" Alright, Uncle Noah, I'll get to school on time tomorrow" I told him as I can see that he is worried about me,
" I'll see you after for dinner" Noah tells me as he hugs me close, he isn't just worried about me, he is worried about my child, him being a great uncle,
" I promise" I said as I smiled as I felt my five month belly, I smiled, I see Derek had parked the hummer in the front, he got rid of the camaro, which made me sad,
" Hey you" He whispered into my ear, he felt my belly, I placed my hand over it, Derek opens the car door and lets me get inside,
" C'mon Derek" I said as I buckled up, he got to the driver side and then he began driving to his new place, the loft,
" Anything on the Alpha Pack?" I asked as he sighed,
" Nothing, they are in hiding" Derek replied as I sighed, I can't stress and won't allow myself to.
" Senior girl tomorrow" Derek whispered as we got to the garage on the lower levels, I got out of the car and Derek picked me up,
" Don't do that" I chuckled as we got to the elevator, Derek held me close and I loved it so much, I felt a small series of kicks,
" He's kicking" Derek grumbled as he nuzzled my neck, I rolled my eyes,
" So it's a he this time?" I asked as he made his eyes glow,
" You're the one who decided to have our child as a surprise" He snipped at me, he nips my neck, and I purred against him, feeling his facial hair on my neck, giving
me beard burn.
" Let's get you to bed" Derek told me as he opened the door to the loft, I walked carefully to the bed, I removed my clothes, I soon felt arms wrapping around my
body,
" I thought I needed sleep?" I asked as I felt Derek against my body,
" Yes you do" Derek whispered as I shrugged, I proceeded to lay down, I felt the right side of the bed dip, then Derek's body pressed against my back,
" Good night Der" I told him as I rolled my eyes, I felt Derek's arm go to my midsection and caress the baby bump, I closed my eyes to get some sleep,
Darkness began to surround me, screams loud and clear in my ears,
' Prepare for everything to change' a voice told me, I turned around, my claws were out and ready to tear anything apart, I see glowing white eyes staring at me,
' Where are you' I snarled, I made my arms cross over and unleash a wave of fire, the figure screamed before turning into ash, but it rose again, then flings dust at
me,
' You will bow to me' It snarled before disappearing,
" Huh ?" I asked as I was being shaken awake, Derek's green eyes staring into my own, I sighed, but sat up, feeling a series of kicks again,
" Here's going to hell again" I told myself, I see Derek with my bag and some clothes, I felt his hand caressing my cheek, I looked up at him and felt his lips kissing
me, I pressed my lips into his more, but pulled away,
" Thank you for being with me" Derek whispered as I smiled, I got dressed,
" You're my mate, and I love you, nothing can part us" I told him as he felt my bump, a kick landed on his hand.
" So active" Derek told me as I got my leather jacket on me, I went to the kitchen and got an apple,
" Let me drive you" Derek growled in my ear, so seductive, yet so caring, I chuckled before going to the door, I zipped up my jacket to cover my bump,
" I don't want to be late" I told him, he chuckled before we go down the elevator then to the hummer, I feel him behind me and inhaling my scent,
" I love it when my scent surrounds you" He whispered before I got into the car, the drive to school was silent, but I felt Derek's hand rubbing my bump, our love for
my baby was so full and sealed. We parked in front of the school, I sighed before I feel Derek placing a hand on my cheek, I looked at him and kissed him hard,
Derek pressed into the kiss more, then pulled back,
" I hate being away from you" I told him as I felt a kick again,
" If you ever need me to pick you up, just ask and I will be there" He told me as I see Stiles parking his jeep,
" Thank you" I told him, he kissed my forehead and then I got out of the jeep, I closed the door and watched him leave, I walked up to Stiles,
" So how was summer?" Stiles asked as I patted my jacket, which kept my bump hidden,
" Surreal" I told him, I had to keep the Alpha Pack out of Stiles and Scott's knowledge for as long as I could.
" So how's the SourWolf's spawn?" He asked, I turned to him and flipped him the bird, he chuckled at that,
" I'm glad you grew your hair out" I told him, he had his hair spiked a bit,
" And you did as well" Stiles replied as I smiled, my hair had grown out to my lower back, and it's redder.
" The baby is fine, four more moths till I pop" I replied, he smiled then hugged me, I smelt Scott's scent, he walked up to Stiles and I,
" So what's up with you two?" Scott asked as I smiled,
" Spending the summer with Derek gave me a lot to think about" I told him, I felt a kick and winced, Scott saw this,
" What was that?" He asked as I placed a hand on my bump,
" Just the baby kicking up a storm" I replied as he smiled, the three of us walked into the school.
