I woke up to the loud and booming howl of my mate I gasped my eyes shooting open and looked up at the ceiling of the loft then felt my hands being restrained by Scott and Derek
"…You need to burn it out of her" I heard Derek say
"Why me?" Stiles asked him
"Because Scott and I need to hold her down, do it now!"
I screamed and tried to thrash around but Derek and Scott held me still as the flame touched my neck then Stiles grabbed my hands and did the same, as soon as I stilled Stiles pulled the blowtorch away from me and Derek pulled me up cradling me against his chest as I slowly healed
"Don't ever ask me to do that again" Stiles said as tears welled up in his eyes, Derek looked over at him with the same expression
"I hope we never have to, now what the hell is going on?" he asked
"Ms Blake is the Darach, she tried to kill Skye and Lydia tonight"
"She'll come here" I whispered and all three looked at me
"How do you know?" Derek asked me brushing my hair out of my face
"She needs something from you…plus she thinks I'm out of the way, she's gonna try to convince you to join her"
"We have to stop her" Scott said
"The mistletoe, it means something" I whispered to Scott and he nodded coming to the same conclusion
"I'll get her cleaned up" Derek sighed "You go to Deaton but do it fast" Scott and Stiles nodded before running out the door as Derek gently lifted me up and took me to the bathroom, he ran a bath for me then after helping me undress he gently placed me in the tub of warm water "I'm gonna get you clothes just relax okay?"
I nodded and allowed myself to be soothed by the warm water and Derek quickly came back with clothes for me that I must have left here then kneeled next to the tub and quickly started to wash the dried blood off of me
"I hate being this weak" I sniffled looking at him
"I know…it won't last long though I promise" tears began forming in my eyes
"I hate her Derek, I had a bad feeling and I should have trusted it" he started to drain the tub and lifted me out of the water before wrapping a towel around me then wiped my tears away
"I know"
"This what I get for trusting people so naïvely" he seemed to go somewhere else then he looked back at me and shook his head
"No Skye, never stop opening yourself up to trust people if you lose that, you lose yourself"
"What do you mean?"
"I lost my ability to trust other people when Kate took my family away from me and for six years I never trusted anyone but myself, then I met you and everything changed I trust people now not as much as I probably should but it's progress and it's all because of you, I'm asking you not to lose your ability to trust people"
"How can you ask that of me, after what just happened"
"Don't trust them blindly but allow people to gain your trust" I nodded and looked at my hands but Derek lifted my chin up to look me in the eyes "What is it?"
"…I wasn't careful I picked the fight" Derek's jaw clenched up but he quickly sighed and shook his head
"Please don't ever do that again, I almost lost you tonight when I ask you to be careful, please do everything in your power to do so, I'd never be able to go on without you" I nodded
"I promise" he pulled me up
"Come on let's get you dressed" I gained enough strength back to stand on my own and dress myself, I quickly threw on a pair of boots and waited with Derek for Scott and Stiles to return
They returned with a jar of mistletoe powder from Deaton, I looked out the window as thunder crashed and it started to pour then Scott, Stiles and I hid when we heard the sounds of heels clicking up the stairs
"Derek?" Ms Blake called out as she ran into the loft "Derek, where are you?"
"Right here" he called out and she sighed in relief, I peeked around the corner still staying out of sight
"Thank god!" she ran up to him and hugged him as tight as she could and I fought the urge to run out and kill her "Something happened at the recital" she told him pulling away "At the school okay, I need to tell you before you hear it, before you hear any of it from them"
"From who?"
"Scott, Stiles they're gonna tell you things, things you can't believe, you have to trust me, okay you trust me"
"What is it?"
