HARSHER THAN THE BARK

A/N: Okay so somewhere along the lines I messed something up and despite this saying it's chapter 11 it is in fact chapter 12 and the finale of season 1. Fear not, I am well into writing season 2 so there won't be a dead long wait for the next update (yay!) Anyway, I'd like to say how freaking amazed I am that this story had over 100 followers! Thank you guys so much and remember to favourite and review as well because I love to hear your thoughts!

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It didn't hurt her feet as much as Scarlett thought it would when she ran through the woods. She would probably have a few cuts afterwards but nothing major.

When she finally found Scott he was lying on his stomach, screaming into the leaves. Her heart broke as she quickly made her way over to him, falling to her knees and helping him up slightly so she could hug him. He held onto her as tightly as possible and it hurt a little bit but she ignored the pain and she let him cry into her hair.

"It's okay Scott…it's okay." She reassured him, tightening her grip around him.

"No." He sobbed. "It's not…" At the sound of him so broken she couldn't hold back the few tears that slipped from her eyes. She couldn't be crying. She needed to be the strong one. Screwing her eyes shut, she pushed back all of the oncoming tears and cleared her throat.

"What happened?" She asked, rubbing his back in a comforting manner. "You can tell me Scotty."

"Allison…she knows." He cried out. That was exactly what Scarlett didn't want to hear. It was the thing she feared most. Just above Allison becoming a hunter. Above everything else because she knew that Allison finding out and rejecting him would be what broke him. And she never wanted Scott to break because she didn't know how she would be able to handle that. All her life, she and Scott had always depended on one another. They were there for each other like siblings should be. And that meant if one of them went down then they both went down. She had always believed that and so had he. There were no ifs or buts. At least, there wasn't supposed to be. Scarlett still believed that the two of them had an unbreakable bond, even though they didn't always see eye to eye. She would never give up on him. And so there they were; with Scott at his breaking point and Scarlett there to comfort him and be his rock, like she always had been.

"Hey," She said, leaning back a bit. Scott still kept looking down, letting small sobs escape him. "Hey! Look at me." He slowly looked up at her with red-rimmed eyes that were full of pain and sadness. "This isn't the end of the world."

"It might as well be."

"Shut up. Do you love her?" She asked sternly.

"More than anything." No offence taken. Well, maybe some.

Scarlett ignored the slight sting and she pushed away the horrid jealousy and accepted that the fact that of course he loved Allison more than her. She just had to hold onto the fact that they had a stronger, deeper bond than the two lovers did. "And does she love you?" Scott didn't answer. He looked unsure. "Scott, I think we both know the answer to that."

"Yes. She loves me." He said, with a stronger voice than before.

"Then she'll accept this. She isn't just going to fall out of love with you because you happen to shift into a wolf-man every full moon. Give her a little more credit than that. And if she's half the girl I think she is then she'll say 'screw you' to her family and she won't stay away from you just because they tell her to." Scarlett really wanted to believe everything that she was telling him. If she believed it then he would believe it and that's what needed to happen. She needed him to get through this and that's why her main priority at the moment was Scott.

Scott straightened up a bit and he seemed to lose some of the heartbreak in his eyes. "You're right." He said simply.

"Damn right I'm right." She said, getting up. "Now, we have to get the hell out of the woods." She helped Scott to his feet and the two of them started walking to the animal clinic that was the closest place of shelter to go.

When they got there, Scott found the spare key and opened it up so they could go and sit inside.

After a while of sitting in silence, staring into space Scott spoke up. "We need to find Derek. Like…now."

Scarlett silently jumped for joy. If Scott actually put his mind to it, she was confident they would find him. She wanted to find him, so badly and she wanted to help Scott as well but now that he was feeling a bit better, they could work together and find Derek and then everyone would be happy. She craved Derek, everything about him, and she couldn't think of anything better than finding him. "I'm up for that. What do we do?"

"I don't kn-" All of a sudden the dogs in the back room started barking like crazy making Scarlett jump.

"What the hell?" She mumbled.

