A few hours later after Derek and I quickly changed and filled in Peter and Isaac on what happened we were standing in the woods trying our best to track Boyd and Cora, Scott was in another part of the preserve trying his best to find them as well, I continued trying to catch a scent as Derek's phone rang causing me to look over at him as he put it on loud speaker
"You lost them?" Derek snapped angrily
"Yeah I kind of had to" Scott responded slightly out of breath
"Wasn't exactly the plan" Derek replied sighing
"I know, which is why I think we should stick together, trust me he's too strong, too fast and way too angry for one person to handle, we gotta do this together"
"Look Skye and I are at the trails by the entrance to the preserve, can you meet us here?" Derek asked him, I sighed because even though we needed to find Boyd and Cora this is the last place I want to be right now, Erica was dead and I couldn't help think it was my fault, I should have tried harder to make her and Boyd stay and this could have all been avoided
"Yeah, just gotta drop something off first" Scott replied, Derek hung up the phone and looked over me but I tried to avoid his gaze so he didn't see my guilt but of course he knew, we know each other better than anyone else ever could and I kept second guessing my choice to become an Alpha because I knew I wasn't cut out for it, I had already proved that
"You don't have to be here" he told me "If it's too much for you tonight…"
"No it's not that…" I sighed "I just keep thinking, how am I supposed to lead them if I can't even protect them…I mean that's part of the job description right?"
"Skye what happened wasn't your fault"
"I should have tried harder to make them stay…I should have done something…"
"Look at me" Derek said softly, I slowly lifted my glassy brown eyes to meet his forest green ones "What happened to them was not your fault, nothing you could have said or done would have changed their minds, I know you know this"
"I just…I don't understand this…why would they do that, why make Cora and Boyd go crazy, why kill Erica?"
"I don't know…why wait until now?" he added, I shrugged then looked down
"They're planning something I just can't figure it out"
"Hey" he said gently kissing my temple "Don't get worked up over this…let's just focus on finding them and bringing them back" I nodded in agreement then heard leaves crunching under someone's feet as they approached, Scott came into our view and nodded at us
"Ready?" Scott asked us, we both nodded and took off running then jumped over a fallen tree and stopped, we looked around for signs of the blood thirsty Betas "Is it them?" Scott asked looking at footprints
"We're not the only ones that decided to stick together" Derek answered
"Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" I asked
"I don't know"
"Derek" Scott said standing up "I saw Boyd try to rip two little kids apart, are they going to do that to everyone they find?"
"Everyone and anyone" Derek said walking past us, I sighed and quickly caught up with my mate
"We should get Isaac out here to help us, the more we have out here the better chance we have of finding them" ten minutes later Isaac stepped in front of Derek, Scott and I
"They could be anywhere" Derek explained "As far as we know they are sticking together" Isaac nodded then we moved out but I stopped and grabbed Derek's arm
"You hear that?" I asked pricking an ear up higher
"What?" he asked me, it was silent before we heard a girl screaming
"Emily, EMILY, EM!" a growl sounded through the forest causing all of us to take off towards the sound
"Hey guys…" I said slowing down "We need to surround her it'll make it harder for her to escape"
"Cornering her might make her more vicious" Scott added
"Oh it definitely will, no one likes getting cornered but she won't be able to escape" Derek nodded
"I agree" they all nodded and took off running in opposite directions, I heard Cora snarl at Scott and Isaac as they tried to fight her off so I stepped out on her left and Cora let out a vicious growl, I sent one back of my own but Cora didn't back down, Derek came up to my side and added a roar of his own but again Cora simply growled back but didn't retreat
Derek and I shared a look before we both roared causing all the Betas to flinch and submit, Cora whimpered and ran through an opening Derek, Isaac and I all ran after her, after a few minutes we stopped as we lost her, Scott quickly caught up with us as his phone rang
"Stiles now's not…"
"Lydia found a dead body at the pool" I heard Stiles interrupt him "It looks like they killed someone"
"Are you sure?" Scott asked him
"Yup, throat ripped out, blood everywhere, it's like the freaking Shining over here, if two little twin girls come out of the woods and start asking me to play with them forever and ever, I'm not gonna be surprised" I rolled my eyes and gently nudged Scott silently asking to talk to him, Scott nodded and handed me his phone
"Stiles I hate asking this but I need you to get a little closer to the body, I need you to tell me exactly what you see" I asked shakily, it didn't make sense how they killed someone at the pool when they hadn't been anywhere near there
"Tell you what I see, what you don't think it was them Skyez who else is going around ripping throats out?" Stiles argued
"Stiles please?" I begged him
"A lot of blood" he sighed "He's wearing a purity ring…"
"Stiles how many wounds does he have?" I asked rolling my eyes, I didn't care what he was wearing
"One giant cut across the throat…that's it"
"There's no other claw or bite marks on the body?" I asked
"No not that I can see"
"His clothes aren't shredded"
"No Skye they're not!"
