Alpha Derek's Forgotten Love

Scarlet’s pov “that was your last meeting for the day ma’am” said my assistant and I gave her a weak smile before nodding. “should I get a driver to take you home?” she asked, and I shook my head, “I will drive” I said and got up. I packed everything that I will look at when I get home, today I will be spending the night at Derek’s house because he apparently has a surprise for me.  I drove to his apartment and the moment I opened the door he hugged me, just like always he kissed my forehead. “hello beautiful” he said, and I just smiled, he is the only man that truly made me feel beautiful and every time he says it I believe it. I grew up with a little sister, Jennifer is the exact copy of my mother, and she is just as beautiful as our mother. I always found it weird, we have the same eye colour which is brown, and the same brown hair so how can she be more beautiful than me? “you seem tired, how was your day?” he asked, I was about to answer but I saw two bags and he followed my eyes and smiled. “that’s the surprise, I am taking you away from here. from all your work that seems to be weighing on you, we are going away to a cabin that I own, and you ma’am are going to rest” he said firmly. I looked at him, he seemed determined and like he was ready to fight me if I said yes so I just nodded. I watched as his blue eyes shined when I nodded, “good, change into something comfortable because its about an hour from here to the cabin” he added.  I got changed into his large sweats and we got on the road, he was telling me about this museum he went to and how the painting seemed to remind him of me. I think a lot of things he sees remind him of me just like every little thing reminds me of him. As he was driving I got enough time to look at him, I think its now my new hobby, and who would blame me?? he has a very distinctive jawline, a slim nose, arched brows, and jet-black hair. He always looks like he is going to a photoshoot, he is truly unlike any painter I have ever met or maybe its because he does it as a hobby. I turned and looked back, and Derek did the same, “what’s wrong? You haven’t said a word ever since you got into car, I know you don’t talk much but you have been looking back every 5 minutes” he said. “it’s nothing, I was just getting the weird feeling that we were being followed” I replied, and we both looked behind us but there was nothing. Its been happening for a few days now, I felt like someone has been following me and maybe I am being paranoid, but I can’t help but think of the worst. I live in a world where being followed and killed is possible, especially considering that I am a member of the council. As a member of the council there a lot of people that want me dead and some would go as far as stalk me so that they can kill me. a world of supernatural beings is never safe, we always have our guard up and to us everyone and anyone could be an enemy just waiting to pounce. Sometimes I wish I was born a normal human. Unaware of what happens at night and the monsters that roam around and prey on the innocent, I wish I was normal and living without all these responsibilities and this burden. But being the daughter of one of the most powerful witches and being a powerful witch, myself makes it impossible. “we are not being followed, but if you want I could just stop at a store so that we can see if we are really being followed” he said and shook my head. If we are being followed by a supernatural being then stopping would be pointless, they can follow us by following our scents if they are werewolves or vampires. As for witches they can just use a location spell and find us in just under 5 minutes so stopping would be pointless. We got to his cabin, it was in the middle of nowhere and it was surrounded by trees, the cabin was small but perfect. “I love this place; I don’t know why but ever since I was child I always liked the forest… I always felt this weird connection to it so when I saw this cabin I knew I had to buy it” he said, and I smiled. “well, I am glad you did, its perfect” I replied as we went inside, and I laid on the comfy couch. “hey  Scarlet wake up” I heard a voice say, I opened my eyes and the first thing I saw were his blue eyes and I couldn’t help but smile. “why do you always do that? you smile every time when you wake up” he said, “that’s because your eyes, I like seeing your eyes the first thing when I wake up” I replied. He kissed my forehead and smiled, he then looked at me, he wouldn’t even blink and I found myself blushing. “cut it out” I said and covered myself with a pillow, “I made dinner” he said and handed me a bowel full of cereal. “you said you made dinner” I said, and he nodded, “yes, I heated my milk, poured the milk and cereal in a bowel. And look, its dark out so this is dinner” he said innocently. I took the bowel and started eating, when we were done we went outside and sat on the porch and watched the sky. “you know growing up my father always said that you should find someone who looks at you like one looks at the moon” I said, and he looked at me and smiled. “that’s actually so beautiful” he replied but stopped smiling when he saw the sad expression on my face. “hey