Through the Dark // S.S. [Book One]

Chapter 33

"She doesn't look okay." Lydia replies.

The she-wolf rolls her eyes. "I'll heal." She steps back and stumbles slightly.

"Uh...Oh." Stiles says, walking forward to catch her.

Cora brushes him off. "I said I'm fine."

"Do you realize how suicidally crazy that was? What were you thinking going after them?"

Cora glares. "I did it for Boyd. None of you were doing anything."

"We're trying." Scott tells her.

"And you're failing. You're just a bunch of stupid teenagers running around, thinking that you can stop people from getting killed. But all you do is show up late. All you really do is find the bodies."

With that, she walks off. Stiles sighs. "She's definitely a Hale. Mm. I'll make sure she gets home."

I grab Stiles hand and follow him to his Jeep. Allison calls Stiles and he says, "Philosophers?"

"And guardians, which after last night has to mean something like law enforcement, right? Stiles, you have to tell your dad. Tell him whatever you need but you have to get him to believe. Tell your dad. Warn him."

Stiles sighs. "Okay, okay, okay, I know."

"What are you gonna do?" Cora asks.

Stiles glances to her. "I'm gonna tell him the truth. And I'm gonna need your help. Both of your help."

Stiles sets up a chessboard with pieces labeled as to what each person is. Sheriff Stilinski is growing impatient. Stiles sighs. "Dad, I'm sorry, okay? I'm just...I'm trying to...I'm just trying to figure out how to start here."

The sheriff narrows his eyes. "Hey, I don't have this kind of time."

Stiles sighs, thinking of the words a moment. "Um, for the last year, you've had all these cases that you couldn't figure out, right? I mean, all the murders involving Kate Argent, and then Matt killing all the people who had drowned him, and all these murders right now. It's like...it's like you've been playing a losing game."

Sheriff Stilinski frowns. I flop dramatically on the bed, causing Cora to roll her eyes. "Stiles, the last thing I need right now is a job performance review from my own son."

"I know. Okay, see, but that's...that's just it, dad. The...the reason you're losing the game is cause you've never been able to see the whole board. I need to show you the whole board."

Stiles starts explaining and the sheriff says, "Scott and Derek are werewolves?"

"Yes."

"And Kate Argent was a werewolf?"

I jump up and stand next to Stiles. "No, purple is hunter."

"Along with Allison and her father." Cora says.

Sheriff nods slowly. "Yeah, and...and my friend Deaton, the veterinarian, is a kanima?"

"Well, no, no, no, no, no. He's a druid, okay? Well, we think." Stiles replies.

"So who's the kanima?"

"Jackson."

Sheriff Stilinski shakes his head. "No, Jackson's a werewolf."

"He was the kanima first and Peter and Derek killed him and he came back and became a werewolf. He's living in London now." I say.

"Who's the Darack?" The sheriff asks, pronouncing it wrong.

"It's da-rock." Stiles corrects.

Cora shakes her head. "We don't know yet."

"We don't know yet." Stiles repeats.