I handed Deaton a syringe and smiled at Kyle, a senior at Beacon Hills who was currently looking at the small dog on the table worriedly
"That's not gonna hurt him is it?" Kyle asked
"Just a little" Deaton told him sticking the dog and watched as Kyle winced "But I usually find that it's the owners who feel the most pain, all right well we'll just check the stool sample for parasites but my guess is that he probably just ate something he shouldn't have" Scott and I kneeled next to the tiny dog as Scott set him down
"Bullet, cool name" Scott said looking at the collar, I gently started to pet the dog and he rolled over exposing his belly us
"He's got two brothers at home named Beretta and Trigger, military family" Kyle informed Scott, Bullet whimpered as we started to rub his belly "Looks like he knows who the Alpha's are" the senior joked, I laughed it off after sharing a look with Scott then sighed as soon as Kyle was out of sight
"I'm guessing by that sigh that he hit a nerve" Deaton said looking at me
"I didn't really want to be one in the first place…" I said sitting in a chair
"Did Derek force you?" I shook my head
"No, it's just…Derek wanted me to be an Alpha, Deucalion wanted me to be an Alpha and I didn't really want to be one, I mean Derek doesn't look at me any differently now that I'm an Alpha so what's the point?"
"Skyler as long as Derek's an Alpha, you were bound to become one as well, if I'm going to be honest…you're going to be a wonderful Alpha" I smiled reluctantly
"I hope you're right but everyone's nervous around me like I'm some kind of ticking bomb" Deaton smiled at me
"That's because you're a new Alpha, new Alphas give off this sort of vibe, one that's pure power"
"So my wolf is like warning everyone that I'm not to be messed with?" I replied trying to understand
"More like asserting its dominance" he clarified
"Great…how long does this vibe last?" I asked him but he shrugged
"Could be a few days maybe a week, it's different for every person" I nodded and the sound of a car pulling up caught my attention
"Derek's here" I looked up at him expectantly
"Your shift is over Skye thank you for your help tonight" Deaton said putting clean instruments away, I smiled and walked over to Scott before whispering
"You still need to tell me about what Stiles said, tomorrow before school" Scott nodded and I walked out of the clinic quickly getting into Derek's car and pecked him on the lips
"How was work?" he asked driving away
"It was work nothing that interesting, how are the others doing?"
"Well Boyd's back with his family and Cora's still healing" I nodded drumming my fingers on my lap nervously at my next question "Hey Der…does your sister hate me?"
"What?"
"Does Cora hate me?" I re-asked nervously
"No, why would you think that?"
"She hasn't said more than a few words to me since she woke up yesterday, I just assumed she didn't like me" I replied looking up at him because it was true Cora had been so cool towards me when she woke up and I knew we wouldn't be besties but I thought she'd at least be friendly
"Trust me Skye it's not that, she just has to get used to you Cora's got a tough outer shell and you need to crack it little by little"
"They said that about you too and I crumbled that tough exterior of yours with one tiny flick" I flicked his arm mockingly, Derek chuckled
"Well you had a slight advantage…" I smirked
"Which was?" I asked him as he stopped the car in front of his loft
"Well for one…" Derek nuzzled my neck "You had a very tantalizing scent, it drove me insane…it still does actually"
"This isn't your idea of dirty talk is it?" I asked quirking an eyebrow at him
"I found your wit charming"
"Ah sarcasm so glad that's a turn on for you"
"Your intelligence intrigued me"
"Glad you like that cause most people hate me for it" Derek leaned in softly brushing his lips to my ear
"I love every single part of you" I shuttered as his fingers ran down my arms with a feather like touch "You want to know what the worst part of this weekend has been?"
"What?" I whispered closing my eyes at the pleasure of his touch
"You've been an Alpha for two whole days and we haven't had crazy hot Alpha sex yet" I swallowed
"You mean to tell me that what we've been doing was tame?"
