Chapter 11 – Currents, Savion POV
The whole apartment has been quiet since Ennis' death. No one dared to speak to each other, especially not to Kali who's plotting against Derek. I didn't blame her, even a part of me wanted to kill Derek. No one seemed to be worried about this serial killer in town. The twins have mentioned something about Stiles saying that they aren't just random killings, they're human sacrifices. Cora had messaged me to let me know that Derek's is at home and is alive and well. I didn't reply as I didn't know what to say, what was I supposed to? 'That's nice to know, but he isn't going to be much longer because Kali is going to kill him'?
My phone started ringing with Ethan's name and picture displayed on the screen. I slid my finger across to answer.
"Sav, you have to help me." Ethan said in a panicked tone.
My brows furrowed. "What's wrong? Where are you?"
"No, no, it's not me." I listened closely; another person is struggling to breathe in the background. "It's Danny," the boy Ethan has been close with. "He, he can't breathe and I don't know what to do."
"What happened?"
"I don't know, one minute he was fine and the next he's gasping for air." Ethan was trying to comfort Danny. "Sho-should I turn him?"
My eyes widened. "No-no, don't turn him. His body's trying to heal itself right now and it would reject the bite. It'll be a guaranteed death for him." I chewed on my bottom lip. "Take him to the hospital, demand for someone to attend to him straight away and whatever happens; don't try to take his pain away."
"Why not?"
"His body's going to think that it's starting to get better, it'll stop trying to fix itself. Just take him to the hospital."
Ethan muttered a thank you as I heard starting up his motorcycle. I told him to let me know what happens as soon as he can. I don't think I could bear hearing about another death, especially someone close to someone in the pack.
Aiden, Kali and Deucalion all left and I was alone and had nothing to do. I picked up the stack of newspapers and started reading through them after the third one, I noticed something weird. There were reports of murder in all of them. I shook my head disapprovingly. I froze for a moment, something didn't seem right. I felt as if I was missing something.
The morning after, Kali walked into my room and sat at the end of my bed. If I didn't know she was a wolf, I would think she was human; with the dark circles around her eyes and the exhausted look that was plastered on her face.
"I need a favour." Kali started.
I sat down beside her. "What is it?"
She took my hand and looked at me, her face filled with anger which she was using to mask the pain. "I need you to help me go after Derek Hale." I gasped but I didn't say a straight no. "I know it's too much to ask for and I would understand if you say no." Kali's phone beeped and I snuck a look at the screen. The message was from Aiden saying that they've got a woman named Jennifer Blake. The only reason they might need this person is to get to Derek and she doesn't sound familiar, she wasn't from our childhood which makes her unimportant to him. Unless… unless he found a new mate.
"Who's Jennifer Blake?" I asked her, I didn't need to. I knew the answer, I just wanted it to come out of her mouth, I just wanted a reason to get furious at Derek.
Kali pressed her lips together in a tight line. "D-Derek's-"
"I'll do it." I felt anger spread over me.
Kali, instead of looking satisfied, look terrified. She gave me a grateful nod and exited my room.
I seemed surprisingly calm after finding out about Derek and this other woman. I know pain keeps me human, it's the only thing tying me down to humanity but things have been more than just painful lately. I feel like everything that has happened lately is exactly what severed that tie. I felt rather numb, like pieces of me were missing. I felt like it was my time to lash out after all these years.
I exited my room and looked around to see Ethan sitting down on the couch near the table where I had the articles laid out.
I asked how Danny was. He looked up and gave me a small smile. "He's fine now." His smile faltered a few second later. "He vomited mistletoe."
"Mistletoe?" I raised a brow at him and he nodded. "It's supernatural…" I trailed off. "D-does he know about us? About anything?" Ethan shook his head.
"They're sacrifices… human sacrifices." Deucalion said from behind us.
"What?" I narrowed my eyes at him.
"Human sacrifices, by the Darach." Deucalion further explained.