" I want to ask Derek for help" Scott said as we got through the doors,
" You wanna ask Derek for help? Why, why?" Stiles asked as I know he didn't really like Stiles, but he put up with him for my sake,
" He's got the triskele tattooed on his back. So there has to be a way to do it without healing, right?" Scott asked as I nodded,
" I have a tattoo and it healed, but I had a way to make it show" I told the wolf boy,
" Okay, yeah, but still, doesn't he have his hands a little full?" Stiles asked as I see pictures of Erica and Boyd missing posters, I growled lowly, but a voice grabbed
my attention.
" Look, these are the applications for the career adviser. I need them sorted. And whatever happened to the library while I was gone, I want it cleared up." Principal
Rowen said, but I see he has something,
" And what the hell is this?" He asked, he had Gerard's broad sword, I looked at my cousin then Scott,
" Go, go, go." Stiles told him, I darted away, but found Allison and Lydia, she smiles at me,
" So how's your baby?" She asked as I unzipped my jacket, I felt a kick as I rubbed my child,
" Kicking a hell of a storm" I told her, Lydia smiles at me, but I can see Allison with an apologetic look on her face.
" Freshmen. Tons and tons of fresh men." Lydia said as I see her scouting the boys, I decide to hide my scent, an ability that had recently developed, but I didn't do it
on purpose, my inner HellCat did it for me,
" You mean fresh boys. Lydia, they're 14." Allison said as Lydia shrugs, she's innocent, but immune to an Alpha Bite, Kanima Venom and mountain ash so I was stuck
on it for now.
" Eh, some are more mature than others." Lydia said as she was checking her make up,
" You know, it's okay to be single. Focus on yourself for a little while, work on becoming a better person." Allison said as I can smell her fear, yet under it sorrow,
" Allison, I love you. So if you need to do that thing where we talk about me and pretend like we're not actually talking about you, it's totally fine." Lydia said as I felt
a chill, so I zip up my jacket,
" But I don't want a boyfriend. I want a distraction." Lydia says as I chuckled, but I smelt something new, make it double, I see Lydia smirking, so I turned around to
see two boys walking, they had helmets in hand,
" Brothers?" Allison asked as they reeked of leather, musk and worst wolf scent, Alphas?
" Twins." Lydia said dreamily, if these two were part of the Alpha Pack, I would have to tell Derek, I shut my locker and went to class, I sat behind Stiles, I had
English with Scott, Stiles, Lydia and Allison, even as a Senior, I would have to complete this class to graduate,
" Is someone... no." Allison's voice made me look up from my phone, I had a picture of Derek reading a book on my bed, but a text came up in my phone,
"The offering was barred by a black bank of clouds and the tranquil waterway", leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed somber under an overcast sky,
seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness." The english teacher said as I see on the board is her name, Ms. Blake,
" This is the last line to the first book we are going to read. It is also the last text you will receive in this class. Phones off, everyone." She told us, I turned my phone
off and got to reading my book, a few minutes passed, the baby was kicking up a storm, but as I placed a hand there, it relaxed,
" Mr. McCall?" The teacher asked, I see Scott gathering his stuff, then walked out with her, so I just continued to read,
" Hey, Lydia. What is that? Is that from the accident?" Stiles asked the strawberry blonde, I smelt some blood, it was coming from her ankle,
" No. Prada bit me." She whispered over to him.
" Your dog?" Stiles asked as I rolled her eyes,
" No, my designer handbag." She said as I slightly chuckled,
" Yes, my dog." She replied to this, I felt tired, my baby was sapping some of my energy on a daily basis, but I would shake it off,
" Okay. What if it's, like, the same thing as the deer? You know, like, how animals start acting weird right before an earthquake or something?" Stiles told her, that is
true, animals can infact sense both natural and supernatural events,
" Meaning what? There's gonna be an earthquake?" Lydia asked as I feel my spine shift, like a sudden chill times ten,
" Or something. I just... maybe it means something's coming. Something bad." Stiles told her, I felt the urge to shift, but why? I held myself down,
" It was a deer and a dog. What's that thing you say about threes? Once, twice..." Lydia said before I heard something hit the window, a splat of blood, I see walk
over to the window, birds begin to hit the windows then break through,
" Get down, everyone! Get down, down. Get down! Get down!" The teacher cries out, I feel someone pulling me down, and into their chest,
" Stiles" I cried out as he held both Lydia and I to him, soon the birds stopped, I got up to see them dead on the ground.
