𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟏

"𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦, 𝘔𝘤𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘭? "

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╰┈˚ · ° .  A HOWL ECHOED THOUGH THE NIGHT AIR OF TUESDAY EVENING. One that I recognized immediately.

Derek was back and asking for help. My phone chimed just a second later.

Alec

Be ready in five.

I cursed loudly before sprinting to my closet. Dressed in one of my most common outfits, black slightly ripped jeans over fishnets, graphic crop top, hoodie and leather jacket with combat boots at my feet, I didn't waste another second to jog down the stairs. I left a note on the kitchen table for my grandmother in case she would wake up and not find me, before I rushed outside where Alec was just stopping with his bike. No words exchanged, he threw me a helmet waiting just enough for me to climb and secure my arms around him before starting his bike once again.

"I don't need them" I grumbled to the boy as I felt his shadows wrapping around my arms and legs.

"Better safe than sorry, little witch" I heard his reply, joined by a chuckle. "That's probably Stiles." He said after we felt the vibration from the message he received "Check it. It's in the left pocket"

My hand patted his left side trying to find the zip of his pocket. etrieving his phone I quickly read the message before placing it in my pocket.

"Iron works" I told Alec what the message said

With the speed we were going we didn't take much to arrive. The bike skidded to the side creating spark along the asphalted ground. Derek held his arms in front of his face, from the trace left, they had for sure shot one of their flash bomb arrows. Chris Argent, Allison's dad, stood above a metal structure, his crossbow already loaded with another of the same arrows. He took his aim at a still confused Derek but as he shot, my hand instinctively moved.

"Obice." I said. The arrow flew through the air colliding with my spell that created a barrier for Derek. I closed my hand into a fist making sure to extinguish the sparks before they would even begin to form.

"Get down!" Alec yelled to my cousin as Argent switched his crossbow for an assault rifle. The shadow wolf jumped from the bike dragging me with him. Derek, Alec and I hid behind some metal machinery. Bullets raining on us. I clenched my jaw tightly and moved slightly, enough to see the man. A hand grabbed my arm ready to drag me to safety.

"Grab the rifle, Alec" I said to the male who was the one that had stopped me from moving more. "Use your shadows"

A nod from the boy later, I waited until his shadows had wrapped around the weapon ready to take it, to direct my magic with a light movement of my hand. The male flew backwards landing on his back, his rifle being stealed by the commanded shadows, who threw it far away from the male.

The screeches of a car were heard, the passenger door opened, revealing Stiles "Get in" He yelled at Derek.

He did as Stiles said, jumping into his car that the McCall boy was driving. At the same time Alec and I straddled the bike once again and soon we were following behind the car only hearing the curses flowing out of the Argent hunter's mouth behind us.

Alec's phone rang in my pocket, answering it I put it on speaker knowing that even with the helmet, wind roaring around us, the loud rubles of the bike, with our heightened hearing we could hear the call.

"What part of laying low don't you understand?" Scott's voice came out frenetic and panicked throughout the phone

"Damn it, I had him!" With shout Derek said

"Who, the Alpha?" Stiles asked

"Yes! He was right in front of me." We all could feel the frustration in Derek's voice as said that

I grinded my teeth under the helmet "And you didn't call me, why?" I asked my cousin with a snap only to be ignored by him as he continued speaking

"And the freaking police showed up."

"Oh, hey, they're just doing their jobs..." Stiles defended

"Yeah, thanks to someone who decided to make me the most wanted

fugitive in the entire state." Derek said, I could see it in my mind the harsh glare that he was probably sending to Scott

"Can we seriously get past that?" The teen said making me scoff "I made a dumbass mistake. I get it."

"A dumbass mistake was not killing you when I had the chance" I grumbled irritatedly. I could feel Alec chest rumbling and moving as he laughed

"All right. How did you find him?" Stiles said trying to change the topic

At Derek's silence Scott tried again "Can you try to trust us for at least half a second?"

