"Take a deep breath and stare up at the moon. Don't let anything else cloud your mind. Just stay focused on that beacon in the sky," Reyna explained as she sat back against the hood of Jason's car. She was eating from a box of pizza.

As she was in the middle of gouging herself on her slice, she saw Jason turn towards her. Reyna mumbled through a mouthful of food, "The sky. Stop staring at me."

Jason nodded and slowly looked up at the moon. His eyes focused on it, and his pupils widened slightly. Reyna watched as Jason visibly tensed, and a look of concentration warred on his face. Reyna looked back at the sky, "Take your clothes off."

"What?" Jason asked, and Reyna looked at him annoyed. She made eye contact with him as he broke his concentration. "Why do you want me to get naked?"

"If you transform right now, you're going to tear up your fancy clothes," Reyna replied. She grabbed another slice. "Now stop staring at me and focus on the sky. Just let your focus narrow into nothing and then slowly transform. Don't try to rush it."

"Why do you say not to rush it?"

"If you rush too much, it's harder to focus and concentrate. One minor slip can end your concentration. You never want to rush transforming unless it's an emergency, but without practice, you aren't going to have much luck."

"Got it," Jason said as he looked back at the sky. After a moment, he slowly pulled off his pants and then his shirt. Reyna studied him for a moment and then looked back at the sky, studying the moon herself.

The last week has been odd. She spent most of the time fussing over her sister, but the two didn't talk that much more about Exterminata or their past. It was mostly just random comments here and there, but they did not touch on anything personal.

And Reyna had her stupid nightmare two more times. Was it a product of facing her past? Was it just her brain fucking with her? Reyna didn't know, and it was stressing her out. She just needed to rest.

Reyna looked back at Jason and saw that his muscles were completely tense. A frown morphed his face as he seemed to be overexerting himself. Reyna spoke up, "You're focusing too much. You have to find the balance in between."

"You just told me to focus," Jason complained. Reyna sighed and slowly stood. She walked towards Jason.

"You do need to focus on transforming, but that's more about clearing your mind and letting your focus run into nothing. It doesn't matter if you're a half werewolf or not. You're still a werewolf, and your body wants you to transform. If you think about it too much, you will stress out about it," Reyna explained.

"So, it's like erectile dysfunction."

Reyna felt her heart nearly jump out of her chest, and she whipped around, nearly taking Leo's head off. He just looked at her with a smug grin. Then, his gaze moved to Jason, and he quickly covered his eyes.

"Oh what the fuck, dude!? You're naked!" Leo protested. Jason grabbed his fallen clothes to cover himself. "Why are you buck ass naked?!"

"Why are you here?" Jason demanded as his face turned as red as a ripe cherry. Reyna felt her heart starting to settle as she leaned back against the car.

"I was going on a walk and happened to see your car. I wanted to stop by and check on you. I didn't want to walk in on your nude self, ya pervert," Leo defended. Reyna patted the car next to her.

"I was helping Jason transform, and I didn't want him to tear his clothes," Reyna answered for her fellow werewolf as Leo leaned on the car next to her.

"Does that actually happen? Like he'll go full Hulk?"

"Hulk?"

"The superhero."

"...superhero?"

"Oh my god. Have you watched any of the Marvel movies? The Avengers? Anything like that?"

"I have no clue what you're talking about."

"That's it. We're going to Piper's place and having a movie marathon of all the Marvel movies."

"Are they that good?"

"Wait," Jason interrupted as he raised one hand. He used the other to keep the clothes against himself. "There's a ton of Marvel movies."

"Oh, you noticed," Leo said sarcastically. "But, we don't have to watch every single one. Just the ones that lead up to the Avengers movies. That's like a… little more than twenty of them."

"How the hell are we supposed to marathon over twenty movies?" Jason demanded.

"You should be more worried about transforming right now instead of lecturing Leo," Reyna chimed in.

"Thank you," Leo bowed to her. "At least someone cares about me."

"Why are you even here!?"

"Jason, focus," Reyna ordered.

"Yeah, Jason, drop your pants!"

"I am not dropping my pants!"

"Leo is right. You're too focused on holding them up and not exposing yourself that you can't even think of transforming. So, drop the pants."