"Darach… as in the dark druid? That's who's killing these people?" Ethan gave us confused looks.
Deucalion added today's newspaper to one pile. "Virgins." He slid the first pile towards me. "Warriors." He slid the second pile. "And healers." He slid the third pile with the fresh newspaper in it. "One more healer. And three philosophers."
"What's going on?" Ethan asked us.
I shook my head, refusing to believe it. I've heard of Darachs and their sacrifices, they kill innocents to gain power. Much like how betas turn to alphas when they kill one. Or when alphas kill betas to gain more power. The only reason a Darach needs power is to take down something powerful… like an alpha pack.
"The Darach is after us." I murmured.
Later on, I accompanied Deucalion to see Scott at the school. It reeked of werewolf… Derek in particular. But I couldn't sense him anywhere. My jaw clenched when it dawned on me that Jennifer Blake must me a teacher at this school. I had to hold in my anger.
We sat in the music room and Deucalion tapped his cane on the piano and waited, soon enough Scott walked in. His eyes widened as he saw me and his eyes drifted over to Deucalion.
"Do you know what a metronome is Scott?" Deucalion started as he stopped his tapping. "It's a tool that helps you maintain a steady rhythm once you've set the tempo. Something tells me, the tempo of your life has sped up considerably in the last few hours. If you'd like, I could help slow it down to a more manageable pace."
"How?" Scott's eyes darted between me and Deucalion.
"By helping you find Deaton." I tensed up. Deaton… Deaton was the third healer.
Scott's heart was pounding fast. "Your hearts pounding." I observed. "But it's not fear… No, it's anger."
Deucalion smirked and turned to Scott. "I bet I know what you're thinking; does he have something to do with Deaton's disappearance.." Deucalion stepped closer to Scott. He then held the cane with two hands, horizontally and presented it to Scott. "Tell you what, if you can take the cane away from me, I'll tell you exactly where he is, now what do you think?"
Scott didn't waste a second before he went for the cane. I watched as he used acrobatic moves to dodge Duecalion's hits as well as try to take the cane. He landed on the metal drawer; Deucalion took off the tip of the cane to reveal the hidden blade on his cane. Scott flipped off the drawer and Deucalion managed to nick him with the cane just as he landed. The young beta groaned in pain.
"Impressive. But you know I'm not the one slashing up innocent people, praying to ancient gods, gathering herbs or whatever the hell Druids are supposed to do." Deucalion sighed. "I am a part of a pack that wants Derek dead though." Scott looked at me, I kept a straight face on. "Kali… and Savion are coming for him." Scott's jaw dropped. "So, it's a difficult choice you're about to face because someone is going to die tonight and whether that's Derek or Deaton, it's up to you."
"Just tell me where he is." Scott said in a low voice.
Deucalion scoffed and shook his head. He replaced the tip of his cane back on. "I'll give you a very important clue; let the current guide you." With that, Deucalion started walking out.
"Why are you doing this?" Scott asked before I made it out of the door. "Why are you going after Derek?"
"An eye for an eye." I murmured, not looking back.
"Isn't that a little barbaric?"
"Have Allison kill one of your family and replace you with another guy… then let me know whether going after Derek is too harsh." I looked at Scott and he gave me a sympathetic smile. I shrugged and walked out.
Night time approached and I found myself getting ready to face Derek… getting ready to kill him. I shrugged into my leather jacket and grabbed my keys. The twins occupied the back seat and Kali sat on the passenger seat. We drove in silence, except for the muffled squealing they had shoved in the back of my Range Rover.
Before entering the building, Ethan and I found the power box for the building and shut off all the power. Ethan gave me worried looks the whole time. We made our way to Derek's loft and I slid the door open to find Derek, Isaac and Boyd standing in the middle of a flooded apartment.
I shifted to alpha and walked in. Staying on the steps. The three wolves looked at me in horror.