"Yeah, both of us. Or just him. I'll be back here." Stiles said

"So you can screw him up again?" I said with a scoff. Let's just say I don't take lightly when someone puts the people I care about in any type of danger. And I was petty, I could seriously hold a grudge if I wanted.

"You are not helping" Stiles said with slight snap

"Look, the last time I talked to my sister, she was close to figuring something out." Derek said. Hearing about Laura made emotions rise in me and unknowingly even to myself as swallowed the lump formed in my throat, my arms tightened around Alec. And unknowingly to him, his shadows did the same thing, tightening their hold as wisps slightly caressed the skin of my hands.

"She found two things. The first was a guy named Harris." Derek continued only to be interrupted by Stiles

"Our chemistry teacher?" he said. I was as confused as him.

"Why him?" Alec asked

"I don't know yet."

"What's the second?" Scott questioned

"Some kind of symbol." The answer was followed by the sound of a piece of paper crackling as Derek probably showed the boys the symbol "What?" He snapped after we all heard a small groan left Scott's lips "You know what this is?"

"I've seen it on a necklace." He answered defeated "Allison's necklace."

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╰┈˚ · ° .  The next day at school, I couldn't stop staring at Allison's necklace. She said her aunt Kate gave it to her for her birthday. It was a family heirloom. Between classes, an S.O.S message from Scott, actually in a group chat between Stiles, Scott, Alec and I, made me search for him from across the school using his scent.

When I approached the two best friends who were already together I could see the teen wolf fanatic behavior and hear his heart accelerated beat. Panic was oozing off him in waves.

"How the hell did he find out?" Stiles asked

"I have no idea."

"Did he say it out loud? the word?"

"What word?" I said "And who are you talking about? Why the S.O.S?" I asked annoyed

"Werewolf. Did he say, 'I know you're a werewolf?' "Stiles answered

Oh for suck sakes– I mentaly groaned

"No, but he implied it pretty freaking clearly."

"Who?" I asked with barely contained rage "Who knows"

"Jackson" Scott answered while rubbing his hands across his face.

"He what?!" I snapped

"What the fuck is wrong with you two now?" Alec grubled out from nowhere. With his silent steps and hiding abilities he always seemed to come out from the shadows. Hell, maybe he actually did for all I knew. "What happened?"

"Apparently, Jack-ass Witthemore knows about werewolves thanks to 'The chosen one' here" I said with a saccharine tone but the bite behind the words were unmistakable. Alec snorted at the new nickname I came up with for Scott. Really, the alpha did a very good job with choosing him as his beta. Note the sarcasm.

"Okay, maybe it's not as bad as it seems. I mean, he doesn't have any proof, right? And if he wanted to tell someone, who's gonna believe him anyway?" Stiles tried to diffuse the tension that the situation created

"How about Allison's father?" Alec nonchalantly said

"Okay, it's bad." Stiles winched passing a hand through his buzzcutted hair

"You think?" I scoffed "I'm going to class" I started to walk away but a few steps later I turned around with seething look and said "And I'm exiting that stupid group chat"

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╰┈˚ · ° .  At lunchtime I sat with Lydia and Allison as always. Sometimes Jackson would join us, like today. I simply ignored him. As I saw Stiles and Scott sitting at their own table I mentally groaned.

"I need to talk to Stiles about something" I said to girls adding an annoyed huff a the end

"Why would you need to talk with Stiles about something?" Lydia asked confused

"Because when Allison was still with Scott, I tried to be nice for once so I helped his best friend with some homework and now is biting me in the ass" My excuse was as good as it could get. Allison's eyes shifted to her ex's table. Alec now sitting with the duo. I could see where her mind went as she tried to hide her smile.

"Oh, alright" She nodded her head lightly hitting Lydia on her arm "Right, Bloom?"

