Chapter 10 – Pack Mentality, Savion POV

I woke up to a gloomy morning, my brain still pounding against my skull and my eyes burning from all the crying I did. I could hear everyone moving around quietly, no one dared to speak. I decided to get up and take a shower. I stood in front of the mirror as I waited for the water to warm up. Though I didn't fight, I looked like an absolute wreck and I felt even worse.

My mind kept wandering over to the sire bond; I sighed and tried shifting back and forth. I watched as my eyes turns to a bright, glowing red from its normal ocean blue colour. I stopped halfway through a shift and thought for a moment. I wondered if I could shift from alpha to demon wolf at will. I stared at myself through the fogging mirror as I tried to make the dark veins come out. My eyes flickered from red to blue though dark veins were already crawling all over me. The fog was getting thicker and I was growing more frustrated as every attempt I made; failed. I closed my eyes; letting my head drop and shook my head. I sighed and decided on one last attempt, my heart was beating fast because I had shifted non-stop. I took in a deep breath and opened my eyes, I didn't feel any different. I felt even more frustrated, my fist clenched; I swung my arm back to take a swing at the mirror in front of me but stopped immediately. Past the fog, I looked different. I wiped the moisture off the mirror and took a closer look. My eyes were a dark black and the dark veins seemed to have some sort of fluid flowing in it. I stared at myself and blinked. Just like that, everything was gone and my eyes were back to normal.

After my shower, I joined the other in the dining room. They had already prepared food for me, I sat down and we all ate in silence. Everyone seemed pretty distant; distracted by their own thoughts. Kali looked as if she was about to break down soon. Just to get away from everyone for a while I volunteered to drive Ethan to school as he had to go to a meet with his cross country team. He filled me in that Kali, Deucalion and him went back to the mall and a still breathing Ennis to the animal clinic and asked Deaton to try his best to keep him alive. Before I even got to ask about Derek, Ethan told me that his body wasn't there when they arrived but there weren't any signs of him getting dragged out so he must've picked himself up and walked out of there. I felt somewhat relieved knowing that Derek might still be alive.

When we got to the school, Ethan pecked me on the cheek and said goodbye before hoping out of the car and going straight to a young man wearing a white crew neck shirt and a black jacket. His dimples appeared as he smiled at the sight of Ethan approaching him. He looked past Ethan and right at me, I gave him a small wave; he smiled and hugged Ethan. I smiled at the sight of the two.

Before I could drive away I caught a whiff of blood and it wasn't human blood either. I scanned the parking lot and spotted Derek's betas standing next to a blue jeep, Scott was leaning against the jeep as he panted. I shut my engine off before getting out to approach them; Stiles, Boyd and Isaac took a defensive stance in front of Scott when they saw me walking towards them. I looked back to see if anyone else was coming then put my hands up to tell them I didn't come to fight.

"What are you doing here?" Stiles glared at me as I came closer to them.

"I came to drop Ethan off." I jerked my thumb back to where I last saw Ethan.

"Well now that you're sure Ethan made it to school safely, run along and go back to your pack." Stiles took a step forward as if ready to go against me; Isaac put a hand on his shoulder to hold him back.

I came face to face with him; my heels making me tower over him. "Let me see Scott." Stiles didn't move, the look on his face clearly challenging me. I took a deep breath and let myself shift, not just to an alpha, but to a demon wolf. Isaac's and Boyd's eyes glowed yellow but I ignored them. "I said, let me see Scott." I said firmly. None of them moved out of my way.

"Guys, it's okay." Scott panted. The three didn't move but their face twisted in confusion. "Really, it's okay."

"Oh thank god, I wasn't ready to have my heart ripped out." Stiles took a sigh of relief and stepped aside.

I rolled my eyes and shifted back before stepping closer to Scott. Before I could ask if he was alright, my eyes drifted to the black stain seeping through the fabric of his plain, white shirt.

"You're not healing." My brows furrowed. "Let me see it." Scott hesitated but lifted up his shirt, revealing the claw marks Kali had left of him. The gashes were deep and they were still bleeding. "I don't understand." I murmured.

"I'll help you out; bleeding means not healing. Like at all." Stiles shot.

I ignored his smart-ass remark. "It's been more than twelve hours. Alpha or not, you would've already healed."

I reached out to touch his wounds but Stiles grabbed my arm, out of instinct I twisted it behind him and slammed him on his jeep, pinning him there. Boyd and Isaac shifted again and growled. I let go of Stiles and took a stance, ready to take on the two betas.

"STOP!" Scott yelled. The two betas immediately shifted back and I relaxed.

I turned back to Scott and placed a hand on his arm, black liquid travelled up my veins as I took some of his pain away. "Let yourself heal." I told him before turning to my heel and walking away. I turned back for a moment. "Don't ever try to take on me again." I looked at the betas and Stiles. "The last thing I want to do is kill you all myself."