"Promise you'll listen to me"
"I promise" I held back the growl in my throat the best I could because she wasn't meant to know I was here, she leaned in to kiss him and a low growl sounded through the loft then she pulled back, I knew it was me
"They're already here, aren't they?" Scott and Stiles walked out into the open "So they told you it was me, that I'm the one taking people"
"We told him you're the one killing people" Scott corrected
"Oh, that's right committing human sacrifices, what cutting their throats, yeah I probably do it on my lunch hour that way I can get back to teaching high school English the rest of the day, that makes perfect sense"
"Where's my dad?" Stiles asked her
"How should I know?" she turned back towards Derek "Derek, tell me you don't believe this"
"Do you know what happened to Stiles' father?" Derek asked her
"No"
"Ask her why she almost killed Lydia" Scott told him
"Lydia Martin, I don't know anything about that"
"What do you know?" Derek asked her
"I know that these boys, for whatever misguided reason are filling your head with an absurd story and one they can't prove, by the way"
"Ask her about Skye?" Scott said through a growl
"What about Skyler"
"Derek ask her why she killed my sister, your mate" Scott growled
"Killed Skye, what are you talking about?" Derek let out a growl of his own
"Then where is she?" he asked her
"I don't know"
"She strangled her with a wolfsbane laced wire" Scott said
"This is ridiculous where is your proof" Ms Blake scoffed "You can't prove any of this"
I walked out and appeared where Derek came from with the red mark still visible on my neck and watched as Ms Blake's entire demeanour change
"Actually, we can" I told her walking up towards Derek and held up a jar and waited for a response
"What is that?"
"Deaton told me it's a poison and a cure" Scott told her as she backed towards the windows
"Which means you can use it and it can be used against you" I added and tossed the jar towards Scott who caught it and opened it
"Mistletoe?" she asked him through gritted teeth and he threw the powder at the teacher and we watched as she transformed into the Darach
"Hmm" I sighed as I grabbed the teacher by her hair and threw her across the loft "That's for nearly killing me, now I'm going to rip you to shreds for touching Derek" before I could get to her Derek pulled her up by the throat "Derek" I snapped as he took my chance of revenge from me
"I'm not gonna let you kill anyone Skye, no matter how much she deserves it, it will tear you apart" Derek responded gripping Jennifer's neck tighter
"Wait, wait" she said "You need me"
"What are you?" Derek growled
"The only person who can save your sister, call Peter, call him!" I reluctantly pulled out my phone and called Peter
"Skye what a surprise" Peter said on the other end
"Peter, how's Cora?"
"It's not good, she's in and out of consciousness, she's vomiting up black blood along with one other alarming substance"
"Mistletoe" I said, looking at Derek
"How did you know that?" Peter asked but I hung up on him and looked back at my mate, Derek glared at the brunette in his hands and gripped her throat tighter, he started to crush her windpipe and she was gasping for air
"Derek, what are you doing?" Scott asked him
"Her life, it's in my hands" she told him as Derek lifted her off the ground
"Stop, Derek stop!" Stiles told him
"Stilinski, you'll never find him" Derek just gripped her tighter and both Scott and Stiles looked at me pleadingly
"Derek" I told him calmly as he clenched his jaw then growled and threw the teacher to the floor
"That's right, you need me, all of you" I rolled my eyes and followed Derek as he dragged her out of the room towards the cars
"Where are you taking me?" she asked him
"The hospital" Derek growled "You're going to cure my sister give us Sheriff Stilinski and then getting the hell out of town" I watched as he all but threw her into the back seat then looked over towards Scott and Stiles who nodded their heads
"We'll be right behind you guys" Scott told me and without another word I got into the passenger seat of Derek's Toyota and stared out the window as he sped towards the hospital but after a few minutes Jennifer's voice rang out in the nearly silent car
"You should know I'm not doing this because I have to, I want to" neither of us responded as Derek continued looking out at the road while I stared out the passenger window "I could still run and you wouldn't have an easy time stopping me, I don't want your sister to die"
"No just his mate" I added while continuing to stare out the window
"I'm only doing what I had to do"
"Shut up" Derek snapped
"You need to hear the whole story Derek, you need to know just how connected we really are" my anger got the better of me and I reached back grabbing one of the teacher's fingers before quickly snapping it she hissed in pain as her finger healed then returned my gaze to the view out of the passenger window
"Stop talking or I'll let her break more than your finger next time" Derek warned her and she didn't talk after that, I felt my heart pounding in my chest in anger
I have never been so angry in my life that I was willing and ready to kill someone, Kate hadn't even set me off like this, I was ready to tear the teacher apart, I watched as Derek shifted slightly away from me and I knew I was practically radiating anger, I was surprised I could stay in control enough to keep my eyes from turning, I felt Derek's eyes shift from the road to me and without moving my gaze I grabbed one of his hands and held it allowing his touch to calm me
Derek parked in front of the hospital and I quickly got out after pulling my hair into a ponytail, while I waited for Derek to pull Ms Blake out of the car, I was soaked from the storm that appeared out of nowhere and if I had to guess it was that she was behind all of it, Derek and Ms Blake came into view so I quickly followed him inside
"What's that?" Scott asked, I turned and looked at Stiles holding our bat, I snorted as Stiles answered
"Well, you guys got claws I got a bat" I quickly caught up with Derek and stood on the other side of Jennifer, I felt the teacher's eyes on me but refused to acknowledge her
"Scott, Skye" Mom called from down the hallway causing everyone to stop "What are you doing here, the hospital's evacuating"
"We're here for Cora" I answered
"What all of you, why does Stiles have my bat?"
