Together with Lydia and Jackson, I was standing in front of a store in the middle of the night, and actually, I didn't feel like doing anything with them because I would be the fifth wheel on the car as so often. Unfortunately, Lydia forced me to come along and now we had gone to a MovieShop.
Jackson and Lydia were arguing about which movie we should watch and I stopped listening at some point.
"Kay, say what?"Jackson suddenly approached me and knowing that Lydia definitely wanted to see the same movie "Like in a Day" again, I said, "We could really watch something different."
"There, you hear it!" Jackson agreed, but Lydia only said we were going to watch her movie. I rolled my eyes, but decided to go into business with Jackson.
When we were inside, I jerkingly stopped in my movement while Jackson called for someone. I sniffed the air again, hoping that I would be wrong, but then the familiar iron-smelling smell came up my nose again. It was blood.
Immediately, my body tightened and my muscles were in defense mode. Slowly I was running through the store with Jackson and as we were running through the shelves, the smell of fresh blood became clearer and suddenly Jackson was holding me by the forearm. I turned to him, wanted to ask what was going on, and was horrified to find that the salesman was lying on the floor with blood on him. I stepped back while my veins freeze. Jackson was still holding me and suddenly pulled me to him, so I was looking at the exit.
"We have to get out of here", he told me in a trembling voice and I nodded in agreement, but could not say anything.
When I suddenly heard a soft growl, I knew right away. He was here and he was in the same room with us. It was the Alpha. My hair was chafing and I saw Jackson looking behind me in a panic.
"Come on!" I whispered and Jackson reacted by grabbing me tightly by the wrist and then pulling me behind a shelf. We looked at each other in panic and I could hear him and my heart beating clearly fast.
I took a deep breath in and out to at least calm down a little bit, because while I was a werewolf, Jackson remained a normal person, and he needed to be protected.
With difficulty and hardship, I kept my inner werewolf, my beta, suppressed, and I would love to fight the Alpha, but unfortunately, Jackson should know as little about this world as possible. Jackson took a quick look around the shelf and wanted to check if the Alpha was still there. That's when I heard the shelves fall down behind us, and I reacted by rushing out.
Jackson also wanted to respond, but with his human abilities he could no longer do it and his legs were trapped.
"Jackson!" I shouted in shock and quickly grabbed his arm to pull him out. I closed my eyes and tried to use my strength in a controlled manner to free Jackson. But before I could do that, I was already thrown against a wall. As soon as I banged on the floor and stood upright again, I was pressed against the wall and the red eyes, which I know all too well, stared at me. "Such a beautiful wolf and soon you'll be mine. My beloved Kay. "
Then my eyes suddenly blackened, feeling a headache, and I couldn't see anything.
Just as someone "Kay! Kayla!!!!!KAY!!!" cried, I opened my eyes and griped reflexively for the arm that touched me to be able to defend myself as quickly as possible.
"Hey, hey! Kay it's me!" the person said out of breath and then I realized it was Jackson. "Let's go out. Come on, I'll help you", he said anxious, and I nodded only weakly, still dumbfished by the previous situation.
When I got up, I screamed because of an unbearable pain in my leg. Obviously, it was broken and I couldn't stand. Luckily for me, Jackson was there, muttering "I got you", and carrying me out of the store.
After a few minutes the police and some paramedics were there and I was checked, but thanks to my healing, everything was okay again, even my leg. Lucky, I just thought.
"You seem okay", said the paramedic when I was allowed to get up again, and I nodded wordlessly.
"Kayla!"I heard Jackson call for me and turned around. Concerned, the boy looked at me in front of me and then asked irritatedly: "Are you all right? What about your leg? Earlier it seemed like you were in pain."
"I only have a small bruise, but the shock made things worse", I gave as an explanation and Jackson looked at me briefly, as if he was trying to find out if I was telling the truth. I gave him a smile and said, "I'm fine. Honestly. "
"Are you sure?" he asked, and I giggled, "Yes, now go to Lydia."
Jackson nodded and after giving me a brief hug, he sat down next to a intimidated Lydia. I felt great pity for her because she had to go through something terrible today. I'm sure she wouldn't forget that night so quickly.
Then I heard a car driving towards us and I recognized Mr. Stilinski. In the next seat sat an angry Stiles, who looked at me worried and shocked at the same time. I could tell he was about to jump out of the car and run to me, but I heard the sheriff telling him to stay seated.
Then Mr. Stilinski first came running up to me and asked at once: "Kayla, are you okay? " I nodded and said, "Yes, according to the circumstances."
"I understand. But I have to ask you a few more questions", he said with concern, and I rubbed my forehead because I didn't really have the nerve to ask questions, and said, "Can't I go home today and answer the questions tomorrow? The paramedics say I'm fine and I just want to go home."
"I know", he muttered, but then said, "It's going really fast, I promise you." Sighing, I finally nodded and patiently answered his questions, trying as much as I could to find out the truth. After all, I couldn't say that an Alpha had attacked me and I was unconscious as a result.
"Thank you, Kayla", Mr. Stilinski finally muttered, patting me on the shoulder soothingly, then saying, "Rest down. "
"Thank you"; I exhale more relieved and he adds: "But you're not going to run. Have Stiles drive you home. "
I wanted to protest, but he just looked at me seriously and said, "Kay"..., so I lowered my head and muttered, "It's okay."
When I went to Stiles' car and his father asked him to drive me home, I saw Derek and Scott on the roof of the shop, both watching Lydia and Jackson. But as if Derek could feel my look, he looked up and I could see the worry in his facial features. I smiled gently at him to cheer me up, even though it was very hard for me, and obviously it wasn't very convincing that Derek didn't stop trying to pattern me, as if he wanted to come to me and make sure I was really okay and I didn't have any injuries. Then he spoke something to Scott, who looked at me the same way, and they disappeared off the roof. I wish I knew what they were talking about. Only by their facial features I could tell that they were not only worried about me.
