I watched as my mate was going through book after book, he wouldn't stop he had told me to try to find a weakness to the Kanima, I soon
saw Erica and Boyd standing near the stairs, I get up and Derek looks at our betas, he watched them with a bit of anger,
"You decided. When?" Derek asked as I leaned on a beam,
"Tonight." Erica says as she inspects her nails,
"Everyone's gonna be at the game. We figured it was the best time." Boyd says as I just feel like baring my fangs, but I hold it,
" It's not like we want to." She sneered at me as I saw Blake walking in and reading one of the books,
"What do you want?" I asked her as I felt my eyes glow,
"Since I just turned 16 a month ago, I wouldn't mind getting my license. I can't do that if I'm dead, you know." Erica says as I growled lowly,
making my eyes glow.
"Well, we told you there was a price." I told her as I growled, but Boyd stepped forward about two steps,
"Yeah, but you didn't say it would be like this. " Boyd said as he make me bare my fangs, but I tried to hold back my inner wolf,
"Yeah, but I told you how to survive. You do it as a pack. And you're not a pack without an Alpha." I said as I punched the wall leaving a hole in it, my claws showing for my werewolf form,
"We know." Boyd said as I huffed more and more, trying to stay in control,
"You wanna look for another pack? How are you even gonna find one? " I asked as Derek was by my side, I could feel my spinal bumps
growing, I gave them power damn it,
"We think we already did. " Boyd says as he looked outside then back at me.
"Like all of a sudden we heard all this howling. It was unbelievable. " Erica said smiling as I flex my claws more and more,
"There must have been a dozen of them. " Boyd says as I gruff, hunters were doing this obviously,
"Yeah, or maybe only two. You know what the Beau Geste effect is? If they modulate their howls with a rapid shift in tone, 2 wolves can sound
like 20." I said with a slight growl as they shrug, what, they aren't listening,
"Look that doesn't matter, okay? There's another pack out there. There's got to be. We've made up our minds. " Erica said as I felt like
attacking the female, but I restrained myself really hard, Derek was rubbing my back,
"Yeah, we lost, Derek and Jace. And it's over. We're leaving. " Boyd said as I let out a snarl, I slam my fist into another door,
"No. No, you're running. And once you start, you don't stop. You'll always be running.
" I said before leaning on the table then huffing as I let anger out, but relaxing as I feel Derek's kiss on my cheek then temple.
"we can't win this" I growled as I scented someone familiar, I throw a glass shard after looking at it, I turn to see a undead person holding the
shard at his neck as if he caught it,
"I expected a slightly warmer welcome. But point taken." Peter says as I flash my eyes at him. Blake growls at Peter as he walks towards me, as I
was right now 11 weeks pregnant, I growled hard,
"It's quite a situation you've got yourself in here, Derek and Jace. I mean, I'm out of commission for a few weeks and suddenly there's lizard
people, geriatric psychopaths, and you're cooking up werewolves out of every self - esteem - deprived adolescent in town." Peter says as Blake
growls,
"Ah Blake last time I saw you, I remember you protecting your niece and her child that grows in her womb, it's a new generation of Hale's and
Lyuka's" He grins as I can see his piercing blue eyes,
"You have no business here Omega" Blake says as I see his fangs appear, his claws growing out to protect me,
"What do you want?" Derek asked as Peter smiled at him,
"Well, I want to help. You're my nephew. The only relative that I have left. You know, there's still a lot that I can teach you. Can we just talk?"
Peter asked as he placed a hand on his shoulder, Derek looked at it and I let out growls as I was beginning to unleash my humanoid wolf form,
"Sure. Let's talk." Derek says as I pounce on Peter, slamming my legs into his stomach, sending him crashing into the rails,
"Ah I see Jace has unlocked the humanoid wolf" Peter says as what left of my clothing falls off my body,
"Get her some clothes" Derek called to Blake as I growled hard, I saw Blake hand me some clothes, I changed and as I got back I saw Derek
punching Peter hard,
"You don't actu - actually think that I want to be the Alpha again, do you? That wasn't my finest performance, considering it ended in my
death. I mean, I'm usually more - okay, go ahead!" Peter says as Derek holds Peter's collar,
"Come on, do it. Hit me, hit me. I can see that it's cathartic for you. You're letting go of all the anger, self - loathing, and hatred that comes with
total and complete failure. I may be the one taking the beating, Derek, but you've already been beaten. So, go ahead. Hit me if it will make you
feel better. After all, I did say that I wanted to help." Peter said as I looked at my mate, he was having an internal struggle with himself, but he
let his uncle go and walked to my side and kissed me hard, as if letting frustration out by kissing me, I pressed back and soon placed my hands
on his chest, he calmed down then placed his forehead on mine.
"You can't help me." Derek said as I looked at the undead wolf, he smirks, but it falters as Blake makes his eyes glow at the cunning yet lone
werewolf. I sat with Derek on the steps as Blake was on my right side,
" You both tried to build your pack. You tried to prepare for the worst. You weren't ready. Because of it, Gerard is winning. He's taking his time.
He's toying with Scott. He's going after your wolves, one by one. He's relishing in his victory." Peter said to both of us, but I left my fangs grow
and growl more at him.
"How about you tell me something I don't know?" I growled at him.
"Oh, I'm going to. And it's gonna prove why you both should trust me. Why you need to trust me. Because I'm going to tell you how to stop
Jackson." He said looking at Derek, I looked up and snapped my jaws.
"What do you mean? Know how to kill him?" I said hopeful, he needs to die if the Kanima is killing innocent people, he needs to die.
"Actually, how to save him. There's a myth that you can cure a werewolf simply by calling out its Christian name." Peter started and I made my
eyes glow, I got up and roared lowly, making Peter submit, but got up as I sat by Derek's side,
"It's just a myth." I growled at him while the baby moved inside me, I smiled but was being more protective of my baby, my mate and my
uncle.
"Sometimes myths and legends bear a hint of truth. Our name is a symbol of who we are. The kanima has no identity. That's why it doesn't
seek a pack. It seeks a master." Derek spoke up , I growled at the wolf, wanting him to disappear.
"And who else grows up with no pack? No identity?" Peter asked, I had to think, but what is this? Riddles by Peter fucking Hale?
"An orphan." I said holding my belly, my baby will not be an orphan.
"Like Jackson. And right now, his identity is disappearing beneath a reptilian skin and you need to bring him back." Peter continued, I growled
as he smirked, making him submit and shut up would be music to my ears, but he won't shut up.
"Through his heart. How else?" Peter yelled at me, I growled this time, making my fingers grow their claws and fangs bare themselves.
"You know, in case you hadn't noticed, Jackson doesn't really have too much of a heart to begin with." I growled as I gained control over
myself, Blake also growled at Peter for yelling at me.
"Not true. He'd never admit it, but there is one person. One young lady with whom Jackson shared a real bond. One person who can reach
him. Who can save him."Peter spoke up, wait the banshee that he bit to make her into a banshee.
"Lydia." I said quietly, but it was loud enough for Peter to hear, he smiled at me,
"Your best ally has always been anger, now it's your mate, Derek, but what you lack most is a heart. That's why you've always known that you
need Scott more than anyone. And even somebody as burned and dead on the inside as me knows better than to underestimate the simple
yet undeniable power of human love." Peter said as I just lay my head on Derek's shoulder.