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𝙒𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙠𝙞𝙙𝙨

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╰┈˚ · ° .  IT WAS EARLY MORNING WHEN THE ALARM BLARED LOUDLY THROUGH THE ROOM. A warm body was pressed against my back, arms were wrapped around my middle. It took me a second to remember where I was. The black and gray room was barely lit by the small rays of sun that entered through the blinds covered widows. A tired sound of annoyance passed through my lips as I moved to stop the alarm.

Alec groaned in my ear, burying his head deeper in the crook of my neck.

"We have to get up." I said with a tired tone "We need to see Stiles and Scott before school"

"No" The shadow wolf said, his tone gruff and rougher than normal. His morning voice sent shivers down my back.

"Yes"

"No" He scooted even closer, his body melting against mine. His morning wood pressing hard on my ass. A silent gasp escaped my lips as I involuntarily grinded against him. "We can do that. " he said after a groan of pleasure. "Later, when I'm more awake"

I giggled lightly. I turned towards him, shifting our position. Still with his eyes closed, Alec moved his arm around my waist and his head on my chest. I brushed my fingers through his hair, messy from sleep."As much as I would prefer to just stay in bed and sleep and cuddle with you, Scott and Stiles need us. And even if I couldn't care less about Jackson, he is the Kanima, he needs help too. We can't kill him." I kind of hesitate in the last part, something that Alec caught. Still not opening his eyes his lips twitched in a smile "Lydia cares about him. Don't know why, but she does. We can't just kill him" I said knowing what he was going to say. I kissed the crown of his head and then... I pushed him away. I quickly got out of the bed smirking when I saw the shadow wolf glaring at me.

He was still half asleep as he glared but I saw his hand twitching. "You use your shadows to get me inside that bed again and I will just make you fall asleep with a spell and then sneak out of here without you" His eyes narrowed at me in a challenge, keeping eye contact I couldn't help but laugh at how angry he was. "C'mon, love."

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╰┈˚ · ° .  "How the fuck are you not tired?" Alec grumbled. We had passed by my house for me to quickly change. Since Alec was so tired, we opted to take my car. He was definitely not in the right state to drive

"Oh, I am tired" I said quietly while taking a sip of the energy drink. "I just am used to it"

"What do you mean?" He asked, now seeming more awake. I glanced at him, hesitating on my words. His forehead crouched in confusion but his eyes spoke clearly. He wanted to know.

"I've had nightmares since the fire." I said quietly, my eyes never shifted from the street that had changed from concrete to earth as we entered the woods. "I probably never slept without having one since that night. They are getting better now though"

"What Peter said that night... It was all true, wasn't it? " He asked, dark brown eyes boring into the side of my face.

'Did you ever tell her? Him? Any of your friends, how you can't still sleep without having nightmares? How do you still have burn scars that you can't heal even with your werewolf healing because your guilt is blocking it? Because you are alive and they are not. How you still feel like you're inside this house watching everyone burn, screaming. How the smell of burning flash still clog your nose, how you can still hear the screams of our family as they died in agonizing pain.'

I remembered those words as he was still here to say it to my face once again. As he had just spoken them. I breathed out a pained sigh "Yes" I said in a whisper.

"I found her" Alec said after a moment of silence "My mother. I was the one who founded her." I glanced towards him, his eyes misting as memories flashed in his mind "I remember everything, how she looked, the smell of death clinging to her. How her blood coated my hands as I runned back home with her in my arms" A single tear escaped his eye but he made no move to brush it away, too immersed in his memories and pain. "For days I didn't sleep after that because I was so sure I was going to see her in my sleep. My uncle had to sedate me." Then he scoffed, a smile following it, but it was a sad and painful one. "I didn't. I never once dreamed of her. Not a nightmare. I always thought that there was something wrong with me because of that. The psychologist that I went to said that it was normal for someone after going through something so traumatic to have a nightmare. Then why if it was so normal I never had one? Didn't I care enough?"

I stopped the car as soon as I understood what he was saying. My hand reached out for his face, to brush away the tears that now had wetted his skin. "There is nothing wrong with you, Alec." I said while moving my face closer to his "Every mind works in different ways. There is no right or wrong way to act when something happens to you." My forehead rested against his, our breaths more labored "Nothing is wrong with you" I said once again

"Nothing?" He asked. It was the first time that I heard and seen Alec not being so sure of himself.

I inched slightly away from him "Nothing." I repeated. This time more firmly."We were just kids. " I said. My mind goes back to that night, how my family had dinner together. How my younger cousins, Jacob and Evelyn, had bickered all the time we ate making Cora, Derek's younger sister, snap at them. How Aunt Talia had just given her a stern look before Cora had apologized and then when her mother turned she had glared at the two. How my brother Jordan had stolen my sketchbook that afternoon making me so mad that I ended up making his feet stuck in the earth of our backyard. How my father, uncle Peter and eldest brother had laughed at that. I remember the normal days before that. The laughs, the shouts and yells. The happiness.

