He stared at me as the rain fell, his tears mixing with rain. "Please, don't leave...please" his voice hoarse from the tears. "I'm... I'm sorry, for putting you through all this... this shit... but, it hurts me too." My eyes widened at his confession, my cocky, full of himself mate actually said that. "Then show me." I whispered. Lena, the mate of the notoriously cocky Derick, is 16 and found her mate on her birthday, only to find out that it is the devilishly handsome rake of a man. Derick, the 19 year old son of Alpha Alarick of the Winter pack, hasn't been able to find a mate until the 16th birthday of the pack beauty. With her long strawberry blonde hair and sky blue eyes, he was happy.But Derick just wanted to see how far he could push her.