"Kayla!"I heard my name call and recognized Stiles, who was ridding me of my mind, and I looked at him questioningly, whereupon he said in a sweet, soothing tone, "Come on. I'm finally taking you home."
Throughout the trip, Stiles talked to me reassuringly, trying to get information out of me, but I remained mostly silent and stared out of the window to push the pictures out of my head that night.
When we were standing in front of our house, I only thanked him and ran quietly into my house to finally be able to crawl into my room.
But then the door opened and Mum rushed in to give me a hug. "I'm so sorry, honey. Stile's father told me everything. What happened? Can I get you anything? "
"Thank you, Mum, but I'm just happy when I'm finally in bed", I replied, trying to calm her down as I could hear her fast heartbeat.
"Are you sure?" she asked, and I just nodded.
"If what's up, come to me, okay? I'm here."
One more time I nodded and immediately Melissa hugged me again, whereupon I whispered in her ear in a quiet voice: "It's all right, Mom, I'm here."
I could feel her fear around me and gently stroked her back until she finally stepped back nodding and stroked my cheek with her left hand. "Sleep well, Kayla."
After I wished her a good night, she walked out of my room, feeling she would prefer to sit on me. But after she was finally gone, I dropped on my desk chair with a loud sigh. Even though I tried to pretend that everything was okay, it was too much for me. Lately, there were just too many bodies and it frightened me, even though I knew the supernatural world since I was born. Immediately, the pictures of that evening flashed through my mind again and everything went so fast that I felt sick. First I smelled the blood, then we were hiding, and the next moment I was blacked out as the Alpha threw me around.
It was certainly not possible to think about sleeping, so I decided to do my homework to change my mind. But while I was trying to focus on the task, the pictures of the events in the store always came to my mind.
I just hoped Lydia and Jackson were okay, or at least somewhat okay. After all, today they saw a dead man for the first time and the bloodshed certainly didn't make it any better.
Suddenly, I was ripped out of my mind when Scott rushed into my room and even though I was pretty freaking out, I thought it was cute how Mum and he were always worried about me.
"Did you miss knocking, or what?" I said, giggling, trying to get his concern out of my face a little. He laughed for a short while, but then he walked up to me and hugged me.
"Everything good? My God what do I ask. Of course not. But"... he began, but I interrupted him: "Scott. I'm fine. Of course, it was very scary, but the habit is slowly becoming. At least that's how I feel. "
"I'm so sorry", Scott muttered, "And are you really okay?"
"I'm doing just fine under the circumstances", I replied, pointing to my desk. "I'm trying to do my homework for tomorrow and then I'm going to sleep, which you should, after all, you were gone tonight."
"Yes, Derek and I were going to look for the Alpha, but then we found the store where the salesman was dead. I was shocked when I saw you, and even Derek was worried. At least it came out that way, because it's still Derek", he said and I had to laugh. Then I wobbled through his hair and said, "Now go. Sleep well, Scott."
"Thank you too and have fun with your homework", he grinned and closed my room door quietly.
Shaking my head and smiling, I tried to concentrate on my homework again. But after a while I propped my head on one arm and noticed that I was getting more and more tired. My eyes got heavier and heavier and although I tried to stay awake, I eventually fell asleep.
Suddenly it was icy and I was walking through a dark forest. there were no leaves on the branches of the trees and only the black trunks protruded into the sky, although a thick fog actually made the gloomy surroundings.
Nobody was to be seen, but I could feel that someone was chasing me and when I stopped, the beast, the alpha, was standing in front of me with the blink of an eye. Rather, he circled me like a prey and I wanted to defend myself immediately against him, but realized that I had no strength.
Then looked down at me and noticed a huge wound on my stomach, with tons of blood flowing out of it. I felt myself getting weaker and weaker and I tried to stop the bleeding with my hands, but it was already too much. Slowly I knelt on the ground and when I heard a "Come to me and I will help you", I hissed: "I am not afraid of death."
The next moment my eyes went black and shortly afterwards I was standing alone again in the forest, where I heard the threatening voice say: "But you are afraid of something."
The thick fog that engulfed the ground scared me and made it difficult to see. But I wanted to flee from the alpha and started running through the forest with it. Then it happened and I fell to the floor, breathing heavily. I could barely catch myself.
"You can't run away, Kay. You are mine and will be mine ", I heard the alpha say and I was about to get up when the fog cleared and I screamed out loud when I realized what I had tripped over.
There were corpses scattered all over the floor, but not just any corpses. One was Scott, the other was Mum, and another was Stiles, and when I tried to back away I hit another, staring at Laura's lifeless face.
"What happened?" I sobbed and slowly got up, feeling how the gnawing got me when I stood the Alpha only a few seconds in front of me and the corpses sank into the ground. "They died because you weren't strong enough were. "
"What do you mean by that?" I shouted angrily, noticing the fear and anger in my voice.
"They were killed because you weren't the Queen of Wolves. You could have protected them if you had recognized your true, full potential but instead of accepting it, you hide and suppress it. That is how they died. Because you didn't want to help them! ", The alpha explained and I hissed back:" I would always want to help them! You only want me in your pack! "
But instead of an answer, I now heard another familiar voice faintly calling my name. "Kay ..."
I turned around quickly and saw Derek touching his stomach. like me before, he had a huge wound on his stomach that stained his white shirt a deep red.
"Derek !!!!" I screamed in panic and ran to him while he was already on his knees. I quickly took him in my arms and I didn't care if I was smeared with blood myself. I panicked to keep him alive, but Derek just raised his arm.
Carefully stroked a strand from my face and then my cheek, leaving a trail of blood while he mumbled: "It's okay ..."
Then he let his arm fall again and took his last breath, while I screamed desperately, "No! NO! Stay with me. Derek! Please!! Don't leave me here alone. "
But he gave no reaction and his lungs no longer filled with air, causing the chest to stand still. Sobbing, I clung to him and heard the alpha voice say: "It's time you accepted the real you. It' time for you to wake up the Queen of Wolves and I will help you."
