Board Thread:WARNING ALL USERS False Info\Spoilers/@comment-24565701-20140221023529/@comment-24447558-20140226041944

I disagree... I think a lot of that growth was due to the fact that a group of alphas literally tore his pack apart, nearly killed his sister while the Darach was seducing him, blinding him to the fact that she was killing people left and right... Derek nearly sacrificed himself for Scott in the battle we see in Frayed. They hadn't gotten all that buddy-buddy just yet... they were merely dealing with a common enemy. To reduce his growth to his proximity to Scott basically nullifies it. Derek grew because he went through hell.