" I officially hate birds" I growled as Stiles rubs my back, calming me, I watched as my uncle was interviewing students,
" Mr. Argent, you wouldn't have any insight into this, would you?" Sheriff asked as Chris looked at him,
" I'm sorry. I-I could've sworn I overheard my son and niece talking about how you were an experienced hunter." He said as I see Chris smiling,
" Stiles call Scott" I told him, he nods and we go out into the hallway, I got my phone and my bag,
" We got a serious problem at school. Ms. Blake's class..." Stiles told him as I heard Scott's voice,
" hey, can you tell me about it later?" Scott's voice sounded weary,
" Well, no, pretty sure this qualifies for immediate discussion." Stiles told him through the phone,
" OK then meet me at Derek's, bring Jace" Scott told Stiles, wait why Derek's
" Derek's house? What the hell are you doing at..." I asked before grabbing the phone from my cousin,
" Just meet us here, okay?" Scott told us before he hung up, I sighed,
" Let's see what he has done" I groaned as I felt a particularly hard kick, the drive over to Derek's was quiet, but when we got there, I saw Derek was looking at
Scott's arm,
" Hey hun" I said as I wrapped my arms around his neck,
" Hello" He replied before I see Derek huffing.
" Yeah, I see it. It's two bands, right? What does it mean?" Derek asked, I see Scott looking up art me, I tilted my head at this,
" I don't know. It's just something I traced with my fingers." Scott said before he traced two circles into the dust on a table,
" Why is this so important to you?" I asked Scott, he sighs,
" Do you know what the word "tattoo" means?" Scott asked as he looked at me,
" To mark something." Stiles informed Derek and I, but we already have tattoos.
" Well, that's in Tahitian. In Samoan, it means "open wound."I knew I wanted to get a tattoo when I turned 18. I always wanted one. I just decided to get it now, to
make it kind of a reward." Scott informs us, wait he did this as a reward,
" For what?" I asked as I can smell tension on him, as if he was barraging himself,
" For not calling or texting Allison all summer. Even when I really wanted to, even when it was so hard not to sometimes. I was trying to give her the space she
wants. Goin' four months later, it still hurts. It still feels like a, uh..." Scott told us, oh so thats what he means,
" like an open wound." Stiles replied as Scott nods his head,
" The pain's gonna be worse than anything you've ever felt." Derek said as he got the blow torch out and light it.
" Ah, that's great." Stiles said as he was squeamish about anything to do with pain, Scott nods at this,
" Oh, wow. That's a... that's a lot for me. So I'm gonna take that as my cue. I'm just gonna wait outside." Stiles said as he moves but Derek grabs my cousin's arm,
" Nope. You can help hold him down. Jace is going outside" Derek told him, so I do go outside, I soon hear the pain filled screams, as they stopped I went inside, I
see a body, is that...
" Isaac?" I asked before rushing over to him,
" Yeah it's Isaac" Derek replied as I see herb's by his head,
" Was it.. you know them?" I asked in a low voice, Derek nods and I felt like crying, but I see Scott wakes up, I see the bands on his arms.
" It worked." Scott said as he got up, Stiles walks with him, I stayed by Derek side,
" You smell of fear? what happened?" He asked as I shuttered, I feel his hand caress my cheek,
" Birds broke into the English room and attacked" I told him, he kisses me slowly and with emotion, he pulls back and holds me close,
" Thank you" I told him as I see Scott opening the door,
" You painted the door. Why'd you paint the door?" Scott asked as I feel Derek tense up,
" Go home, Scott." Derek told him, but I know Scott, he can be sometimes damn stubborn.
" And why only one side?" Scott asked, I see his claws forming and he scratches the paint off, Derek and I go to him, but it was too late, the symbol was now known,
" The birds at school and the deer last night... just like the night I got trampled by the deer when I got bit by the Alpha. How many are there?" Scott asked as he
looked at us,
" A pack of 'em. An Alpha pack." I told Scott and Stiles, my cousin looked a bit angry,
" All of them? How does that even work?" He asked as he looked at Derek with such emotion, ones that weren't good.
" I hear there's some kind of a leader. He's called Deucalion. We know they have Boyd and Erica." Derek told them, I shuddered,but relaxed,
" Peter, Isaac, and I have been looking for him for the last four months. I have had Jace stay behind with either of them when I and another one of us were
searching" Derek told Scott, who looked a bit out of it as if focused about this on some level,
" Let's say you find them. How do you deal with an Alpha pack?" Scott asked as Derek sighed at this,
" With all the help I can get." Derek told him, I heard a noise behind me,
" Where is she? Where's the girl?" Isaac asked as he looked a bit out of it,
" What girl?" I asked as he gulped, he looked as if he went through something,
" The twins, they attacked" He told me, I then looked at Derek, he looked concerned at this development.