The moment I put my hand on Derek's face my vision went black and even if I tried to hold on to him, I was torn away from him ...
Suddenly my eyes widened and gasped as I shot up. Bathed in sweat, I lay in my ... wait ... bed?
How did I get there? I asked myself immediately and looked around my room, my gaze immediately falling into the corner where my armchair was. Because there I saw a dark shadow, a silhouette of a person.
Quietly I turned over my covers and got up from my bed, then slowly walked towards the figure in the armchair and pulling out my claws. But when I got close enough, I sighed in relief and even had to smile because I hadn't thought of it immediately. There was only one person who would put me to bed and watch over me.
It was Derek, who was sleeping deeply in my chair with his arms crossed. He must have tried to take care of me, because a book was open on his legs, but in the end he lost the sleepiness.
I slowly took the book out of his hands and put it on my shelf, and then I took a blanket out of my closet as quietly as possible. I carefully covered Derek with that and when I was done I leaned over to whisper a "thank you" in his ear. Then I gave him a gentle kiss on the cheek before sneaking back into bed.
Despite my dream, which came across as very real, I was suddenly much relaxed. The thought that he wanted to watch over me makes me smile and I realized that I had really looked into him. He was important to me and the dream made it clear to me again. I was aware that I couldn't push Derek away from me completely, not after the last kiss we shared but I also couldn't take it if he was in danger because of me.
That's why I was currently in a conflict. On the one hand, I wanted to protect him and prefer to keep a distance from him, but on the other hand, it became more and more difficult to stay away. Especially when Derek always came back to me and never left my side, I felt myself losing the fight more and more and I wondered what would happen when I finally let Derek get in touch with me.
The next morning I was woken up by the twittering of birds and sat up beaming with joy to look back into the corner, but it was empty. Only the blanket that I used to cover was folded up on the seatI got up and went to the armchair to find a small piece of paper with the two simple words, Thank you, Kay.
Derek, the man with big words, I thought and had to smile while I put the piece of paper in my desk drawer, where the last message from Derek with the promised second dance was already in there.
Then I went to my closet and took out a pair of olive-green pants and a black top, so I could change as quickly as possible and go to the kitchen.
"Hey." I greeted Scott with a smile when I saw him sitting on the barstool, and he looked up. "Hey. Kay, I have a question."
"Well then, ask.", I smiled at him and made myself a jam sandwich while Scott asked: "Does the pain really keep you from transforming?"
I paused and considered how best to answer him but then I nodded and explained: "Let's put it that way. The pain makes you be human. But it is also called an anchor. For example, you and mum are my anchor who keep me under control. Or before I met you I had a little tune that kept me from losing control. Why do you ask?"
"Just so ...", Scott replied and I looked at him worried, but didn't ask, because I could tell from his restless body language that he was about to continue. "Derek told me yesterday and I wanted to hear your opinion. How are we pain for you? "
"Well, every time I notice my werewolf simmering, I think of you and how much you care for me and how much I love you. I don't want you to be hurt by me and that is my pain. Losing someone important. And that's exactly what you need. "
"That's what Derek meant, too," Scott sighed and I chuckled, "I promise we'll find that one. I'll help you with that too. Besides, I already have a premonition of who it could be."
With these words I winked at him and when he understood who I was talking about, his eyes widened and he stuttered: "We have to ... I think we're going ..."
I had to laugh out loud when he rummaged in his schoolbag, but fell silent immediately when he asked cheekily: "But ... then Derek has to be your anchor either, or?"
"Yes, we have to go ....I just replied with a raised eyebrow and pointed to the front door, which made Scott giggle.
"But one more thing. Which melody? ", Scott asked curiously on the way and I just said:" I'll never share. I'll never speak. "
I smiled at his confused face and opened the front door to step out, while I had the melody of the little song in my head.
A few minutes later, Scott and I were walking down the school hallways and saw Allison standing at her locker struggling with balloons.
We ran up to her and Scott immediately asked: "Is it your birthday?"
"No ... well ... yes ... yes, it's ... my birthday. But don't tell anyone, I don't even know how Lydia knows. ", Allison muttered while she was still putting the balloons in the locker and fighting with them.
"Why didn't you say anything?", Scott asked and immediately I could feel her getting nervous when she stammered: "Because I'm 17 years old."
"You're 17?" Asked Scott in amazement and Allison looked at him annoyed.
"And that's why she certainly didn't say it. Because of that question, "I muttered, rolling my eyes.
"I did not mean it like that. I guess it's because you've moved and that's why you have to repeat the class, "said Scott, who gave me a punishing look and then turned to Allison.
The girl in front of us nodded and kissed Scott, which made him wonder: "What was that for?"
"It was for you being the first to be correct with your guess. Everyone asks, did you stay seated, were you in a special school or did you have a child. ", Allison explained and my eyes went wide. "Wow? They'll ask you that when it's your birthday? "
She nodded.
"Then skip it," said Scott suddenly and while Allison stuttered "But - but", I put my hands up and said, "I didn't notice anything."
So the seat next to me was free that day, even if I would have liked Scott to be with me at that time. Because our chemistry teacher, Mr. Harris, gave a boring speech about talking to the parents of the students tonight. For this, of course, according to him, the students had to be present again.
"May I remind you that tonight I want to see all students who are below a cut of 3...I don't give names because I know that the right people know who I'm talking about, "he explained, and his voice always gave me a certain gag reflex. I just couldn't stand this man and just found him annoying, there was no particular reason as he was mostly nice to me.
"Where's Scott anyway?" He asked suddenly and I remembered why I didn't like him, he was just an ass and especially didn't like Stiles or Scott.
My best friend was marking wildly in his book and I could see from a distance that almost everything was yellow, which made a smile spread across my face.
