So I hit a hiccup with the video trailer. There's music in it that was claimed, so it got blocked. I'm finding a way around it but it's put things behind. But for now, here's the sneak peak for Blood for Battle.

"How many are there?"

Derek contemplated, blank faced, before deciding to answer, "A pack of them. An Alpha pack."

"All of them?" Stiles asked, shocked, "How does that even work?"

Derek half-shrugged, stone-faced, "I hear there's some kind of a leader. He's called Deucalion."

Someone was standing on the other side of the pool, outside the gate. They were just standing there, staring as if invested in what was happening—in the murder. Stiles couldn't see their face. But he could see they were short, maybe it was a woman.

"There's somewhere over there," Stiles discreetly nodded toward the girl-figure.

The person noticed they'd seen her and swiftly turned to run away, disappearing into the night like a shadow. Actually—exactly like a shadow. Her body melted as a midnight dusty smoke lifted off of her until her body disappeared.

"Who was that?" Lydia almost squealed, her voice going high pitched.

We were coming up to an opening when I stopped cold upon the sight of a boy's body strung up by some leather tie up against the tree.

"Kyle!" A blond girl suddenly ran onto the scene, looking at the boy with a devastated and frantic expression, trying to get to his body, "Oh, God, Kyle!" but Sheriff Stilinski's deputy Tara grabbed her to stop her from touching the body as the girl cried hysterically, "Oh, god!"

"Hey—Georgie."

The girl snapped to attention and nearly slammed her locker door shut, "Stiles. Hi."

"Are you okay?" Stiles asked her gently.

Georgie eyes fell to the floor, uncomfortable, before flitting up to look into her crush's eyes, "I found a dead body strung up to a tree by a dog leash today, Stiles. Do you think you'd be okay after something like that?"

Stiles sighed, licking his lips, tension in his shoulders, "I think I know what's happening."

Stiles expression grew solemn, "Sacrifices. Human sacrifices."

"Scott?" Jessie gained her best friend's attention, her eyes glazing over with tears. Scott looked at her, mouth open to try and say something comforting, but nothing came to mind. His hand reached out to brush a fallen tear away as she asked, "Did they take my dad?"

"You want me—to kill my own pack," Derek stammered, trying to sound stern and strong.

"No," Deucalion denied, correcting his assumption, "I want you to kill one of them. Do that, and I won't have to ask you to kill the others. You'll do it on your own."

Morrell stood too, firm not angry, slamming her own hands on the desk in a gentler yet firm manner, "He wants—to make a killer out of you. That's what he does."

"But if I kill someone, I can't be a true Alpha, right?" Scott asked, softer now.

"Exactly."

"I'm sorry," Allison told her sincerely, "I'm so sorry," a tear fell from her left eyes. She sniffed and hastily wiped it away, "If I could go back I'd change it all. I swear it. But I can't. I just wish none of it ever happened."

"You and me both," Jessie told her, looking up at her.

Deucalion murmured, "But you know I'm not the one slashing up innocent people."

Jessie corrected, "You can't be it—because it's obviously gunning for you."

"We're trying," Scott said quietly.

"And you're failing," Cora snapped, "You're just a bunch of stupid teenagers running around, thinking that you can stop people from getting killed. But all you do is show up late."

"When is this going to be over?" I whimpered into Scott's shirt.

"Soon," He promised, pulling me up to look at him in the eye, "Soon this will be over. All of us can live in peace. It's just one more adventure."

"But when is enough, enough?" I questioned for him, "I'm so... tired, Scott."

"Every time I try to fight back, it just gets worse," Scott continued, "People keep getting hurt—People keep getting killed."

"Scott..." he heard Jessie's breathless voice behind him.

The weight on his heart just grew heavier, knowing she was here now to witness him crumbling to Deucalion's whims.

"We have to find something else to do—like we always do."

"Not this time," he whispered to her, knowing the words must be breaking her heart.

"We're in this together. From beginning—to end."

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