"I hate both of you," Jason glared at them and didn't move an inch. Reyna rolled her eyes and sat back on the car's hood. Leo sat next to her. Jason spoke up again, "I'm not going to get naked in front of Leo."

"Why not?" Leo demanded.

"It's weird," Jason complained.

"How is it weird? Reyna's seen you naked. I've seen your bare white ass before. What's the difference if I see you from the front?" Leo debated. Jason just shook his head.

"What's everyone doing?"

"Fuck!" Leo shouted in fear, causing Reyna to jump as well. Leo placed a hand to his still rapidly beating heart.

How the hell did she not hear this person coming? Leo's loud mouth no doubt. Reyna's gaze moved to Piper, who was watching all of them. Piper looked at Jason, and a blush tinted her cheeks.

"Piper," Reyna greeted. She made room for Piper to sit next to her and Leo. After a moment, Piper sat in between the two of them. "I was trying to help Jason transform."

"And why is he shirtless and holding his pants to his crotch?"

"I didn't want Jason to tear his clothes," Reyna answered with an honest shrug. She leaned on Piper and relaxed against her, but the other woman seemed to instantly tense. "Since he can't focus enough to transform, I told him to drop his clothes."

"Why would you want him to get naked in public?" Piper questioned.

"This hill wasn't public until you and Leo walked up here," Reyna commented.

"This is a popular trail for our friend group," Piper corrected as she seemed to tense more. Reyna looked down and remained silent. Why didn't she just keep her big mouth shut?

"At least they weren't having sex up here like you and Jason did," Leo chimed in.

"Yet," Piper seethed. Reyna glared down at the car. Why did she even bother? One day, Piper treated her all kind and nice, like they were actually friends; then, Piper would just change the next day and be all pissed off like Reyna got in her personal bubble or-

It was like Piper said back in the delivery truck, she was picking up on excessive emotions. Reyna knew it was different for each Succubus. Some of them weren't bothered by the influx of feelings. Others were almost overwhelmed by it. And for those who were Piper's age, it could be difficult to filter their emotions from the ones they were picking up on. And, a touch made it so much worse.

"Listen, Pipes. Let's go get dinner and let the two of them finish this," Leo began.

"Leave them alone so they can fuck, you mean," Piper muttered under her breath. Reyna pulled her knees up to her chest and rested her chin on them. She stared ahead. Jason was looking between the two of them, and his gaze finally rested on Piper.

"You need to lay off, Piper. We're not doing what we were doing before anymore," Jason stood his ground.

"It's not her fault," Reyna interrupted. "She's picking up on our emotions, and it's muddling her own. It's like how we have excessive energy."

"I get excessive emotions," Piper snapped back. She then took a deep breath. "I'm sorry, Reyna. I know this isn't fair that I keep taking it out on you. I don't know what to do."

"I just feel this hatred," Piper mumbled. "It is just so overwhelming, so consuming. I feel that hatred anytime I'm around you."

"Pipes, I don't think any of us hate Reyna that much," Leo chimed in. "Not enough to make you feel like that."

"It's not you guys," Piper corrected. Reyna closed her eyes for a moment before looking at Leo. He seemed rather confused.

"Then, who is it?" Leo slowly asked. Jason held the same conflict in his features.

"Me," Reyna answered in a soft voice. Piper nodded, and Reyna looked away. There wasn't a day that went by that she didn't hate herself. For running away; for killing her father, for fucking her life over by trusting the wrong person.

Reyna hated herself for simply being born.

Reyna swallowed painfully and tightened her grip on her legs. Jason and Leo both were looking between Reyna and Piper. Neither boy said a word. Piper slowly turned to Reyna.

"I'm sorry," Piper whispered. Reyna just shrugged. "It's not right of me. I know that."

"Reyna, why do you hate yourself so much?" Jason asked quietly.

"You're a pretty cool person," Leo chimed in. Reyna offered another shrug and rested her face back against her knee to hide her tears. How could she just tell anyone that she wished she hadn't been born? That she hated every day she woke up? Hell, the only family she had left hated her as well.