Stiles looked at Mr. Harris with a pen in his mouth and shook his head, but Mr. Harris couldn't complain about that anymore, because then the door to the hall opened and Jackson walked in.
Without asking he sat down next to me and I realized that he was white as a sheet. Certainly, the shock of last night was still in his bones because he was sitting next to me like a little boy. I tried to cheer him up and gave him a smile, which he only returned briefly. Then Mr. Harris joined us and said, "If for any reason you have to leave, let me know."
Jackson and I nodded silently and our teacher finally started class. But I couldn't really concentrate because I was worried about Jackson's condition. I would have loved to help him feel better.
"How are you?" Jackson asked me suddenly and I replied with a shrug: "Well, given the circumstances. You?"
Jackson sat quietly next to me and only nodded back weakly, although I had the feeling that that wasn't the whole truth. Then I heard Stiles whisper to Danny from behind, "Hey Danny! May I ask you a question?"
But he only got a cool "no" as an answer, which made me giggle inwardly, because somehow every Stiles was kidding.
"I ask you anyway. have you seen Lydia today? ", asked Stiles and again Danny answered with a "No. "
Then Stiles asked if he knew what Jackson and Lydia saw in the store yesterday and I frowned thinking, Hello? I can tell you too. After all, I was there too.
Again Danny said no, and I pondered what Jackson had actually seen yesterday. especially since I was thrown against the wall, he must have seen the monster.
"I can't get those red eyes out of my head," Jackson mumbled next to me, looking up at me. I furrowed my forehead and countered a "Me neither."
We didn't say any more, but sat next to each other in silence, which enabled me to hear Stiles's next questions again. "Do you find me attractive?"
There was no reply from Danny and Stiles fell off his chair as he leaned too far forward and I looked behind me with a grin.
"Shut up.", Stiles whispered, looking at me and sticking out his tongue but then he paused and asked: "Do you find me attractive?"
I raised an eyebrow and he complained, "That's right, that's unfair. you have someone else in mind ", whereby I silently formed an" I will kill you "with my mouth and he lowered his gaze.
The school day passed very quickly, trying to be alone most of the time, and now I walked down the hallways with my backpack on my back to get to my locker but when I got there, I noticed how suddenly someone was standing behind me, and after using my olfactory senses, I asked: "Okay, what do you want?"
As if on cue, I was grabbed by the shoulders and dragged to a nearby, empty classroom and I was almost tripping over and grumbling, "Damn it, Derek!"
"What did you see yesterday?" Derek asked immediately without letting me breathe and stood in front of the now locked door so that I wouldn't have a chance to leave. And that was my greatest wish at that moment as I didn't want to go over the pictures from last night again.
"Kay ...", Derek began, his voice now sounded softer than before, and I rubbed my forehead with "Okay ...As you already know, the Alpha murdered the salesman, but he wasn't completely out of the business."
"What happened?", Derek wanted to know and I bit my tongueI. I did not talk until Derek ordered a "Spit it out" and I replied, "He attacked me and Jackson. It all happened so quickly. First I smelled the blood and then we found the body. I wanted to protect Jackson and get him out of business, but I could it not."
"Go on," Derek mumbled demanding when I paused, and I hissed, "My God! It's not as easy as you think, Derek!" and the man in front of me dropped his shoulders, saying "I'm sorry".
Then after taking a deep breath I went on to say, "I remember Jackson dragging me behind the shelf and it falling on us a few seconds later. I managed to get out in time, but Jackson was trapped under it. As I was about to help him, I was thrown against the wall and my eyes went black. "
After saying the last sentence I shook my head and Derek put his arms on my shoulders. "That's fine. It's over."
"Even so, the pictures still haunt me," I replied, and he stroked my head as he said, "I know. You slept rather restless last night."
I sighed but also didn't want to show my vulnerability any longer and asked: "What are you doing here anyway?"
"I went to Jackson to find out if he saw anything," he replied, and my eyes immediately went wide. "He's still fine, isn't he?"
"What's that supposed to mean?", Derek asked and I opened my mouth to answer, but stopped and closed it again. Only when I finally had an approach did I say: "Well, your methods of asking someone are not necessarily very ..."
"Yes....?"
"Never mind ..." I mumbled while scratching my neck, and when I looked up at him I realized that Derek was irritated, which was also confirmed by the fact that he asked, "What do you mean? I want to know it. "
"Nothing ..." I grinned cheekily and walked out of the hall, Derek's heavy footsteps being heard behind me.
"You're not going to tell me, are you?" he mumbled and I just shook my head, clutching my books and biting my lip.
Finally, we were out of school and I looked at my motorcycle and then at the Camaro that was parked next to it and asked; "Can I come to you today without training?"
Derek did not answer directly, but then said: "If you tell me what you wanted to say earlier."
"Damn. Then I'll go home to study, "I said simply and went to my motorcycle to go home, but in seconds a hand grabbed me and Derek pulled me towards him." You're coming to me. "
"Good. But I don't train. I have to learn and that's not even made up. ", I explained to him, while I nodded to my books, and Derek replied "Fine", whereupon we drove to the Hale house.
There I sat on the couch while Derek started doing a workout next to me, which only made studying difficult. because Derek thought that it would be good to train without a shirt and thus you had a perfect view of your well-trained upper body. And come on, what girl is not attracted to a well-trained upper body? Those muscles were just plain oh my god material.
Still, I tried to hold my book in front of my face so as not to have to see it. Because I also knew that he was doing it on purpose. Since the more intense kiss that night, Derek was out to seduce me and certainly, he played with me again this time. Unfortunately, I kept catching myself watching him doing pull-ups on the door frame and admiring his muscles.
Oh god, Kayla, you're bad, I scolded myself, Rein your hormones. Right away!
I was slowly wondering why I had even said that I would come to him. At home I wouldn't be so distracted and I could certainly concentrate better.
"You like what you see", it suddenly came from Derek and immediately I shouted a "No", which already showed how much he irritated me with his training session.