"Okay thanks Stiles" I hung up the phone and walked back over to the group
"Derek they killed someone" Scott said before I could say anything "Some totally innocent kid is dead"
"Maybe…but they weren't the ones who did it" I told him giving him back his phone
"Look Skye I know you try to find the best in people but hasn't that bit you in the ass previously?" I scoffed
"Wow Scott tell me how you really feel and this time don't hold back" I crossed my arms
"They killed someone" he argued
"No they didn't and if you would just shut up and listen to me for five freaking seconds maybe you'll understand where I'm coming from" when he didn't say anything I took this as sign for me to continue "There was only one wound across the neck…there were no other claw or bite marks on the body, you said it yourself they're too angry, how could someone so angry, driven mostly on primal instinct be controlled enough to make only a single cut on the body?" Derek nodded
"She's right…they would have torn him apart…you probably wouldn't be able to identify him"
"But the amount of blood?" Scott asked
"He was cut across both carotid arteries…those arteries are the main blood supply for the brain of course there was a lot of blood" I shot back angry, ever since he betrayed me with Gerard we haven't been close and it was hurting me every time it was proven
"Look until we hear otherwise I'm gonna assume they did it" Scott said, I rolled my eyes at my brother "That means we need help"
"We've got Isaac now" Derek said
"I mean real help" Scott protested adding to my anger
"Wow you're on a roll tonight Scott" I scoffed
"They're too fast for us, for all of us" Scott continued as he ignored me "They're too strong too rabid" Derek shook his head
"We'll catch them"
"What happens if we do?" Isaac asked "We're just gonna hold them down until the sun comes up?"
"Maybe it would be easier just to kill them" Derek sighed
"Derek" I snapped shaking my head "We can't do that"
"Skye's right, killing them isn't the right thing to do" Scott added
"What if it's the only thing to do?" Isaac asked, we all looked over at him "If we can't even catch them, what else do we do?"
"Find someone who knows what they're doing"
"Who?" Derek asked looking sceptical
"Oh God" I sighed catching on to what Scott was suggesting "I highly doubt Argent's going to want to help"
"If it means people aren't going to die anymore he might…"
"They didn't kill anyone" I argued following Scott towards Derek's car but he ignored me and if we weren't at a loss of time I would have hit him "This is a bad terrible idea" I sighed from the backseat, Derek and Isaac nodded as we watched Scott walk up to the former werewolf hunter, I tensed as Argent pulled a gun on Scott
"Uh…hi" Scott started nervously
"Awesome start Scott…" I sighed loudly
"Do you think this is gonna work?" Isaac asked from the front seat
"Nope" Derek answered
"Me neither" I looked out at Scott and Mr Argent then realised I was in the back seat
"Hey Isaac why are you in the front seat?" I said leaning over the centre consul between Derek and Isaac
"Cause I got in while you were yelling at Scott" Isaac answered
"Oh…" I sighed leaning back, it was silent for a few seconds before Isaac looked over at Derek
"So you're uh…your sister" Derek looked over at him with an expression that said 'I dare you to finish that sentence'
"That's his little sister dumbass" I sighed from the back
"Sorry yeah it's…" Isaac cleared his throat "It's bad timing, I'm sorry I'll ask later, it's fine" Derek looked back over at him with raised eyebrows "Or never" Isaac nodded "Yeah, yeah I'm good with never"
"Alright you lost your front seat privileges, get your ass back here" I sighed, Isaac groaned but moved to the back anyway then I quickly moved up front and sighed
"Can I ask something?" Isaac suddenly said
"Does it have something to do with Cora?" I asked keeping my eyes glued to my twin brother
"No actually it has something to do with you two" Isaac said gesturing to me and Derek
"Oh God…what did you hear?" I said quickly, I decided the night before that Derek was too stressed about the vault thing and needed to relax, especially since it was three that morning and he hadn't fallen asleep unlike me, after a back massage failed to work I tried a different method…a more enjoyable method, a method that was very hard to stay quiet with
"What, did you think I was going to ask about you two having sex at one in the morning?"
