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Chapter 4: Sleepless Night
I couldn't even remember the last time fear had consumed so that I wasn't able to sleep a wink. After I had cleaned up that bloody message left for me, I changed clothes and just waited for the sun to come up.
I hurried to school and had to fight the growing urge of impatience and anxiety inside myself. Finally when it was time for lunch, I was able to meet with my newfound friends and discuss what I had sent them.
I was still too anxious to eat as I played with my hair as Scott, Stiles, Lydia and Allison came and sat around me.
"Hey, are you alright?" Allison asked as she sat next to me and put her arm around me as she felt my body was still trembling lightly.
"What happened last night?" Lydia asked.
"I have no idea, all I know is whoever or whatever this monster is knows me and why I came here, it had to be the same person, the blood that was used to write that message on my wall was the same as the boy who was murdered the other night, I could smell it" I said.
"Did you have any enemies back wherever your from?" Stiles asked.
"No, not at all, I was practically invisible, I grew up in foster homes my whole life, they always were waiting to get rid of me, none of them knew I was a wolf…" I said as I opened up just a small chunk of my past life.
"The main question is what does this thing want? and why is it targeting you?" Scott said as he examined the picture I had sent him.
I nodded as I started to bite my fingernails a bit. "You just said this thing knows why you came here…why did you come here Ella?" Lydia asked.
Stiles, Scott and Allison all froze and looked up at me. I desperately wanted to tell them the whole truth but I knew I wasn't ready too so I just told them a hint of it.
"I'm looking for someone…" I said lowly.
"Your parents?" Stiles asked.
"Yeah, you could say that, one of them anyway. Sorry I'm not too comfortable talking about it" I said.
"It's okay, you don't have to tell us everything just yet, our main focus should be finding out and stopping whatever this is before it kills again but importantly you need to be safe" Allison said.
"Yeah you cant go back to your place, knowing that whatever this is may drop in at any time" Lydia said.
"Cant she stay with one of you girls?" Stiles asked. "As much as Id love to have a girl stay with me, I can bet my dad wouldn't have that" he said again.
"Yeah and with Isaac at my place already, theres not enough room" Scott said.
"No guys really its okay, you don't have to interrupt your lives because of me, we just met, we barely really know each other" I said.
"That doesn't matter, were involved, your one of us, part of this insane little supernatural group. I'll see what I can do but she needs a place for tonight where no one would think to look for her" Lydia said to me then to the rest of the group.
"I think I know where she can go…" Scott said.
A few hours later after school, Scott and I rode on his bike to a place downtown. I followed him up the stairs and to the door of this large loft.
Scott let himself in and I slowly tiptoed in behind him.
"Who did you say lives here again?" I asked Scott but before he could answer, I got my answer.
Derek entered my vision, and his expression dropped as he saw me and so did mine.
"Scott what are you doing here?" Derek asked as he approached us.
"I tried calling you, I need a favor" Scott said. Derek just looked at us as he continued.
"Ella here had an unlikely visitor the other night and its the same person who murdered that guy last night" Scott said as he showed Derek the photo of the message on my wall.
"So she needs somewhere safe to stay until we get this sorted out, and I thought here would be best, your the alpha, you could protect her if she needs it and no one would think to look for her here" Scott asked.
Derek stood in silence for what seemed like forever and I could tell he wasn't too happy about this arrangement and neither was I but I was in no position to argue.
"Fine, one night" Derek finally said.
I then said my goodbyes to Scott and stood there staring at my new roommate.
"Look I know your not happy about all this, neither am I but if it makes you feel any better, it wasn't my idea" I said.
"It doesn't, but you can stay in Cora's room" Derek said.
"Who's Cora?" I asked curious.
"My younger sister, she isn't here right now, so thats where you'll sleep" Derek said.
"Okay…thanks" I said as I then walked past him and unpacked my stuff in his sisters room.
I laid out on the bed and stared at the ceiling and before I knew it a few hours had passed, soon the moon would be in its full position and I'd be fighting the urge to turn.
I exited Cora's room and found my way out onto Derek's balcony. I was alone and I enjoyed the quiet as well as the warm breeze on my face. For a brief moment my thoughts were at a standstill but soon my concentration was broken as I heard the door open from behind me, it was Derek joining me on the balcony.
"Enjoying the view I see?" Derek asked.
"Yeah you have a nice place" I said.
"Compared to my old home yeah I'd say this is better" Derek said.
"Why do you keep it if it is so run down?" I asked.
"It wasn't always, too many memories I guess" Derek said. I nodded as I looked away from him.
"So your only here for a few days and you already made enemies?" Derek asked.