"Gotta be honest, Derek…" Kali shifted. "When Ennis died, I thought to myself; I should go for it. Find you and kill you," She started down the steps. "wherever you stood. And I remembered, how you surround yourself with these teenagers, hiding behind them… and I thought; what's a girl gotta do to get you alone?" She smirked, she looked at me for a moment then back at Derek. "At first I thought that I would let you break the sire bond on Savion then dangle her right in front of your face." She shook her head. "But no, no… apparently you've decided that our precious Savion isn't important to you anymore." Derek looked at me, as if wanting to explain himself but I kept glaring at him. "So, I got someone else… a life you'd be willing to fight me for." She turned to the door.
The twins walked in, dragging in Jennifer Blake as she tried to fight against their hold on her. One claw held at her throat. Derek's jaw dropped and worry washed over his face when his eyes met hers.
Kali turned back to Derek. "You and me, Derek. Or they tear her apart… Or maybe Savion would live up to the Kroes name and rip her beating heart right out of her chest." Kali smirked. "What'd you say? You think you can beat me one on one?"
Derek signalled for his betas to go. Isaac and Boyd looked at each other and stood aside.
"I'm going to rip your throat out, with my teeth." Derek roared and Kali let out a louder roar to counter it.
Derek then jumped at Kali and Kali charged at him. The two fought with water splashing everywhere. I stood by and watched as Kali tried to kill Derek. Jennifer kept screaming whenever Kali lands a hit on Derek.
I walked over to her and grabbed her by the hair, forcing her to look at me. She kept get eyes down.
"Look at me." I demanded, she didn't budge. "I said look at me or I will snap your neck." She looked at me, her eyes widening as she saw the veins appearing on my skin. "If I hear another sound come out of your mouth, I will skin you alive and wear you as a coat." I gave her a sarcastic smile. "Do you understand?" She maintained her hard stare on me. I let go of her hair and chuckled. I swung my fist back and let my fist connect with her face. "I asked you a question."
"Y-yes. I u-understand." She nodded, tears welling up in her eyes.
"Good." I turned back to the fight.
Derek swung at Kali and she easily dodged it. Kali then tried kicking Derek's legs from under him but failed when Derek jumped up. Kali got up behind Derek, just as Derek turned to her Kali managed to get her claws on his chest causing Derek to stumble back. Kali ran up and used one of the wooden columns to push herself off and jumped before kicking Derek in the face making him fall into the water. Kali kicked him again not even giving him a chance to get up.
Jennifer screamed again and Isaac came out to rescue her from the twins but Derek told him not to. I approached Jennifer, claws out, sinking my claws into her arm. "Not another sound." I warned her.
Derek was starting to gain the upper hand and I was getting tired of watching it unfold. I stepped into the water, catching a glimpse of my now black eyes on the mirror hanging by the window. I turned to Derek and caught his arm before he swung at Kali; he turned back to me with a surprised expression in his face. I threw him against one of the wooden panels, he landed on his stomach in the water.
He got up on his knees. "Sav…" He breathed. "What are you doing?"
"What I should've done when I joined the pack." I watched him as he tried to process what's going on.
"Sav, th-this isn't you." He shook his head. "This is the sire bond… thi-this isn't you. Sav, Savion you don't have to do this."
I clenched my jaw. "You're right… I don't. But considering you ripped my heart out by sleeping with her," I nodded towards Jennifer. "I think it's only fair if I do it to you, don't you think so?" I stepped towards Derek and grabbed him by the shirt, making him kneel in front of me. "I want you to feel every bit of this." I whispered in his ear.
I looked into his eyes and dug my claws right into his chest. Derek groaned in pain. I sunk my claws deeper. Derek's hand reached up to my hand grabbing his shirt. He wrapped intertwined his fingers with mine.
"I-I-I'm right here." He mouthed, tears pooling in his eyes.
I tilted my head at him and felt myself shift back to my human form. My right hand coated with Derek's blood and my left, wrapped in his.
"Derek. I'm so sorry." I kneeled down and cupped his cheeks. "I'm s-sorry."