"Oh you have no idea" Derek whispered lowly before gently nipping my ear, I let out a growl and grabbed his neck before forcefully pressing my lips to his Derek responded back instantly trying to fight for control but I wasn't having it, he started to lift up my shirt but I pulled away
"We can't…" I said breathlessly "We can't do it here…too public"
"Cora's upstairs we can't do it in the building, your place is too crowded, where else are we supposed to do it?" he replied with a frustrated sigh
I bit my lip in thought as Derek lightly kissed my neck, my face lit up as I got an idea and quickly jumped out of his car, by the time he had followed me around the back of the building I was sitting on the Camaro's hood
"I've always wanted to have sex in this car" I laughed "Now I have my chance"
Derek rolled his eyes but quickly closed the space between us again, I reached into his pocket and fished out his keys to unlock the car, as soon as Derek heard the car unlock he lifted me up, I quickly wrapped my legs around his hips to keep myself in place and as soon as he was able to Derek all but threw me into the backseat, crawled in and shut the door behind him
I cuddled closer to Derek and nuzzled his bare chest sighing in content Derek pulled the blanket farther up my back as he pulled me closer, the back of the Camaro wasn't the most comfortable place to cuddle but at the moment neither of us cared
"We should probably go inside" I sighed
"Yeah, I'm assuming Cora and Isaac know we're here"
"I don't want to move" I replied
"I know" Derek let out a sigh and began pulling on his clothes as I did the same
"Do you really have to sell this car?" I asked after we got out
"Yeah I'm not going to use it anymore"
"Glad we had sex in it when we did"
"Probably lowed the value of it" he joked, I wrapped an arm around his waist and shrugged, Derek quickly placed his arm around my shoulders as we walked into the building, I yawned as I stepped into the main room of the loft, Isaac waved at us
"How was work?"
"Eh…it was work" I sighed sitting across from him "It's always easier when Scott and I work a shift together divides the work load" I looked to my right as Cora slid into the seat next to me so I gave her a smile and Cora nodded before looking down at her food, my attention was torn from Cora to the bowl placed in front of me by Derek so I smiled but stayed quiet
The next morning at school I knew I had to see Ms Blake so I tousled my curls then threw on my jacket before heading down the stairs and was about to exit the house but was met by my mother, who was sitting on the couch
"Hey" mom said, patting the couch, wanting me to join her
"What's up, mom?" I asked and cautiously walked over to her and sat down
"Were you with Derek last night, you got home late"
"Uh…yeah"
"Alright, well I just want to make sure that you both are….taking things slow" I sighed as I knew where she was taking this
"Mom, if you are trying to coyly say what I think you are trying to say trust me when I tell you were being safe"
"That's reassuring I guess" she replied hesitantly "I love you honey but I am not raising some werewolf baby for my teenage daughter I will not be some reality show star" I laughed as mom got off the couch
"You won't have to worry about that" I said before quickly leaving for school, I took a seat in one of the desks in Ms Blake's classroom, I needed to make sure the teacher was okay after the incident Friday night but so far she was nowhere to be seen, I wouldn't blame Ms Blake if she ran from Beacon Hills, that would be the smartest thing to do, my head snapped up when I heard the door open but it was Derek I shot him a confused look and was about to ask him a question until he shook his head and put a finger to his lips
Derek quickly moved to the other side of me when the door opened again but this time revealing Ms Blake, she sighed and stood facing her door then turned around and screamed when Derek and I came into her sight, she quickly grabbed a wooden pointer and held it out to beat Derek and I off if necessary
"What do you want?" Ms Blake asked "You going to threaten me, tell me that no one's going to believe me, try to scare me, kill me?"
"Why would we kill you?" I asked standing up causing the teacher to back up towards the door, Derek stepped towards the teacher
"We were going to see if you were okay"
"Physically or emotionally?" Ms Blake asked "Although, I guess that presupposes that I was emotionally okay before any of this and according to my therapist that's been debatable for a long time" Derek let out a chuckle then walked closer to the teacher and carefully took the pointer out of her hands before backing up next to me again
"I think you're going to be okay Ms Blake" I told her with a small smile but her eyes never strayed from Derek even when I was talking, she gave him a nervous smile causing my jaw to clench, I was aware of how attractive Derek was but that didn't mean I was okay with other people checking him out in front of me
"She's right" Derek nodded agreeing with me
"Obviously, you've never taught high school, in 20 minutes I have to start two dozen teenagers on The Crucible and I honestly have no idea what I'm going to say"
"Well, why don't you start by telling them that it's an allegory for McCarthyism?" Derek replied as I stared between them not at all happy with this exchange
"Is that a subtle way of suggesting that I shouldn't say anything, because I won't" Derek chuckled and handed the pointer back to Ms Blake then walked past her but before he opened the door she stopped him "Who are you?" she asked
"I'm Derek"
"Jennifer" Ms Blake responded, Derek paused for a second before walking out of the classroom, I saw Ms Blake smile then turned back around and jumped when she saw I was still standing by one of the desks
"Yeah, I'm still here" Ms Blake cleared her throat
"So you know Derek pretty well?"
"Yeah, I know him better than anyone else" I replied and wished I could growl to warn her to stay away from my mate but that would contradict this whole visit
"Is he…you know…seeing someone?"
