Board Thread:WARNING ALL USERS False Info\Spoilers/@comment-96.238.1.154-20130804085459/@comment-4091815-20150119034306

Mgc26133 wrote: Actually it was - never shown but - implied that Cora is an alpha now, because the only way for Derek to cure Cora was to give her the alpha spark. That spark so strong that only that could heal her. From what I've seen I interpret that Cora is now an alpha.

That's never "implied" at all. Derek used up his spark exerting enough effort to heal Cora. That's was actually happened. You saw it happen.