"We were just kids. " He repeated, now him brushing away the tear from my cheek.

We kissed, tasting our tears on each other's lips. It was a hungry kiss, not of lust– but of love. The one that we had lost. The one that I could feel building in my soul, heart and mind. It was a pained kiss for the kids we had been and that we will never be again. It was a kiss for what we'll be now that we were together.

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╰┈˚ · ° .  "This" I said "This is your plan" I deadpanned at the two best friends who only shrugged their shoulders with a casual expression.

Their plan... locking Jackson in a prison transport van. One that Stiles stole from his father, the Sheriff.

A loud laugh echoing through the wood made me turn around. Alec was laughing so much that he was resting his hand on his chest "you-" He couldn't even talk from how much he was laughing "Oh my god, you two are the best, honestly" Still wheezing he patted their shoulders "Good job guys. Oh man, I'm loving this"

"You two are dumb as fuck" I said to the duo of best friend

"Why? Even Alec think this is a good plan" Stiles said with an offended tone

"Oh no, I definitely think that this is the dumbest plan ever. I just love it" Alec said back with a wide grin.

"Look, we didn't have any other plans, alright?" Stiles said with his hands on his waist.

"Stiles! McCall!" A loud voice came from the van. Apparently Jackson was awake and angry, very angry. "I'm going to kill you!"

"Oh for fuck sakes" I grumbled under my breath as once again Alec started to laugh.

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𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐜'𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐯

╰┈˚ · ° .  "Did you bring the food?" Scott said after nonchalantly ignoring the angry boy chained in the transport van.

"Yes" Elizabeth said, bringing out from her bag two sandwiches seeming completely done with the two.

The two best friends were probably the dumbest people that I had ever met. They were good people, and definitely funny. I was never going to say those two things out loud though.

"Alright" I said taking them from her hands "Let's go, Stilinski"

I didn't turn to see the glare that my girl was sending me, feeling it at the back of my head was enough. Stiles was the first that entered the van, I followed quickly after him closing the door behind me.

The scene in front of me was going to send me into another fit of laughter. Something that I tried with every energy in my tired body to stop. The wide amused grin though, that stayed put.

"Are you comfy Jackson? Or do you need a pillow, maybe a blanket?" I asked sarcastically. I heard Stiles snickering under his breath as Jackson only glared harder

"Okay, we bought you some food..." Stiles started before jumping back fearfully when Jackson angrily growled

"Let me out now!"

Regaining back his courage, Stiles talked back "You know, I put those pants on you, all right, buddy? One leg at a time. Being all up-close and personal with your junk wasn't exactly a highlight of my day. So don't think this is fun for me either. You know we're actually doing you a favor?"

"This is doing me a favor?" Jackson asked as he tried to break free from the chains

"Yes. You're... you're killing people. To death." Stiles said

"Usually when you kill someone, Stiles, that implies them dying." I said still not looking away from the chained boy.

"Yeah. right." Stiles said with a nod in my direction before once again addressing Jackson "And until we can figure out how to stop you, you're gonna stay in here. I'm sorry."

My grin never faltered as I showed the boy his two choices of food "Now... Do you want the ham and cheese, or the Turkey club?"

"You actually think my parents won't be looking for me?" Jackson asked with a rage filled tone.

"Uh, well... not if they don't think anything's wrong." Stiles said with an accomplished smile while showing the kanima boy his own phone. A message sent to his parents for him to see.

"Have a good day, Jack-ass" I smirked at him. Throwing him one of the sandwiches I opened the transport van and jumped out, Stiles remained with him as he was the one that would stay to guard him all day.

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𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡'𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐯

╰┈˚ · ° .  I spent the entire ride to school not talking to Alec. That stupid asshole couldn't help it. He had to do the dumbest thing, and follow after the other two dumbest people I had ever met. This plan was going to bite us back in the ass. He tried to talk to me all the time, even going as far as saying that now we can angry fuck later. Something that Scott in the backseat grimaced at. He was really third wheeling in our fight.

The school apparently, with a new principal, Gerald Argent, started to look more like a prison than a place of learning. At every corner there was a surveillance camera pointed at the hallways and classrooms.

I sat in my seat, the desk next to Allison. In front of me was Scott and as always Alec sat in the desk on my right.

"Scott. Scott." I heard Allison calling for her boyfriend

Nude colored heels clicked against the floor. A woman with short red hair and a petrol colored dress addressed the class "I'm afraid your teacher was feeling ill today, and had to leave early. So, unfortunately, you're stuck with me as a substitute." The women– Victoria Argent, Allison's mother. Her eyes moved to me making me raise my guard but as her eyes shifted towards Alec, my posture straightened. I was ready if she dared to even subtly do or say something to him. But her eyes gracefully then shifted towards Scott "Can anyone catch me up to speed on where we are? Mr. McCall, how 'bout you?"