Scott seemed to have some sort of epiphany and Scarlett raised a brow at him. "That's it."

"What's it?"

"They're barking…howling. And, a wolf howls to signal it's location to the rest of the pack, right?"

"I guess..." She said, not knowing where he was going with that. Scott gave her a look and then gave her a second to figure it out. "Oh!" Her eyes widened. "You howl and if Derek howls back you'll be able to find him?"

"Exactly." Scott nodded. Scarlett beamed with happiness and she jumped up.

"What the hell are you waiting for?" She asked, pulling him up as well. He rolled his eyes and the two of them left the clinic, locking it up quickly and then running to Look Out Point.

"Alright, do your thing." Scarlett said, gesturing to the big rock on the cliff edge that looked out over all of Beacon Hills. Scott nodded and climbed up it, shifting just before he got the top.

Scarlett felt a shiver run through her as she listened to Scott howl. It was low and loud. Like the one he did at the school. The one that drew the Alpha to them. The one that made the Alpha, well Peter, almost kill Derek…which then led to Scarlett and Derek having sex. Which happened to be one of the best nights of her life. Oh how she wished they could do it again. She wouldn't even care if he rejected her again. She would be pissed afterwards, obviously, but she just wanted to be able to feel him again. Be as intimate as possible with him. Feel the warmth that radiated off of him, tremble as he touched her. She wanted to feel the softness of his lips against hers and his gentle caress and everything that he had done to her that night…but more.

"Scar." Scott snapped his fingers in front of her face making her jump and snap out of her little fantasy about Derek.

"What?"

"It didn't work." She immediately felt depressed. That could only mean that he either didn't hear it or he was too dead to respond. She cringed at the second option and quickly banished it from her mind. There was no way in hell Derek was dead. He was not the kind of guy that would go easily.

Scott's head snapped back up and he listened intently to the howl that just ripped through the cool night air.

"Do you hear that?"

"Hear what?" Scarlett asked right before she heard the howl as well. Her eyes widened and she kept listening as the sound was like music to her ears. She thought she was going to burst of excitement but she didn't have time as Scott grabbed her and practically flung her on his back.

"Don't let go." He warned her before taking off running at top speed. She clung on as tightly as possible, burying her face in jacket as the wind whipped past them. She was scared to look up and she tightened her grip. Her stomach dropped as Scott jumped and they basically flew through the air. Crap. She had never had a stranger experience. That trumped everything. She was on her brother's back as he was running on all fours through the woods as fast as a freaking sports car.

Scott let another howl rip through him and the noise vibrated throughout his body and Scarlett could actually feel it, not just hear it.

They slowly came to a stop and Scott told Scarlett it was okay to let go. She did just that and jumped off his back, looking up to see they were at the Hale House.

"He's here?" She asked with a look of utter confusion.

"Not in the house…under it." Scott told her, turning around and walking a bit further into the woods where he came to an entrance, not so well hidden.

"He's in there?" Scarlett asked, looking at the iron bars that reminded her of some cheesy horror movie.

"Yeah, stay close." Scott said, pushing open the door and walking through it. Scarlett took a deep breath before following him.

There was a long brick tunnel that had dim lights lining the wall and gave the whole place a very eerie feel. The two of them made their way through it cautiously. Scarlett kept checking behind her to make sure there was no one there because she was paranoid.

When they got to the end of the dark tunnel, they faced a big, metal, sliding door. Scott looked around for a way to open it and Scarlett rolled her eyes before going to the latch.

"Scott?" She said, giving him a blank look as she pulled back the door.

"Oh…" Scott said, walking into the room. He stopped when he saw Derek. Scarlett walked in next and stopped beside him, gasping.

Derek was chained up to metal bars and the wires that were connected to something that looked like it generated electricity. Holy shit… had they been electrocuting him? The thought made Scarlett completely furious and she felt she was going to have some sort of a violent outburst but instead she ran up to Derek, touching his face softly. He looked up slowly and she was relieved to see he was actually alive.

"Hey…" She said, not knowing what else to say in that unusual situation.