"Oh God" I said burring my head in my hands out of embarrassment
"Yeah no I heard that enough last night"
"OH GOD!" beside me Derek chuckled slightly causing me to look over at him "DEREK!" I exclaimed
"Yeah that too" Isaac added making my cheeks flare ever hotter
"What was your question Isaac?" I asked, he looked at me
"How did you do that?"
"Isaac?" Derek growled out a warning, I was getting too worked up and knew it was messing with his head
"Oh my God I'm not going into specifics what happens in bed stays between Derek and I" I yelled
"NO, NO, NO not that in the forest you guys made us all submit…even Scott, how did you two do that?" Isaac asked, I only shrugged and looked out the window pretending I didn't know the answer but really I did know the answer
I was becoming an Alpha, tonight was the first time I actually made a Beta submit to me but I was scared because I couldn't stop recalling Deucalion's words "She'll be worth the wait" they wanted me to be an Alpha and I didn't know why
"It's because she's becoming an Alpha" Derek answered after I failed to do so
"Tonight?" he asked
"Maybe" I whispered, Derek looked over at me but I refused to meet his eyes, I was playing with my bracelet anxiously, we looked up as Argent pulled out of his parking spot and started to drive off, Derek was quick to follow him he followed Argent's SUV to the pool where the body was found
"Smart" I nodded "Even if they didn't do it, make him think they did and he'd help" I looked at my phone when it vibrated and read the text out loud "Argent's in go to the last place we saw them…meet you there" Derek sped off towards the preserve and parked the Cruiser a little bit away from where we lost Cora, I looked up as Scott and Argent walked over to us, Chris dropped a bag onto the forest floor
"You're tracking them by print?" Chris asked us
"Trying to" Scott nodded
"Well, then you've been wasting your time, there's only one creature on earth that can visually track footprints and that's man and if you're not trained like me, you have no idea that this print is Boyd's and these…"
"Are Cora's" Isaac interrupted pointing at the tracks in the mud
"Nope…they're yours, you trampled Cora's as soon as you walked over here, listen I know the four of you are focusing half your energy on resisting your own urges under the full moon, you especially Skye but that puts you at a severe disadvantage to Boyd and Cora, who have fully given in, they put the petal to the floor while you four are barely hitting the speed limit"
"So what do we do?" Derek sighed tightening his hold on my waist, I was standing in front of him and he had wrapped his arms around my waist pulling me closer when Argent walked up to us and I knew it was to both protect me from Argent who he still didn't like or trust and because he needed me closer to stay in control like I needed him to stay in control
"Focus on your sense of smell, actual wolves are known to track their prey-"
"By up to a hundred miles a day by scent" I cut in and finished for him, he smiled at me then turned back to the boys
"A trained hunter can use scent to track them, if the wind is with them wolves can track a scent by a distance of two miles, which means we can draw them to us…or into a trap" he tossed a net to Scott "Full moon does give us one advantage, they'll have a higher heat signature which makes them easier to spot with infrared" Chris tossed Scott, Isaac and me a pair of infrared goggles
"Thanks but…I've got my own" Derek said and I let out a small shiver sensing his eyes change…sensing a power change and felt my own do the same
"I see Skyler does too…" Chris nodded at me, I shook my head making my red eyes disappear and were replaced by my gold Beta eyes, I shook my head again when my eyes faded back to normal
"Not completely" the hunter nodded
"Just remember, we're not hunting wild animals underneath those impulses are two intelligent human beings, don't think they can't rely on that human side, it's suppressed but it's there, reminding them how to mask their scent, how to cover their tracks, how to survive" we walked over to a ledge and could see the entire town of Beacon Hills lit up from the downtown and streetlights "When's the last time you saw your sister?" he asked looking beside him to Derek
"Not in years, I thought she died in the fire" Derek answered
"Do you feel like you have a lock on her scent?" Derek shook his head
"I do" I spoke up "In the bank when she tackled me…I was with her long enough to get her scent" Chris nodded
"How confident are you in your skills?"