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╰┈˚ · ° .  As soon as the bell rang, I calmly collected my things. I never, not even once during all the class lowered my guard. I knew that Alec had noticed that. As the last of my things was packed, the shadow wolf intertwined our hands and we both walked out of the room only sparing a look at Allison when her mother called her. Her parents knew that she never stopped being my friend. Maybe it was because they didn't want a Warren witch as an enemy or maybe because Chris Argent had a bit of compassion and guilt for what her sister did to my family that he never forbade her daughter from being friends with me, I didn't know and I didn't care. I was just glad that I didn't need to fake a fight between us.

"What is it?" Alec asked once we reached the hallway. We stopped a little bit farther away from the classroom where we stayed before.

"That woman, the substitute–" I started "That was Victoria Argent."

"Argent?" Alec stiffened his shoulders when he said that

"Allison's mother"

"They are getting everywhere" He clenched his jaw tightly, his eyes darting towards the dozens of cameras.

"Yeah" I sighed out.

When he turned back towards me, we were so close that when he looked down, our noses brushed together. I felt my breath etch as he slowly smiled. I couldn't help what I felt when he was near me.

"I want to kiss you" He said slowly, tracing his thumb against my lips.

Yeah me too– I thought but I was still angry at him so I grabbed his wrist making his hand move slightly away.

"No." I said with a smile. And then he pouted. Alessandro DiLuna pouting was probably one of the cutest things ever, probably only second to when he was tired. He apparently always gets clingy and desperate for cuddles. "Stop pouting" I glared

"Kiss me" he said, still pouting.

"Nope, not happening." I said, trying to stay as unbothered as I could.

"Kiss me" He inched closer, he made our nose brush against each other a couple of times

"Sorry to interrupt guys" A voice from beside us. Allison.

Thank fuck she did because I wasn't going to resist much more.

"Then don't" Alec grumbled annoyedly. I slapped the back of his head glaring harshly at him, a command in my eyes "Sorry" he said to Allison

Allison smiled at him but it was soon replaced by concern "It's okay, I wouldn't interrupt you if it wasn't important"

And fuck if she wans't right to be concern.

I drove definitely above the speed limit. When we arrived at the place where the guys had hidden the van, the three of us quickly climbed out of my car.

"Stiles!" Allison said when she saw the boy

Jumping in fright the human said "Oh, my God."

"They know." Allison stated

"What?"

"They know Jackson's missing." The Argent girl shouted in panic

"No, they can't. I've been texting his parents since last night. They don't have a clue." Stiles explained

I snatched the phone out of Stiles hand and went through the messages. What I noticed was the amount of 'i love you' Stiles sent

"Are you fucking stupid?!" I yelled "Don't answer that it was rhetorical because you are the dumbest person ever!"

"What?! Why?!" Stiles shouted in outrageous

"I love you? Do you think Jackson is someone who says 'I love you' to his parents everytime they talk?"

"My grandfather told me his parents went to the police. They know." Allison said before I could strangle the boy

Panicking, Stiles ran towards the transport van "All available units proceed to beacon hills preserve as instructed. Proceed with caution until sheriff Stilinski's arrival. Proceed with caution." We all heard from the police radio

"Alright, we need to get out of here" I said

"We will follow you" Alec said nodding at the two humans that climbed out inside the seat in the prison transport van. "Let's go"

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╰┈˚ · ° .   When we found the new place to hide the prison transport van with Jackson inside, Scott had finally arrived too.

"If Jackson doesn't remember being the Kanima, he's definitely not gonna remember stealing Danny's tablet." Scott explained

"Why would he steal the thing if he doesn't even know what's on it?" Stiles asked

"What if someone else took it?" Allsion asked

"Then somebody else knows what he is." Stiles answered

"Which could mean someone's protecting him." Scott said

"Like the bestiary says" Alec intervened " 'the Kanima seeks a friend' "

"Okay, hold on. So, somebody watches Jackson make a video of himself turning into the Kanima, and then just erases part of it so he wouldn't know? I mean, who would do that?" Stiles tried to understand

"Somebody who wanted to protect him?"

"No" I said "We are missing somethings" I said

Scott turned towards his best friends "You said the only thing you found online about the Kanima is that it goes after murderers. What if that's actually true?"

"Well, no, it can't be. Tried to kill all of us, remember? I don't know about you four, but I haven't murdered anybody lately." Stiles pointed out

"Not recently, nope" Alec said while wrapping an arm around my shoulders

Ignoring Alec's comment, Scott continued with his reasoning "But I-I don't think that it was actually trying to kill us." He then said to Allison "Remember when we were at Isaac's the first time, it just went right by us, didn't it?"

