Hey Guys!
Well here's the next chapter! I decided to visit a couple we haven't visited for a while, so if you ship Derek and Braeden there's a bit of them in this chapter. I decided to introduce a plot line that I would like to follow later on in the story, but right how it may just be a back story or something a rather like that. Hope you enjoy this chapter!
Derek was sitting on the couch with his arm situated around Braeden's mid section with her leaning into him and hear head laying against his shoulder, her black hair flowing down her back. Derek could feel her breath on his neck sending a tingle down his spine. She sighed and she forced her head closer to Derek and he could hear the sense or relief in her voice.
"Why can't everything always be this simple Derek?" He chuckled under his deep breath zany placed a kiss on her forehead as he pulled her closer to him with a tighter grip round her abdomen.
"Well I'm not entirely sure there's an answer for that question, but it's because we care about keeping people." Once again she sighed as if not truly believing what he was saying. "For example you're a District Attorney, you look after people by dealing with harder cases."
"I was a DA, but not anymore." Derek turned his head and they separated a little to the point where they were looking straight at each other, his expression full of confusion, but interest.
"What do you mean was? Did something happen?" She smiled at him and ran her hand down his cheek running over his stubble.
"Well it happened a while ago, I became obsessed with one case and I got nowhere and it's hard to keep a job when you're not doing anything that's getting you anywhere." Derek understood because it wasn't the first time someone had become obsessed with trying to find out what happened in a certain circumstance, it actually reminded him of himself after the fire when he was still trying to figure out what had happened.
Derek rested his head against Kate's shoulder as his tears rand down her shirt, she had her arms around him, comforting him.
"It's okay Derek, we'll find out what happened." He lifted his head and looked deeply into her eyes, he used to the fact that they didn't really show emotion, but it never really mattered to him. She pressed her lips to his and moved her hands to his neck as his moved to her waist. He could tell she was trying to release some worry and sadness from him, she laid back on the bed and Derek followed as he pressed down on her lips, but as his sinuses cleared he smelt something, something unusual, but something he had smelt before, but not too long ago. What was it? That's when it hit him, Kate smelt of gas and it was that second when he figured it out, it was Kate who made the fire, maybe not directly her, but she had something to do with it. He jumped back off her and had his back against the window.
"What is it Derek? Is something wrong? Did I do something wrong?" She looked deep into his face and she saw two pure emotions, anger and sadness. He stared at her, eyes wide and they explained it all.
"You did it didn't you?" She shrugged her shoulders as she moved closer to him.
"I did what?"
"You had something to do with the fire didn't you!" He could see her trying to put in an effort to hide it from him.
"Why would you think I had anything to do with the fire Derek? Why would I do that to you? Derek I love you why would I do that?" Derek felt his pulse rising and this was a bad position to be in and as he began to speak he could hear the anger slipping through his voice, but it was more than anger, it was fury.
"You don't love me Kate, you used me because you're the only person who knew that everyone was going to be there. You're sick Kate."
Derek couldn't help thinking back to that time, but it was all behind him and so much had happened since then and although it was a tragedy, what she had done had got him where he was today. Everything had changed and it all started with her, Peter had bitten Scott, Derek had become an alpha and as he lost his status Scott ascended the status of alpha and now he had Braeden and everything became this way because of Kate and although he hated her entire existence, she had allowed him to get where he was now.
"Well it's not the first time someone has become obsessed with something, but what was the case?" She sighed obviously not wanting to talk about the case that she had lost herself in all those years ago.
"I was in charge of the case looking for a woman named 'The Desert Wolf'." Derek's eyes widened as he remembered that Peter had told him that Malia's mother had a code name of the exact same nature, but he didn't know her real name. "Derek you look like that rings a bell to you."
"The thing is that it does because Peter said that he found out that Malia's mother had a code name and it was 'The Desert Wolf' and he also told me that's he was probably a shape shifter that could turn into a coyote and that was a habit that Malia inherited." Braeden was excited that maybe at some stage she could figure out the only mystery that she couldn't ever figure out. "Maybe we could figure out who it is! That would be good for Malia and maybe it would be good for you."
"Maybe, but let's wait until later to figure this out because for now I just want to leave things simple." She pressed her head into Derek's shoulder as she saw him get out his phone and began to send a text, she had no idea what it was for, but right now she didn't really care.
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Scott was sitting on a bench in a park close to the school waiting for Kira to come back from Lydia's when he felt a strong vibration in his pocket coming from his phone, he pulled it out and read the text.
Need to talk to you, need some help with something.
From Derek
He looked up from his phone and that's when he smelt it, he smelt peaches and strawberries flowing through the air carried by the cool breeze, it was the scent that Scott only knew too well and it was an assault on the senses, but a good assault. He turned his head to his side and saw the beautiful girl struggling to keep her black hair tamed in the strong winds, a smile gracing her face, even after the amount of time he had spent with Kira he was still entranced by her beauty. When she reached his side she placed a passionate kiss on his lips before grabbing onto his hands and entwining her fingers with his, she looked at his face and she could see that he looked completely lost, his eyes looked glazed over as they stared straight at her and his face looked a little dopey.
