And now Derek just looked confused. "Well, if Daddy's not an Alpha, then how'd he turn your mommy?" he asked cautiously. Derek huffed incredulously when she said they were the only pack. "Oh, no you're not, kiddo. That's for sure. I know at least two packs in this town alone. But...neither of them have an older man as an Alpha. One's a woman and the other's a teenage boy. And I'm not a Mutt, whatever that is. I'm born, thank you very much. You've got a little mouth on you, huh?"
Derek shifted his face and opened his mouth with his fangs descended. "What do you think?" he asked. "And I don't know, maybe different packs smell different." That didn't really make sense to him at all because the wolf should still smell the same, but she didn't; she had that much right.