"You're right, it just ran off." Allison agreed

"And it didn't kill you in the mechanic's garage." Scott said to Stiles

"Well, yeah, but it tried to kill me and Derek in the pool."

"Did it?"

"It would've. It was waiting for us to come out."

"What if it was trying to keep you in?"

"Why do I feel so violated all of a sudden?

"Because there's something else going on. We don't know what it is. We don't know anything about what's going on with Jackson, or why someone's protecting him."

"Know thy enemy." Allison interrupted his boyfriend "Just something my

grandfather said."

"Wow, does he dispense quotes before or after killing every supernatural creature he comes across with?" Again Alec commented

"You are not helping" Stiles pointed out "All right, I got it. Kill Jackson. Problem solved."

"I'm in" Alec said making me chuckle

"Of course you are" I told him

"Don't act like if it wasn't for Lydia you wouldn't agree too" The shadow wolf said as matter of fact

"Touchè" I said with a click of my tongue

"He risked his life for us. Against Peter, you remember that?" Scott said completely against his friend suggestion

"Yes, but what did we just find out? He got the bite from Derek. It's funny how he just got exactly what he wanted by supposedly risking his life for us, it's funny."

"Yeah, it doesn't mean he's not still worth saving."

"It's always something with him, though."

"He doesn't know what he's doing." Scott continued his banter with his friend

"So what?"

"So, I didn't either! You remember when I almost killed you and Jackson?" Scott asked Allison, making her nod "I had someone to stop me. He has nobody."

I felt Alec stiffen beside me

"Well, that's his own fault." He said with shrug

"Doesn't matter." I stated. I wasn't talking about Jackson though and I know that Alec understood it too. He dragged me tighter against his chest, and I took the opportunity to peck the underside of his jaw before focusing back on the conversation

"She is right" Said Scott "If we can save him, we should try."

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╰┈˚ · ° .  After deciding that we would try and save Jackson, we all split up. Allison and Scott remained up to the cliff, where we hid the van, and guarded Jackson. Stiles went to check on Lydia since he was apparently the one with more chances to be talked to as she wasn't talking to Allison and I.

Alec and I went to my home. Something was missing or wrong. We decided that it was a good idea to search the beastairy for something else, and since I was the only one who could translate it, the task was assigned to me.

Papers were scattered all around me on the bed. I had a huge dictionary and my computer was ready to help me translate what I didn't know. Alec sat with his back to the headboard, one of my sketchbooks in his hands. I honestly was tired of yelling at him about not looking through them, so I just let him do it. Hex was currently napping on the pillow.

I focused on the pages in front of me, pen in hand I re-wrote what I knew was correct. The majority was not. I was starting to get frustrated.

"Amore" I heard Alec call for me making me hum under my breath but not turning towards him "Ellie" he called again "Turn around, please" [Love.]

Doing as he said, I found myself looking at a smirking Alec with his phone raised high enough to make me understand what he was doing. "Really?" I deadpanned as he now looked at the photo he took

"Cute" He said, still looking at the photo, making me roll my eyes. I took my phone and did the same thing he did "Alec" I said after taking a couple of pictures. His head raised, his lips were still raised into a soft smile when I took another photo.

His grin widened at what I had just done. In a swift motion he was hovering over my lying form, papers crumpling under my body. "Did you just take a photo of me?" He asked

"More than one actually," I replied. His lips started to trail down my neck

"You know what photo I want?" He questioned as his lips started to trail down my neck.

With a gasp I said "What?"

He moved again, this time to look directly in the eye as he said "One of you sleeping with just a slim sheet to cover your naked body after being truly fucked untill you were so sensitive that you begged me to stop. We can start now."

My breath started coming out in a harsher manner, my heart beating quicker. I felt my tights clenching together at his words. His hardness pressing against me and the scent of our mixed arousal drenching the air.

"Hex" I said breathlessly, "Go" I commanded

"Thanks fuck" The familiar said with a hiss "Your wish is my command" She mumbled quickly returning back to her domus on my right forearm.

But something had stuck. Command. My brain worked furiously and I heard Alec mutter under his breath with a groan "Or I guess not" He moved off my body making me quickly search through the papers of the translated bestiary and the original one. "What is it?"

"The kanima does not seek a friend, I was wrong." I said "The right translation is 'The Kanima seeks a master' "

"A master?" Alec asked confused before a look of understatement came across his face "Someone's not protecting him. Someone's controlling him."

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˗ˏˋ 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 ˊˎ˗

Hello everyone!

We have a lot of Alec and Ellie in this chapter, I hope you liked it. And yes, Alec is very much a cuddler.

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