what’s wrong? Do you miss your father?” he asked me, and I shook my head. “not really, its just that when I heard this it made me so sad. Because as I child I always saw myself as a star, everyone adored my little sister Jennifer because she looks just like my mother. She is beautiful, people always noticed me only if she wasn’t around, but the moment she walks into a room it’s like I don’t exist. Just like the moon and the stars, when the moon isn’t in the sky we notice the beauty of the stars more but when the moon appears it’s like no one sees the stars” I explained, and he didn’t say anything, but he looked up in the sky. Growing up in my family was hard because I knew that I wouldn’t be noticed because of my physical appearance I trained. Jennifer is the youngest while on the other hand I am the middle child, as I child I was not special. So, I trained, trained, and studied day and night so at least I can be special and be good at something, I got obsessed with joining the council and being the youngest member of the council. And I did that, I became a member of the council at the age of 21 but even after that I never really filled that void in my heart. It was only after I met him, Derek fills that void in my heart, he looks at me the same way one looks at the moon. “I think you are the moon; you are my moon” he said, and I frowned at how corny that was and he chuckled when he saw this. “I know, that was so corny wasn’t it?” he asked with a smile, and I nodded, “I love you” he said and kissed me gently. I got on his lap and was about to deepen the kiss when we heard a rustling sound in the forest. “well, what do we have here?” I heard a voice ask and I turned around and noticed a pair of red eyed before the actual person came out. “it looks like a warm meal” one of them replied and their eyes landed on me, more came out of the forest. There were about 10 of them, “Scarlet lets get inside” Derek whispered in my ear, but I shook my head no. running inside is exactly what they want, vampires like playing with their preys before they feed on them, and outside is a better battlefield than inside. “no lets not, please guys we don’t want any trouble. Walk away” I said, and they all looked at each other and started laughing. “why would we? Do you even know what we are?” one of them asked and he took out his fangs, I looked at Derek and he didn’t seem surprised. “please walk away” Derek repeated what I said but these cocky vampires couldn’t just take a hint, I watched as one of them rushed to Derek’s side. Before he could even touch my boyfriend I blocked his hand, “this is your last warning” I declared, and they all smiled clearly undermining me. the next one moved towards me using his superspeed and that’s when I knew that this is it, if I don’t use my magic then we will both die. And it wouldn’t be breaking the rules because this is a do or die situation and I have to protect the love of my life. I used the fork we were using to eat the sliced apples and threw it to the guy who was coming towards me. since I was still holding the hand of the one who tried to harm Derek I just released fire and he started burning. Vampires are like petrol; they are highly flammable hence they stay away from fires. They all started running towards me, I got off from the porch and a little far from Derek because I didn’t want any blood staining him. “I like dancing around more than anyone but today I am not in the mood” I said and closed my eyes murmuring a spell. I opened them and watched as the remaining 8 vampires were running around all on fire, I turned around and looked at Derek who didn’t seem surprised at all. “you knew?” was all I could say, and he nodded, “yes, I knew you were a witch, I knew that supernatural being exist and that they live among us” he replied. “how?” I asked and he patted his lap and I slowly walked there, I thought that I would see fear in his eyes but all I saw was admiration. I sat on his lap, and he kissed my forehead. “when I was a child I went camping with a friend and his father. When I was there I wondered alone and then I saw this large black wolf looking at me, I thought I was going to die. But I looked into its eyes and for some reason the fear disappeared, I watched as the wolf turned into a man. He then took me back to our camp, I thought that I imagined it, but the memory was so fresh and clear in my head. So, when I got older I got curious and started doing research, as for you I suspected it when I went to your place the first time. You had these books written in a language that doesn’t exist and you last name is Hale, while doing my research I had bumped into the Hale name. a bloodline of powerful witches” he explained. I just sat there processing everything, he knew? All this time he knew what I am, but he didn’t mind, and it seems like he knew from the very beginning? Actually, he knows so this is perfect, the council wont punish me because he already knew about the existence of supernatural beings. As if they could read my thoughts I heard my phone beep, “the council want to see you. Be there tomorrow at 9 pm Sharp” my mother wrote. Everything will be okay; I know it will be. By then why do I have this bad feeling??