"Mom, just trust me on this" Scott said "You need to get out of here, right now" Mom sighed
"The building is supposed to be clear in 30 minutes, we've got two ambulances that are coming back one's ten minutes out, the other's twenty Cora needs to be on one of those, they'll be picking up in the basement garage" Scott nodded
"Got it" Scott and I turned, following the group into the elevator
"You don't have to keep me on a leash, Derek" Ms Blake said "I'm going to help" she turned to me and Scott so we glared at her and turned once more to see Stiles holding his bat up in defence, she rolled her eyes as the elevator door opened, the lights flickered as we walked down the hall and when we came to Cora's room it was empty and a small puddle of black blood was on the floor, I looked at it and noticed a few drops exiting the room
"Derek" I said as my eyes followed the trail to a set of closed doors where there the sound of grunting and sounds of a struggle was coming from, then Peter slid out on his back landing at our feet
"We got a problem" Peter said as he raised his head up "Big problem" we all followed his line of sight, to see voltron Alpha, standing over Cora's body
Derek immediately changed into his wolf form and ran at the Alpha, grabbing him the two began to fight but the Alpha had Derek on the ground in seconds, Scott and I also shifted and went after him each jumping on opposite walls trying to get a good swing at him, we barely missed and the Alpha Twins grabbed both of us by our necks, getting us against the wall I watched as Stiles and Peter took the opportunity to go for Cora
"Ethan, Aiden stop" Scott begged them "You don't know what you're doing"
"All we want is her" The Alpha growled then elevator door binged and we turned, watching Ms Blake get away they dropped Scott and I then they ran towards the elevator, Derek helped me and Scott up and we ran away as the Alpha Twins now pissed off began to chase us
"Don't stop, don't stop!" Derek yelled at us as we entered the morgue examination room, Stiles stopped and went back towards the door as the others ran ahead, I turned seeing him raise up the bat
"Stiles!" I yelled as the Alpha entered and Stiles hit him over the head with the wooden bat, which splintered on impact then Stiles ran back over to us and Scott seeing an opportunity jumped up with a boost from Derek and broke down the hanging light hitting the Alpha with it causing them to be knocked out then Derek, Stiles, Scott and I ran off and met Peter and a still unconscious Cora in another exam room
"Where's the big guy?" Stiles asked
"He's close" Derek said, looking out the door
"What about Ms Blake?" Scott and I shook our heads "What do you mean, what does that mean like she's gone, are you kidding me?"
"Shh, quiet" Derek said
"Me be quiet me huh are you telling me what to do now, when the psychotic, mass murdering woman the second one who's been infatuated with you by the way, has got my dad somewhere tied up waiting to be ritually sacrificed?" Derek's nose flared in anger so I quickly got in between them
"Stiles, they're still out there" I said shutting him up before they found us or for Derek to kill him
"And... and they want her, right which means now we don't have her either, so my dad and Cora are both dead!"
"Not yet" Scott said as he walked over to Peter and Cora "Is she really dying?"
