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It didn't surprise me that he managed to track me down. It did surprise me that it was 1:00 in the morning when he showed up at my door, until I remembered that Stiles isn't someone who cares about getting enough sleep on school nights, particularly now that he's graduated.
He came to thank me for my part in saving Beacon Hills and to check up on me. Someone must have told him how badly burned I was when I returned here. We ended up talking for several hours. It was during this conversation that I realized something I'd known for a while, but never bothered to acknowledge: This skinny little spaz deserved a lot more respect than people gave him, especially me. What he has gone through would make some of the toughest werewolves I've known break, and there he was, still standing as a teenage human. Well, sitting, almost. He was having trouble staying awake. I carried him from the chair to the couch and told him to just spend the rest of the night here.
I watched him sleep for a while. I can't imagine what he could accomplish if he was a werewolf. We're finally on the same side now, and he's someone I'd want in my pack. When I get alpha powers again, he's the first person I'll want to bite, and I don't think I'll give him a choice this time.
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