Until The End Of Time

Chapter 24 Visions

Derek was sitting on the couch with his arm situated around Braeden's mid section with her leaning into him and hear head laying against his shoulder, her black hair flowing down her back. Derek could feel her breath on his neck sending a tingle down his spine. She sighed and she forced her head closer to Derek and he could hear the sense or relief in her voice.

"Why can't everything always be this simple Derek?" He chuckled under his deep breath zany placed a kiss on her forehead as he pulled her closer to him with a tighter grip round her abdomen.

"Well I'm not entirely sure there's an answer for that question, but it's because we care about keeping people." Once again she sighed as if not truly believing what he was saying. "For example you're a District Attorney, you look after people by dealing with harder cases."

"I was a DA, but not anymore." Derek turned his head and they separated a little to the point where they were looking straight at each other, his expression full of confusion, but interest.

"What do you mean was? Did something happen?" She smiled at him and ran her hand down his cheek running over his stubble.

"Well it happened a while ago, I became obsessed with one case and I got nowhere and it's hard to keep a job when you're not doing anything that's getting you anywhere." Derek understood because it wasn't the first time someone had become obsessed with trying to find out what happened in a certain circumstance, it actually reminded him of himself after the fire when he was still trying to figure out what had happened.

Derek rested his head against Kate's shoulder as his tears rand down her shirt, she had her arms around him, comforting him.

"It's okay Derek, we'll find out what happened." He lifted his head and looked deeply into her eyes, he used to the fact that they didn't really show emotion, but it never really mattered to him. She pressed her lips to his and moved her hands to his neck as his moved to her waist. He could tell she was trying to release some worry and sadness from him, she laid back on the bed and Derek followed as he pressed down on her lips, but as his sinuses cleared he smelt something, something unusual, but something he had smelt before, but not too long ago. What was it? That's when it hit him, Kate smelt of gas and it was that second when he figured it out, it was Kate who made the fire, maybe not directly her, but she had something to do with it. He jumped back off her and had his back against the window.

"What is it Derek? Is something wrong? Did I do something wrong?" She looked deep into his face and she saw two pure emotions, anger and sadness. He stared at her, eyes wide and they explained it all.

"You did it didn't you?" She shrugged her shoulders as she moved closer to him.

"I did what?"

"You had something to do with the fire didn't you!" He could see her trying to put in an effort to hide it from him.

"Why would you think I had anything to do with the fire Derek? Why would I do that to you? Derek I love you why would I do that?" Derek felt his pulse rising and this was a bad position to be in and as he began to speak he could hear the anger slipping through his voice, but it was more than anger, it was fury.

"You don't love me Kate, you used me because you're the only person who knew that everyone was going to be there. You're sick Kate."

Derek couldn't help thinking back to that time, but it was all behind him and so much had happened since then and although it was a tragedy, what she had done had got him where he was today. Everything had changed and it all started with her, Peter had bitten Scott, Derek had become an alpha and as he lost his status Scott ascended the status of alpha and now he had Braeden and everything became this way because of Kate and although he hated her entire existence, she had allowed him to get where he was now.