"She's definitely not getting any better" Peter said
"There has to be something that we can do, we have to help her"
"You can't" we turned to see Ms Blake, standing in the doorway "Only I can, I can save her and I can tell you where Sheriff Stilinski is but there is a pack of Alphas in this hospital who want me dead, I'll help you... but only when I'm out of here and safe, only then" Derek threw a metal table over as he and I went to go at her but Scott stopped us
"Wait!" Scott said
"She was trying to get out" Derek exclaimed
"I was trying to keep from getting killed" Ms Blake said "You can't blame me for that"
"Wanna bet" I growled ready to rip her head off
"You talk a big game Skyler but everyone knows deep down you would never kill anyone" I growled and kicked her knee, a sickening crack sounded throughout the room and everyone looked at me slightly shocked, I leaned down and smiled
"I'm pretty sure that was your knee, do you wanna say anything else?" out of the corner of my eye I saw Peter raise an eyebrow at my actions, I felt Derek's hand on my waist as he pulled me closer to him and I knew it was to both calm me and restrain me
"If you want to show you're one of the good guys, then heal her" Stiles cut in and motioned to Cora
"Not until I'm safe"
"I'd like to volunteer a different method of persuasion" Peter said "Let's torture her"
"Works for me" Derek snarled trying to shake Scott off after he stopped Derek again
"As long as I get to help" I said baring my fangs and snapped at her
"Um, can I have your attention?" a voice said coming over the P.A making my features turn to normal, it was our Mom "Mr Deucalion... excuse me, just Deucalion...requests you bring the woman calling herself Jennifer Blake to the E.R. reception, do this and everyone else can leave, you have ten minutes" with that she was gone, Scott and I looked at each other
"He's not gonna hurt her" Ms Blake said
"Shut up" Derek and I said at the same time, I was on the verge of tears now
"He won't!" she exclaimed and looked over at Scott "Scott, you know why tell them it's true"
"What does she mean?" I looked down at the floor already knowing it was true, the conversation I had with Scott earlier today ran through my mind, Deucalion wouldn't risk hurting Scott in fear of turning him away from the pack, it's the same with me, Kali might want Derek dead but Deucalion knew that if Derek was gone I would never join them, I heard Ms Blake huff in annoyance that Scott wasn't saying anything
"You're not the only one he wants in his pack Derek"
"Yeah he wants Skye too" Stiles nodded "We already know that"
"Let me rephrase that" she sighed looking at Derek again "You and Skye aren't the only ones he wants in his pack, Deucalion doesn't just want an Alpha pack, he wants perfection that means adding the rarest of Alphas to his ranks and there are two incredibly rare Alphas in this room" Scott looked over at me
"A true Alpha" Peter breathed out
"What's that?" Stiles asked looking at both Scott and me waiting for one of us to answer
"The kind that doesn't have to steal their power from another, they can rise by the force of their own will, our little Scott and Skyler" I shook my head
"Just Scott not me" I replied
"Then how are you…your ability" Peter realized, I nodded my head and didn't look at him "How rare is your ability?"
"Rare" I answered trying to stay vague with him
"She's the first of her kind to become an Alpha" Ms Blake added, I narrowed my eyes as I glared at her
"Thank you for that"
"You've got to be kidding me…an empathic werewolf in our very presence" Peter scoffed
"An empathic Alpha" Ms Blake added and I growled fed up with her
"Aren't you the lucky one Derek?"
"It doesn't matter" Scott said "We still need to get her out of here" he looked over at Jennifer
"Scott, mom..." I trailed off
"Mom said there's one more ambulance coming in twenty minutes and I don't think we've been here that long, so if we can get down to the garage, get to the last ambulance, we can get out of here"
"The evil twins aren't gonna let us just walk out" Peter said cutting in
"I'll distract them" Scott replied
"You mean fight them" Derek added
"Whatever I have to do" Derek nodded before shooting a glance at me
"I'll help you" Derek replied
"Uh, sorry but I'm not going anywhere without you, Derek" Ms Blake added, I growled and started to advance towards the teacher but Peter was quick to hold me back
"I'll do it" Peter said struggling to hold me back, I stopped moving at his words "But I'd prefer to be out there with an advantage"
"An advantage like what?" Stiles asked "You mean like a weapon?"
