~Derek~
‘I will find you. Save him!’ Anastasia mind-links me. “No, f**k no!” I yell. I try to get to them but it’s too late, I stumble feeling the pain and I let out an ear-piercing howl. I feel something break in my heart and my eyes go dark, and I fall to the ground “alpha!” someone yells. I don’t care anymore, I lost her. She’s gone. I close my eyes and let the darkness take me. I wake up feeling the emptiness in my heart. I don’t want to wake up “Alpha!” Brad and Chad say at the same time. I growl and turn around not wanting to deal with anything. “alpha” they say softly. My wolf howls in my head ‘I know buddy. It hurts so much’ I tell him and I feel tears slip from my eyes. A week has passed since I woke up, they told me I had been out cold for two weeks. The door slams open “YOU” Alpha Johnny screams at me, I just growl at him loudly. He drags me out of the bed “DID YOU f*****g FORGET!?” he yells at me. I just growl at him and drag myself to bed “SHE IS A PHOENIX WOLF i***t! SHE WILL COME BACK” he yells at me while punching me in the face. It’s like a wake-up call ‘I will find you. Save him!’ my eyes snap up to his. “The pain. If she’s … why the pain” I mumble digging my fingers in at the place where my heart is. He sighs and puts a hand on my shoulder “Stay strong, for her. She will return. She was killed not r***d. She will return, I saw her body go up in flames, she will return” he says strongly at me. I take a deep breath and feel my neck “mark is still there” I mumble “It is, she is not gone forever” he says to me and smiles at me. I nod “Thanks” I mumble. I get up and take a shower, letting the tears go “come back to me. Don’t take too long” I mumble, I get out and dry off, I feel like a zombie. I step out of our room and get to my office. Brad is behind my desk pulling his air. When the door opens his eyes snap up “THANK GOD! TORTURE!” he yells and darts out of the office but I grab him by the collar “What did I miss” I say. He chuckles and sits down in front of the desk while I take my chair behind it. “Thanks for pulling the strings,” I say and he nods. “You okay?” he asks “No, I am not,” I tell him honestly “what did I miss?” I ask again. “the moment they uhh killed her and had him restrained they all fled like the plague. I ordered Chad to take 15 men and track them,” he says and I nod in approval. “Good,” I tell him “well, Chad and the warriors had to track them for a week and a half and they ended up in another state. They still weren’t onto Chad and the others which was good. But well uhh they entered someone's territory” he says and looks at me with fire in his eyes. “they had to stop there. They spread around the territory at a distance, they never left” he says “Whose territory” I growl “Constantines” he says and I growl loudly “The bastard, he knew how many he needed to attack with” I say and pull a hand over my face down. “I need to discuss this with Johnny, he will help us. Get him” I say and he nods and darts out of the office. “GODDAMNIT,” I say and tears fall on my cheeks again. damnit, I have never cried so much as I have for her. They enter and I wipe the tears away. “Close the door,” I tell him and he does. Brad and Johnny take the seats across from me. “Constantine was behind it,” I tell Johnny and his eyes widen and then the same fire as in Brad’s eyes appears in his. “You have my full support, and help” he growls, and I nod “Thanks” I mumble and sigh. “I am not good. I feel weak and sluggish. I won’t be any good in a fight” I tell them and they nod in understanding “We need to plan an attack plan. “Is Chad and the group still at those borders?” I ask “Yes, they are keeping an eye out” Brad answers me “Good, make sure they look for weak spots in their defenses. We need all the manpower we can get” I tell them and they nod. “How many did we lose in the fight?” I ask “Well, uhh thanks to Ana and Arun we did not lose anyone, Ana was healing everyone at the last possible moment. Not completely, but the people who were dying were healed enough to survive. So we only lost her” he says looking down tears appearing in his eyes. “Okay, that’s something good at least,” I say and sigh. The next week we planned a strategy with communication with Chad. Johnny’s pack was closer to Constantine’s pack so we went there first. Relaying the plan to his warriors and then we left for the Constantine pack with a little over 100 warriors. We arrived 4 days after leaving Johnny’s pack, We met up with Chad an hour away from Constantine’s pack “Good to have you back Alpha” he says and pats me on my back. I nod “the plan is clear?” I ask and he nods. We march upon his pack and enter in our wolves form storming his border with an army of over a hundred wolves. The patrols didn’t stand a chance, by the time we reached the packhouse, we met with his pack warriors and the rogues. We clashed with them hard. Right away we lost warriors, not dead but bleeding out, I didn’t believe they would make it. They were not good at pulling a killing blow, which gave us better odds of surviving. Rogues and Constantine’s wolves were littering the field but our wolves as well. The odds were not in our favor, it was evenly matched. Johnny and I gave each other a look and advanced. That’s when I felt it, the pain disappeared my body strengthened again, Brad and Chad looked at me. They felt it too, I let out a howl and pounced.