"To a point I guess, I try to suppress it especially tonight" I added looking up at Derek briefly before turning back to Argent to see him nod
"Scott what about you?" Chris asked Scott turning to look at him
"Honestly, most of the time I'm trying not to think about all the things I can smell" Scott replied, Chris sighed
"All right, the problem is when they breach the woods and hit the residential area, once they're past the high school they're right in the middle of Beacon Hills"
"They're not gonna kill everything they see, are they?" Isaac asked
"No but there is an important difference to recognize, wolves hunt for food at a certain point they get full but Boyd and Cora are hunting for the pleasure of the kill, for some primal apex predatory satisfaction that comes from the ripping of warm bodies to bloody shreds and who knows when that need gets satiated?"
"We can't kill them" I protested angrily
"What if we can't catch 'em?" Derek asked, looking at me and I glowered at him
"Then maybe we just need to contain them" Chris said before I could "There's no one in the school at night, is there?"
"You want to trap them inside?" I asked him
"If there's somewhere with a strong enough door, no windows or access to the outside"
"What about the boiler room?" Isaac asked "It's just one big steel door"
"You're sure the school's empty?"
"It has to be" Scott said looking out towards the school "There can't be anyone there this late, right?" I shifted my weight uneasily
"I'm not sure about this…we don't know if there's anyone inside or not…"
"There shouldn't be" Scott said
"Shouldn't be and isn't are two very different things especially when it comes to someone's life" Chris scoffed and nodded his head
"You know for a while we couldn't figure out what your ability was, we traced your family linage but couldn't find anything to suggest that there have been other human mates in your family tree and couldn't nail down your ability but that right there, that's how you tell if someone's an empathic werewolf"
"Because I don't want someone to die, I think we all feel that way" I replied looking up nervously, he shook his head
"Empathic werewolves have an extremely large amount of compassion, it drives every move, every decision they make, the thought of taking a life sickens them which is why many of them aren't Alphas" I nodded understanding I guess
"They can't kill to take the power, it would destroy them"
"Yeah and having an empathic Alpha is something we can use" I sighed feeling cornered, everyone around me wants me to become an Alpha
"I'm not an Alpha…"
"Not yet…but you're almost there, in the past two minutes your eyes have shifted red about five times"
"What do you want me to do?" I asked
"Not only are they going to be able to feel your power struggle but they're going to be drawn to you because of your abilities, you're going to draw them into the boiler room" I looked up confused as hell
"How am I supposed to do that?"
"Use your ability"
"What, how is that going to help I'm not connected to Boyd or Cora" Chris shot me a strange look
"You don't know about your ability?"