"Yup" I smirked
"Oh…do you know who?" I nodded and started to walk out of the classroom but before I left I looked back at her
"Me…we've been dating for about six months now" I heard the teacher's heartbeat quicken as I made my way towards my locker and ignored Derek as he walked up to me
"I never would have pegged you as the jealous type" Derek chuckled
"I don't like people ogling my boyfriend in front of me" I told him slamming my locker shut then walked towards the locker rooms but was being pulled into a bathroom, Derek quickly locked the door and gave me a look
"Why are you mad?"
"I'm not mad I…I can't explain what I'm feeling because I've never felt like this before" I explained
"Felt like what?"
"Like I want to prove to everyone that you're mine and no one else's"
"You feel possessive over me"
"You're not a possession Der, you're a human being" I replied
"It's just your wolf wanting to claim what's rightfully hers, it's all instinct"
"Oh yeah?" I asked stepping closer to him "And what does your wolf want you to do at the moment"
"Submit to you" he whispered, my eyes flashed red and I all but attacked Derek
I smirked as I fixed my messed up curls and readjusted my dress that Derek messed up and watched as he pulled up his pants then looked back at me through the mirror
"I can't believe we just did that in school" I laughed
"You should get jealous more often" he chuckled "I should go" I let out a whine
"Do you have to?" Derek smiled and kissed my forehead "Yes but how about Cora and I pick you up after your fourth period and the three of us will go have lunch?" I nodded
"Okay" I agreed
"Go to class" Derek lifted my chin and gave me a long deep kiss
"I love you" I whispered
"I love you too" he replied kissing me again then left, I looked back into the mirror and smiled before walking out of the bathroom myself and practically ran towards the girls changing room since I was already late
I was trying not to look anywhere as I walked into the boy's locker room, Scott and Stiles had told me to meet them in here after I had gotten changed I just didn't know that everyone in here would be frigging changing but something bad had happened
"I looked everywhere, it's like he just walked away, left his car, his dog" Scott explained to Stiles and me as he got ready for running, apparently after I left Scott found Kyle had left his dog and car in the parking lot
"Okay was he, like... could he have been a virgin maybe?" Stiles asked "Did he look like a virgin, was he, you know, virginal?" I scoffed and was gonna have some fun with this
"No, definitely not" I said making Scott and Stiles both look at me "Deaton makes me have sex with all of his clients, it's a new policy but don't tell Derek" Scott immediately began laughing but Stiles remained with a serious expression on his face
"No, we don't know if he was a virgin" Scott said serious when Stiles clearly didn't appreciate my joke "And why are you talking like he's already dead, he's just missing"
"Missing and presumed dead because he's probably a virgin" Stiles said "And you know who else is a virgin, Me, I'm a virgin okay and you know what that means it means that my lack of sexual experience is now literally a threat to my life okay, I need to have sex like right now, someone needs to have sex with me like today like, someone needs to sex me right now!" his rant was followed by a locker slamming shut behind him, Danny had done it and he gave Stiles a serious look
"All right, I'll do it" Danny said
"What?" Stiles asked, as Scott and I looked at each other
"Come to my place at 9:00, plan to stay the night I like to cuddle" that's when I knew he was joking and began to laugh
"Oh, that was so sweet" Stiles said "Are you kidding?"