Lydia smirked mischievously at me and exchanged looks with Allison "Of course" She said "Go talk with Stiles about homework"

"I am just going to ignore you two" I said walking away from the table. Their giggling arrived in my ears. Even if I was annoyed at what they were insinuating I couldn't help the small smile that formed at hearing them. A smile that quickly turned sour as I spotted the wide grin on Alec's face. I forcefully threw my bag into the seat next to the shadow wolf, who sat in front of Scott leaving me to sit in front of Stiles. "Not even a word" I snarled, eyes glaring at him

The boy shrugged his shoulders, mischief sparkling in his dark brown eyes. His grin getting more cockier as the seconds passed "I wasn't going to say anything, little witch" he said feigning innocence.

I continued to glare at Alec as I asked Scott "You didn't take the necklace"

"Why can't you do it?" He said with a snap "You are her friend!"

"Scott, you may want to do something useful before I decide that you are more trouble than what you are worth"

"I can clearly see how you and Derek are related" Stiles pointed out, earning a heated glare from me and a chuckle from the wolf next to me.

I flared my nostrils, breathing in and trying to calm my rising anger before asking

"Did you at least try?" I asked Scott at his defeat that I continued "And?"

"She told me not to talk to her. At all"

I winced slightly at his words. I honestly felt bad for him. It lasted a couple seconds, but still.

"So she's not giving you..." Stiles said while chewing

"She's not giving me the necklace!" Scott snapped at his best friend

"Did you find anything else out?" Alec asked with his normal amount of boredness. His level was usually at an 8 out of 10 most of the time.

"Just that I know nothing about girls, and that they're totally psychotic." The beta said, his eyes shifting slightly towards me at the end of the phrase.

A smirk that could rival the most notorious serial killer bloomed on Alec's rosy lips. Unhinged and deranged "Ooh, you are totally right." he said while looking at me through his peripheral view. Tiling his head slightly he added with hum "Some more then others"

Couldn't say that he was wrong.

With a saccharine smile towards the shadow wolf, and a pain spell later that lasted a second but still made him groan, I turned towards Scott.

"Just steal it" I told him

"Couldn't we at least try getting to Harris?" He whined

"My dad put him on a 24-hour protective detail, okay? The necklace is all we got." Stile said to Scott. With a nod towards me he then continued "She is right. Steal it."

Then, Scott started to get uncomfortable

"What?" I asked confused at his suddenly change

"He is watching us" Scott told us. Stiles' eyes widened as he stopped mid chewing.

"Jackson?" Alec asked making the two boys nod

"Scott... Can you hear me? You can, can't you?" I overheard Jackson says

"Jackson's talking to me. He knows I can hear him." As Stiles tried to look for the guy Scott panicked even more "Look at me. Just talk to me. Act normal. Pretend that nothing's happening."

"Are you trying to pretend not to hear me?" Jackson continued

I looked at Alec with a worried and annoyed look on my face "I really hate him"

"Say something. Talk to me!"

"I can't think of anything. My mind's a complete blank."

"Your mind's blank? You can't think of something to say?"

"Not under this kind of pressure."

At the banter between the two boys made me snap "You two are definitely making it worse"

"FYI, he's not even sitting with them anymore." Stiles informed us gesturing at the table were my two best friends still sat

"Stop pointing, Stiles!" I said

"Where the hell is he?"

"Looking for me, McCall? I'm right here. So what else can you do? Huh? Can you see better? Are you stronger, more powerful? No, I knew there was no way you suddenly got that good at lacrosse. Which means you're actually a cheater, aren't you? I mean, can you even play lacrosse?"