"Is something wrong Scott?" She felt a little worried because he barely looked like he was paying attention to her.
"Sorry, I was just entranced, but I'm back." Kira was confused, she peered around the immediate area and even tried to look a little further, but she couldn't find anything.
"Entranced from what?" Scott couldn't help but let the smile grow across the features and contours of his face and as it did the dimples that Kira had fallen in love with appeared on his face. He ran his hand down the side of her face as he pressed a quick kiss to her lightly coloured lips.
"You, I'm not sure you notice how beautiful you look, but I can't help but get lost in you because of it." The smile on Scott's face was now mirrored by the the girl who's body was pressing into him.
"I feel flattered, but nobody else stares at me like that."
"Good."
"I'm not sure if I should be flattered or offended by that comment. Should I be happy that you're protective and you don't want anybody else staring at me or should I be offended?" He laughed a little before answering.
"Definitely flattered because if anyone else stared at you like I do, I'm not sure what I would do." Kira pressed her lips to his cheek and felt a little stubble as she removed her lips.
"Well don't worry because you're the only one I love and the only one I would ever pay attention to." At this point her body was practically melting into him from the feeling of heat coming from his body, but she sighed as Scott pulled his body away from her and moved more to her side as they walked towards her car.
"Before anything else I want to pay a visit to Derek, he sent me a message saying he needed help with something and asked me to come over." She nodded, it was find with her because she knew that before they could spend time together they had to help the others, the pack always had to come first and sometimes it was a pain, but she understood that Scott was the alpha and they all looked to him.
"Okay, but did he say what it was about?" Scott shook his head which Kira found odd because Derek wasn't one to be very vague, but maybe it was too important to say much over the phone.
Scott gripped the door and easily slid it to the side, Kira was standing beside him just looking at him because to tell the truth she had nothing better to be looking at and when she saw his muscles pulsate from sliding the large metal door out of the way easily a small blush crackled its way up her cheeks. He gripped her hand and entwined their fingers once more as they walked into the room to see Derek standing at a table by himself with a small, but beautiful box. Situated on the couch was woman, not one Kira could quite distinguish from a far, but as she got a little closer she could tell it was Malia.
"Hey Derek is something wrong?" Derek turned around to see the alpha and the kitsune walk in the room hand in hand, it was something everyone had become used to, but he still couldn't help but smile at the gesture of affection.
"No nothing per say wrong, but I do need you're help with something." Scott was always happy to help, but Derek was being odd about the entire situation.
"Sure that's not problem, but why is Malia here?" Derek could see the question on the young alpha's face.
"Well you'll understand that once I explain the situation." Scott nodded as he and Kira moved further into the room and stood opposite him. "We'll i was talking to Braeden when she mentioned that she got stuck up in a case a while ago and that's why she got fired from her job as a DA. She said the case that she got stuck up in was a case to do with someone who had the code name the Desert Wolf, then I remembered that Peter told me that Malia's mother had the exact same code name and I think I know a way to get the real name of her mother and I think it'll help Braeden as well and I need your help to get the name." Scott was nodding as he took in the information. Derek was waiting for an answer, but to tell the truth he already had an answer because he was talking to Scott, the one person who would never deny doing something that would help a pack member or really . . . Anyone.
"Well if you need my help, so tell me what I need to do to help."
"Well my mother took the memory from Peter, but there's one way we can still get the name of her, we need to talk to my mum." Confusion grew across the faces of everyone in the room and non one wanted to say the obvious, but since Scott was the aloha he decided that he should be the one to say something.
"We need to talk to your mum, Talia Hale. You mean the deceased Talia Hale? I'm sorry Derek, but how are we supposed to talk to a dead person?" Derek opened the beautiful wooden box laying on the table to reveal 5 claws that used to belong to his mother.
"With these."
"So you want me to use them to let you talk to your mother? Won't that be painful?" Derek shook his head.
"It should be fairly painless for the both of us, but there's one thing I need to tell you' it won't be me talking to my mother it will be you." Scott and Kira's face contorted in pure confusion.
"Why me? I mean wouldn't she be more likely to give you the name since you're her son?" Derek shook his head at the true alpha with a smile growing across the features of his face.
"Scott, there are multiple reasons that inching she'd be more likely to give you the name over me. Firstly you're a true alpha and m y mum knows exactly what that means, she knows that it means that you became an alpha through pure character and she will respect that over everything else. Secondly you're the alpha, so to her you will have more authority compared to anyone else I send including myself and thirdly you have a special ability that not many wolves have or had and that's one other thing you share with her. Trust me she will give you the name and if we get it we will deal with it when we're all ready to." Scott understood Derek's reasoning, but he still thought that it should be Derek or Malia to talk to Talia.
"So how do we do this?" Derek pulled up his own hand and put it directly behind his mothers claws. Scott understood and moved to Derek's side as he knew what was coming was going to cause him pain.
