Harry said moving to sit on the edge of the baloney
The two wolves moved to different sides of the circle. Both still in human form. Soon claws came out and Matthew lunged at Jackson. Jackson had speed on his side and quickly dodged Matthew. Jackson lunged at Matthew and managed to tear out a piece of his shoulder. The Hale pack cheered and then quieted down as Matthew clawed at Jackson's ribs sections and cracks were heard. Jackson retaliated by taking Matthew down and straddling him. Soon he started to claw at Mathew face. Blood coated Jackson's claws and dripped down Matthews face. Matthew eventually pulled himself together and threw Jackson off of him. Jackson sailed though the air and hit a tree. A loud SNAP! Filled the air as the tree broke and Jackson used it like a backboard and bounced back to Matthew. While in the air Jackson transformed into a full wolf. Matthew didn't have a chance. Jackson's jaws closed around his neck a ripped out his throat. Jackson stood and looked around at his pack members. He threw his head back a let out a victorious howl. The pack responded with one of their own and soon the night air was filled with wolves howling. Jackson turned back into his human form and looked at his Alphas. He tried to ignore the fact that Diana's eyes had been pitch black.
"Derek"
"Yes, Diana?"
"Why is Stiles sleeping with Lydia?"
"We had a fight and he doesn't want to even look at me"
"What did you do now?"
"I didn't do anything! He asked me why I was mad and I told him exactly why"
"Why were you mad?"
"Because I should be the one taking you to the doctor. I should be the one helping to decorate the nursery. I should be the one helping you pick out clothes. I should be the one picking out names for the babies. I should be the one playing Daddy but I'm not. It hurts me Diana!"
"don't you fucking dare Derek! This was all you! And don't try to play that. You weren't there when our first children were born why the hell would you be there now?! Being a father is not a role to play DEREK! And if that's what you really think being a father is then maybe you should rethink your life choices!" Diana said with as sneer. She quickly walked out of the kitchen
"AND YOU BETTER FIX THINGS WITH STILES BEFORE HES LEAVES DEREK! OH AND YOUR KIDS WOULD LIKE TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH THEIR ALPHA IF THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM!"
"Good job mate. I've never seen her that mad" Harry congratulated as he stepped into the kitchen. A mug in his hands. "Maybe you should write a book on how to tear your pack apart in 5 easy steps." A smirk adorned his face. While Derek was twitching with barely controlled rage
"I will remind you that you are on my territory Alpha and I will not hesitate to attack"
"Your territory Alpha Hale? This manor has been in Diana's family for decades. Along with the many acres of land surrounding it. Is it really your territory? I would think not"
"Alpha Wales, if you would pardon my interruption. Matthews family is on the phone for you." A beta interrupted
"Ah, of course. One of my wolves is dead. And a family is left without a son" Harry said moving to the door. "I will see you tomorrow Alpha Hale"
"Yeah, tomorrow" Derek was left alone in kitchen. His thoughts overwhelmed him and he let out a broken howl. Only this time there was no one to comfort him.
"Once again. Every man for himself. Whatever you kill. You eat. Full wolf forms only. You have 6 hours. Go"
The wolves shifted into their real forms and took off into the forest like bullets.
"Since we have no way of watching this hunt I guess we might as well find something else to do" Diana said to the mates and servants left to wait in the living room. "Lydia, let's go shopping. I want some new heels and we need to get yours, Ryan's, and Stiles school supplies. You are all welcome to join us" Diana said addressing the mates of the wolves.
"Our mates expect us to be here when they get back" one female said sticking her nose up in the air.
"Well then I guess it's a good thing I'm not mated then" Diana replied back snidely.
Diana and Lydia made their way out of the house in silence. Howls from wolves occasionally rang through the air.
"Will you accept his claim?" Lydia asked Diana as soon as they were out of hearing range.
"I…I don't know Lyds. It's hard."
"He loves you. Harry I mean. You can see it by the way he looks at you"
" I know he does. But I have children. I have two more on the way, the world thinks me and Derek are mated. I can't just come out of thin air and go 'oh look I'm mated to the king I forgot to tell you all' it could start a war"
"You not accepting it could start a war too. Well an additional war to the one we're already fighting"
"The war we've been fighting has no end." Diana said her as the blackness of her pupil expanded like smoke, coating the rest of her eyes till there was no color left in sight.
AUTHORS NOTE: Hey guys! So once again thank you all who are still following my craziness. And give me your opinions! Tell me how you would like the story to end! I promise I will take under consideration! What do you think about this never ending war? Diana isn't a wolf. So what is she? Derek can't have nice things but he will! Uncle Peter will be making a comeback along with the TWINS! Happy reading!