"Yes." With his anger rising Scott answered Jackson. The fact that he shouldn't being able to hear him completely flying from his mind

"Are you stupid? Stop it!" I snapped at the boy who wasn't listening

"I'll bet my new co-captain's gonna score a bunch of shots tonight, aren't you? And while you're pretending you're not a lying cheat, I'm gonna ruin your life if you don't give me what I want. And you know what I'm gonna start with? Her." Jackson said. He was now talking about Allison

"He is trying to get a rise out you" I tried again only to being ignored

"I'm gonna destroy any chance you have left with her. And when I'm done with that, I'm gonna get her all alone, and I'm gonna get my hands all over that tight little body." Jackson continued.

"Scott, come on, you can't let him do this. You can't let him have

this kind of power over you. Okay?"

I heard the scrapped of a chair against the pavement before an arm draped to the back of my seat. I could feel the warmth of Alec's body sitting close to me. Without saying anything, I knew he was trying to comfort me from Jackson's lewd and disgusting words.

"I'm gonna do everything you never got the chance to do, and, Scott, she's gonna beg for more. I'll bet she likes to get loud. Maybe she's even a screamer. How are you gonna feel, Scott...When she's screaming my name?"

At his words, Scott's anger snapped, making him completely destroy his lunch tray, breathing heavily. The whole cafeteria turned towards our table at the loud noise.

Once everyone went back again to their conversation, my jaw was clenched so hard that it was a miracle that I haven't cracked a tooth. Provocation, Jackson was just trying to provoke Scott. But he was Lydia's boyfriend, and even that was the last of the problems. His disgusting words aimed at Allison made me murderous. It would have put me in that state of mind if he had talked about any girl in that way, but the fact that Allison was my friend definitely didn't help. I knew that what I had felt for Jackson before was nothing compared to the hate that I could feel now.

Hands gripped my chin, forcefulling turning my head to the right. My eyes stared directly at the melted dark chocolate colored ones. I could feel his breath on my skin, on my lips. His nose almost touching my own "I can kill him, if you want me to?" Alec asked out of nowhere. His words took my breath away, because I knew if I said yes, Jackson was just days, maybe even hours away, from emitting his last breath.

"Not yet" I said in a whisper. Annoyance clear in my voice. Even if I hated him, I couldn't just kill whoever I wanted or order the kill, I guess. So Jackson was safe to live his life for another day.

Alec pouted at my words. He definitely hoped for a positive answer. The psychotic and unhinged shadow wolf pouting was probably one of the cutest things I had ever seen. My lips turned into a grin, my jade eyes sparkling "Don't worry. It's still not off the table completely. Just not yet"

His pout changed, Alec too now wearing a grin "Good"

The lunch bell rang loudly, snapping us from our moment. I had definitely forgotten about the precarious situation. "If he suspected before, he for sure knows now." I said to Scott. "It's okay. We will find a way to deal with it, Scott."

With my parting words, that had totally surprised me as they came out softer than I intended, I took my bag and made my way towards Lydia and Allison who were waiting for me at the cafeteria entrance with matching smug smiles.

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╰┈˚ · ° .  "He broke up with me with a text!" Lydia said with anger, pacing back and forth in front of her car. As she continued to rant about it, the only thing that I could think of was. Thank the fucking gods.

" 'Lydia, please give up my spare house key

at your earliest convenience... As we are no longer dating?'" Lydia said reading Jackson breaking up text "What is wrong with him?!"

"Maybe he did it this way because he couldn't do it face to face?" Allison asked, she tried to make the situation a little less drastic but from the glare that strawberry blonde sent her she just made it worse. "He called me a dead weight!"

"May-" Allison tried again only to be cut off by Lydia

"Face to face!"

At that, Allison sheepishly lowered her head knowing that in no way how Jackson broke up with Lydia was good.

"Do you want me to punch him in the face?" I asked as I munched some pistachios from the bag in my hand

"Yes!" Lydia said before frowning "No" A loud groan later she said "I don't know"

"What about kicking him in his family jewels" I proposed while wiggling my eyebrows "You know, making sure that he won't be able to use it for a little while"

"Lizzie!" Allison shouted with a laugh

"What?" I said with a grin "Will it make you feel better?" I asked Lydia

Her face hardened into stone "I don't need to feel better. I'm fine. Great. Fantastic." And with that she moved her curled hair behind her shoulders "I have to go. See you tomorrow" With a last wave she marched to her car, and soon she left the parking lot

"Come to my house tonight" I said to Allison, now placing the bag of pistachios in my bag

"Why?"