A hand gently rubbed her back. Piper spoke, "Can the two of us have a moment alone?"

Reyna heard Jason and Leo both start to speak, but she heard Piper shift, cutting off their protests. Two pairs of footsteps slowly faded away in the distance. That hand continued to rub her back.

"I don't hate you. Not really. It's just the emotions I'm picking up," Piper whispered. "I was jealous. Really jealous of you sleeping with Jason. I just felt like I wasn't good enough."

"You're not an easy lay, Piper. We already talked about that."

"But, I keep thinking that, and I hate myself for it. Not like the hatred I feel from you. Reyna, why do you hate yourself so much?" Piper pressed. Reyna slowly looked up and stared ahead. Then, she laid back across the windshield and stared up at the stars.

"I don't want to talk about this," Reyna muttered.

"You need to talk to someone."

"Not a Succubus," Reyna declined under her breath, but it wasn't quiet enough because she felt Piper tense. Piper sighed and stood. "Piper, wait. I didn't mean it like that."

"Look," Reyna began again as she sat up and grabbed Piper's arm. Piper slowly looked back at her. "I had this conversation with a Succubus before, okay? And I opened my heart to her. I told her all about my sister, and my father, and why I hate myself. She listened, and then, she really fucked me over. She..."

Reyna took a deep breath and hung her head. She moved her hand to her heart as it felt ready to burst through her chest to freedom. Piper sat next to her and gently rubbed her back again. Reyna slowly continued, "She manipulated my emotions and my thoughts. And, she ruined the next few years of my life before I ran."

"I would never do that to you, Reyna," Piper swore. "Only a monster would do that."

Reyna finally looked at Piper and met her eyes, "I hate that I was born as a werewolf. Telling my sister set off a chain of events that have just ruined everything. I never had a childhood. I never got to be a proper kid or a teenager. Or anything."

"I never had a choice in what I wanted to do. I did everything I had to do to survive," Reyna detailed, and she felt tears brimming in her eyes.

"I can't imagine that," Piper whispered. She moved closer to Reyna. "You said before that one of the reasons you slept with Jason was because you wanted to sleep with someone that you knew for once. That Succubus... did she..."

"Yeah," Reyna answered before Piper could finish. She took a shaky breath. "I was her favorite toy for a while, and she would mark me every day to remind me. She made it out like it was some kind of reward. Then, she figured that having a werewolf she could whore out would make her a lot of money. I just..."

"Fuck, Reyna. I'm so sorry," Piper whispered. Reyna shut her eyes to keep any tears from leaking out.

"I never told anyone that much about her," Reyna mumbled. It was quiet for a few minutes as Reyna tried to calm down. Piper just sat by her quietly.

"Can I ask you something?" Piper finally proposed. Reyna tensed. "Not about the person who did that to you; but, why would you offer to sleep with me?"

"Because you're really fucking hot," Reyna answered bluntly. "And, you're kind. You didn't judge me when I first got to the bar, and I thought I could help, I don't know, maybe repay the favor by helping you work out your excess emotions. I really don't know, Piper. You being hot doesn't sound like a good enough reason."

"You also said I was kind," Piper pointed out with a small smile.

"Other than your hate boner for me," Reyna muttered as she tried to get her mind off of her past.

"Oh my god. Hate boner!? Leo is rubbing off on you," Piper groaned. Reyna smiled slightly. "He is such a bad influence. He is the actual worst."

"He's your best friend."

"It wasn't like it was my choice," Piper countered dramatically. "He just walked in one day and started to cling to me."

Reyna looked over at Piper. The woman was beautiful. While Piper was a Succubus, she wasn't like her. Not like that bitch.

And Piper didn't have the best handle on her emotions because of her being a Succubus. That wasn't her fault. Some of that hatred probably was Piper's own. Reyna did sleep with the guy that Piper was sleeping with after Piper and Jason broke off what they had.

"Piper," Reyna said softly. Piper looked at her and gave her a gentle smile. She didn't judge Reyna for what she had to do. She wasn't taking the information and using it against her. Piper just wanted to sleep with someone who would treat her right, who would consider her.

Before Reyna realized what she was doing, she leaned forward and kissed Piper.