Kali groaned. "Let me finish this."
I felt Kali's hand touch my shoulders and a split second after I felt hot, rippling water passing under my skin. At least that's what it felt like. My bones ached, my veins felt like they were about to burst. Then I fell into the water, along with Derek, Kali and out of the corner of my eyes; I saw Boyd fall in too. I lifted my head and saw that Kali has already recovered while Derek was on his hands and knees. Isaac was holding Jennifer and the twins were on the last step that was out of the water.
Kali got on her feet. "Take him!" She ordered. The twins got in the water and immediately grabbed Derek, holding his claws out in front of him. She turned and grabbed Boyd. I wanted to tell them to stop, to let the young man go but I felt sluggish, I couldn't move a muscle.
Kali lifted the beta up and dropped him on to Derek's claws. It might've just been me, but past Boyd's groan; I think I heard his skin rip as Derek's claws dug into him. Boyd groaned some more, blood starting to seep out of his wounds. I could feel my heart breaking slowly as I watched this boy's future get ripped right out of his hands.
The twins let go of Derek as Kali started towards the door. "I'm giving you 'till the next full moon, Derek. Make the smart choice, join the pack." She turned around to look at Derek. "Or next time I'm killing all of you."
The twins looked at me; both kneeled down to help me. "Leave her." Kali commanded. The twins looked at me, then back at her and then at me again. I gave them a nod and they reluctantly got up and followed Kali. Ethan and Aiden gave us all one last look before walking out.
"No, no, no- hey." Derek whispered as he tried to apply pressure on Boyd's wounds.
"It's okay." Boyd groaned. The struggle in his voice sliced through me.
"No, no, it's not.." Derek was trying to stop the bleeding. "It's not."
"No, it's okay Derek." Boyd murmured.
Derek looked at him in the eye; his own filled with tears threatening to come out. "I'm sorry." He shook his head.
"The full moon…" Boyd started. "That feeling… it was worth it." He gulped. "Do you know the lunar eclipse… I was wondering, what-what it feels like for us." He proceeded to tell us about Erica, the beta I had killed at the bank. The conversation they had about the lunar eclipse, about Erica hoping that it'll make them stronger.
"I really hope it makes us stronger." Boyd quietly murmurs before falling backwards into the water.
Derek was frozen in his spot; I slowly got up on my feet and approached Derek. I wrapped my arms around him as he did the same to me. His head resting on my stomach as he shook.
"I'm so sorry, Derek." I murmured, bending down to kiss the top of his head.
Stiles and Cora appeared at the door; their faces fell as soon as they saw us. Cora pushed past Stiles and ran to Boyd's side. Stiles followed her into the water and stood next to me and Derek, placing a hand on his shoulder. Cora took Boyd in her arms and began sobbing into his chest, shaking her head; refusing to believe that her friend, the one she spent months in trapped in a vault with, is dead.
Derek's hands that rested on the small of my back were shaking. I stroke the back of Derek's head, I knew he was crying. I could feel my own hard exterior crumbling down as tears started to fall. In one night, I had almost killed my mate while shifted into a demon wolf and I had watched my pack use my mate to kill one of his betas, an innocent young man that had his whole life ahead of him.
Lydia appeared at the door and eyed all of us. Isaac was biting the insides of his cheeks, holding in his tears and Jennifer was watching us with remorse written on her face.
Everyone stayed silent and the loft was filled with Cora's sobbing.
Author's Note:
Sorry I didn't update yesterday! I've been exhausted lately and I just keep sleeping through the night without updating hahah
Anyway, it broke my heart writing this chapter. I can never forgive Davis for killing Boyd off, he had so much potentials. :(
But at the end of the day it is his show and he can do what he wants with it but I'm just really sad about Boyd's death because... well obvious reasons.
Let me know what you guys think! Review/Favourite/Follow, or just talk to me cos I have no friends. hahah
Kisses.
queen-hale x
