𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐊 𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐄. . • ☆ . ° .• °:. *₊ ° . ☆
"my biggest regret will always be leaving
you the way i did but i'm
here right now and i'll spend the rest
of my life making it up to you...
because you're the one who has
my entire heart."
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ETERNAL. chapter one — REUNITED AT LAST? "they say home is where the heart is, but what if someone ran away with the heart you had?"
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DEREK HALE.
COMING BACK TO BEACON HILLS WASN'T SOMETHING I WAS READY FOR. i felt better in new york. i was away from all the horror and trauma that came with being in beacon hills. being here was like a direct ticket to hell, specifically for the supernatural world. of course i didn't have a choice for being a werewolf, i was born with the gene and it was part of my family. but constantly being targeted by hunters for who i am was worse than degrading. it made me feel worthless for being who i truly was. of course there were times where i wish i was a normal human but being a werewolf was something i was also proud of. this is something i learned from my mom.
the biggest thing i learned from her was having an anchor to keep in control of my wolf. growing up it was hard for me to control it. i often let my frustrations take over and would wolf out. luckily i kept myself in control while at school and only wolfed out around my family. once i was able to find my anchor, keeping myself in control was much easier. i didn't have to fight against my wolf randomly. only during the full moon did i struggle the most but i had strong control. especially since my anchor was the girl i've loved since we were kids. asteria.
if there was anyone in this world who accepted me for who i am, who never saw me as a monster, it was her. though we were polar opposites, we fit together perfectly. we balanced each other out. even though she never felt the same for me and never saw me as more than just her friend, i still loved her. i still do now. my feelings never seemed to go away, only get stronger and stronger over the years. with her seeing my deepest secrets and fears, it didn't help the ever growing feelings. it only skyrocketed them. i knew she would always be the one for me. no one could ever understand me the way she does. the way she did.
one of my favorite memories of us was when we first met back in first grade. i remember she was wearing a light blue and white dress with her hair in two braids. she was incredibly shy even around the two friends of hers she had with hers. we were all out on the playground and had gotten to the swings at the same time as her and her friends did. of course i had to be cocky and smug by saying i beat her first to the swings.
she argued back though, saying it wasn't fair. her two friends were on the swings next to her which only left the one for her. still i felt like i needed to prove something so i jumped on the swing, teasing her about it. i wasn't sure what the reaction i was going to get from her but the one i did definitely caught me by surprise. she shoved me off the swing, her tiny body towering over mine that was on the ground. i should've felt embarrassed by the kids laughing at what had just happened. but i didn't. i felt intrigued by this girl. and after that we've been inseparable ever since.
