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Chapter 16

"How's he doing?" Scott cryptically asked me.

"He is adjusting surprisingly well. Derek is suppose to go by today." I replied.

"He has a lot of aggression he has to work on." Orion added.

I look at him and know living with Isaac hasn't been the easiest situation. I gave him a small understanding smile and then looked down at the crap the cafeteria called food. I was debating on whether or not to eat my so called pizza when Stiles slams some keys on the table and sits down.

"Got 'em. Pick you up right after work tonight and we'll meet everyone at the rink, cool?" Stiles asked Scott.

"What's going on?" I asked, curious as to why my cousin is nervous.

He looked at me let out an annoyed sigh. "I told Fabio over here to tell you." Stiles exclaimed as he gestured to Orion.

Orion let out a chuckle at being called Fabio before turning to me to explain. "Sorry, I forgot, Stiles invited me and you to join them at the ice rink."

I look at Stiles still wondering why he's so nervous. "Okay, so why the jumpiness?"

"Because of who's going. Scott and Allison, you and Orion, and me and Lydia." Stiles emphasized on him and Lydia.

I look at him in disbelief, did they really get Lydia to agree to go on a date with Stiles? If so, how?

I looked at Stiles in disbelief before pointing between Orion and I. "We aren't a couple."

Stiles rolled his eyes. "I know but it would just be a lot better if I had you there for support. I'm really nervous, okay?"

I nodded my head and grabbed his hand in a comforting manner. "Don't worry, I'll be there."

"Plus, I didn't want you to feel like the odd woman out, so I invited Orion." Stiles continued to explain as he looked at the other teen.

I followed his gaze, turning to look at Orion who was biting into an apple. He turned his head to look at us with confusion etched on his face as he slowly chewed his food.

"What? Do I have something on my face?" Orion asked after swallowing his apple.

He clearly wasn't paying any attention to our conversation and I rolled my eyes before reaching over an poking him on his cheek. "Yeah, that dimple. So, you wanna go?" I asked.

Orion chuckled and graced me with a killer half smile. "Yeah, I've got to warn you though, I'm might out skate you."

I chuckled before sticking my tongue out at him and nudging his shoulder.

"So, Scott is that cool?" Stiles asked again.

This time Scott didn't have time to answer as he looked at the entrance of the cafeteria in shock.

I turned around to see Erica Reyes walking in with a load of confidence. She was walking in on platform leopard heels, tight leather mini skirt, extremely tight white v-neck, and a leather jacket. Her hair was curled into big blond curls. She strutted toward one of the tables like a sexy vixen and leaned over seductively looking at the boy. He clearly was enthralled by Erica's new appearance. She took the apple off his tray took a bite out of it before seductively wiping her mouth.

Suddenly someone slammed a try on the table but I don't take my eyes of the blond vixen to see who it was.

"What…the holy hell…is that?" I heard Lydia's annoyed voice ask.

"It's Erica." Scott replied entranced.

She looks toward our table, sending a seductive look at the three boys before turning and walking out of the cafeteria.

I looked to Scott who was looking at me with disappointment clearly in his eyes and I automatically knew what he was thinking.

"You seriously don't think…?" my question trailed off as I glanced over to where Erica had just exited, my brow furrowing as I wondered if it could be true.

Scott quickly got up and the rest of us followed suit, following him out the cafeteria. As we run down the stairs and toward the exit my heart is pounding and I can feel a sick feeling building in my stomach. I already know the answer to my question earlier, but know I have to see it to really believe that it was true.

We hit the exit and the sun is shining down and it takes me a moment to adjust and see Erica standing by Derek's car. My heart dropped as it finally hit me and I knew Derek had done it again. Another kid, one far too young to be involved in this. The rest of us didn't have a choice but here was Derek, brining in even more kids.

Erica only smiled at us and gets in the car before looking out the window and sending us a little wave. Derek looked at us with a condescending smile as well and then sped off away from us four gaping teens.

I looked to Scott, seeing his expression mirrored my angry one perfectly.

I walked down the stairs into the abandoned station and saw no one but that didn't deter me in the least.

"Derek!" I yelled. When no one replied, I walked further into the station to see him walking towards me from somewhere further in the station.

"What do you want?" He dryly asked.

I rolled my eyes and clenched my fist trying to keep my anger in check. "Why? Why like this? Why Erica?" I asked him angrily.

Derek looked around the station and then at me, his expression giving nothing away.

"What's wrong with me?" Erica asked as she sauntered out of the car.

I looked at the new wolf and couldn't help but notice how the bite had intensified the beauty that had always been masked by her illness. I could see why she would have said yes to become everything she could have been if it weren't for her epilepsy. So, could I blame her for saying yes? No, I couldn't but could I blame Derek? Yes.

"Nothing, Erica, you just don't understand, what you have gotten yourself into." I retort.