"How do we get you out?" Scott asked, pushing Scarlett aside slightly. She glared at him but didn't shove him out of the way. She was too happy that they had actually found Derek and he was alive and not too damaged. Sure, he wasn't in the best condition but she didn't give two shits about that. Right then and there, all she cared about was getting him out and then telling him how she actually felt about him.

"Those." Derek rasped out, looking up at the shackles on his wrists. Scott got one of them undone before he heard someone coming and he grabbed Scarlett's arm, heading to the back of the room.

Scarlett watched in silence as a big, tough looking guy walked in and turned on the spotlight, shining it on Derek.

"You ready for some more fun?" That made Scarlett's blood boil but she kept quiet. How dare anyone lay a finger on him? "To be honest, my knuckles are kind of hurting…so I brought a little help." The man said, holding up a baseball bat.

He went to swing it at Derek but Derek caught it with his free hand. "Yeah, well so did I."

The guy looked back with a shocked face and saw Scott standing there before Derek punched him and he fell to the ground, out cold. Derek ripped off the patch of wires and then looked at the other shackle.

"Scott, help me with this." He said. Scott didn't do anything though; he just walked forward and gave Derek a dark look while Scarlett stood to the side.

"No."

"What?"

"Not until you tell me how to stop Peter." Scott said. Scarlett gave her brother an incredulous look and rolled her eyes.

"Then I'll help him." She said, walking forward to Derek until Scott grabbed her wrist in a vice-like grip making her yelp slightly.

"Let her go Scott." Derek said angrily.

"She's not helping you either. Look, Peter is going after Allison and her family. He's going to kill them."

"So what?!" Derek snapped. Not only pissed that Scott wasn't helping him but because he still had a grip on Scarlett's wrist and she looked like she was in pain.

"So tell me how to stop him." Scott said.

"You can't! Alright?" Derek said, trying in vain to get out of the other shackle. "I don't know when Kate's coming back so you have to get me out of this right now! Get me out right now!" He shouted, making Scarlett jump slightly.

"Jesus Scott, just let him out!" Scarlett said. She was not in the mood for Scott to be a drama queen. Yeah, she had told him all that inspirational stuff to help him get through it but now, she wanted to help the guy she cared about and Scott wasn't letting her do that.

"Not until he promises to help protect Allison."

"You want me to risk my life for your girlfriend, huh? For your stupid little teenage crush that means absolutely nothing?!" Was he saying that because Allison was an Argent or did he really believe that because they were teenagers, it wasn't love, it was only some crush that would pass over time? If that's what he thought then the chance of Scarlett telling him anything about the way she felt was shot to hell. "You're not in love Scott! You're sixteen years old, you're a child!"

Oh that was complete bullshit. Complete and utter bullshit. Scarlett refused to believe that Derek thought that. Because if he did believe that being sixteen meant they were children then he would've never screwed her or even kissed her.

She looked at Derek, the hurt clear in her eyes and he could only look at her for a split second before he felt like shit. That was the wrong thing to say and he knew it. Of course she thought that he was talking about her and in a way he was, but he really only meant it about Scott. Scarlett was much more mature than Scott was and he didn't see her as a child. Not at all, but it had definitely seemed that way.

"Maybe your right." Scott said solemnly. "But I know something you don't. Peter said he didn't know what he was doing when he killed your sister right? He lied." He let go of Scarlett's wrist and she cradled it to her chest while he took out a piece of paper. "Remember this? This is what brought your sister back to Beacon Hills right?"

"Where'd you get that?" Derek asked as Scarlett peered at the picture. It was of a dead deer with a spiral carved into its side.

"My boss told me three months ago someone came into the clinic asking for a copy of this picture. Do you wanna know who it was? Peter's nurse. They brought your sister here so that Peter could kill her and become the Alpha and that's why you're going to help me." Scott explained. Derek leaned back slightly looking angry as fuck. Scott turned around and walked away. "Just say you'll help me and I'll help you unlock-"

He turned back around when he heard the shackle break and Scarlett watched with wide eyes at the fact Derek had managed to rip it off. He walked forward and rubbed his wrist. "I'll help you."