"Scott you don't have to take my pain, it'll only hurt for a tiny bit and then it'll heal. I'll be fine Scott."
"Derek it's not something I have to do, it's something I want to do and it doesn't matter if it'll heal, I want to help you with it." Scott latched his hand onto Derek's arm as Derek plunged his hand down into the claws embedding them into his and causing his eyes to spark the deep blue of a changed beta with his alpha siphoning half of his pain making much more bearable.
Kira could see Scott in visible pain and she felt the need to run over to him and to help him, but she had to restrain herself. She had seem him in pain so many times before, but each time it hurt her just as much as it did him. Scott could see Kira worrying .
"Don't worry Kira I'm fine." After a pout 10 seconds longer Scott pulled his hand away from Derek and moved to Kira and caught her in an embrace as she buried her head into the crook of his neck.
"It's just I don't like seeing you in pain." She said with some tears distorting its sound.
He ran his reassuring hand up and down her back trying to calm her down and gave her a kiss on her forehead before pulling away and moving to sit on the couch. She moved with him and sat beside hip (well beside him was a bit off because she was actually sitting on his lap with her head leaning back into the expanse of his muscular chest before Derek moved behind him.
"Are you ready Scott?" He saw Scott wrap his arms around Kira before. dodging his head. Derek moved 'claws' to the specific position on Scott's neck and pushed in forcing the alphas eyes to glow the crimson red of an alpha and a slight whimper from the kitsune in his arms.
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Scott's eyes shot open and he was standing in the middle of an odd warehouse and in the middle was a sight he wished he never had to see again because it had caused troubles with the group for months, in the middle of the room was the Nematon, but right behind it there was a tall woman standing with long black hair flowing down her back and as Scott noticed her she turned around to face him and even in her face he could see some resemble ended between Derek and his mother. The woman began to walk around the tree stump and when she got in front of hi she ran a hand down his cheek.
"Hello Scott." He wondered how Talia knew his name, but he didn't recoil as she ran her soft hand down his cheek.
"How do you know my name Talia? Did Derek tell you about me last time he spoke to you?" She nodded as she took her hand back and it returned to her side.
"He told me your name, what you looked like and that you're a true alpha and I assume you're here speaking to me because you and your pack need something."
"Before I tell you that I want you to tell me something. Why did Derek think that you would most likely give me what we need over him?" Talia sighed and brushed a stray hair away from her face.
"Although you don't believe him, the fact is that he's right. I would be more likely to give information to a true alpha and someone who has my special ability over my own children, so whatever his reasons were they were probably right." Scott nodded, he could tell so many things about her even though he had only be speaking to her for a couple of minutes. She was loyal, strong and she exhumed the same aura he did, the aura of an alpha, the aura of a leader.
"Well we need a name, the name of someone you stole from Peter."
"You want the name of the Desert Wolf, why?"
"I would like to have the name because Malia Peter's daughter is part of my pack and she wants to know who her mother is and another member of my pack, Braeden who is Derek's girlfriend lost her job as a DA searching for her long ago and Derek thinks it would give her some more closure." Scott could see the thought smouldering around in her head until she went to speak.
"Scott I don't think I can give you that name because there was a reason I took that name from Peter, one he would have been an awful father, but two she was an awful person, not as bad as Peter, but she wasn't a nice person."
"We really need that name Talia, but if you can't give it to us we will find it our . . ." As Scott was speaking something interrupted him, a voice that he could remember, but a voice he hadn't expected to hear ever again.
"Talia please give Scott the name, they need it and if you don't give it to them they will find it without you, so please don't let them get hurt finding the name." Scott was visibly shocked at the voice he heard coming from the upper level of the warehouse.
"Talia who is that? Who's voice is that?" She smiled again before answering the question he already knew the answer to.
"Scott this place isn't just somewhere you can connect with me, it's a place you can connect with any of the dead and it seems when you wanted me you also wanted someone else along with me." Scott stared at the stairs as the all so familiar woman descended the stairs with her brunette hair trailing right behind her.
Kira could feel teardrops on falling down his cheeks and onto her neck, she could feel the change in his heartbeat and she could sense the change in his breathing.
"Derek, why is Scott crying? What's happening to him Derek?" Derek looked stunned as the tears fell down his cheeks.
"I have no idea." Derek had no idea what to say to Kira because this was something he had no idea about and he was afraid to tell the kitsune anything.
AUTHORS NOTES
Hey Guys!
I hope you enjoyed the chapter because once again I enjoyed writing it and I'm sorry it's a bit late today , but shit happens haha. I decided to introduce the Desert Wolf plot line because I think it could be fun to toy with later on and plus it allowed me to have Talia and Scott talk and also have that ending. I mean it's not like people don't know who it is, but I won't say the name in case you don't know. I wanted them to talk because I just thought it would be nice. Also next chapter I'm pretty sure Kiara will begin her training, so look forward to that!