"Yes, I'm kidding" Danny said, walking away
"Okay, you know, you don't toy with a guy's emotions like that, Danny" Stiles yelled after him as Scott and I continued to laugh "It's not attractive, all right?" I patted Stiles' shoulder and went to walk out as Isaac walked into the locker room
"Mr Lahey, happy to have you back" Coach yelled "Not happy that you're so late"
"Sorry, coach" Isaac said, giving me a smile as he walked by
"I'll remind you all, cross-country is not optional for lacrosse players" Coach announced "I don't need you turning into a bunch of fat-asses in the off-season" as he said that Danny and Isaac both took off their shirts, exposing their….well their amazing bodies
"I don't think you'll have to worry about that Coach" I said as I walked out back into the girls changing room, I was amazed the coach didn't care that I was in there but then he never did before
I stood beside Scott and Stiles as I stretched, everyone was doing this preparing for their run and I looked around at all the students and couldn't help wonder if any of them would be a sacrifice, most of the time I didn't believe Stiles and his theories but this one seemed pretty plausible, I was glad that Derek and I had already taken care of my virgin problem but that didn't mean innocent kids should be killed for it
Just as Coach walked over to start the run, I felt a tingling sensation go up my spine and felt slightly on the verge of anger so I immediately looked up and noticed the Alpha twins standing over Isaac as he tied his shoe, I hit Scott on the shoulder and pointed he looked up at me then followed my finger
"Something's wrong" I said then Coach blew his whistle, Scott and I jogged over to Isaac and I put my hand on his shoulder "Isaac!" I exclaimed and could feel his shoulder tense beneath my grasp
"It's them" Isaac replied and took off after the twins
"Isaac, wait!" Scott exclaimed "Isaac!" Scott and I quickly took off after him attempting to catch up with them, we passed the group and made our way over the ridge and into a clearing were we stopped, seeing the twins standing over Isaac, holding him down
"Ethan, I always forget how many bones in the human body?" one asked his brother
"I don't know" Ethan replied, Scott ran up to them "Let's count" he added then Scott punched Ethan in the jaw
"That's one" Scott said as both twins let Isaac go and Ethan cracked his jaw back into place, I watched as all four boys shifted into their werewolf forms and jumped into action not thinking
"Stop!" I yelled, running down the ridge to reach the boys and grabbed one of the twin's shoulders but he pushed me onto the ground, I immediately flipped myself back up and crouched feeling my eyes shift and saw the twins surprised looks as they both stared at me but before the fight could further there was a scream making us all stop
We ran back up the ridge and saw our classmates all huddled around some trees Isaac, Scott and I ran in and stood next to Stiles, seeing the body up against the tree, he was definitely dead
"It's him, isn't it?" Stiles asked looking up at me and Scott, we both nodded
"Hey, get out of the way, get back" I heard from behind us so I turned, seeing the Sheriff running up to the group, he turned to his deputy "Get this area cordoned off before they trample every piece of evidence"
"Back up! Everyone back!" the female deputy ordered
"Get these kids out of here!"
"Dad, just come here" Stiles said, pulling his dad over to the body "Look, look, look at it, it's the same as the others, you see?"
"Yeah I see that do me a favour, go back to school, yeah?" the Sheriff turned to Coach "Coach, can you give us a hand here?"
"You heard the man" Coach yelled "Nothing to see here probably just some homeless kid"
"Coach" Scott said
"Yeah?"
"He was a senior"
"Oh" he paused for a second "He wasn't on the team, was he?" I rolled my eyes
"Aaaaahh Kyle!" I turned, seeing a blonde running up, crying but the deputy held her back from going to the body "Oh God, Kyle oh God!"
"You see the way the twins looked at him?" Isaac asked as we walked away from the scene
"Yeah, you mean like they had no idea what happened?" Stiles asked
"No, no, they knew"
"The kid was strangled with a garrotte all right, am I the only one recognizing the lack of 'werewolfitude' in these murders?"
"Oh, you think it's a coincidence they turn up and then people start dying?" Isaac replied, I could feel he was angry
"Well no but I still don't think it's them"
"Scott?" Isaac asked Scott but he didn't reply so he turned me "Skye, how 'bout you?" I watched as Stiles crossed his arms and Scott looked at me
"We don't know yet" I replied looking back at Isaac as he stared at me
"You don't know yet?" Stiles asked
"Well, he's got a point, seriously dude human sacrifices?" Scott added
"Scott, your eyes turn into yellow glow sticks, okay?" Stiles replied annoyed "Hair literally grows from your cheeks and then will immediately disappear and if I were to stab any of you right now, it would just magically heal but you're telling me that you're having trouble grasping human sacrifices, if I was a werewolf I wouldn't be strangling teenagers to kill them"
"That's a good point too" Scott said, looking at Isaac
"I don't care" Isaac replied "They killed that kid, they killed the girl that saved me, I'm gonna kill them too" he turned and left
"Isaac" I called back but he continued to walk away and I don't know why but that pissed me off a little
"All right, since inertia is a subject of which you all know plenty, why don't we start with 'momentum'?" Mr Harris said, starting class, writing on the board
"They're here for a reason" I heard from beside me as Scott was leaning forward to speak to Isaac "Give me a chance to figure it out before you do anything, okay Isaac"
"Danny...what do we know about momentum?" Mr Harris asked
"It's the product of mass and velocity" Danny replied "The more massive something is, the faster it's going"
"Mr Harris, can I use the bathroom, please?" Isaac asked suddenly and Mr Harris nodded and motioned for the door Scott and I looked at each other as Isaac left the room
"I have to go to the bathroom too" Scott said
"One at a time"
"But I really have to go, like medical emergency have to go"
"Mr McCall, if your bladder suddenly exploded and urine began to pour from every orifice, I would still respond, "one at a time" is that enough hyperbole for you or would you like me to come up with something more vivid?"
