Derek and Faith

The relationship between Beta Werewolf Derek Hale and Untriggered Werewolf Faith Labonair.

Derek and Faith met as teenagers in high school, where Derek was a star basketball player and Faith was a young and talented artist. At first, Faith believed Derek to be just another arrogant jock, but after getting to know each other, they fell in love. Their favorite meeting place was the Abandoned Distillery on the outskirts of town, where they would canoodle and spend time together alone. However, Derek was so in love with Faith that, when his uncle Peter Hale remarked that their relationship would end badly upon her realization that Derek was a Werewolf, he was able to convince him that the only way to ensure they stayed together was to turn Faith into a Werewolf as well.

Unfortunately for both Derek and Faith, though they were able to convince Ennis, an Alpha Werewolf in town for the summit led by Derek's mother Talia Hale, to give Faith the Bite, she ultimately rejected the transformation. Derek brought the dying Faith to the root cellar under the Nemeton to hide, and, at Faith's request, he snapped her spine to end her suffering. However, unbeknownst to Derek at the time, this act would change his glowing gold Beta eyes to turn blue and gave the Nemeton a spark of power due to the fact that Faith's death was technically a virgin sacrifice.