As the four men are walking towards the house Paul stumbles slightly. One foot raised to step on the porch. Kyle and Isaac both reach for him. Paul looks around with a slightly lost look on his eyes. For a moment a flash of altered personality crosses his face. "Paul?" Peter says suspiciously. "Yeah, I'm fine." Paul says dropping his foot to the ground before continuing his trip up the porch steps.. Peter gestures to Kyle who is standing slightly behind Paul. "OK he's fine no need for anyone to get upset." Peter says. Isaac looks back and see's Peter and Kyle's expression and quickly smooths his emotions over the bond. "You hungry?" Isaac asks. Paul shrugs. "Fattening me up for a full moon feast?" Paul asks reaching for the door. He pauses for a moment looking back. "It's a joke guys." Paul says with an insincere laugh before turning and entering the house. Kyle exhales loudly a look of worry clouding his face. Peter gestures for Isaac to follow Paul while he pulls his phone and walks away from the house. Kyle follows and stands next to the enforcer under a tree on the other side of the parking area. "Paul has been compromised again." Peter says when Stiles answers the phone. "They are not even home yet!" Stiles exclaims. "They are getting very sloppy." Peter says turning his eyes back to the house where he notices Paul looking out the window at him.
"Keep an eye on him. We're taking Deaton back to the clinic. No way we can do anything while they are in the house too much security." Stiles says with a sigh. "Understood. Watch yourself." Peter replies before ending the call.
"How are they able to overcome his necklace?" Derek says glaring at Deaton. "I don't know, given the type of magic they are using it should be blocking or at the very least severely weakening their attacks." "The next time we catch them out in the open we'll take them out." Derek says crossing his arms. "Are you sure that's wise?" Deaton asks. "We still don't know what the extent of their power is." "We can't allow them to continue to assault Paul." Stiles says shrugging his shoulders. "Can you see if you can figure out what Devon's interest is?" Stiles asks. "I've already started asking around. I have several people looking, however that in and of itself may be enough to indicate our awareness." Derek shrugs "I don't see at this point what keeping quiet gains us. If he has a problem with my pack getting things out in the open could reveal other opportunities." Stiles smiles at Derek. "Well said sourwolf." Derek rolls his eyes before laying a hand on Stiles's shoulder. "Come on let's get back to the house."
"I understand, thank you for the call." Milton says to the caller. "You as well. Have a nice evening." He says before ending the call and sighing. "Well?" Rebeca asks impatiently. "As you know our host has many security precautions. One of his mundane precautions captured a group of people surveilling the home. They arrived before we left and then followed us." Rebecca's eyes harden. "Are they still there? I'd love to welcome them." Milton shakes his head. "No they left moments after we arrived. The car is registered to Derek Hale." A brief look of surprise on Rebecca's face is quickly replaced with malice. "So, not quite as clueless as I had thought." she mutters looking down deep in thought as she walks slowly to a window. Milton watches her silently before tapping out a quick text message then pocketing his phone. He goes to a decanter set and pours himself a drink while watching Rebecca's pacing. "Aren't you going to blame me?" She finally says. "For being careless and leading them right to us? What would that solve? The problem won't go away by antagonizing you." He replies taking a sip of his drink. "Besides, we're quite safe here. Were all the wolves in North America to descend upon this house they'd not even make it past the outer shrubbery. Also… This is your crusade not mine. I'm merely assisting out of obligation. You will either succeed or you won't.." "I think I agree with you." She finally says. "Do you?" Milton asks in surprise. "Yes. I think that it's time to change tactics. I feel I've been too subtle too cowardly. I think I need to just take them on directly." "That could end very badly for you." Milton chuckles taking another sip of his drink. "Wolves can be quite formidable in a head on confrontation." Rebeca snorts derisively. "Small bites my dear small bites." That said she turns with a flourish and leaves the room.
"Remember back when we'd do this and you'd pretend to hate me?" Stiles says in the darkness of the Camaro. "I never hated you Stiles." Derek replies slipping his hand into his mate's. "That's why I said 'pretended' to hate me." Stiles says softly shifting his weight so he can lay his head on Derek's shoulder. "You were too young. I was scared you were going to get hurt. Or I was going to get arrested…...again." He says with a soft growl. "All these years still mad about that." Stiles says with a soft laugh. "Not really. Do it all over again so long as I end up with you in the end." Derek replies turning his head to kiss Stiles on the temple. "So sweet. One of the many reasons I love you sexy wolf." Suddenly Derek tenses. Stiles sits up and sees what has drawn the Alpha's attention. Milton's car is approaching the gate. Derek and Stiles both slump down slightly in their seats. Once it clears the gate the car turns and heads down the road at a leisurely pace. Once it's nearly out of site Derek starts the engine and follows.
A few moments later another car exits the property. Rebeca smirks at the tail lights of the Camaro before turning and driving in the opposite direction. "Now for just a little nudge in the right direction."
"Guys who wants ice cream?" Paul says jumping up. "Ella's?" Kyle says laying his tablet down next to him on the couch. Isaac walks in from the study. "Did someone say ice cream?" He says with a grin hoping that Paul was acting on his own again if he was interested in something as harmless as ice cream. "Let's go." Paul says grabbing Kyle and Isaac's hands and pulling them towards the front door. Minutes later they are in Bumblebee headed to town. Paul unfastens his seat belt and leans forward between the two seats. "Love this song." He says as Cool for Summer starts to play. Isaac laughs and looks over his shoulder as Paul is moving sensually along with the words. "Shut up it's a sexy song." Paul laughs. "You and I….we're cool forever." Paul improvises by changing the lyric and grabbing onto both men's shoulders as he continues to laugh and gyrate in the confines of the car.
Up the road Rebeca steps from the shadows muttering dark ancient incantations. The cool air causing her breath to be visible. In the distance the rumble of Bumblebee's V8 can be heard.
"Tell me if I won, if i did what's my prize I just wanna play with you tooo…." Paul sings along with the song squeezing Isaac and Kyle's shoulders.. The car's engine roars just then as they come around a corner, Kyle suddenly fighting to keep the coupe on the road. "Hey." Isaac says looking at Kyle. "It's not me the pedals stuck!" Kyle yells face going white. "Put it in neutral!" Paul yells leaning forward and reaching for the gear shift. Rebeca, shaking with effort wrenches both hands to the side. Suddenly the steering wheel rips from Kyle's hands as it spins to the right. The car swerves dangerously leaves the road and crashes through some brush taking out several small trees before hitting a large one. "Kyle!" Paul screams as he's thrown forward and through the windshield. The car spins and rolls several times ejecting both wolves from the shattered passenger compartment before coming to rest against some large boulders.
Paul is on his back gasping, wheezing and twitching. The frantic urgent reactions on the pack bond from the other wolves fades away. The blood flowing from multiple injuries turns the light dusting of snow on the ground a dark red. His mouth moves as he tries for form words while he slowly turns his head in the direction of the twisted ruined car. Isaac is laying a short distance away bloody and motionless. Paul shudders again before going still. His eyes remain open as the life slowly leaves them.