"I know about my ability, I can read the emotions of those who I'm connected to and I can experience their emotions myself…which is why I wonder what makes people so interested in me?" he shook his head
"Skyler on a full moon you can reach out to anything supernatural but you won't connect with them but that's not why I'm suggesting you do this, you don't just have the ability to read and experience the emotions of others…you can control their emotions as well" I looked at him and nothing was said for a few seconds then I simply turned on my heel and stalked away from the group
"I got her" I heard Derek say as he raced after me "Skyez, hey…hey" he grabbed my arm to keep me from moving and further but I ripped my arm out of his grasp "Skye talk to me" he pleaded, I stopped and turned around, tears were running down my face and knew my eyes kept flashing between bright gold, red and brown
"Why what's the point, everything's probably a lie anyway"
"What do you mean?"
"How do I know if anything is real, how am I supposed to know if Isaac actually likes me or how do I know if you really love me because apparently I can manipulate people to make them feel what I want them to feel, do you realize how badly I wanted you to love me back I craved it Derek...I need it and you're not actually in love with me and I'm going to have my heart ripped out…again" he walked over and rubbed my arms
"Stop, you have to stop thinking like that"
"What stop thinking how someone like you could love someone like me?"
"Do you realize how messed up that sounds?" my eyes met his "I'm the one who supposed to be asking that, I'm the one who wakes every morning and wonders how on earth someone as perfect as you could ever love a screw up like me" he sat down on a rock and sighed "I'm a terrible leader, I'm not a good boyfriend, I'm an awful mate…and yet you're the one questioning how I could love you"
"Derek" I sighed kneeling in front of him "You're not a screw up okay…I just can't help but think I manipulated your feelings without even realizing I did it"
"Do you remember when I was nearly killed by Peter that night at the school?" I nodded
"Vividly" I growled
"I woke up very suddenly and the only thought I had was that I had to get to you, I didn't understand it but I knew I needed to get to you, when I got to the gym you were unconscious with a pool of blood forming around you and Peter was about to bite you, I fought him off and he ran but I stayed with you until I heard sirens nearby and I had to leave, the whole time I was with you the only thing going through my mind was that if you healed from this that I would be there for you, I would be the protector you needed, I would be everything you wanted and I would love you like you deserved, Skye I fell in love with you when you were a human" Derek gently cupped my cheeks and wiped my tears away with his thumb "You've never manipulated my feelings"
A sense of relief washed over me as I tilted my head up and gently met Derek's lips, we pulled apart and Derek stood up pulling me up with him then gently kissed my temple before we walked back to the rest of the group
"Skyler I'm sorry about that I assumed you knew" Chris said apologising, I shook my head
"No, no one told me and it's okay…it was just a bit of a shock that's all" he nodded then pulled something out of his bag and stuck it in the ground
"These are ultrasonic emitters, it's one of the tools we use to corral werewolves, pushing them into a direction we want them to run" he pressed the centre button and smiled up at us as we all held our ears trying to cover the piercing beeping noise "It gives off a high-pitched frequency that only they can hear"
"GOD no kidding" Isaac said
"Turn it off, turn it off" I begged, he chuckled and pressed the button again, I shook my head trying to get rid of the ringing in my ears as Chris walked over to his SUV and started handing the emitters out
"These are going to drive them to the school?" Derek asked him
"And then it's up to you Skye to get them into the basement" I nodded a little unsure of the plan
"Does anyone want to rethink the plan where we just kill them?" Isaac asked, I reached up and smacked the back of his head
"No killing!" Isaac rubbed his head and nodded
"It's going to work" Scott added "It'll work" Derek nodded and tossed me his keys I caught them with ease and looked up at him
"You can do this" he told me clearly sensing my doubt
"I don't know how to turn it on or what to do" I whispered so that only he would hear
"It'll come naturally but you have to stay calm" I nodded at him "I'll meet you at the school"
"I love you" I replied wrapping my arms around his neck and touching our foreheads together
"I love you too" he kissed me gently, I smiled and turned towards Derek's car and drove off towards the school, I could hear the emitters starting so I picked up my speed
I pulled into the high school and quickly ran inside to check if there was anyone inside, no one else was here yet, I walked down each hallway but stopped as it was kind of eerie since the last time I was at the school late at night I ended up in the hospital, I was just about to make my way back to the entrance to the school when a light caught my eye, I turned down the English hallway and looked inside, this was her English class, Ms Blake's room but she wasn't inside
I looked around the hallway, trying to think of where she could be then went inside the classroom and noticed her computer printer was out of paper, the teachers kept the paper and other supplies in the boiler room, right where we were going to drive two crazy werewolves to
"Ah crap" I took off running again trying to text Scott at the same time to not bring Boyd and Cora to the boiler room, I saw the door to the boiler room was open so I quickly ran down the steps and went through the door it was dark but there was some light coming from a single light bulb "Ms Blake!" I yelled "Ms Blake!"