"Because Lydia will show up there and we will have a slumber party. Talking shit about him, eating junk food and we will see the Notebook for the 100th time" I explained

"Alright" She said offering me a smile "I will be there"

And with that we both went to our cars.

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Buzzcut

My house. Be there ASAP

Stiles' message came as I was still driving. I had just turned into the street of my house. I huffed and cursed at the boy, changing the route for his house. The drive was quick and soon I had parked my car in front of his home not noticing the familiar bike already there. Knocking on the door, it took the hyperactive boy seconds to open it. Stumbling in his steps and breathing loudly as a welcome.

"What now?" I said annoyed

"I have a plan" He said

We started to climb the stairs together when two familiar scents hitted my nose. With more speed, I easily surpassed the boy and opened his shut bedroom door.

"What are you two doing here?" I asked. Derek was sitting on a chair, reading a book, Alec on the other hand, was on Stiles' bed. Sprawled on it as it was his own.

Derek totally ignored my question opting for a low groan while Alec just pointed at Stiles who was now behind me. Once again panting.

"You are quick" He said between breaths before taking a seat at the chair at the desk.

"The plan" I reminded him snapping my fingers at the boy how still hadn't talked "Quickly, before I pull it out from your mind"

"Wait what?!" Stiles widened his eyes comically, incomprehensible words spluttering from his lips "You really can do that?" Curiosity bleeded into his tone who was infused with agitation

Snickers echoed through the room. I knew it was Alec that made it, just like I knew how Derek was smiling behind that enormous book.

"Yes." I said. I was lying when I had said that I was going to do that but the possibilities of it started to become more and more appealing as the human continued to stay silent. Watching me as his mind whirled to infinite possibilities and what not. "Stiles" I growled

"You two need to start talking without all that rage and threatening." The boy said pointing his fingers between me and my cousin earning matching scowls from us. Alec chuckled and now, he was being the one we Hales glared at. "So the plan. That night, at the school, Scott sent a message to Allison asking her to meet him there. He wasn't the one who sent it."

"Do you know how to trace it back to the sender?" I asked feeling surprised by his surprisingly good plan

"No" he said "But I know someone who knows how to do it"

And that was how Danny found himself in Stiles' bedroom.

I was on the bed, my back against the headboard and somehow Alec's head founded itself into my lap. I had called Hex out of the domus, her serpentine body was coiled around my neck, something that made the Stilinski boy shout in fright when she saw her, before starting to gag. He begged me to make her disappear again. His words null to my ears, I just continued to brush my fingers through Alec's silky curls as Hex hissed at the human at the same time as I looked at him with a deadpan look. He just dropped the argument.

"You want me to do what?" Danny asked incredulously

"Trace a text." Stiles said to him

"I came here to do lab work. That's what lab partners do."

"And you will, once you trace the text." I said from my spot on the bed

"What is wrong with that snake?" Danny asked as he noticed Hex on my neck. His words earned a hiss from the familiar, venom almost dripping into my skin.

"These humans are getting on my nerves." Hex said through our mind link "I want to kill them. At least one of them"

I burst out laughing, my head thrown back into the headboard "Yeah I know the feeling" I grinned at my familiar. I probably looked insane to everyone in that room, even the one that knew that witches and their familiar had telepathic bonds. But, I honestly didn't care a bit.

"Alright" Danny said, turning his wide eyes to Stiles "And what makes you think I know how?"

"I... I" Stiles stuttered his reply so I said

"He looked up your arrest report "

"I was 13." He explained, eying carefully the animal around my neck "They dropped the charges."