"Something better than a baseball bat" I moved from Peter's grip and began helping everyone look for something Peter could use, I started looking through the drug cabinets hoping something would be there
"Hey wait!" Stiles called out "What about these?" he held up the defibrillator paddles and showed them to everyone
"Do you know how to use those?" Derek asked him
"Well, no"
"Put 'em down" Derek ordered and Stiles did as he was told
"Epinephrine?" Scott called out, an idea popped into my head as Scott said the drug's name because I recognised it and I knew what it could do
"That's only gonna make him stronger" Derek shook his head
"Exactly" I whispered grabbing the syringe from him
"How strong?" Peter asked as I walked up to him
"Let's find out" I shoved the syringe into his chest Peter gasped staring at me in shock "That's for all the crap you've ever pulled, enjoy" I pushed down on the plunger and Peter went stiff and walked out of the room in a cold sweat, Scott following him while Derek scooped up Cora
Derek, Stiles, Ms Blake and I heard the sounds of a struggle and a lot of growling and took that as our cue so we exited the room as quickly as we could making our way down to the garage and saw an ambulance still waiting there
"It's still here!" Stiles exclaimed as we ran over and opened the back of the ambulance, Derek and Stiles set Cora on the gurney but I noticed Ms Blake walking away so I followed her but before I could reach her I stopped and sniffed the air catching a scent
"What is it?" she asked me, I shot her a glare before slowly walking towards the driver's side
"Blood" I responded staring at the bloodied body of the driver "Derek, over here" I called out and he walked over to us, seeing the body of the dead paramedic lying on the ground, we walked closer but stopped when we heard a voice
"Julia" Kali taunted and walked out from the front of the ambulance, the keys to the ambulance twirling around her finger "It is you"
"You two can't beat her on your own" Ms Blake mumbled as I heard Stiles close the doors to the ambulance and lock them
"Wow thanks for the vote of confidence" I snapped
"That's why we're gonna run" Derek sighed ignoring my comment and grabbed my hand, we took off running leading Kali away from Stiles and Cora back inside the building
"Wait, wait the elevator!" Ms Blake yelled
Derek and I looked as Kali came from another door and made our way to the elevator, I was there first holding the doors open and watched Derek shove a gurney towards Kali, I reached out for him as the doors began closing Derek grabbed my hand and I pulled him in colliding into the back wall of the elevator just as the doors closed and heard Kali hit the metal doors
We were panting waiting for the shock to wear off and Derek pulled me to his chest and kissed the top of my head, I clenched my fists and grabbed the back of his shirt when the lights began to flicker and the elevator stopped moving then everything went black for a few seconds before the emergency lights turned on
"You've got to be kidding me" I growled, Derek pulled the elevator doors apart but there wasn't enough room for anyone but me to get out and I knew what he was going to say before he said it
"Skye come here…" Derek started motioning me forward
"No" I interrupted him "Derek, I'm not leaving you with her"
"Is that really necessary, Skyler?" Ms Blake sighed looking at me but I growled and let my eyes flash blood red for a second, Derek walked back over to the back wall
"Completely necessary" I growled as Derek looked up towards the service hatch
"If you're thinking service hatch, they bolt from the outside so you'd have to break it" Jennifer told him
"So?" he asked her
"All you'd end up doing is creating a lot of noise, telling them exactly where we are"
"Kali already knows"
"Not necessarily, she saw that we got in but she might not know that we didn't get out" I sighed
"As much as I would love to be optimistic about that…Kali isn't that stupid, the power went out like thirty seconds after we got in okay, no elevator ride is that short, even if you're going up one floor" Derek nodded agreeing with me
"And if I get through then we can go to another floor" Derek added
"Or you'd end up fighting them alone in an elevator shaft" Jennifer argued, I looked at Derek
"Yeah no, don't do that"
"They'll rip my head off before you even have a chance to land a punch"
"Oh…well if that's the case, Derek break that thing fast" I smiled and laughed, the teacher threw a glare towards me
"You seriously want them to kill me, without me Stilinski will never be found and Cora will die"
"I've got an IQ of 180, I think I can figure something out I'm guessing Stiles dad is somewhere along the telluric currents but not just anywhere…guardians will be your final sacrifice and only after it's complete will you take on Deucalion, so you would need to have them at the most powerful spot, my guess it's where you're drawing your power and/or energy from" I replied and Jennifer looked like she was about to murder me and of course Derek, seeing this let out a warning growl and stepped between the two of us then turned and kissed me on the temple before whispering so only I could hear
"That's my girl" I smiled up at him as he kissed my forehead before sighing "Someone needs to get the backup generator running again" Derek pulled out his phone and texted someone as soon as it was sent he leaned against the back wall and I was quick to lean against him and sighed contently when his arms wrapped around my waist but a minute later his phone vibrated causing me to squeak in surprise and let out a quiet giggle
"That felt a little weird" he chuckled and pulled out his phone
"Scott says, don't move on our way"
"Oh Scott, always the genius…it's not like we can go anywhere" I replied resting back against him and Derek only kissed my temple in response, I closed my eye and went over all the information I'd learnt over the last few days but a lot didn't make sense, after a few minutes of silence I sighed
"What's wrong?" Derek asked me
"Just thinking…"
"About?"