If Derek hadn't dampened her mood by basically saying that she was a child and Scott wasn't there then she would've have jumped on him right then and there but instead of doing that she clapped her hands together. "Great. So now that we're all on the same page, can we get the hell out of here? This place is giving me the creeps." She shivered, walking past both guys and following the tunnel out.

When she made it outside, she had to wait for a while for Derek to get all of his stuff together and get a shirt back on. After a few minutes, Scott and Derek emerged from the entrance and Derek could barely stand by himself. Well, being chained up for a couple days could do that to a person. Scott ignored it and walked ahead but Scarlett, despite her shitty attitude towards Derek, helped him by putting one of his arms over her shoulders and letting him lean against her. It seemed as though she was never done doing that.

She didn't say anything as they walked but he looked at her, taking in every feature of her beautiful face. "Thanks." He said quietly. She spared a glance at him but didn't say anything. She was pissed and he knew it. He screwed up again just like every single fucking time things were going well. He had missed her and he hadn't ever felt so much joy as when he had looked up to see it was her that was coming to his rescue. Well, her and Scott. He was planning on telling her how strong his feelings were for her when they were out of there but of course, he then had to go and say that Scott was child and that had pissed her off. He would find a way to fix his mistake but he would have to do it at some other time.

"Wait, stop." Derek panted, looking around.

"What is it?" Scott asked, giving the two of them a strange look.

"Something doesn't feel right. It felt like it was-"

"Don't say too easy. People say too easy and then bad stuff happens. Do you think it was easy finding you? Getting away from Allison's dad? None of this has been easy!" Scott shouted.

"Fine." Derek sighed. "You're right."

"Thank you." Scott said just before an arrow flew through the air and landed in Derek's shoulder.

"Holy shit!" Scarlett gasped as he fell, bringing her down as well. Scott looked around before his eyes fell on Allison and Kate.

"Get behind me." Derek said to Scarlett. She gave him a confused look. How the hell was she supposed to get behind him when he was on the ground? Another arrow flew at them, hitting his leg and Scarlett jumped out of her skin. She pushed herself away from him and out of the line of oncoming arrows. She knew that only one of them could heal fast so she didn't feel completely horrible about it. "Scott! You're eyes!"

Another arrow flew at Scott and hit the tree behind him, setting off sparks like the arrow that Allison had shot that day in the woods. Scarlett looked up and peered through the trees. Her eyes widened as they saw that it actually was Allison shooting the arrows. She moved back to Derek quickly and helped him yank out the arrows before the two of them jumped up and ran to Scott.

While Scarlett was trying to help Derek, he was trying to help Scott and in the end they all ended up falling. Scarlett stayed by Derek as Kate and Allison walked up to them.

"Allison, I can explain." Scott said.

"Stop lying." She said immediately.

"I was gonna tell you at the Formal…because everything I said was true and everything I did…"

"Was to protect me." Allison finished for him. "I don't believe you."

"Thank God. Now shoot him before I have to shoot myself." Kate said. Scarlett glared at her.

"You said we were just gonna catch them." Allison said. Oh for God's sakes. Was she really that naïve? Scarlett had thought she was smarter than that.

"We did that. Now we're gonna shoot them," Kate shrugged, shooting Derek twice, making Scarlett scramble backwards. "See?" Kate then looked at Scarlett and tilted her head to the side. "Oh…I should've known it was you. The two twins both involved with people they shouldn't be involved with. It was just too perfect…the adorable, innocent brown-eyed girl falling for the big bad wolf and then there's her brother…the same adorable brown-eyed werewolf falling for the young, beautiful hunter. And now, they both get killed for what?...love?"

"Wow, you must get some serious kicks out of being so psychotic." Scarlett sneered at her.

"I really do." Kate shrugged, walking closer to Scott and Allison. She pointed the gun at Scott.