"No, no that's pretty good" Scott said, sighing and sitting down then he groaned and balled up his fist, I looked at my brother and then the board
As I listened to Harris lecture, I began to feel anger rise up in my body and then all of a sudden it was complete confusion and looked down and saw that my fist was balled and my claws were digging into my skin that's when there was loud banging coming from outside in the hall
Harris looked towards the door and walked out, I quickly jumped up and the whole class following as well, when we were in the hall, I could see Ethan at Isaac's feet, his nose and mouth bleeding but somehow I knew Isaac hadn't done anything which angered me, they were messing with my Beta's
"What is this?" Harris asked "What's going on?"
"You all right?" Danny asked, going over to a hurt Ethan
"Uh, he just... he just came at me" Ethan said, I felt anger go back through Isaac
"Isaac, what the hell did you do?" I felt myself getting angrier myself as I stared at Ethan then looked up at Isaac, we walked out after class but I suddenly gasped and clutched my chest
"You okay?" Scott whispered, I shook my head
"Something's wrong, I just don't know what" I let out a hiss and grabbed my jaw "My jaw's broken" Scott and Stiles quickly led me into an empty classroom and locked the door
"Why the hell is your jaw broken?" Scott asked me, I shook my head again before pain suddenly erupted through my back
"Skyez" Stiles asked cautiously, I let out a cry of pain as I collapsed to the ground, they both instantly rushed to my side, two hands caught me before my head smacked against the ground
"Skye" Scott exclaimed, holding me close "What's wrong?" he asked "Skye you're bleeding" he told me looking at wound appearing on my back and through my chest, I sat up and looked at the bloodstain slowly forming on the front of my dress "What the hell is going on?" Scott asked worriedly
"Derek" I whispered "Something's wrong with Derek"
"What do you mean?" he asked me
"I don't know, I need to get out of here"
"Okay what do you need us to do?" Stiles asked
"I need a jacket to cover up the blood and someone go get the nurse tell them I felt weak all the sudden" Stiles nodded and quickly ran down to the office, Scott stayed with me and did his best to take some of the pain away but to no avail Derek was seriously hurt and I needed to get to him fast, Stiles came back with the large black jacket that belonged to Derek from my locker and helped me put the jacket on and zipped it up
The nurse arrived a minute later and gave me a glass of cold water and asked if I was well enough to drive home or if I wanted to stay here and rest in her office, I told her I was strong enough to drive home and that I would probably be back tomorrow, as soon as I was in mom's car I took several deep breaths then sped away from the school and towards Derek's loft
I clutched my stomach as pain continued to spread through it and threw the car into park before jumping out and ran up the stairs but stopped when Deucalion and two of his Alpha minions appeared in my sight, I noticed Kali had a metal pole sticking through Derek's back and out his stomach
I let out a snarl realizing this was the discomfort I was feeling, they were on the verge of killing him, Ennis had Cora pinned to the ground but he got up and lunged for me, I dodged him by cart-wheeling out of the way then grabbed his shirt before throwing him against the metal door of the loft, when he got back up he tried to tackle me to the ground but I flipped out of his way and broke several vertebrae knowing he'd be paralysed for a few minutes
I ran towards Cora making sure she was okay then when Cora nodded her head I stood and turned my glowing red eyes back towards the blind Alpha, Deucalion laughed looking towards the paralysed Alpha
"There are two times you should never mess with an Alpha female Ennis, the first is when her mate is in distress and the second is when her kids are threatened, I thought you knew better than that by now" he turned and faced me "Skyler, it's always a pleasure to be in your company my dear"
"Wish I could say the same" I retorted with my voice distorted as I was completely shifted into my werewolf
"In time my darling you will want to be in my company" I let out a warning growl as he beckoned me to him, I made no movement towards him but he gave Kali a signal and she twisted the bar in Derek's back, both of us whimpered in pain "Don't make me hurt him even more" I cautiously walked up to him and Deucalion held up his hand and gently touched my face causing Derek to let out a warning growl, Deucalion let out a sigh "You're finally an Alpha and a powerful one at that…absolutely perfect" I made an attempt to move towards Derek but was stopped when the bar was twisted again
"Stop it!" I roared at the other female Alpha
"Don't make another move towards him" she smirked enjoying this power she had over us
"No" Deucalion said "Let her near him, let her touch him and comfort him but Skyler, if you make one move to pull the pole out I'll let Kali kill him and his sister and make you watch"
I immediately ran over and kneeled in front of Derek gently rubbing his arms attempting to provide some comfort then scooted closer not caring about getting blood on my clothes anymore he needed me, I gently nuzzled his neck and gave a slight smile when I heard Derek sigh in relief, he nuzzled my shoulder and knew he appreciated my attempt to comfort him
"The bond of mates" Deucalion sighed standing up "Such a beautiful thing, the unconditional love the two share for each other, really it's quite moving" Derek spat up blood most of it ending up on my dress and could instantly feel how sorry he was for doing that
"It's okay" I whispered to him and cupped his cheek
"You're killing them!" Cora shouted, Kali looked over at her and wagged a clawed finger