"It just doesn't make sense…"
"Talk me through it" Derek sighed
"I don't think Deucalion actually cares if I'm part of his pack or not" I replied looking up at him
"Why?"
"He would never hurt Mom or me because of how badly he wants Scott but if he really wanted me too then you couldn't be hurt either, Kali is dead set on killing you and Deucalion is just going to let her, if he wanted me to be an Alpha and be in his pack as badly as she claims he does" I said nodding at Ms Blake "Then he wouldn't risk you getting killed, he knows that if you're gone and someone from his pack kills you there is absolutely no way I'd join"
"Okay…isn't that a good thing though?"
"No…it's worse" I replied
"How?" he asked and Ms Blake sighed
"It means she just discovered how expendable you two are, have you heard anything?" I rolled my eyes when the teacher spoke up but neither of us responded to her
"This situation just became so much more worse than we had anticipated" I sighed, Derek pulled out his phone and looked to see if there were any new messages
"Derek, Skye" Jennifer started "I know what you're thinking" I grabbed his phone and looked at the screen saver
"When did you take this?" I asked seeing a photo of me, with my eyes closed, hair framing my face and a sweet smile on my face
"You're thinking that I'm using you and everything that has happened between us is a lie" Derek sighed
"After our first night together"
"Or that I'm evil, a bitch"
"I don't remember you taking this" I sighed desperately trying to ignore the teacher
"You were asleep" Derek told me
"But I hope you're not thinking the most superficial thought" Jennifer continued as if we weren't trying to ignore her "Is that her real face, the slashed, mutilated face revealed by the mistletoe, is that what she really looks like?"
"ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME" I snapped and turned around quickly pinning Ms Blake to the wall "Do you honestly think anyone gives a shit about your looks, you really wanna know what I'm thinking, I'm thinking I'm stuck in a freaking elevator with the bitch who nearly killed me tonight and tried to seduce my mate so the only thing I'm thinking about is how much I want to do is rip your throat out" Derek pulled me away from Jennifer and sat down on the floor of the elevator keeping me sitting between his legs and his arms wrapped securely around me
"If you're smart you won't rile her up again" Derek sighed kissing my temple when I let out a growl, Jennifer let out a small sigh and stood at the other corner
"Julia Baccari, that was my name"
"We don't care" Derek told her
"I guess I should have changed it to something with different first letters, I think I read somewhere that people always pick aliases that are subconsciously derivative of their original name it's a way of not completely letting go of your identity, since your name is so tied to your sense of self, so is your face you know the one that's supposed to be staring back at you when you look in a mirror, not some hacked up atrocity you can't even recognize"
"We still don't care" Derek snapped but Jennifer looked at him undeterred
"But I bet you're curious, I bet you wonder exactly what happened"
"You were an emissary, they tried killing you along with the rest of the pack, mystery solved"
"I was Kali's emissary"
"Oh yeah…I can totally see that" I scoffed
"I was the one she couldn't kill" we sat in silence for a minute or so before Jennifer spoke again making me roll my eyes "For years, the Nemeton's power was virtually gone, like the dying ember of a burned out fire but a few months earlier, something happened that caused that ember to glow a little brighter something that gave it a spark of power again, the sacrifice of a virgin" Derek and I both tensed realizing exactly what she was talking about "You didn't know what you were doing back then but killing Paige in the root cellar, sacrificing her there, gave power to the Nemeton"
I turned around and sat on my knees facing Derek, I could feel not only his anger rising but how much this conversation hurt him, I placed my hands on his face and gently allowed my thumbs to brush against his cheeks, Derek locked his green eyes on me allowing me to comfort him