"Skyler" I turned and saw Ms Blake in the back corner, in the supply cage, holding a ring of paper
"Ms Blake, you need to get out of here right now" I said, running over to her
"Ms McCall what are you doing here so late at night?"
"Look, that doesn't matter something bad is about to happen and you need to leave" Ms Blake stayed still
"Ms McCall if this is some prank it's not funny" she replied but my head snapped over to the entrance to the boiler room when the sound of the door opening and footsteps running down the stairs
My heart sank when I pulled out my phone and the message was still trying to send, I turned to the teacher who was about to call out but I quickly shook my head and put a finger to my lips begging the teacher to be quite, Ms Blake nodded knowing something was wrong then jumped at the sound of fire extinguishers and grabbed my arm when growling and snarling echoed through the large boiler room then a few seconds after the extinguishers stopped I heard the steel door shut and lock, had they just let them inside I quickly sent a new message saying that I was still inside, when there was a growl, I looked up seeing Cora and Boyd coming right towards us
Derek's POV
Scott and I had just shut the steel door with a bang and I leaned against the door as Cora and Boyd started banging against the door trying to get out, it suddenly stopped and they were trapped, I didn't know where Skye was but we had managed without her
"Did that actually just work?" Scott asked
"It worked" I replied turning to look at him "You haven't heard from Skye yet have you, she's supposed to be down here by now" I asked and realized that Boyd and Cora weren't going to break down the door so I stepped back and leaned against the wall opposite to the door, Scott leaned into the door but pulled back when his phone vibrated, he grabbed it then his eyes widened and pressed his ears back to the door "What are you hearing?" I asked, Scott pulled back and looked at me wide-eyed
"Heartbeats…she didn't get out"
"Who are you talking about?" I asked
"There's four heartbeats…Derek, Skye didn't get the teacher out in time" I jumped up
"What, Skye's in there?" he showed me Skye's text TEACHER WAS INSIDE, I'M IN THE BOILER ROOM CHANGE PLANS DON'T BRING THEM HERE!
"I just got this…it must have been hard to send cause of the signal down here" I got ready to open the door "What are you doing?" Scott asked me
"Skye can't fight both of them off by herself and protect the teacher, I need to go in, close the door behind me and keep it shut"
"You go in there alone and you're either going to kill them or they kill you" I paused before looking over at him and let him see how much I cared for his sister show on my face
"That's why I'm going in there alone, besides this may be the only way to save her" I opened the door and ran inside while Scott shut it behind me and locked it
Skye's POV
"Get back" I said to the teacher and heard Miss Blake take a few steps back
"Skyler get back here"
"SHH!" I shifted and took a deep breath a calm feeling washed over me as I stared at Boyd and Cora with bright gold eyes, I felt my eyes shift red for a few seconds and the two Betas began to relax and slowly pull out of their shifted states
"Skye please" Ms Blake said breaking my concentration and the two Betas started growling again and advancing towards me, I growled in frustration and moved back keeping the teacher behind me then out of nowhere Derek shoved the two Betas to the ground and taking this opportunity Ms Blake reached around me and shut the cage door that locked from the outside which locked us in
"No, DEREK!" I shouted at him and hit my fists against the wire gate "What did you do?" I asked turning to the teacher
"Saving us" she said shakily
"No, no, no, no, no" I muttered shaking the cage door as Ms Blake tried to pull me back but I pulled out of her hands and continued to shake the door, I heard snarling and growling and a fight beginning then felt scratches forming on every part of my body, I cried harder knowing what was going on I continued trying to break the door as more and more scratches painfully appeared "DEREK!" I screamed loudly hearing it echo through the boiler room
"I'm sorry Skyez" I heard him whisper
