Derek and I have done nothing but search in books for most of the night. But it's been 10 hours since we started the research, but I got a nap in with Derek's persistence.
" There has to be something in here." I say as I bite into a sandwich. I was more than irritated about not finding anything about the Kanima. I yawned as I soon saw both Boyd and Erica come into the Hale Manor.
" You decided. When?" Derek said before turning to them. I got up and crossed my arms.
" Tonight." She replied as she stood next to Boyd.
" Everyone's gonna be at the game. We figured it was the best time." Boyd says as I can see they stand strong with the decision they have made for themselves.
" It's not like we want to." Erica says as I huffed.
" Why? What do you want out of it!" I say as I feel Derek's hand on my stomach.
" 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." She says as I see Derek stepping in front of me. He was practically asserting himself as the Alpha.
" Well, I told you there was a price." Derek says as I see them stand firm.
" Yeah, but you didn't say it would be like this." Boyd practically barked back at us.
" Yeah, but I told you how to survive. You do it as a pack." I say as I let myself shift, letting the Fuchsumhang out. The power flowing through my veins.
" And you're not a pack without an Alpha." Derek says as I take my hand in his. I can feel his power flow.
" We know." Boyd explained as Derek growled a little.
" You wanna look for another pack? How are you even gonna find one?" I say as the Fuchsumhang dispels.
" We think we already did." Boyd explains as I quirked my head. I shift back as they looked surprised.
" Like all of a sudden we heard all this howling. It was unbelievable." Erica says as a smile lay placed upon her face. Howling? It has to be a trick.
" There must have been a dozen of them." Boyd says as I can feel the exhilarating feeling coming off of him.
" Maybe more." Erica jumped onto Boyd's explanation.
" Yeah, or maybe only two. You know what the Beau Geste effect is?" I asked as they looked confused.
" If they modulate their howls with a rapid shift in tone, 2 wolves can sound like 20." Derek explained fully. They didn't look to be persuaded.
" Look that doesn't matter, okay? There's another pack out there. There's got to be. We've made up our minds." Erica says as they looked ready to leave. We can't lose them.
" Yeah, we lost, Derek. And it's over. We're leaving." Boyd said as he had Erica by his side.
" No. No, you're running. And once you start, you don't stop. You'll always be running." I said as I let my eyes change.
My father and I ran from Kate. Thought we could escape her. We came home to Beacon Hills! But bitch came back! Killed my father, she poisoned my mother while I was in the womb! But I came out fine! But now! I growled as my Fuchsumhang came out.
Now I wish I could have done what Peter had done and tore her throat out with my claws! I snarled at them, they looked afraid.
When you run, you lose people. They die! I growled as I felt my blood boiling. However, I let myself cool down enough for my Fuchsumhang to dispel. I turned away and just heard them leave. Derek came over and pulled me into his arms.
" We won't lose to them." Derek whispered. I huffed before grabbing a piece of glass in my hands. I smelt a familiar smell. I quickly got out of Derek's arms and threw the shard. Yet the guest caught it, but it was against his neck. Peter fucking Hale!
" I expected a slightly warmer welcome. But point taken." Peter says as he lets the glass shard fall.
" It's quite a situation you've got yourself in here, Derek." Peter says as he remains standing where he was.
" 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 he then looks at me.
" Also with keeping low about the pregnancy. Congratulations by the way." He says as he smiled.
" What do you want?" Derek asked as I could feel his anger rising.
" Well, I want to help. You're my nephew. The only relative that I have left. Along with the unborn baby residing in Alexandra's womb." Peter explains as I was curious, why was he mentioning the baby so much?
" You know, there's still a lot that I can teach you." Peter says before walking towards us.
" Can we just talk?" Peter asked as he placed a hand on Derek's shoulder.
" Sure. Let's talk." Derek says before he tosses Peter at the stairs. I watched for the next ten minutes as Derek beat on Peter.
" 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." Peter started before I watched Derek go for another punch.
" Okay, go ahead! 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." Peter says as Derek stopped. Almost watching his uncle in a calculating manner.
" After all, I did say that I wanted to help." Peter says before Derek gets off of him.
" You can't help me." Derek says as I feel a rush of worry come over me.
" I have to get home, who knows what is going to happen." I say as Derek came up to me and pressed a kiss upon my forehead.
" I'll get her home." Peter says as Derek growled.
" I'll keep her safe." Peter says as Derek sat down. Peter lead me out of the house quickly.
" Lets move." He said as I nodded, we heard howls.
" It's the Argent's!" I say as Peter made his eyes glow.
" Move!" Peter says as we ran. The howls were loud as if it was trying to control me, but I wouldn't falter.
" You have got to be kidding me." I say as I run from the howls. I feel myself out of breath.
" I'll get you safely out of here." Peter says as I nodded.
" We have to keep you moving." Peter says before he perked up.
" What?" I asked as I saw his eyes glow.
" Run!" He told me. I then began to run. I don't know how far I ran. I was soon against a tree trying to catch my breath. But it didn't end there as I soon felt a cloth go over my face. I feel my body collapse. I see three figures above me.
" Seems we found one of our targets. But be careful. We need her alive and breathing, not harmed." Gerard says as he gets to my level and moves a piece of hair from my face as I see him become cloudy.
" She's our hostage for what I need." Gerard's voice hit my ears as I felt my eyes close and darkness welcomed me.