"You gave it power again" Jennifer continued "You gave me power, just enough to hold on to life a little longer, long enough to be found"
Derek dropped his head and took several deep breaths, I gently kissed his head and snuggled closer to him knowing it was what he needed and he rested his head on top of mine while I laid comfortably on his shoulder
"Thank you" he whispered to me
"Anytime" I whispered back
"You know mistletoe is important to Druids but do you know the myth of why people kiss under mistletoe?" Ms Blake asked
"No" Derek said, I sighed
"Yes it's a Norse myth, Balder the son of Odin was the most beloved by the other Gods so much that they wanted to protect him from all the dangers in the world, his mother Frigg took an oath from fire and water, metal, stone and every living thing that they would never hurt Balder, at a gathering they tested him stones, arrows and flame were all hurled at him, nothing worked but there was one god who wasn't so enamoured of Balder, the god of mischief Loki, Loki discovered that Frigg had forgotten to ask mistletoe, a tiny seemingly harmless plant and completely overlooked, Loki fashioned a dart out of mistletoe and it killed Balder, Frigg was heartbroken she decreed that mistletoe would never again be used as a weapon and that she would place a kiss on anyone who passed under it so now we hang mistletoe underneath our door during the holidays so that we will never overlook it again, what does that have to do with anything?" I asked her angrily, Jennifer nodded
"We were the overlooked, the emissaries it was a mistake Deucalion and the Alphas should never have made, because I made an oath of my own, from virgins and warriors, from healers, philosophers and guardians, to loan me their power so that I could teach these monsters that their monstrous actions would never be overlooked"
"You killed innocent people" Derek replied, I could sense the detest and anger coming from him
"And Mr Harris" I added, Derek looked at me with an eyebrow raised "Oh come on…Harris has never been innocent and you know it, he still didn't deserve to die though"
"You've killed innocent people too, Derek" Jennifer said ignoring me "I know the real colour of your eyes and I know what it means, I also know you never told Skye that your mate bond only made her abilities grow" I placed a light kiss on his neck trying to comfort him "I'm not asking you to save just my life, I'm asking you to save everyone they'll ever hurt again"
"You can't beat them" Derek told her
"Are you sure about that, Skyler do you know what happens to a werewolf during a lunar eclipse?" I shook my head
"I'm guessing since the moon is hidden by the Earth's shadow that it can't be good"
"You know don't you, Derek what happens during the total lunar eclipse?"
"We lose all our power" Derek answered and I pulled away from him to look at him
"What?" I asked, my eyes going wide "I thought the moon was supposed to amplify our powers"
"Not during the eclipse, it has the opposite effect, it's the closet to human we'll ever be"
"Tell her what else it's used for" Jennifer said, I looked back up at Derek, he sighed
"The lunar eclipse is used for multiple things, family's get together for total protection from their enemies, it's also used as a time for mates to be together to further solidify their bond and some even say it is the most ideal time to conceive for werewolves, because our bodies aren't in hyper drive" Derek's phone buzzed and he looked at it "They've got a plan"
We quickly read the text and started to work, Derek opened the doors fully while Jennifer took off her shoes, Allison appeared at the opening of the elevator and we handed her the shoes then she put them on and started running, Derek closed the elevator doors back causing a clang and as the power soon came back on he pushed a floor button, looking at me then pulled me to his side, I turned back to Ms Blake but instead of seeing her, I saw the Darach and I let out a gasp as everything went black