"No thats not the case, I have no idea what this thing wants with me or why it cares why I came here but as I told Scott, Stiles, Lydia and Allison, no one would care what would happen to me back where I came from" I said as I spoke the sad truth.
"And why is that?" Derek asked seeming to care.
"It's complicated…" I said. Just as we were talking, the moon was completely full and it was shining down on the both of us, I looked over at Derek and I saw that he had exposed his fangs and his eyes were red.
"Time to show me if you really are what you say" Derek said. I sighed as I knew what was about to happen next.
I started to remove my boots, shirt and jeans, leaving me only in my underwear.
"Whoa what are you doing?" Derek asked.
"You wanted to see if I'm telling the truth well here it is, trust me Im not psyched about this but you might want to turn around" I said.
Derek looked confused but did as I asked, I then removed my bra and underwear and started to change, it had become less painful over the years and soon my form had completely changed to that of a seemingly normal human to a black wolf, with golden eyes.
Derek turned to face me and was amazed at what he say, he didn't expect me to become an actual wolf, he took in my form and wondered why I was able to shift this way.
"I've never seen anything like this…" Derek said as his face turned back to normal. When he saw me begin to turn back to normal as well, he turned around again.
Once I could feel my legs again, I grabbed my clothes and redressed quickly.
"Okay you can look at me now" I said as I tried to fix my hair.
"How did you do that? How can you become a full wolf?" Derek asked still amazed.
"It's just the way I was born, I never turned another way, I guess I inherited it" I said as I felt embarrassed at the fact that a few minutes ago I was naked.
"I only knew one wolf that could do that…" Derek said.
"Who?" I asked.
"My mother, Talia Hale, she was an alpha, and she was able to shift into an actual wolf" Derek said as I could tell this topic was hard for him.
"What happened to her?" I asked.
"It's complicated, like you said, we can share our personal stories some other time" Derek said as his phone then started to ring in his pocket.
He answered and it was Scott, he then hung up abruptly and looked at me.
"What happened? Is he okay?" I asked worried for him.
"Yeah he is but others aren't…" Derek said.
A few moments later, Derek and I drove to meet Scott, Stiles and Lydia at a community pool where we saw two dead bodies of an apparent couple, that had been torn open and bleeding out.
"Oh my God…" I said as I took in the scene.
"I called Deaton and the police are on their way" Scott said.
"What happened?" I asked.
"I don't know I was just drawn here for some reason, I have no idea why but I just was and I found them…" Lydia said clearly distraught.
"This thing has got to be stopped…" I said as I looked at those innocent teenagers who had just lost their lives.
"What's that shining?" Derek asked.
"What do you mean?" Scott asked.
"You don't see that?" Derek asked again as this time he went over to the bodies.
"Derek, don't touch them!" I said.
"I'm not" Derek said as he got closer. "Their both wearing rings, they look like promise rings" he said.
"Promise rings?" Scott asked.
"Meaning they were virgins?" Stiles said.
"Maybe, now that I think of it, I think the guy the other night was wearing one too" I said as I vaguely remembered seeing something silver around one of his fingers.
"So this thing is murdering virgins? For what though?" Derek asked.
"No idea, but we need to find out" Scott asked.
"We need to get out of here, we shouldn't all be here when the police show up" Derek said as we heard the sirens of the cop cars approaching and with that Derek and I got back into his car, as Scott got on his bike and Stiles waited with Lydia.
We drove back to Derek's loft in silence but when we finally got back, Derek broke the silence.
"Hey, after what we just saw, its too dangerous for you to be out there alone, so you can stay here for however long you need to" Derek said.
"Thanks" I said as I was shocked by what he just said. He nodded as he took off his jacket.
"I'm going to bed, I'm down the hall from you, if you need me, just come find me…" Derek said.
I nodded as I watched him walk away, I then ran my fingers through my hair taking in everything that has happened over these last few days but I was grateful that I wasn't alone in this and that Derek was starting to warm up to me, at least thats how it seemed.
I went back into Cora's room and wondered what was really happening in this town, a part of me believed it truly was a monster but another part of me was scared to death that whatever was doing this might be who I'm looking for…
authors note: reviews will be much appreciated. In this chapter two more lives were lost and Ella became Derek's temporary roommate. Ella revealed a small piece of her past to her new friends and to Derek and Derek saw that Ella wasn't lying when she said she was a bata, but she was unlike any beta he had ever seen. Ella is able to turn into a full wolf, like Derek's mother, Talia, was able to do. Derek is starting to slowly warm up to Ella and their relationship will continue to grow, as will her relationships with all her friends. Who do you think Ella is looking for? Because whoever it is, might have the potential to kill. Keep reading to find out! The next chapter will have a small time skip and more things will happen and start to unravel!
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