Accepting him as her mate

Elizabeth couldn't believe her ears, it was heartbreaking to hear such a tragedy happened to Derek's real mother. Now that Emily had explained from the start she understood why Helena wasn't considered a queen and why everyone, even Esme, treated her badly. She was just a replacement or took it upon herself, forgetting her happiness just to take care of a baby boy whose mother had died just after giving birth to him. 

"They said Derek was powerful since he was in his mother's womb...she was just a human bonded to a vampire and holding the alpha vampire was out of the question"Emily continued as she walked back to Elizabeth and handed her a glass of water, Elizabeth was almost in tears thinking back to Derek's words. He didn't hate his child but was scared of the outcome and now everything made perfect sense. He found out what happened to his real mother and was heartbroken that was why he didn't want anything to do with vampires or sitting on the throne