"Whatever."

"No, we're doing lab work. Oh, my..." Danny insisted, now taking a stool to sit down next to Stiles "Who's he again?" He asked pointing his thumb towards Derek

"Um, my cousin..." Stiles said after a second of thought "Miguel."

"Is that blood on his shirt?"

"Yeah. Yes. Well, he gets these horrible nosebleeds. Hey, Miguel. I thought I told you, you could borrow one of my shirts."

It was a very amusing scene, even more as Derek got up and started to search for some shirts. The scowl on his face couldn't have been more prominent.

"So anyway, I mean, we both know you have the skills to trace that text, so we should probably..."

"Stiles?" Derek or more so Miguel interrupted the boy

"Yes?"

"This..." Derek said, showing him one of Stiles' shirts between his hands "No fit."

"Then try something else on. I'm sure you will find something in there" I said with an amused smile

Seeing Danny's interest in his cousin, Stiles turned toward him, now wearing a horrible blue and orange shirt "Hey, that one looks pretty good, huh? What do you think, Danny?"

"Huh?"

"The shirt." Stiles clarified

"It's... It's not really his color." Danny commented

"He is right. You should try something else, Miguel." I said. A huge smirk was plastered on my face only growing at the glare that the man sent me.

"You are having fun, aren't you?" Alec commented in a low tone. Grinning up at me.

I didn't answer him, I just looked down at him with my smirk turned grin, still brushing my fingers through his hair.

"You swing for a different team, but you still play ball, don't you, Danny Boy?"

"You're a horrible person."

"I know. It keeps me awake at night."

"Anyway, about that text."

"Stiles! None of these fit." Derek snapped

With a last look at Derek, Danny turned around to the computer "I'll need the ISP, the phone number, and the exact time of the text."

"Hey, Miguel, maybe your Uncle has some shirt that could fit you." Alec proposed mischievously as Derek continued to search in the drawer. The heated glare that he sent our way made both of us snicker.

Danny didn't take much to work his magic "There." He said. Derek, now nearing the pair that sat at the desk "This text was sent from a computer." he pointed at the screen "This one."

"Registered to that account name?" Derek asked. I could feel the change in the air

"No, no, no, no. That can't be right."

Alec shot upright "What name?"

"Melissa McCall" Stiles said "Scott's mom"

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╰┈˚ · ° .  I left the three guys, Derek, Stiles and Alec, to go to the hospital still using the lead of the message. I, on the other hand, drove back home.

Allison arrived at my house soon after and as I expected as the moon finally raised, Lydia knocked on my front door.

Her eyes were bloodshot and her hands were tightly fisted. As I opened the door I quickly noticed the tears that started to fall. I pulled her into a hug, the Argent girl joining us, as the heartbroken girl sobbed.

"C'mon" I said in a whisper "My room is stuffed with junk food, the freezer is overfilling with ice cream tubs and we already put the notebook on my computer." I slightly wiped her tears with the pad of thumb even if they continued to fall

"And there might be a body pillow with a photo of Jackson taped on it for you to punch, kick and scream at." Allison added with a wink.

"And that was her idea" I added dreamy smile "I'm corrupting her" I cheeky said looking at the brunette

That was how we spent the evening. Lydia sobbing, shouting at pillow-Jackson, eating an enormous amount of ice cream and, of course, watching The Notebook. We fell asleep on my bed, with the movie still playing and Hex, who both her and Allison had wormed to each other, curled between us.

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˗ˏˋ 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 ˊˎ˗

Hello everyone!

Jackson is disgusting, no one will make me change my mind about him. I hate him. The scene where Stiles calls Derek 'his cousin Miguel' will fail to not make me laugh.

I love the little detail in this chapter where Alec has his head in Lizzie's lap. They are too cute. And btw I think Hex is my favorite character.

Anyways, thank you for reading this chapter, I'll see you on Saturday!

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