I could literally smell his grin on my face, knowing that he could hear my heart. Of course it had to reveal what I was really feeling again and betrayed me, which made me growl quietly and since I knew that it amused Derek, I immediately snapped: "Stop grinning!"
"I'm not grinning," Derek said, and I grumbled, "Sure," while chewing my fingernails.
Suddenly my book was snatched away from me and Derek began to read it, saying, "Oh yes, very exciting. Physics. I can see what fascinates you so much "
"Give this to me," I grumbled while I got up from the couch and wanted to get my book back but Derek didn't make it easy for me and kept the book away from me and when I tried to take it from him, he dodged it cleverly.
Yes, he has been really exhausting lately. More than that. He was unbearable!
"Nuclear fission ..... Interesting ... tell me about it.", Derek grinned cheekily and I lifted my index finger to give him a clever answer on the subject, but I paused and just stammered "I ... I ..... ",
Damn it, I cursed in my head, noticing that my head was empty even though I'd been sitting here for almost an hour staring at the books. Derek grinned even more and now came closer to me, mumbling. "I said you had other things on your mind. "
Immediately I shook my head in my defense and felt my heart beating faster, backing away and building distance from Derek but he caught up with me faster than I could react and grabbed my waist, which made my heart beat even faster as he pulled me with all his might to him and his sweaty, warm body.
"You're bad at lying," muttered Derek, burying his nose in my neck and throwing the book on the couch. I was just about to protest again and push away from him when Derek grabbed me with both hands and pressed his lips firmly to mine, taking my breath away.
I tried to defend myself against him with all my might, but I had the feeling that the more I defended myself, the longer he pressed his lips against mine, which made me twitch inside.
Then I heard him say "Stop trying to fight back.", biting my lower lip and staring into my eyes.
I didn't say anything and he grinned cheekily, whereupon he said: "You're not saying anything. We are making progress."
"Hey !!!", I grumbled immediately and heard him giggle, while he wrapped his arms around me even tighter and a feeling of security built up in me.
Eventually I had to grin with him and I felt that this time I had lost this fight. Derek seemed to notice that I was giving up because he leaned closer again and kissed me. But this time I didn't resist. I even reacted by putting my arms around his neck and Derek immediately intensified the kiss and moved me so that I could suddenly feel a wall in my back.
I had closed my eyes and when an inner voice said to me: "Let yourself be involved," I even began to run my hands over his muscular body, causinig Derek to growl.
But how it would have gone on, I would never know, because then I suddenly heard footsteps in front of the house and broke the kiss immediately, with Derek complaining "Not again."
But I no longer listened to him, instead I tried to find out who was there through the smell of the person standing in front of the house.
Then I heard further steps and whispered: "Derek, listen."
Immediately all his muscles tensed and he did what I told him. Then he grabbed my hand and whispered "Follow me." And then pulled me to the top floor, where we hid.
Derek sat protectively in front of me as we hid behind a wall, and we both listened as the unwelcome guests entered the house.
Now I also recognized who it was. I could never fail to recognize this female voice and I got goose bumps. I also felt angry again because the monster, Kate Argent, actually dared to enter this house.
"Nobody at home.", one of the hunters said and Derek looked at me, holding up a warning finger. "No matter what. You stay here."
"What? No, you ... ", I protested, but Derek only put one hand over my mouth, which made me fall silent. When he was sure that I would remain silent, he let go again and disappeared without saying anything.
"But he's here. He's just not particularly hospitable. ", Kate replied and I could only imagine her dark grin all too well.
My hatred grew more and more with every second and the more I hear her voice, the more anger rose in me.
"Maybe he's out burying a dog's bone," said the other hunter and I rolled my eyes.
Apparently Kate didn't find this funny either, because she said, "How funny a dog joke. We come here and you let something like that out? No, ... to lure him out you have to do something like ....it's a shame your sister died before she got her first litter. "at this sentence she had my attention and I even noticed how my werewolf, but this time my Queen of Wolves, woke up and wanted to pounce on Kate. But with all my might I tried to suppress it, because I didn't know if I could control it.
"Or how she whined when we DIVIDED her into ... TWO HALVES !!!" Kate shouted now formally and I growled loudly, whereby this growl was just as deep as when I was protecting Derek from Scott and I knew that the Queen of Wolves was now taking the upper hand.
But I heard another roar, which came from Derek, and this was followed by a rumble, which made me realize that he was attacking the hunters and he surely had knocked one of them unconscious by now.
When I heard another rumble and hiss that made me tingle all over my body, I quietly crept down the stairs from my hiding place, seeing two unconscious hunters on the ground. I tried to watch Derek and Kate inconspicuously, the werewolf on the floor and Kate practically standing over him, a stun gun in hand.
"Wow ... everything is in the right place on him. I don't even know now whether to kill him or eat him, "giggled Kate and then asked in a serious tone: "Tell me where the other werewolf is. "
Derek, who was still from the stun gun, was silent and it was clear to me that Kate knew of my presence, as my previous roar was not necessarily quiet. Still, Derek didn't say a single word and fumbled weakly on the floor.
"Where's the other werewolf?" Kate asked angrily, but Derek still didn't answer and when he pulled himself up on the couch to attack Kate, she hit him again, causing him to hit the ground again.
I felt a tingling sensation again, which irritated me, but I couldn't think about it any longer because I heard Kate's annoying voice speak again: "900,000 volts. You've never been very good at talking about electricity. Or on fire. now I'm going to tell you a secret. Well, we could help each other. Yes, your sister was cut in half to catch you. "
Then she paused and shouted, "And to get you, my dear Kay", which made me catch my breath and Derek growled.
But Kate only reacted by giving him another blow, which also made me tingle again, and Kate continued: "Yes, Kayla Panther, I know you are here. How could I not notice a presence like yours? "
Derek heaved himself to the window and hissed: "Stay away from her," which only made Kate grin darkly. "Why should I hurt her?"