Erica walked toward me and her eyes were flashing amber. Her wrist was caught by Derek who pulled her back and growled at her. She backed off, instead choosing to roll her eyes at me as she leaned against the car.

"Actually I do. Derek was kind enough to tell me and Isaac what we are up against, and we still took it. You see Aria, not everyone is like you, always so headstrong, confident, and envied. Isaac was never cared for, hardly noticed, and when he was, people called him 'gravedigger' instead of by his name. People didn't notice him and when they did, they acted like they couldn't see his bruises, not caring how he had gotten them. As for me, every day of my life was hell. When you have a disease like Epilepsy it's a battle every day. Scared that you're going to have a seizure and when you do, being physically drained the rest of the day, never feeling like a normal teenager. You're not treated like a normal teenager, people ignore you, or they make your life a living hell. People taped my seizures. That one where you were the only one willingly helping me? Everyone else took video of it and they laughed at me. Then they went home and posted it to facebook and tagged me in each and every single one of them. My parents saw it and I had to explain everything to them. I had to watch my mother cry as she watched the videos, then I had to delete my facebook. But you know the worst part of it? My mother looked at me with pity, my own mother! I never want to be looked at with pity ever again. So really, you don't understand and you never will. I had to do this. Isaac had to do this." Erica finished her tirade, breathing heavily and I stared at her in shock, wondering just what to say.

The blonde was really testing my patience with her newfound snarky attitude but I knew that she was right. I didn't know how she and Isaac felt but I did know that putting your life in harm's way just to be noticed, wasn't smart.

"You don't realize how much danger you're in and you won't until the hunters are torturing you." I shot back with anger.

"Excuse me, but who appointed you head bitch? I don't see where this is any of your business." Erica snarls.

My eyes widen with the realization that Derek hadn't told Erica about me. The girl had no idea just how important I was to the pack. I turned to look at him but he avoided my gaze.

"You didn't tell her?" I waited for him to look at me before continuing. "You're trying to keep me from them but why?" I asked dumbfounded yet incredibly angry at the same time.

"To keep you safe!" He snaps and the anger and fear on his face is enough to make me take a step back. I could swear this hadn't been about him protecting me in fact, I felt like he was pushing me away instead.

"You need to go, Aria." Derek said as he pulled Erica away leaving me completely dumbfounded.

"Can we just have one night without having to deal with Derek?" Stiles pleaded.

I looked at his nervous face and decided to try and keep Derek from my thoughts although I know it's going to be difficult. I was furious at how he was just turning kids from school into werewolves. But I wanted my cousin to have a good night so I nodded at him and gave him a huge smile.

"Yes, but I've got to say you picked the perfect place to have a date with the Ice Princess." I gave him a smirk and walked toward the bleachers to put on my skates before he could respond.

I sat down to see Scott and Allison talking to each other and looking at one another sweetly. My mind instantly went to Isaac and how much I missed him, so I pulled out my phone and snapped a picture of myself, with the caption 'miss you.' Under it. I smiled as I pressed send.

"Hey."

I looked up to see Orion standing in front of me with a huge smile plastered on his face.

"You look really beautiful." Orion says as he sits next to me.

I felt the heat rush to my cheeks at his comment and hope he doesn't notice. I don't know why Orion gets this kind of reaction out of me and I really don't want it.

"Don't look so bad yourself." I muttered, trying to sound as nonchalant as possible.

He lets out a chuckle and starts putting on his skates.

"You know, I wouldn't say beautiful, but slightly better. Didn't know you owned anything other than jeans." Lydia adds as she sat next to me. She eyed my outfit which consisted of a black skater skirt with black tights underneath, a comic cropped t-shirt, and a long black cardigan.

Of course I own more than jeans. I glared at her for a few seconds before she gives me a curious face.

"What?" Lydia asked.

"Why are you trying to be nice? We never have liked each other, and to be honest I like it that way." I bluntly asked.

Lydia shrugged her shoulders and pursed her lips, refusing to answer me. "Could it be any colder in here?"

I rolled my eyes as I grabbed Orion by the hand and led him out toward the ice.

"Is it so hard to let her be your friend?" Orion asked, curious about the dynamic between her and I.

I looked at him and knew that I was scowling at him by the way he chuckled at my facial expression.

"Okay, maybe you can't." He answered himself.

"I don't need any friends when I have Stiles, Scott, Isaac, and now Paige and you. You guys are my family." I replied as I looked down at my skates.

Orion nudged my shoulder with his willing me to look at him before he answered. "Thank you. I haven't felt like part of any family since my parents died. So hearing you say that, you don't understand how much that means to me."

He reached over and moved a piece of hair out of my face, tucking it behind my ear. His smile is lighting up his eyes and I can see that my declaration really left an impact on him. I smiled back at him and nudged his shoulder back.

