Derek's eyes widened as his mother informed him that she had just been mind linked by his father. Various thoughts ran across his mind at the speed of light, the main thought centered on if his cousin had finally done it. He hoped not. He hoped that the quietness he still felt around the pack was genuine, and not as a result of an Alpha's mind link to his pack members to hush up.

At this type of moment, he ernestly wished his little sister had grown up. If she had, she would have been ...