"What are you doing?" Allison asked. "Kate, what are you doing?" Kate ignored her and pushed her out of the way, keeping the gun pointed at Scott. Scarlett wasn't just about to let her kill him so she got up and ran to stand in front of Scott so she was the one with the gun pointed at her head. Wow, twice in one night. That had to be some sort of record.

"Scarlett." Derek hissed at her, still trying to dig out the bullets, but she ignored him and glared at Kate.

Scarlett had a feeling she wouldn't be able to talk her way out of this one. Kate was smart and she acted on instinct. Scarlett knew she would pull the trigger without a second thought so she decided to get the truth out beforehand.

"Allison, you're my best friend but I'm gonna be blatantly honest here and say that you have been a dumb bitch." Scarlett told her honestly.

"What?" Allison asked while Kate smirked.

"Yeah. Kate here, she's the one that's been lying to you. She's the killer, not Scott and not Derek. She's the one who burned this house down with all those people inside. Bet you didn't know that, did you?"

"I-is that true?" Allison asked.

Kate ignored her and looked at Scarlett. "I admire that bravery. Standing in front of your brother, taking a bullet for him even though he's gonna get the second one in his head in just a few minutes." She smirked, putting her finger on the trigger. Scarlett braced herself but the bullet never came.

"Kate!" Someone shouted. They all turned to look at Mr Argent as he walked up to them. "I know what you did. Put the gun down."

"I did what I was told to do." Kate retorted, a small shred of fear crossing her features for a split second before her face went back to being deadly.

"No one asked you to murder innocent people. There were children in that house. Ones who were human. Look what you're doing now. You're holding a gun at a sixteen year old girl. What did she do wrong? What did her brother do wrong? There is no proof that he spilled innocent blood. We go by the code."

Kate looked at Scarlett again and pressed her finger on the trigger slightly but then Chris pulled his gun on Kate. "Put the gun down." He shot the tree behind her. "Before I put you down." All of their heads turned to the door of the house as it creaked open slowly. "Allison get back."

Scott scrambled to his feet and pushed Scarlett back as Kate aimed her gun towards the door. Scarlett ran back to Derek who was still on the ground but was attempting to stand up.

"You're an idiot." He whispered.

"I don't care." She told him.

"What is it?" Allison asked.

"It's the Alpha." Scott replied, his eyes glowing as he looked at the door where a black blur shot out of and started circling around everyone.

Peter first knocked down Chris, then Allison, so that just Kate and Scott were left standing while Scarlett and Derek remained together in the background.

"Come on!" Kate shouted, pointing her gun in every direction. "Come on!" Peter appeared behind her and grabbed her wrist, twisting it so that she dropped the gun to the ground. He then took her by her throat and threw her onto the porch where she groaned in pain. He walked up to her and dragged her inside so that they both disappeared from view causing Allison to run in after them.

Scarlett cursed and she and Scott helped Derek get up. Scott ran inside first but Derek held Scarlett back, looking her in the eyes.

"Are you okay?" He asked in all seriousness.

"I'm fine. Just, go help Scott!" She said frantically. He nodded and ran after Scott and Scarlett then followed after them both.

When she got inside, Scott and Derek had both shifted, Kate was dead on the floor with her throat ripped out and Allison was standing looking at her dead aunt in shock. Scarlett ran to Allison and grabbed her arm.

"Let's go." She said quickly, all but dragging her out the back before the fight went down. They ran around the front of the house and Allison rushed to her father who was still unconscious.

"Dad." She said, shaking him. "Dad…" Scarlett stayed standing and looked back at the house where she could hear the sounds of them fighting and she hoped and prayed that Scott and Derek had a chance against Peter.

She jumped back when Scott got thrown through the window. "Scott!" She shouted, running over to him while Allison stayed put. The Alpha jumped out almost immediately after and Scott pushed Scarlett out of its way so that it grabbed him instead of her.

She looked back up to see Jackson and Stiles getting out of Jackson's Porsche. Stiles threw something at the Alpha and Peter caught it. When she looked closer she saw that it was a self-igniting Molotov Cocktail. Well, whatever works right?