Derek growled weakly again to make his point clear, and Kate went on: "But now shall I tell you something? Something really exciting that will pull the rug out from under your feet? "
she paused for a theatrical pause, which made me roll my eyes, and then she went on in a devilish voice: "We didn't kill Laura."
"Sure," I said sarcastically, as I stepped out of my hiding place and still had my claws extended. Derek looked at me with wide eyes and furrowed his forehead, forming a silent "Go" with his mouth, but I focused on Kate, who looked at me with a grin and asked, "You don't believe me? You think I lie?"
"Wouldn't be the first time.", Derek replied, gazing between Kate and me again and again, as if he were afraid that Kate would do something to me and that he would not be able to intervene. I watched Kate's every step as I did this, staying in a fighting stance and tensing my muscles more and more.
"Really ... Derek ..Kayla .... how about ... ", Kate began and slowly walked towards Derek," ... if you listen to my heartbeat and I repeat it? "
Then she kneeled down in front of him, then looked into his eyes and then at me, repeating at a very slow pace: "We ... did ... not ... kill your sister."
As she said these words, she got closer and closer to Derek, and I had a strange feeling that made me want to tear the witch from Derek away. But I also listened to her heartbeat and was shocked that it was not beating faster or unevenly. She hadn't lied.
"Did you hear that? No false accentuation, just the cold, gloomy truth, "mumbled Kate stood up again, then looked me up and down and walked towards me, while I saw how Derek was tensing more.
"You really have developed into a very beautiful young woman," said Kate, who came too close for my taste, and I backed off with a "What do you want?"
"I would like to know if anything has changed for you during the time we did not see each other. Unfortunately, we got separated so quickly the last time. I really would have loved to know more about you. Especially about what you are and what you can do. How about? Would you show me your beautiful eyes? "
"Never," I hissed at her and ran to Derek to stand in front of him, not even taking my eyes off KateKate seemed amused as she continued, "Come on, Kayla. Show me what you ar.e Show me your beautiful, unique eyes. "
At her command, I just flashed my eyes yellow and looked at her and she was making a disappointed face and said: "That's not what I meant."
I only gave a low growl and Kate laughed as she came closer to me again. "I'll ask you again. Will you show me your unique eyes. "
"Just touch her once and you're dead," I heard Derek growl behind me and Kate stopped moving, looking at us. "How cute. There are almost no Hales, but when you are together, then you really stick together, right?"
At that statement, Derek and I looked at each other, I could see a small smile on his face while his poison green eyes stared into mine.
"Or maybe there's more between you," Kate mumbled and I looked away again to look at her and hissed, "You're interpreting too much. What do you really want here?"
"Oh ... yes ...", it came from her. "So ...why don't we help each other in this whole alpha thing? You must have suspected that the alpha killed her, too. Why don't you tell us who it is and we'll do it for you. "
I stayed silent, as did Derek, who suddenly made his way to me and whose tension was carried over to me.
"It's that you don't know who it is yourself," mumbled Kate. "I hope you know who has just become unusable," said Kate.
Before I could react, I felt a hand on my arm and how I was dragged away when Kate took out a machine gun and fired.
Unfortunately for me, I did not get away fast enough and was hit by a bullet that made me scream softly. But Derek didn't let go of me and didn't stop running until we finally stood in the middle of the forest and looked back at the house. Where the gunshots could still be heard. My heart was racing and I was trying to catch my breath.
"Kay ..." I suddenly heard Derek call me gently and I looked at him with a racing heart, saying "What is it?"
"Come here," he said softly and stood in front of me, then took my wounded left forearm and pulled the bullet out of me, muttering relieved: "Fortunately, they're just normal bullets."
"Thanks ..." I whispered while grimacing when he finally got the bullet.
But when Derek threw the ball away with his left hand, I recognized the same black veins that I had the last time. Exactly at the point where the bullet hit my arm and immediately thousands of questions popped up again, which I tried desperately to answer.
"Are you okay?" Derek asked, tearing me out of my thoughts again and looking at me worriedly.
"Yes ... Yes ... everything's okay," I stammered, causing him to raise an eyebrow, but I just asked: "And what about you?"
I didn't get an answer, however, he just said: "You should go home now."
"Derek, I -"
"Kayla," he mumbled my name gently to interrupt me. "Go."
Even if I didn't want to go, I didn't have the strength left to deal with him and just nodded gently before I wanted to turn around and leave.
But suddenly I was grabbed by the wrist again and pulled into a hug, with Derek resting his chin on my head and muttering, "I'm fine. Don't you worry about me, Kayla. I can take care of myself, do you hear? "
Nodding, but without saying anything, I wrapped my arms around him so that I could be even closer to him and inhale his scent. But unfortunately, Derek pushed me away again and nudged my nose while he said "I'll see you."
"Okay", I mumbled and after he said "Now get out of here", I ran to my motorcycle, which was parked at the edge of the forest, and drove home.
"Kayla, where's Scott?" Melissa asked as I stepped through the door, and immediately I stopped moving because I would have hit the back of my head because tonight was still the meeting with the teachers.
"Come on, we'll drive up there," said Mum and grabbed my arm just to drag me out the door again.
A few minutes later we were sitting in front of Mr. Harris, but there was no trace of Scott from Scott and I wondered what he and Allison were up to.
"Okay, let's start. Maybe with Kayla first, "said Mr. Harris, referring to me after Mum called Scott three times.
Melissa nodded in agreement and Mr. Harris started talking about my academic achievements. "Kayla is an excellent student and does her part in class too," he began then said: "But we think it would be better if she would leran although she writes 2, because we could then assign better grades to her."
"Interesting," said Melissa, who looked at me with a raised eyebrow, and I had to shrug my shoulders with a "Well ...".
"We also noticed that Kayla has been distracted a lot lately and her thoughts are elsewhere," was the last statement from Mr. Harris and I mumbled in my mind: Yes, I've actually had better things to do lately. For example, I was chasing a bloody alpha to keep you from getting killed. Idiot.
