The next morning, Elexis woke up after a fitful sleep and made an omelette for herself. After a simple breakfast, she brought out her laptop and started working. While she had told her family that she worked for a pretty successful charity, she might have forgotten to mention that her associates pretty much ran the city. She was dirt rich. Knowing the oldest family of supernaturals in the world did have some benefits after all!

Once she caught up with Ivy, Josh and others, she decided to wind up for the day and lounge about in the pool. The mansion Diego had brought her had state-of-art architecture and the pool was awesome, to say the least.

She quickly stripped down from her pajamas and changed into a red hot bikini as she took a towel and spread it on the chair next to the pool. She jumped in and after a few minutes, started swimming laps.

A few minutes later, Elexis could sense that the mansion had been breached, but she made no efforts to get out of the pool. Just moments later, the pack, along with their three guardians, could be seen entering the backyard, gazing around appreciatively.

"I never knew Beacon Hills had such houses", Isaac mumbled.

"With the right money, you can get anything you want, anywhere you want, hon", grinned Elexis from the pool as everyone turned to look at her, not having realised that she was in the pool.

Noah groaned as he slapped the back of Scott's and Boyd's heads fondly. "Come on boys, I'm not even a wolf and I can literally sense you leering."

Elexis and Melissa snorted, as a few other people laughed. Elexis got out of the pool and wrapped the towel around her as she motioned everyone to follow her. She asked the pack to make themselves at home as she took a quick bath.

As Elexis vanished into the washroom, Stiles quickly plopped down on the seat and tried to start her laptop, to no avail. The others were simply looking around at the sparsely furnished room. Derek and Noah, along with Chris, were looking at the investigation board, which was so similar to Stiles' that they were almost bawling. After a few minutes, Elexis came out, in high-waisted black jeans and a rust button down. Her hair was wet and taimed, and she looked radiant without any makeup.

"I'm sorry I have nothing for you people to eat. I haven't had the chance to stock the kitchen. Although if you want some juice or omelettes, help yourself!"

As everyone assured her that they were not hungry, Elexis sighed and punched Stiles as he fell out of her chair. "You're not getting into my Mac, asshat. It's password protected, and all the files and folders have their own passwords."

Stiles just huffed and moved to sit down on the floor and asked, "So, why are we here, O sister mine!"

As the pack collectively rolled their eyes at Stiles' theatrics, Elexis just huffed and buried her face in her hands. She pushed her hair back and began in a small voice, "well this time, you're being informed of the storm before it begins. Not that I am bringing it with me, but I'm here to help you stop it and protect Beacon Hills."

"What do you mean? What storm?", asked Malia.

"When the Dararch died, her power seeped back into the Nemeton. The sacrifices also kick started its power. Now, this 1000 something year old woman is on her way here, with her aid to perform a ritual at the Nemeton and claim the power for herself. She will then use it to eviscerate the oldest family in the world, her own children."

"Whoa? Immortals?", asked Aiden

"Vampires", supplied Elexis. Seeing the incredulous looks on their faces, she continued "The oldest vampires in the world. The original family. Now, they mean a lot to me. They're basically my other family, and I can't let this happen."

"So you mean to tell me that you got out of here to make something for yourselves, got full rides for your higher education, and you're in league with vampires? How the hell do they even exist?", said an exasperated Noah

"Well dad, you know me. I can multitask."

"I'm sorry, but how exactly does this affect us?", asked Jackson

"You guys don't know everything about the Nemeton. It is a Beacon for the supernatural, no doubt. But the nemeton also bestows upon a few residents the power to protect the town."

"The Benediction ritual", said Cora, with wide eyes.