It didn't ignite so Scott threw Allison her bow and she used an arrow to hit the bottle so that it exploded and burst into flames, lighting Peter's arm on fire. Jackson threw his next and it hit the Alpha so that he completely burst into flames.

Scarlett put her hand in front of her eyes to shield them from the bright flames. She peered behind it just in time to see the Alpha coming towards her and her eyes widened before Scott jumped up and kicked him, sending him flying backwards and away from Scarlett.

They all watched as Peter changed back into his human form. He was burned from head to toe and he fell to the ground, presumably dead.

There was a silence between them all as Allison kissed Scott, accepting the fact that he was a werewolf, just like Scarlett had said she would. Scott looked over at her quickly and she winked, giving him two thumbs up. He laughed and turned back to Allison and Scarlett got up, walking away until she saw Derek walking over to Peter. She watched as he knelt over him.

"Wait!" Scott shouted. "You said that the cure comes from the one that bit you."

Scarlett never did get to ask Derek about that but judging from the silence, it was pretty clear it wasn't true. Although, Scott didn't seem to get that.

"Derek, if you do this…I'm dead. Her father, her family…what am I supposed to do?" Scott begged. Scarlett looked at him sympathetically, wishing that Derek had never told him about the supposed cure in the first place.

Derek's clawed hand rose up and Scott shouted in protest but Derek slashed Peter's throat anyway, effectively killing him. Scarlett cringed at the sight and Derek stood up, looking back at her and Scott.

Her eyes widened as his turned red. "I'm the Alpha now."

Scarlett sighed when she got into her room. She felt lonely. Her mom was still at work and Scott had gone to Allison's house. She walked to her mirror and looked at herself. Her dress was all dirty, her hair was all over the place and her eye-makeup had smeared making her look like a racoon.

"I like this one better." She sucked in a sharp breath and bit her lip, shaking her head. She really should be used to Derek showing up at random.

His eyes raked over her when she turned around. "Really?" She asked with a smirk.

"Mhmm." He returned the smirk as she walked towards him. It didn't matter that she looked like crap because honestly, he'd never found her sexier. She bit her lip and leaned up towards him, about to kiss him before she stopped.

"Peter picked it out." She whispered, ruining the sexy mood and giggling before walking away from him to sit on her bed. "He said you'd like it…"

"Unfortunately, he was right." Derek shrugged, walking to the bed to sit next to her. That only made her move away from him again and she leaned on the wall across from the bed making him roll his eyes. God, she was a tease.

"You know, he may have had some serious issues but I honestly think we could've been shopping buddies." She admitted.

"Well, that's never gonna happen now." There was something different about him, she noticed. He seemed to have an air of confidence around him and she could only guess it was because of his new Alpha status. Not to say it was a bad thing. Confidence was sexy and on him, it was even sexier. She actually kind of liked the idea of him being the Alpha.

"Well, that's because you slashed his throat." Scarlett replied simply.

"And now I'm the Alpha." He said cockily.

"Oh yeah…" She said, pretending she had forgotten as she walked towards him again. "And what exactly does being the Alpha entail?" She asked, straddling his lap and putting both of her hands on his shoulders.

"It entails that I get to do whatever the hell I want." He smirked.

"And what is that you want?" She whispered, moving closer to his lips. He looked down and put her arms down so that he could stroke her bare skin.

"Your forgiveness." He said quietly. "All of it. I want you to forgive me for every stupid thing I've done to hurt you. I want you to believe me when I say that I'm sorry for everything. Absolutely everything. I want a clean slate with you Scar…will you give me one?" Her heart leapt at his words. They were so simple but so sweet and they meant so much to her. She didn't understand, and probably never would, why he wanted her at all but he did and she couldn't help the tears that sprung to her eyes. He looked at her, eyes filled with panic. "Crap, what did I do?"

She shook her head and laughed slightly. "You didn't do anything. Clean slate, remember?" She leaned in closer to him and just as their lips were about to touch Derek flipped them so that she was underneath him. Her mouth split into a dazzling smile and it was so beautiful that his heart actually skipped a beat. He bent down to her and he smashed his lips against hers. There was no chance in hell that he was ever letting her go.

