Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-26828324-20150730184926/@comment-13965604-20150808190432

Malia is not a replacement for Cora, but Cora was clearly a replacement for Erica scenes that they wouldn't/couldn't get rid of. I think she was only a Hale because that's the only way Derek would care about someone enough to give his Alpha Spark up for, other than his Pack.