I got into my car and sped off. I decided to stop by the clinic and check on Ennis. He was spread out on a metal table in the middle of the examination room. His heartbeat was faint but I could tell he was healing.

"He's going to be fine you know." Deaton reassured me. Ennis and I weren't particularly close, but he was a part of my pack and my pack is family despite everything we go through.

"I know." I gave him a small smile. We were silent for a moment as I helped him stack medicine bottles on the shelves. "Deaton…" I started. "Is it possible to have more than one true alpha in one century?"

"Never heard of it happening." He shook his head. "Why do you ask?"

I bit my lip. "Nothing, just a thought." I thought back to the time Kali had told Deucalion to 'let him rise to the occasion' when he referred to Scott's potentials, my mother, Aunt Talia and other alphas would always say the same thing about me whenever they met and talked about future alphas. Scott's eyes flashing red while fighting Ennis and Derek's betas obeying Scott's orders.

Perhaps it is why Deucalion wants Derek to kill Scott, because once Scott turns into an alpha under his own powers he stands no chance against him; unless he puts him under a sire bond like he did to me. But there can't be another true alpha. I shook the thoughts out of my head. A little later I dismissed myself after receiving a text from Cora to meet up with her. She was waiting for me at the abandoned mall where the fight took place. We walked in together in silence. The whole thing replayed in my head as I looked around. Cora was sitting down on the escalator where Derek's and Ennis' bodies landed.

Our heads shot up when we heard footsteps approaching us; I took a defensive stance in front of Cora.

"Relax, it's just me… Uncle Peter." Peter appeared at the top of the escalators. Cora glared at him, it confused me.

"Uncle Peter who killed Sister Laura." Cora took a step forward, ready to attack her uncle.

I grabbed her arm. "I thought you two have settled things, Derek said-"

Cora shook her head. "I lied to him; I was actually looking for your pack with Boyd."

Peter rolled his eyes. "Not my finest hour, no but I'm hardly the only dysfunctional family member." Cora started walking up the escalator; I stayed a few steps behind her. "Did Derek mention he killed me too? Slashed my throat."

Cora came face to face with Peter. "So that means I should trust you?"

"Actually I'm wondering if I can trust you." He raised an eyebrow at Cora and nodded towards me.

"You've know me for seventeen years."

"I knew you for eleven." Peter argued back. "Leaving the last six years unaccounted for…" he then looked at me. "And I'm not particularly fond of things unaccounted."

"What are you doing here?" I probed.

"Same as you two." He sighed. "Wondering where the bodies went. Wondering if they were carried out or maybe if one of them managed to find enough strength to push himself up off the floor and walk out." He looked at me then at Cora. "Leaving the three of us standing here to answer the important question…"

"Which one." Cora finished off.

"Derek." The two of them looked at me. I walked down the escalator to where Derek's body was. "Derek managed to walk out of here alive."

"How are you so sure?" Peter interrogated.

"Because my pack came back for Ennis' body and Derek wasn't here." I sighed.

"Then we have to go find him." Cora started walking.

"Wait," Peter stopped her. "How do we know we can trust her?" Cora looked back at me.

"You've known me my whole life."

"Apparently a lot has changed the past six years as I've said-"

I rolled my eyes. "Yeah, yeah, you're not fond of things unaccounted for." I started walking towards the exit. "Come on."

Peter and Cora followed me to my car; I started driving back to Dr Deaton. I pulled in and we all stood behind my car.

"An animal clinic?" Cora raised an eyebrow at us.

"It's not as ordinary as it looks." Peter started, she looked at me for a clearer answer but I just nodded. Peter continued. "The building's half made out of Mountain Ash. I'm not actually sure how to get in."

"Well maybe we could do what normal people do and knock on the door." Cora turned around and started for the door.

I could sense other wolves inside; I pulled her back and signalled for them to duck down. "They're here." I murmured, Peter and Cora gave me confused looks. "My pack. They're here."

As if on cue, a very distressed Kali walked out followed by Aiden. I opened my car door and shut it, pretending I just arrived. Aiden held Kali; she struggled against his grip and let out a roar that set off the car alarms. My heart dropped, that could only mean one thing. I shook my head and Aiden gave me a heartbreaking look as he held Kali.

"No, no- he… Ennis can't be dead." I ran my fingers through my hair. "No."

Kali cried and wailed against Aiden's chest. I knew what she was going through, but her pain was unimaginable. My mate and I were only separated, her mate died. I was feeling different sorts of pain and a apart of me… well it felt like a part of me was missing.

Author's note:

Omg, Savion can somewhat control the demon wolf part of her now. :o D'you guys think she'll be able to break the sire bond? :3
Anyway, I just finished writing the next chapter and I'll probably post it tonight (now 10:25 in Australia) if I finish the chapter after that.

Let me know what you guys think! Please spread this story to your teen wolf loving friends. :)

Kisses. x