"Race you." I ginned mischievously.

"One, Two…" Orion counted but before he can get to three I'm darting off, leaving him behind.

"HEY! CHEATER!" Orion yelled out between chuckles as he took off after me.

I looked behind me long enough to stick my tongue out at him and yell out. "We never established rules."

I darted past Lydia, who was no doubt showing off her skating skills to my cousin and I immediately make a sharp turn hoping for the element of surprise but Orion is on his game. He grabbed my wrist and pulled me into him sending us flying back and onto our butts. We both started laughing and shoving each other.

Suddenly a gut wrenching scream is echoing throughout the rink causing Orion and I to spring into action. We looked toward the noise and see Lydia crouched on the ice with Stiles holding her down as she frantically screamed. My cousin looked up at me, a look of concern passing between us.

"Yeah, my dad said the same thing. He needs three, but who is the third." I said to Stiles as we walked down the hallway toward lunch.

"Exactly, what I've been thinking all day long. I keep racking my brain. We need a pattern." Stiles replied in hurried tone.

"A pattern?" I questioned.

"Yeah, like what do Isaac and Erica have in common. There has to be a common denominator. What did Isaac and Erica have that would equally qualify them to peak Derek's interest?" Stiles rambled on.

"Outcasts." I simply replied.

Stiles stopped in the middle of the hall, looking at me as the gears start turning in his head and he realizes what I said makes perfect sense.

"We need to talk to Scott." Stiles cries as he pulls me through the hall.

"What's going on?" I asked as we ran through the hall.

"When we get to the cafeteria, I'll know if I'm right." Stiles replies.

We suddenly push through the doors and Stiles stops and scans the lunch room. His eyes fall on Scott before sliding past him.

"I knew it." Stiles mumbles.

I arched my eyebrow in curiosity and confusion but followed behind Stiles' towards Scott, almost colliding with Allison on the way.

"Watch it!" I rudely snap at her.

She rolls her eyes but goes around me to exit the cafeteria.

"Do you see that?" Stiles pointed behind him to an empty table.

Scott looked at it before shrugging. "What? it's an empty table."

"Yeah, but who's' empty table?" Stiles countered.

My eyes widen in realization as a little light bulb goes off in my head and by looking at Scott, the same has happened to him. He looks at me and we both look at Stiles.

"Boyd." Scott and I say in unison.

Stiles nodded his head.

"I'm going to go to the ice rink and see if he's there." Scott said as we walked down the hall toward the exit.

"I'm coming with you." I added and Scott nodded his head in agreement.

"If he's not home, you call me, got it?" Scott tells Stiles.

Stiles walked beside me, a look of hesitation on his face.

"What?" I asked.

"Maybe we should let him. Boyd, you know, guys? You said Derek's giving them a choice, right?" Stiles asked.

"We can't." Scott countered.

"You've got to admit Erica looks pretty good. You know, the word "sensational" comes to mind." Stiles face reddened at his own words.

"How good do you think she's going to look with wolfsbane bullet in her head?" I retorted.

"I'm just saying, maybe this one isn't totally your responsibility."

I rolled my eyes, sending him an angry look. "They are, Stiles. I'm Derek's sentinel which makes whoever he turns, my responsibility. This kind of decision is big, it takes a lot of maturity and certainty to choose that life. These are kids, teenagers, who may just lack the maturity needed to make this choice. So yeah, Stiles, this is my responsibility."

Stiles and Scott look at me with pity in their eyes and I rolled my eyes again at the two not wanting to waste any more time talking.

"I'll be in my car waiting for you." I said to Scott as I walked off seething in anger.

Scott and I walked into the rink to see Boyd on the Zamboni.

"Boyd." Scott called out to him.

Boyd briefly turns to look at us before turning back around, ignoring Scott.

"We just wanna talk to you." I yelled out.

"Hey, come on Boyd, please." Scott added.

"Did Derek tell you everything? And I just don't mean going out of control on full moons. I mean everything." My words laced with agitation and anger.

Boyd finally stopped the zamboni and looks at us. "He told me about the hunters."

"And that's not enough for you to say no? Whatever you want there's other ways to get it." Scott told him.

"I just don't want to eat lunch alone every day." Boyd's voice was laced with sadness and I couldn't help but feel bad for him.

"If you're looking for friends, you can do a lot better than Derek." Scott warns him.

"That really hurt, Scott." Came Derek's voice.

I turned around to see Derek, Erica, and Isaac and my heart dropped in my stomach. I hid it though, choosing to glare at him as I shook my head in disappointment.

"I mean, if you're going to review me, at least take a consensus." Derek added before gesturing to Erica and Isaac. "Erica, how's life been for you since we met?"

"In one word…transformative." Erica then lets out a growl baring her canines.

"Isaac?"