~Anastasia~
‘It’s so warm, where am I?’ I wonder ‘you are in the in-between Anastasia’ a voice answers me. ‘This is where all phoenix souls eventually end up. You have been killed which means it is temporarily for you’ a female voice says. I turn around and see thousands of people smiling down at me. At the front, a woman is looking at me, Goldeneyes, red hair “mom?” I ask and she smiles “Yes, honey. You have been so strong, dear. I am so sorry we were unable to protect you that night” she smiles sadly at me. I walk over and hug her “Arun is going to be soooo jealous” I grin at her she smiles down at me while patting my head “He will be, I am sure of that,” she says and chuckles “Dear, you need to hurry. You have been here for a few weeks already, I tried reaching out but you couldn’t hear me until now. Your pack needs your help, they are fighting to get your brother back. your pack is weak because they lost their Luna, their strength will return when you resurrect. And you need to heal them” she says and I nod “How, where do I wake up?” I ask her, she smiles mischievously at me “Does it matter?” she asks and I frown “Of course, it does” I say to her “Really? I have seen your magic dear. Now think hard does it matter?” she asks again. I frown “I can just really do anything?” I ask her and she nods “that is the wonder of being a red-eyed Phoenix” she smiles at me. “The prophecy. It’s true isn’t it?” I ask her and she nods “It is. Your adventures and hard times are not done yet, dear.” She smiles sadly at me. “But, better times are coming” she adds and smiles. I nod “how do I get back?” I ask her “just see yourself rise from ashes,” she says. I take a deep breath and I take the image of dumbledores phoenix in harry potter but see myself rise instead. “Goodbye, honey. I don’t want to see you in here for a long time” she says and then it grows quiet and dark. Suddenly my skin glows and I scream out in pain, I breathe heavily and get up. I am covered in ashes and I am surrounded by them. I look around and I am in the middle of the f*****g desert completely naked. I sigh and think of some clothes on myself and then Derek’s wolf, I imagine myself appearing behind him so I won’t startle him. I open my eyes and see him running to a rogue whose neck I snap. I look around and see a lot of our members hurt and bleeding out. I close my eyes and imagine all the pouring blood going back and closing up the wounds like usual but on a larger scale. My head falls on my shoulders and a pair of arms wrap around my back and nuzzles my throat “you’re back” he whispers. I open my eyes and look at him “I am” I say and smile. He crashes his lips on mine and kisses me hard. I push him off “Hold that thought,” I say and wink at him and he growls lowly. I hold out my arms wide and think about my brother appearing in front of me smiling like the i***t he is, healing him while I am at it. A presence appears before me and he is flabbergasted “holy s**t, that was weird” he says but engulfs me in a hug “Thanks” he whispers “You’re welcome” I say and smile at him. I break away from him and walk ahead. I hold up my hands and imagine an invisible wall, I pull all our wolves to our side and the enemy to the other side. Whimpers are heard and I step forward to the invisible wall, the enemy jumps at it trying to break it. The biggest wolf walks forward “Constantine” Derek growls behind me. “So one of the Alpha’s was behind it huh,” I ask “Yes” Derek growls. I flick my fingers and his neck snaps and he goes limp. Someone behind the wall turns “Beta Xander, now Alpha surrenders and awaits your judgment” he says and bows lowly. “come here” I tell him and he walks over “put your hand on the shield” I tell him and he does, I put mine against his and look him into his eyes willing to see the truth. His eyes turn color to a bright baby blue. I nod “Send the rogues away,” I tell him. The rogues all growl and one turns “WE HAD A DEAL” he yells “Yes, you did with our former alpha who is now dead” Xander turns around to face the rogue. The rogues walk towards Xander in a menacing snarl I flick my fingers and all their heads snap and they go limp, including the guy who had turned. “Who are you?” he asks. “Your Alpha,” I tell him and he nods and goes on one knee “What will your judgment be?” he asks. “look at me, and tell me the truth,” I tell him, he looks up and nods “Why did your Alpha hunt us?” I ask him “He wanted to use his sperm to make a child, raise it as his own to control. We did not agree, but as our alpha,” he says “You had no choice” I finish and he nods “All right. Get your pack together, I want every member who agreed with your old alpha brought before me. Right now we’re going home” I tell him “Thank you for your mercy,” he says. I turn around and close my eyes. “Home” I whisper and we appear in front of the packhouse, every single one of them. “Holy f**k” Derek whispers and sways on his feet “RIGHT!” Arun yells. Derek shakes his head comes for me and hugs me tightly “NEVER AGAIN” he almost yells in my ear but then I feel something fall onto my shoulder. I push him away and see that he is crying. “Oh, baby” I whisper and hug him to my chest while he lifts me, wrapping my legs around his waist. “I’m here, I’m okay” I whisper while rubbing his back with one hand and holding his head with the other. I close my eyes and think about us being in our bed, him lying underneath me, I feel a mattress under my legs and I open my eyes, I am sitting on top of him and he shakes his head “that’s weird” he says and I chuckle. I kiss away his tears and then kiss his lips, he opens up for me right away. He moves the shirt up and I just imagine myself being naked, he pulls away and looks at me “I could get used to that” he mumbles and crashes his lips on mine again. I grind myself against his hardening d**k and he grunts into my mouth. I lift myself and guide him into me and lower myself onto him he moans into my mouth I move up and down on him at my leisure, just ensuring him that I’m here. He wraps his arms around me nuzzling my neck and meets my thrusts while moaning into my ear. I move my hand through his hair and lean up a little putting my forehead on his “I’m here” I half moan and he smiles and turns us around thrusting into me while I meet his thrusts. I cup his cheeks “I love you” I whisper, he puts his forehead on mine this time “Love you, so much” he moans. He picks up his speed a little while he keeps looking at me, the pleasure and love are so clear on his face. The o****m builds up in my stomach and explodes shortly after, “Derek” I moan and he grunts “Ana” and I feel him fill me up, he thrusts a few more times and then collapses next to me pulling me on top of him hugging me tightly. We fall asleep like that. I wake up from a hand going through my hair, I look up and see him smiling at me “I thought for a while I was dreaming” he mumbled and I chuckle “You’re not” I whisper and lower my lips to his. “You’re not dying again” he growls “I’d rather not, dying hurts, and coming back to life hurts even more,” I say and shudder remembering the heat. “Good” he mumbles and kisses me hard.