"Not yet little sister but I could" I let out a vicious snarl glaring at the other female Alpha as Derek continued coughing up blood onto me, I looked over at Cora as a tear slid down her cheek knowing there was absolutely nothing she could do to help Derek "Who knows if it's five minutes or five hours before it's too late to take this thing out" Kali continued adjusting her grip and moving the pipe causing both Derek and I to let out whimpers of pain "But just to be on the safe side Duke, you might want to get to the point"
"Now you see the one problem with being in an Alpha pack" Deucalion said "Everyone wants to make the decisions, me I'm more about discovering new talents, like you Derek and of course Skyler"
"Not interested" Derek and I responded together
"But you haven't even heard my pitch"
"You want us to kill our own pack" Derek said wincing in pain, every time he talked it was hurting him
"No…I want you two, to kill one of them, do that and I won't have to ask you to kill the others, you'll do it on your own, I did it, Ennis did, Kali did, tell him what it's like, Kali to kill one of your own"
"Hmm…liberating" Kali answered
"Psycho" I scoffed, Kali's jaw clinched and she moved the pipe again causing Derek and me to cry out in pain
"Listen to her Derek, do you really want to stay beholden to a couple of maladjusted teenagers bound to become a liability and believe me, they'll become a liability in fact I have a feeling one of them is getting himself into trouble right now" I shut my eyes and tried to figure out who he was referring to and out of nowhere I felt panicked to the point of not breathing and an uncontrollable need to shift, I quickly blocked the feelings and let out a sigh knowing exactly who would feel like that from experience with his feelings
"Who?" Derek asked
"Isaac" I answered stroking his cheek, before I could react further I felt someone yank me away from Derek, Ennis restrained me while I did everything in my power to get back to Derek, I let out a loud howl causing the loft to shake and Cora to cower away
"I get more and more impressed by you every second, Skyler" Deucalion started, he turned his attention back towards Derek "You see the reason I'm always invested in new talent is simple, we all know the pack is strongest due to its individual parts, the stronger the individual parts, the greater the whole" I began struggling again but stopped when I felt a claw press on the skin above my artery "You see" Deucalion continued "When I lost my sight one of my Betas assumed I wasn't fit for my role anymore, he tried to take it from me, killing him taught me something about Alphas I didn't know they could do, his power was added to mine I became stronger, faster, more powerful than I'd ever been, I tested this new ability to subsume the power of your own by killing another one, in fact I killed them all I took the individual parts and became a greater individual whole" I heard Derek grunting in pain and let another tear fall down my face, I looked over when Deucalion pulled Derek's head up and placed his hands over his face "Hmm, you're right, Kali he looks like his mother, you'll get to know me Derek, like she did"
I shut my eyes and tried to block the sound of Derek's blood dripping into a pool of more blood but it was all I could hear and it filled with a sudden rage that I clawed Ennis' face and broke the hand holding my throat then turned my attention to Kali, the other female Alpha was smirking
"I think we found her weakness, Duke she can't stand poor Derek being hurt" she twisted the pipe and I clenched my fists making myself bleed when my claws dug in
"She's an empathic werewolf Kali…she can't stand anyone being hurt especially those she cares the most about, remember what I said Skyler…make one attempt to remove that pipe and Kali will kill him and his sister" I took several deep breaths to calm myself and tried to wrap my head about the fact that Deucalion knew about my ability
"I'm…I'm okay" Derek told me but I shook my head knowing it was a lie
"No you're not Derek" I replied whimpering a little
"I will…be" his attention turned towards Deucalion "I know you, I know what you are you're a fanatic" the blind Alpha put his stick down
"Know me, you've never seen anything like me, I am the Alpha of Alphas" thunder crashed behind him and everything grew darker "I am the apex of apex predators I am death, destroyer of worlds, I am the demon wolf!" he looked right at me as I stared at him unimpressed when he finished then Deucalion quickly walked over to me and grabbed my throat lifting me off the ground "You're not scared, Little Red?" he asked with a distorted voice
"Of you, not a chance" I responded smirking
"I can smell your fear…"
"That's because one of your little minions is holding a pipe through my mate but I'm not scared of you" I smirked "In fact…you're the one who's scared" Deucalion growled and dropped me
"I'm not scared"
"You are actually…you said it yourself I'm an empathic werewolf, your fear is rolling of off you…it's practically suffocating, you may be able to mask it in front of the others but you can't hide emotion from me, that's it isn't it I scare you"
"You?" he asked scoffing
"Yes a 5 foot 3 inch petite girl scares you because you know that if I don't join you that'll be it for your band of misfits" Deucalion's jaw clinched "Now…" I growled "Get the hell away from me and my mate" he let out a low growl and motioned for Ennis and Kali to follow him, as soon as Kali pulled the pipe out of Derek, he fell to his side and it took everything I had not to run towards him, I watched Cora run towards her older brother while I stood in front of the two of them making sure the other three Alphas left but as soon as they were out of eyesight my body relaxed and I ran over to Derek with tears running down my face
"We need to clean you up a bit" I said starting to stand up but Derek grabbed my wrist
"How did…did you know?"