In addition, there was still the stupid emotional chaos with Derek, which made my world upside down. But those excuses Mr. Harris would not except and so I only heard a "We'll talk about it at home" from Melissa, who was watching me.
Then we finally got to Scott and Mr. Harris said that Scott is gone with his thoughts as well but also physically.
Well, he currently has other problems than school. #Full moon, I thought and rolled my eyes inwardly, And that he is finally in love is nothing bad either.
Then said Mr. Harris that Scott needed someone in authority and my eyes widened knowing that Mum wasn't into the subject.
"I don't have any parents anymore. My real ones were murdered and Melissa became a mother to me. I've never missed a father. ", I explained to get Mr. Harris' attention, and he said," You seem to be getting on well with that too. But how about Scott? Does he look like that too? "
I thought about it and realized: Scott never spoke in detail about this subject. So I didn't know what to say and stayed silent.
After a few minutes the lecture about Scott was finally finished and Mum walked out of the school building with me, saying: "You will study from now on!"
"I already do," I grumbled and she raised her index finger, "It didn't sound like that at the moment. Besides, your thoughts are obviously wandering elsewhere at the moment."
Sighing, I walked out of the school building with Mum while she was still giving me a lecture, and when we stood on the stairs she grumbled, "And where is Scott?"
I knew that Scott was going to get in a lot of trouble and while Mum called him again and swore to himself, I suddenly recognized Allison's car, in which the lovers were sitting and Scott was hiding. but I did not betray him and just thought: You'll have to take it yourself.
Suddenly Allison's parents came running to us and instantly my smile disappeared and the hair on the back of my neck stood up. I just hated hunters and I had too much to do with an Argent today.
Mum went up to them and said that Scott didn't answer either and Chris immediately accused my mum of skipping, which made me frown and interfered: "Hey! Maybe Allison instigated him too? After all, it's her birthday. Either way, both weren't there, so they're both involved. "
The Argents looked me in the eye and I knew I had just made myself less popular. They knew I was a werewolf and well, that I'm still alive was thanks to them. Especially thanks to Christopher, who now looked at me devastatingly.
But then something else caught his attention, because he said "There she is" and walked past us.
I turned around to see Allison and Scott too. Of course, Mum didn't hesitate for a second to go to Scott and teach him a lesson.
"If I were you, I would be careful what I say, werewolf. "came from Allion's mum, Victoria Argent, who stopped next to me, and I swallowed loudly when she looked at me briefly with her cold, blue eyes.
Luckily she followed Chris quickly and I was able to breathe again. This woman scared me more than any other hunter put together and it was certainly the wrong approach to challenge her.
That's when I heard loud screams and people ran around in panic to get into their cars. Chris Argent immediately looked at me as if he was checking if it was me who spread the panic and I shook my head, thinking a Thank you.
Chris nodded and then quickly walked to his car, probably to get some weapon. Meanwhile, I also started moving and used my senses to find the cause of this excitement. in fact, I heard something running around between the cars and realized it was a werewolf.
I quickly tried to follow the creature on four paws, but it was too fast, and then I saw Stiles father, to whom I immediately ran so that I could protect him from the creature.
"Mr. Stilinski. You have to get out of here. ", I asked him, but he only replied: "You too. It's not safe here. So stay behind me. "
We walked across the parking lot together and unfortunately I had lost Mum and Scott among the crowd but when I looked around for them, I was shocked when Mr. Stilinski was suddenly hit and immediately asked: "Are you okay?"
He just nodded and I noticed that other people came to us and asked about Mrstilinski, while I was standing protectively in front of him when suddenly I heard the growling of the werewolf.
Then it jumped out between the cars and ran exactly in our direction, whereby I could feel a wave of great anger, even hatred, from the animal. I immediately knew that it was going to attack and I wasn't allowed to transform either.
So I just shook my head to make the werewolf realize that he should stop. But he didn't and came up to me, growling.
People screamed in panic behind me, but I didn't move, instead focused my gaze on the being in front of me. Others might have thought I was in shock, but I was completely focused and was looking for a way to awaken the Queen of Wolves in me. But now that I needed her, she didn't come out.
Then the beast was running towards me and I heard Stiles father take out a weapon.
No, it should not end like that, I thought and I let my eyes flash, and I could feel them glowing in the deepest red. The creature was startled and stopped abruptly when it realized who I was but as soon as I thought it was going to run away, gunshots could be heard and the werewolf fell to the ground.
I quickly looked behind me, but it wasn't Mr. Stilinski, who shot, but Christopher Argent, who now appeared next to me and carried a rifle with him.
Suddenly Scott came running to hold me with a "There you are"other people also came running and looked at the dead being.
I felt sorry for it in a way. But I also knew you had to kill it to protect others. especially since Christopher was there, I knew it had no chance of survival.
"Scott! Kayla! ", I heard Mum's voice calling us to the car. Surely she wanted to drive home and get away from the scene.
"Shall we?" asked Scott, releasing me, and I recognized Mr. Argent, who nodded towards his car to tell me he wanted to talk.
Even if I didn't particularly like it, I agreed and sent Scott to follow Christopher. I noticed that Victoria was also following us, and I got severe stomach cramps.
They were also justified because suddenly I was pressed against the black SUV and a gun was held at my head.
"What .....", I started confused, but then Victoria asked: "Are you an alpha? Did you instigate this being to attack these people?"
"What? No! I'm not an Alpha! "I snarled," And I also have no idea where this werewolf came from and I knew he was going to die. If a werewolf chases you, you hunt him. I was aware of that. He did just paused because ... "
"Because you're the Queen of Wolves.", Chris finished my sentence, "So Kate was right."
Although I hated to admit it, I nodded and Christopher took the gun down, which made me feel a lot better.