Scarlett moved her mouth against his, bringing him down even closer. She was so overwhelmed with happiness that she couldn't help smiling into the kiss. Derek pulled back and returned the smile before kissing her with more passion. They both wanted to say so much to each other but instead of actually speaking the words, they put everything they had into that kiss. It was so full of affection and love that they held for each other.

Completely lost in the intensity of the kiss, Scarlett couldn't bring herself to care when Derek pushed apart her thighs and slid between them as he moved the soft material of her dress further up. She wanted this. She wanted him again and she was almost bursting with need and excitement at the thought that she was so close to getting what she wanted. She pushed him back, not breaking the kiss, so she could sit up and get his jacket off of him. When it was off, she threw it onto her floor and then helped him get his shirt off so it could join his jacket.

She smiled appreciatively at his shirtless form before he pushed her back down. Instead of putting his mouth to hers again, he trailed his lips across the cleavage that her dress so generously exposed. She let out a slight moan at the feeling of his tongue on her skin and she tangled her hands into his hair, not being able to do anything else. His hands slowly slid from her thighs into her dress. He rubbed them up and down her sides softly and smirked when she moaned again.

"As much as I love this dress, it has to go." He said, looking down at her.

"Well what are you waiting for?" She asked with a smirk.

"Do you wanna keep it?" He asked.

"Does it matter?"

"Not really." He shrugged, ripping the dress off of her completely, so that it was in shreds, and throwing it on the floor. Her eyes followed it before she sighed.

"I can always get a new one." She said, grabbing the back of his neck and bringing him down to her lips again. He moved from her lips again and began peppering her neck with hot, open mouthed kisses. Her mouth opened as if to moan but no sound came out as he trailed the tip of his tongue up her neck and then bit her ear, dragging his teeth down it. He found a particularly soft spot on her neck and began sucking on it which made her buck her hips in response. He began grinding his hips against hers and she bit her lip as she felt him getting hard. She used all of her strength to push him off of her so that she could straddle him.

She pressed her lips to his again while her hands moved down his chest and abs and down to the button on his jeans. Keeping their lips locked she undid the button and somehow managed to get his jeans off him completely. Feeling confident, she let her hand slide across his boxers before grabbing him, feeling how extremely hard he was.

"Scarlett." He groaned. She really would be the death of him.

"Shh." She whispered, connecting their lips again. His hands held her hips tightly, keeping her pressed down against him. Her lips moved from his down his neck and to his broad chest where she pressed open-mouthed kisses across it. She trailed her lips down further until she was back at the waistband of his boxers. She licked up his abs, making him growl slightly. That only turned her on more and she was about to pull down his boxers but he flipped them again, pinning her hands above her head.

"I'm not letting you dominate me princess." He said huskily. Even the way he said that was sexy and she couldn't help the tiny moan that escaped her lips. He grinned and ripped her bra off. There was a predatory gleam in his eyes as he drank her in and she just knew that the sex they were going to have would be fucking mind-blowing.

He got to work on her breasts and gave both of them the same treatment before deciding he couldn't wait any longer to be inside of her, making her his again. He had yanked her underwear off of her before she could even realise what he was doing and then just as quickly, he discarded his boxers. Once again, he already knew she was ready and without so much as a warning he shoved into her making her gasp.

She'd honestly forgotten just how big he was so it hurt a little bit, not to mention he didn't give her as much time to adjust before he started pounding into her. At that moment she didn't care at all. For some reason, it was exactly what she needed. It obviously wasn't his intention to hurt her but he was definitely being rougher than he was last time and she didn't know if it was because of him being the Alpha or what but she had to admit, she kind of liked it.

He had her arms pinned above her head again so there really wasn't much she could do with her hands. She locked her legs around him so she could at least hold on like that. Her hips met his at every thrust and she literally could not breathe. It was all so intense and she couldn't think properly either. All she knew was how much she loved every moment of being with Derek.