"Shh…" I whispered gently running a hand through his hair "We'll talk later"
"Skye…" I looked up at Cora
"Will you grab the first aid kit in the kitchen?" Derek wasn't letting me do it
"Wait til I'm back" Cora said before getting up and running towards the kitchen, I looked back as Derek's hand slid into mine, I squeezed his hand and brought it up to my lips before gently kissing it, he moved his other hand so it was resting on my cheek
"I love you" I smiled and kissed the palm of his hand
"I love you too"
"Here" Cora said handing me the first aid kit "Now spill"
"I'm not sure how I knew" I said taking Derek's shirt off and began cleaning the wound "I've never been able to tell the emotions of someone I haven't connected with, I'm not sure if my abilities are evolving or if this is the result of being an Alpha, either way…he hid it well but I could still feel it even for a few seconds"
"How did you recognize it?" Cora asked
"There are two emotions that are so strong I can tell them instantly now, one of them is fear the reason I could tell is because it's so distinct so powerful it literally radiates off the person…no matter how deep you bury it, it'll always be there"
"What's the other one?" Derek asked me weakly, my eyes locked with his and gave him a small smile and answered
"Love"
"Well on that note…I'm gonna go shower" Cora said walking towards the spiral stairs, I gave her a small smile before looking back at a slowly healing Derek
"I'm healing" he told me when he noticed the concerned look on my face
"I know I just hate that you're in this position in the first place" I told him, he motioned for me closer to him and I did without hesitation and cuddled into his side
"Boyd…Isaac they're going to be in danger"
"We can protect them" I argued
"I'm not talking about from the Alphas" I sat up and looked at him with a concerned look
"You mean from us?"
"Just because I refuse to kill one on my own doesn't mean they won't force me to, or you"
"You won't kill anyone Derek, I know you won't and neither will I" a brief pang of sadness flashed through Derek causing me to grow more concerned
"What is it?" he shook his head "Talk to me Der…what's wrong?"
"I've done some things in the past that I'm not proud of, I hurt those I love and care about the most, I can't go through that again" I knew what he was talking about becuase he had told me all about her
"Derek you were young, we all make mistakes when we're young, you won't make the same mistakes again" he shook his head
"That's not what I'm worried about"
"What are you worried about then?" I asked switching my position so I was straddling his legs
"I know were not going to kill anyone but I'm worried that they're going to find some way to force us, that they're going to make me choose, choose between the pack or…" a feeling of guilt washed over me as I realized his concern
"…or me"
"And what worries me is that I know exactly who I'd choose and I think they know that too" I shook my head
"They won't hurt me, Deucalion's way to interested in me"
"I hope that's enough to keep you out of danger because if I have to choose to protect you or the pack from the Alphas…it'll be you..."
"Let's hope it never has to come to that" I cut him off, he sighed and gently nuzzled my neck
"It'll always be you Skye"
"Since when did you get so affectionate" I joked trying to lighten the mood
"Since I figured out it was the only way to win you over"
"Please you won me over well before I even knew your name" he pulled back and looked at me
"Knight in shining armour works every time" I laughed but it quickly fell
"So uh…what are we going to do about the Alphas?"