"Still you could build a pack.", Victoria stated and I furrowed my forehead when I replied: "Yes, I could, if I had my full potential. But I haven't...for a pack I would be ... honestly ... still too weak. "
Christopher nodded." She is right. She is still too young. I felt that her eyes were making her appear took a lot of effort. "
Finally Victoria stopped asking and Chris said: "But do you know who the Alpha is?"
"No...I'm on the hunt for him myself after he killed one of us, "I explained, and Victoria mumbled a" Laura, "which made me hang my head.
"Then let's work together.", Chris said and I looked at him in disbelief, while I replied: "We may have the same goal, but I'm not going to ally with hunters who are just waiting to kill me."
Christopher sighed, but nodded as if he had already expected this answer and then said: "Let us know if something is wrong."
With these words, he gave me his cell phone number and Melissa called "Kayla!" again.
I went away with a "See you" and I was relatively happy to finally escape the clutches of the hunters.
"Oh god, I thought you got caught or something," Melissa said, relieved when she saw me and took me into a hug.
Finally, we drove home together, but what happened in silence. Mum didn't want to speak to Scott until tomorrow, but she was already clearly showing him that she wasn't enthusiastic about his non-appearance. When we arrived I decided to go to my room, but Scott stopped me and said, "Can we talk?" and we sat on my bed to discuss what had happened that evening.
"What was that?" Scott asked me and I sighed loudly. "I don't know. The only thing I suspect is that the Alpha made this sacrifice to make people think it's over. Or something. Anyway. Because of him an innocent werewolf died. "
"He attacked us," said Scott and I hissed, "Yeah, but did you see his eyes? They were yellow. Not blue. He had no choice...he just followed the alpha's call and lost control because of him. He just wanted a pack, but the Alpha was just taking advantage of him. Do you understand that?"
With another sigh I buried my face in my hands and mumbled, "I understand that he had to be killed, but that only ... because the Alpha wanted it. And that ... that's not fair. "
"It really wouldn't be," Scott agreed and I looked up to say, "But now we should go to sleep and process it all. It's been a busy day..and tomorrow you will most likely have to listen to a sermon from mum. "
"Oh please, don't remind me," Scott snorted and I giggled and nudged his shoulder. "As long as you had fun with your beloved Allison."
"Shut up," he giggled and then finally left my room with a "good night" and a tender smile on his face.
But no sooner had he disappeared than my face darkened and anger grew inside me. I was very preoccupied with the death of the werewolf and I wanted to prevent further incidents. Especially what would happen if Scott was the next wolf to answer the alpha's call. I certainly didn't want Allison's father to hunt him down.
I looked up in my mirror, seeing my Beta eyes light up but when I made the decision to hunt the Alpha and protect my friends and family, my eyes changed the color suddenly and litup in a deep red. I was aware that now the Queen of Wolves was awakened in me.
Suddenly my window was opened and since there was only one person in my life who crawled through that window, I let the eyes of the Queen of Wolves disappear again so that Derek wouldn't notice.
"Hey," I heard Derek say and I turned to him with a fake smile, saying "Hey" back.
I watched as Derek carried my schoolback on his back and put it down on the floor with a "You forgot that earlier".
Then he looked up at me with a smile, which quickly faded as he eyed me, and he asked, "What happened?"
"Nothing. What should have happened? ", I replied and he raised his eyebrows, which made me let my fake smile disappear and sit down on the edge of the bed.
Derek immediately sat down next to me, put an arm around me and asked, "What's wrong?", whereupon I told him about the incident at the school.
"Today an innocent werewolf had to die just because the Alpha forced him.and I won't let that happen again, "I explained angrily and then got up to pace up and down my room.
Derek just watched me and when I said "Derek. I don't want there to be any more victims ", he grabbed my shoulders to get a better look into my eyes and said: " Then let's fight, Kay. Together "
"Together," I agreed and Derek immediately hugged me again, while he mumbled: "And now calm down. Go to sleep and rest. Tomorrow we will find a way together to track down the Alpha. I promise you."
I clung to his chest and replied with a sigh: "I think that I might not be able to fall asleep that quickly."
Suddenly there was only a small scream to be heard from me and the next moment I was in Derek's arms, who carried me to my bed and put me down. Finally, he also covered me up, only to take off his leather jacket a few seconds later and lie down next to me.
"It's slowly becoming a habit. Mrs. Panther ", he mumbled with a grin and I replied: "Is that bad?"
"You defend yourself against it. Not me. I would love to lie next to you every evening, "he smiled and stroked my cheek, while I sighed:" Oh, Derek. "
He just shrugged but didn't say anything, which led me to ask, "Are you going to go away again? Like the last time?"
Derek just gave me a mysterious grin and replied: "I'll stay with you until you sleep."
I smiled slightly. "Very gentleman-like what you are doing. But I can't promise that I will fall asleep"
Derek laughed briefly and said: "I am happy to accept the challenge. But then close your eyes too, troublemaker. Otherwise, it's not fair. "
"Agreed," I mumbled and closed my eyes as he said but somehow it was impossible for me and when I opened my eyes, I stared again into the green eyes, which did not stop adoring me.
I blushed and covered my face with my hands, giggling and saying, "I can't sleep. Not like this."
"Kayla, relax," Derek muttered, "I'm not going to eat you."
"I'm aware of that, Derek", I giggled, "I just can't calm down. "
"Then listen to my heartbeat", he said, and I looked at him questioningly, whereupon he said again, "Listen to my heartbeat and I promise you will calm down. "
I was just about to say something, and he breathed a "Close your eyes" and ran his hand over my shoulder as I followed his request.
I closed my eyes and focused on his heartbeat and even if I didn't think it would work at first, I felt my breaths become more and more even and my own heartbeat adjusting to its rhythm."Good night, troublemaker. Sleep well", I heard Derek whisper and I fell asleep at that moment while I knew that tomorrow I would wake up alone in bed. So I cuddled myself tightly to his chest to enjoy his present presence even more.