They were both extremely close and that only made Derek thrust harder. "Say you're mine." He growled at her, feeling his possessive animal instinct take over him.

"I-I…" She wasn't capable of forming words. Was he really telling her to say that she was his? Talk about possessiveness. She really wanted to be and she wanted to tell him but the words were escaping her.

"Say it." He said lowly in her ear.

"I'm yours." She whispered breathlessly. Those two words were so much more to both of them then just words. They meant something. Something they would probably end up talking about later but in that moment, it was all they both needed to completely lose themselves in each other and climax together.

Scarlett bit her lip and looked up at Derek, eyes sparkling with happiness and satisfaction. He grinned and leant down to give her a soft kiss before rolling off of her. She pondered her next move for a moment before deciding to curl up into his side and lean her head against his chest. He gave her a strange look for a moment, not really sure how to respond to that. When he came up with nothing, he decided on just putting his arm around her because it felt natural.

"Are you okay? I didn't- I didn't hurt you, did I?" He asked quietly, dreading her answer. If he had then he wouldn't be able to live with himself but judging by her happy mood and still wanting to be close to him his guess was that he hadn't.

"I'm…great." She sighed. "I probably won't be able to walk properly for a few days but it was worth it."

Her words made Derek's ego inflate massively. Not only was he the Alpha but he also had Scarlett and she actually wanted him and was willing to forgive him, which was something he still couldn't believe. He would happily accept it though. If she was with him and safe and happy then nothing could bring him down. She really was like the sun to him. From his point of view, she radiated light and her smile was so warm and she always seemed to be glowing and she was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen.

"Scarlett?" She changed the position of her head so that she could look up at him with her big doe eyes.

"Derek?" He would never get tired of the way his name sounded coming from her mouth.

"I have to tell you something. Something that you need to hear." He said, making her heart drop.

"What is it?" She asked quietly, afraid of the answer. Afraid that he was going to leave her.

"You…" He began, teasing her slightly. Scarlett held her breath and prepared herself for whatever he was going to say. "Are the most amazingly beautiful creature I have ever met."

She let out the breath she was holding and rolled her eyes, hitting his chest and making him laugh. "Don't do that to me you idiot!" She said, getting up and finding Derek's shirt so that she wasn't completely naked. He got up as well and put his boxers back on before walking towards her, putting his hands on her hips.

"You get wound up way too easily." He chuckled, leaning down to kiss her. Wow, this whole Alpha thing had really changed him. Since when was Derek all cute and cuddly?

"I do not!" She gasped exaggeratedly.

"Apparently you do."

"Only because you made it sound like you were gonna say something horrible and then it turned out to be, oddly enough, the sweetest thing anyone's ever said to me." She said, not being able to help the smile that graced her lips at the end. "Except for the whole creature part. I mean, I'm not the werewolf here."

"Actually I'm-"

"An Alpha." She sighed. "Yeah, yeah. I get it; you're a big shot now."

"And don't you forget it." He whispered, kissing her. She got on her tippy-toes and put her arms around his neck, relishing in the moment. Despite him saying that she wasn't to forget he was the Alpha, she did. She forgot the whole supernatural werewolf shit and saw her and him as two normal people. Dare she say it…a normal couple. A couple sharing a sweet yet passionate kiss. And she couldn't get over how happy that made her. She had never felt better about herself or her life.

"Okay, you should probably go now." She said, pulling away from him.

"And as sexy as you look in it, I need my shirt back." He told her with a small smile. Scarlett bit her lip and looked down at the much too big shirt.

"I don't know, I kind of like it…" She teased. "I think I'm gonna keep it."

"Seriously?" He asked with a raised brow.

"Yes." She replied, turning to walk into the bathroom. "And considering you needed no help in getting in through the window, I believe you can show yourself out of it." She closed the door on him and he pouted.

"Scarlett…" He pleaded.

"Bye Derek!" She sang through the door before he heard the shower turning on. He groaned and put his jeans, shoes and jacket back on before looking at the bathroom door and listening to her humming while she showered before smirking and jumping out of the window.