"No, I give you back your family and pack. That was what we were meant to have, Derek, and you playing at normal doesn't make you one of them. It never will."

She rolled her eyes. "I need my pack. That's all the help I need. You get hurt in this, and it's on you. All on you, Derek. You disobeying your alpha. I'm being kind. Don't make me actually treat you like the misbehaving beta you are."