"And our pack, it'll be easier if they're not involved"
"Cora already knows, what are we going to do about Isaac and Boyd" I asked him
"They can't be around us much, I have an idea"
"Will they be hurt?" I asked him worriedly
"Not physically"
"I can't do that to anyone I can't hurt them emotionally…I just…" Derek cupped my cheek and stroked it with his thumb
"I'm not asking you to, I'll take care of it" I nodded and gently gave him a kiss before pulling him up and cleaning up the mess that was made
I sat in the kitchen with my physics book open but was staring at the wall opposite in front of me, Derek was waiting in the main room for Isaac to come back, my eyes flickered over to the door as Cora walked in and sat down across from me
"You okay?" I shook my head
"This is killing me and it hasn't even happened yet, I can't stand people getting hurt"
"It's for the best Skyler, in the end they'll see that you guys were protecting them"
"I hope so" before anything else could be said the metal door slid open and Isaac's scent filled the room
"Hey" I heard Isaac say
"We need to talk" Derek told him coldly
"O…okay…"
"You need to leave tonight" I felt Isaac's confusion
"I…I don't get it, well did something happen?"
"It's just not gonna work with both of you here" Derek answered "I've got Cora now, it's too much I need you out tonight" at this point I could feel how hurt Isaac was and allowed the tears to run down my face, I felt Cora grab my hand in an attempt to comfort me and squeezed her hand in appreciation hearing Isaac scoff
"Where am I supposed to go?" he asked Derek
"Somewhere else"
"Where's Skye, let me talk to Skye I'm sure we can figure something out I mean…did I do something wrong, Derek?"
"You're doing something wrong right now by not leaving" Derek replied
"Come on"
"Just get out"
"Derek, please…where's Skye?" I let the tears fall down my face
"Get out"
"Come on"
"GO!" Derek yelled and I heard glass shattering and was about to stand up but Cora's grip on my hand reminded me that I wasn't supposed to be here, as soon as Isaac was gone I let out the sobs I had been holding in, I felt Derek appear by my side and pulled me towards him but I pulled out of his grip
"I have to go after him" I cried out
"Skye the whole point of this was to make him keep his distance from us"
"Why did you throw the glass?" I exclaimed
"It was the only way to make him leave" I shook my head
"You should have handled it differently, I have to make sure he got somewhere safe" I stood up and grabbed my keys
"Skyler" Derek sighed grabbing my wrist "It's storming wait til morning" I turned to him because he said my full name and he only does that when he's angry but then so was I, he shouldn't have handled it like that
"You didn't let Isaac wait til morning…I have to do this I need to make sure he's okay"
"You're not thinking rationally Skye…" he followed me towards the door "Skyler don't go out there!"
"I HAVE TO DEREK!, you may have caught a glimpse of his feelings but you didn't feel what I felt…I've never felt so betrayed and hurt before, I need to make sure he's safe" Derek tightened his hold on my wrist
"Don't go out there Skye"
"I ALREADY TOLD YOU I HAVE TO DEREK and honestly, I really can't be around you at the moment"
"What, why?" he asked
"What you did was cruel, I get that we needed to keep him safe but what you did is exactly the reason he said yes to you in the first place, it disgusted me" Derek let go of my wrist and stepped back in shock, I could feel he felt betrayed and angry by my words so I walked towards the door again
"You wanna leave, fine but you walk out that door Skyler…don't bother coming back!" Derek shouted at me, I froze and blinked away the tears that were quickly forming in my eyes then took a deep breath and turned around looking straight into my mate's eyes
"You're never going to get it and if this is how it's always going to be then I don't want any part of it anymore" I ran down the stairs and unlocked the car then slammed the car door and sat there for a few minutes, tears were streaming down my face, I tried to keep the sobs at bay but couldn't, I was in physical pain and felt like someone had broken every single rib to get to my heart and rip it out of my chest, I started the car but looked up when I heard the door open and shut, I saw Cora standing there silently begging me to come back inside and stay but I shook my head and drove off into the stormy night going home
I walked inside completely drenched from the storm and went straight upstairs to dry off but stopped at Scott's doorway because Isaac was here, I looked at him in shock and he stared back at me too
"Hey Skye, Isaac's going to be staying here" Scott said clearly not seeing the tension between me and Isaac, I didn't say a word because I had nothing to say "Are you okay?" he suddenly asked me
"No" was all I was able to say then continued walking to my bedroom, I closed the door and looked around my cold empty bedroom, some part of me was expecting Derek to be in here and we'd apologise to each other but of course life wasn't that easy, I slid down against the door letting more tears fall as I held my knees to my chest
A/N: Please don't hate me that their fighting again