𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐋 𝐀 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐊𝐄𝐍 𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐋 ➢ ꜱᴛɪʟᴇꜱ ꜱᴛɪʟɪɴꜱᴋɪ

Ch. 41 - REQUIRED READING

"So none of us go running into traffic?" Kira asked and Odette nodded and shrugged slightly, "Or worse." She said and Malia nodded. "Like what happened to Judy." She said making everyone look at her confused, "Chapter fourteen."

"Maybe I should have my mother read it. She might remember a girl with a tail leaping off the ceiling and attacking everyone." Lydia said as she picked up the book and Odette chuckled, "Yeah, if it works." She said and Lydia sighed softly. "It has to." Lydia said making them look at her confused, "What does that mean?"

"I think I saw them during my surgery. When I look at the cover of the book, it's almost like..." Lydia said before trailing off slightly, "A memory trying to surface." Theo said making them all look at him while Lydia nodded. "Yeah."

"Isn't that what Valack wanted when he wrote it?" Kira asked and they all nodded, "If they did something to me, I want to know what it is." Lydia said and Odette sighed before picking up one of the copies.

"This book better not get me killed."

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Odette sighed softly as she turned another page. She was sitting in the dining room with Stiles and Malia with her feet up on Stiles's lap and the book in her lap. "What did you do to your shoulder?" Malia asked making Odette look up to see Stiles lightly rubbing his shoulder.

"What are you talking about?" Stiles asked and Malia raised her eyebrows, "I can smell the blood. What happened?" Malia said and Stiles just sighed. "Jeep died on me again. I went to check the engine, the hood fell on it." Stiles said glancing over at Odette who smiled softly at him as Malia went back to pouring coffee.

"Wait, so... How much-How much do you remember, anyway? With the accident? Did it play like a movie in your head, or was it like being completely in it again?" Stiles asked and Malia pursed her lips for a moment, "In it."

"Was it just the crash? Nothing else." Odette asked and Malia was quiet for a moment before shaking her head, "Nothing."

A few hours later everyone but Theo has fallen asleep while reading the novel; Lydia dozing while sitting back in the armchair. Stiles seated on the floor with his head resting on a pillow placed on Odette's legs as she sat on the couch. Malia lays scrunched up in the fetal position, next to Odette, her hood up over her face. And Scott sits next sprawled next to her on the other end of the couch.

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"What if we need some kind of trigger? Wasn't Malia driving when she remembered the crash?" Scott asked as he, Stiles, Odette and Kira walked into the school. "Yeah, but how are we supposed to trigger a memory that we don't remember?" Stiles asked and Odette shrugged, "Maybe it's a delayed thing? Like you have to wait a couple hours to see what happens."

Before anyone could say anything the lights started flickering making them look up at them before slowly looking over at Kira. "That wasn't me. I swear." She said and the nodded, "We keep an eye on each other today, okay?" Scott asked and they all nodded.

"Yes, and keep an eye out for eight other potentially homicidal Chimeras." Odette said and Kira nodded, "And keep an eye out for the Dread Doctors..." She said and then her and Scott walked away making Stiles turn to Odette.

"Starting to see the appeal of a third eye." He said and she chuckled before grabbing his hand, "Let's just get to class." She said and he nodded.

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Odette sat next to Lydia in AP Bio not really paying any attention to Ms. Finch as had her head down, wanting to take a nap. "So, while introducing the African Cane Toad sounded like a good way to deal with Australia's infestation of the grey-backed beetle." Ms. Finch explained and Lydia lightly tapped Odette's arm making her look up.