Isaac is looking at me with a smirk and I don't recognize the boy in front of me and it's breaking me. His demeanor is totally different and I realize it's the Alpha influence.

"Well, I'm a little bummed about being a fugitive, but other than that, I'm great." Isaac replied. He looked at me and gave me a smile but I didn't return the smile because the guy standing in front of me wasn't my Isaac, this was a totally different Isaac and I didn't like him.

"Okay, hold on this isn't exactly a fair fight." Scott replied.

"Then go home, Scott." Derek snapped at him.

Scott crouched down, ignoring Derek's order and the alpha motions for his beta's to charge Scott. I shook my head and looked at Scott, giving him a slight nod. I feel my blood tingle, heat radiating off my hands and I looked down to see them engulfed in flames. Scott let out a growl and I turn to look at him, a smile reaching my eyes.

"He meant fair for them." I hissed.

Derek glared at me and I can see the hurt behind them, but I threw his feelings aside. He didn't deserve my sympathy.

Isaac started walking toward me with a condescending smirk on his face and I felt my heart breaking at how this Isaac in front of me wasn't my Isaac. But before Isaac can get close to me, Erica comes charging at me and I deflect her claws that were aiming to scratch my eyes out. I act immediately and grab her by her wrist with my flaming hands. She screams out in pain before yanking her hand away and stumbling back. With her down for the moment, I looked to see Scott throw Isaac across the rink and into the glass. I gasped and went to move towards them when suddenly I was thrown back and sliding into the Zamboni. I slowly got up and see Erica charging at me and I pull the air around me into my hands and release it hitting Erica square on the chest, causing her to slide back into the glass and shattering it. Erica is panting looking up at me and as I move toward her I see that she isn't making any indications that she is getting up. I turn around to see Scot kick Isaac in the face, causing him to fall on the ice. My heart is aching for him but I don't make a move to go toward him, this time. The Isaac I knew wouldn't come after Scott and I.

"Don't you get it? He's not doing this for you! He's just adding to his own power, okay? It's all about him." Scott yelled out.

"Derek has this effect that he can make you believe in him, put all your trust in him. He makes you feel like he's giving you some kind of gift. When all he's done is turn you into a bunch of guard dogs." I added coldly as I use the air around me to gently slide Isaac and Erica's unconscious bodies toward Derek.

"It's true. It is about power." Derek pulls out his claws.

I stand in front of Scott ready to take on Derek.

"Move, Milena, this isn't your fight." Derek said.

"No!" I countered.

Derek comes stalking toward Scott and I feel my blood tingle. I don't want to use my magic against Derek but if it means protecting Scotty, my childhood friend, my brother, then I would. Before I can use my magic Scott gently shoves me aside and Derek head butts him. He presses the advantage, clawing at his chest and face, hitting him over and over. I am about to interfere when Scott elbows him in the face sending Derek back a bit. Derek smiles evilly and walks toward Scott and suddenly he's hitting him repeatedly in face.

"Derek! STOP!" I yelled out at the Alpha.

He picks Scott up and slams him into the ground. Scott spits out blood as Derek places his foot on his chest.

"Derek Hale! Stop! NOW!" I yelled out causing some of the lights in the arena to pop.

Derek looks at me and shakes his head stepping off of Scott and I push past him to run towards the fallen beta and look him over.

"Oh, Scotty, I need to get you to Deaton." I whispered, slowly trying to pull him up.

"Don't. You don't want to be like them." Scott gasped at Boyd before groaning in pain.

"You're right." Boyd lifted his shirt to reveal a e on his abdomen. "I wanna be like you." He walked past us towards Derek and the rest of his new pack.

"What are you doing, Derek. You especially, should know that this is risky. They could of all rejected the bite." I yelled at him.

Derek's body tensed at my words and I could tell he was beyond angry at what I was alluding to but I stood my ground, even as he glared at me coldly. "Aria, I'm an Alpha and I need a pack. To be perfectly honest you don't have a say. You aren't the Alpha, I am. You are just here to protect us. You stand behind me and do your job or leave."

My stomach falls into knots and I know that if I let him walk out of here without me I wouldn't be doing my duty, but I couldn't shake the feelings that were running through me. I took in a breath and mustered all the will I had in me. "Then I'm done. This isn't right and you know it." I don't wait to look at Derek's expression I start helping Scott up.

"Aria?" Isaac's voice called out to me.

I look up at him and see that everyone had walked out. As I look at him I could feel my heart breaking all over again. This is the Isaac I know the one who looks at me with those blue eyes that see into me but his loyalty to Derek caused him to turn against me. I couldn't trust him, not anymore. I took a deep breath and hold back the tears that threaten to spill over.

"I'm done." My voice cracked, barely getting the words out.

Isaac's eyes widen with realization of my words and I see his lip quiver a bit before he turned and walked out of the rink.

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