𝐷𝐸𝑀𝑂𝐿𝐼𝑇𝐼𝑂𝑁 𝐿𝑂𝑉𝐸𝑅𝑆 ➪ 𝐶𝐻𝑅𝐼𝑆 𝐴𝑅𝐺𝐸𝑁𝑇

3.

"Why are we at a party?" Dahlia asked, she was bored and wanted to go home so she could be with Calliope. "Because the beta could hurt someone."

Dahlia rolled her eyes. "I'm bored."

"Lio will be just fine, she's with Elvira."

Dahlia huffed and jumped when a Dog started barking behind them. "Fuck!"

Derek glared at it and continued to watch Scott.

"Can we at least not look like creeps?"

"Dahl, I love you, but please shut up." Derek said, glaring at his aunt. Dahlia growled. "Mom?"

Dahlia raised her eyebrows when she saw her son.

"Hi sweetie." She said.

Sage looked unfazed as he glanced at his cousin.

"I'm guessing this was your idea?"

Derek grunted and continued watching Scott.

"You look like a stalker." Sage said, smiling.

Derek growled in irritation. "Both of you shut up."

"I didn't say anything!" Dahlia laughed.

Sage smirked. "Well, I'm gonna go. Danny's waiting for me." He said, pointing behind him.

"You gotta let me meet him one day."

"Maybe." Sage said, shrugging.

As the party continued, Derek and Dahlia moved to the roof so they could have a better view.

"His name is Scott?"

"Yeah, Scott McCall."

After a few more minutes, Derek looked around cautiously. "We gotta go."

They both jumped down from the roof, Dahlia landed more gracefully, and quickly walked to the front of the house. "I'll drive, you get the girl."

"Okay, what's her name?"

Derek paused. "What?" Dahlia asked when she noticed he had a sad look in his eyes. "Derek?"

"Allison Argent."

Oh great, yeah, that's just great!

"I have to talk to my ex-boyfriend's kid?!"

"Okay, I'll get her then-"

"No! I'll do it, just go get Sage and the car." She said.

Dahlia cleared her throat and put on her nicest fake smile. "Allison!" She said.

The teen turned and looked at her in confusion.

"I'm Sage's mom." She continued.

Allison glanced behind her to see Scott's car in the distance. "My name's Dahlia."

•

"Do you see him?!" Dahlia shouted.

She was running with Derek in the preserve to find Scott. "No!"

"Did you put the jacket in the right place?"

"Yes!"

"Wait." Derek said.

"Over there."

The two slowly walked over to a wolfed out Scott.

"Where is she?" He asked.

"She's safe from you." Derek said.

Derek tackled Scott when he started looking around and pins him against a tree.

"What did you do with her?!"

"Quiet!" Dahlia whispered.

Derek sighed. "Too late."

"Now they're here, run!"

Scott runs as an explosion hits a tree.

He blinks and an arrow pins his arm to a nearby tree as he yells.

"Shit." Dahlia whispered when she saw Chris.

Derek crawls forward in case he needs to intervene.

"I wanna rip his throat out." Dahlia sneered.

"Quiet." Derek said.

"Take him." Chris ordered. Dahlia quickly throws one of the other hunter's back.

Chris turns, trying to find out what happened.

The other gunman jerks backward and hits a tree.

Dahlia glanced over to see Derek glaring at him.

Holding a hand gun, Chris turns around again.

Derek yanked the arrow out of Scott's arm and pulled him forward. "You coming?" He asked.

Dahlia paused and looked at Chris.

"Yeah." She sighed.

The three ran through the woods, Scott stops and leans on a tree trunk as his eyes fade to normal.

"Who were they?" He asked.

"Hunters." Dahlia said.

"The kind who have been hunting us for centuries."

"Us?! You mean you! You did this to me!"

"Is it really so bad, Scott? That you can see better? Hear more clearly? Move faster than any human could ever hope?" Derek asked.

"You've been giving something that most people would kill for! The bite is a gift!"

"I don't want it."

"You will, and you're gonna need us if you wanna learn how to control it."

"So you and me, Scott.." Derek said, grabbing Scott's shoulder. "We're brothers now."