I shut my eyes and felt power wash over me, when I opened I felt them rush with extra power and revealed my ruby red eyes then broke the door easily and ran towards the fight where I let out a furious growl Cora dropped Derek and moved towards me, I threw her down to the ground but she was quick to stand up and try to attack me again
I grabbed Cora's wrist and held her away from my body then locked eyes with Derek and together we let out a vicious roar sending both Betas falling to their knees, seconds later the boiler room opened and both Cora and Boyd fell to the ground un-shifted, I turned around and looked at Isaac and Scott standing there, Scott was looking at me with a shocked expression as I stared at them with glowing red eyes
"Get them out of here, please" I said pointing towards Cora and Boyd, Isaac and Scott looked at Derek "I've got him and the teacher, Scott will you go to Ms Blake's classroom and get her stuff in her car?" Scott nodded and picked up Cora "Thank you" I said before turning around and looked at my injured mate, he was scratched up and was close to death I kneeled down in front of him and grabbed his face before kissing him with as much love as I could, he responded back instantly and placed his hands on my knees, I pulled back and looked at him "I could punch right now" Derek lightly chuckled
"You'd probably end me"
"I thought I was…I was going to lose you"
"Me too…the teacher…" he replied looking at me painfully
"Can wait, that had to have been the stupidest, most amazing, most selfless thing I've ever seen you do all because there was a teacher in here?" Derek shook his head
"No it wasn't because of her…Skye you were stuck in here…I did that for you" I blinked back the tears that were forming
"You love me that much that you'd let Betas nearly kill you so I wouldn't get hurt?" he leaned his forehead onto mine
"No…I love you so much that I'd die for you any day" I let the tears I was trying to hold back fall as I buried my face in to his neck I had never felt this kind of love before and knew that what I was feeling was true love, it wasn't the kind of love you think you have when you're dating someone but it was the kind of love where you know you would happily die for the other person if that meant saving their life, I pulled back and looked into his green eyes I couldn't imagine a life without him anymore
"I love you"
"I love you too" he told me before pulling me into a kiss but after a minute I pulled back
"I've got to take care of Ms Blake" Derek nodded
"I'll go with you" I shook my head
"No, I need you to heal…please just go wait in the car"
He nodded and allowed me to help him stand, I let him walk out of the boiler room before walking back over to the terrified teacher and slowly moved the door I ripped off and moved towards Ms Blake, she was shaking obviously scared of what just occurred, I kneeled in front of her
"It's over now Ms Blake…you're going to be okay" she didn't respond only looked at me, I knew I couldn't have been a pretty sight since I was showing all of my shared wounds, I gave her a gentle smile and slowly stood up offering my hand to the teacher hoping she would take it, Ms Blake shakily put her hand in mine and allowed herself to be helped up "You're stuff's already in your car, I'll take these things back to your classroom" I told her picking up the supplies that were thrown onto the floor, I heard the soft click of Ms Blake's heels before they stopped so I stood up with the armful of supplies and looked at the shaken teacher
"Thank you" Ms Blake whispered, I nodded and gave her a smile
"Any time" I replied then followed her out of the boiler room and quickly dropped off the supplies and locked up the classroom before walking out of the school
I stood at the entrance of the school looking at Derek's car where Boyd and Cora were in the back seat with Isaac while Derek was standing by the passenger's side, he looked up when my scent hit his nose and his eyes flashed red, I smiled and allowed my eyes to shift as well they were now a dangerous glowing red matching my mate's, I walked up to him and wrapped my arms around his stomach
"You're an Alpha now" he whispered, I nodded and looked up at him
"I'm an Alpha now"
A/N: I'm sorry this chapter took me so long, I have been busy with other things but I'll try and update quicker again