Scott was running through the woods, catching up to Monroe.

It was time…time for it all to end.

He ran on all fours, leaped onto her, and put her on her back.

The two struggled, but Scott overpowered her, pinned her arms down, and roared in her face.

"Let me go!" Monroe demanded.

Scott shook his head. "No. This ends tonight." He growled and ripped into her throat with his teeth, chewing away at the muscles and skin; blood pouring from her neck and smearing Scott's mouth. His chewing sounded like that of a dog lapping up water, with a few bloody gurgles coming from Monroe.

Scott sat up in his shared room with Theo, sweating and gasping for air; it was another dream.

"Are you okay?" Theo asked, knowing what was happening.

Scott nodded with a "yeah" and lay back down.

Theo's phone lit up with a text message.

Is everything okay?

He received from Alec, in the next room over.

Yeah, everything is fine. Go back to bed.

Theo lay back down and turned over, his back facing Scott's. He broke the silence, telling Scott, "You're still a True Alpha, Scott; and you're going to prove that here this weekend."

Scott sincerely thanked him, but doubt was still clear in his voice.

Back with the girls; they were still standing in front of the yard next to Emma's home.

"Before we make plans to find out who just died," Audrey said, "why did I pull that string out of my shirt? I thought one of us was supposed to do the threading. Why am I threading and 'presenting' the string?"

"I don't know," Emma replied quickly, "but we need to find out who just died."

They made a plan to get dressed, meet up, with Noah and Christopher, and go out to find the body. They also made a group chat, not including Scott, yet.

Should I tell Miguel about the body? Brooke sent.

Sure. Emma responded.

A few minutes went by; Emma had her clothes on, and was ready to leave.

Bad news. The message came from Brooke. I told Miguel what happened and he said we need to let him and his precinct take care of it.

Damn it. Audrey and Emma both sent.

I think that's the better idea. Noah told them.

Going back to bed. Christopher interjected. Leaving group chat.

And with that, the others refused to continue the conversation out of pure annoyance.

The next morning, they were all at school and police officers were questioning faculty, staff, and students.

"Do you think they left the body here again?" Noah asked the group.

Brooke said, "Doubtful. The cops are probably here just to double or triple check."

"Well," Audrey spoke up, "better get to class then."

"Right," the others replied and they all went to their lockers.

When Noah opened his locker, he was gently patted on the shoulder, he looked over and saw Hector. "Oh, hey, Hector."

"Noah," Hector nodded. "How are you?"

Noah turned back to his locker. "Ah, doing good. Just another day, you know?"

"How so?"

"It's just another day here in Lakewood; at this point." He shut his locker and turned to Hector. "Just another dead teenager killed by another deranged lunatic with some dumb agenda."

Hector looked at Noah with mild disdain. "You shouldn't speak that way about another person, Noah."

Noah was taken back by Hector's anger.

"The dead deserve respect and you have shown none." Hector left with haste, as if he were running from Brandon James himself.

Noah stood silently, contemplating what had happened.

The bell snapped him out of his trance.

"What the hell, Noah?" He scolded himself and went to first period.

After first period, Emma ran into an acquaintance, a slim brunette with hair as dark as night.

"Hey, Emma," the girl greeted.

Emma smiled and replied, "Hey, Sidney."

"Have you heard who it was yet?" Sidney asked.

Emma shook her head. "No, why? Have you?"

"Yeah, turns out it was Tatum."

Emma turned to the locker next to hers and said, "This was her locker."

Sidney apologized and questioned if she and Tatum were friends.

Emma told her they knew each other and talked everyday when meeting at their lockers, "But that was it…"

Sydney started talking about what she knew of Tatum, but Emma's thoughts were blocking it out.

"I've got to go." Emma ignored Sydney and ran out of the school.

Sydney shook her head from the shock, but decided Emma's outburst was nothing to think twice about.