𝚖𝚘𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚌𝚔 ❦「𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚔𝚒」

𝟶𝟸𝟹《𝚃𝙷𝙴𝚁𝙴 𝚆𝙾𝙽𝚃 𝙱𝙴 𝙰 𝙽𝙴𝚇𝚃 𝚃𝙸𝙼𝙴》

𝙽𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚊'𝚜 𝙿𝙾𝚅

Peter explains that Derek took Paige to an old cellar until she healed but the bleeding continued and she only got worse as Derek begged Peter to tell him what was happening to her.

"He knew the answer though. It didn't matter that she was young and strong. Some people just aren't made for this" Peter tells us "She fought. She struggled desperately. Trying to survive"

He says that Derek cradled Paige in his arms for hours, taking her pain and keeping her warm until it all got too much for her. Knowing she was dying, the young girl begged Derek to end the suffering and he did. He killed her to stop her pain and held her dead body in his arms as he cried.

"I remember taking her body from his arms, to the woods, to a place where I knew that it would be found. Another in a long line of Beacon Hills animal attacks" Peter says as a tear rolls down my cheek and I feel a hand cover my own on the table.

I turn my head to see Stiles lace our fingers together, giving my hand a tight squeeze as I wipe my teary eyes onto the sleeve of my free arm.

"And what about Derek?" Cora asks.

"Taking an innocent life takes something from you as well. Bit of your soul. Darkening it. Dimming the once brilliant, golden yellow to a cold, steel blue. Like mine" Peter declares, flashing us his icy blue eyes.

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"What? What's this look on your face?" I hear Cora snap and I turn my head to see Stiles look at her in confusion.

"What look?" He asks.

"The kind of look that makes me want to punch you" Cora spits and I roll my eyes with a small smile.

"Down, Coco" I say teasingly and she turns to me, biting the air jokingly which makes me giggle.

"Oh my God. You are so Derek's sister. I forgot" He comments, making me snort.

"What is with the look?" She repeats herself.

"I just don't believe him" Stiles answers with a sigh "All right, in Miss Blake's class we're reading Heart of Darkness. And it's in first person, right? Narrated by Marlow. The thing is that he's an unreliable narrator. You know the details of it have changed, you know, just because of his perspective"

"Well, then we heard the story from Peter's perspective" I state.

"Right, and I don't think we got the whole story" Stiles responds.

"So, what? Are you just gonna ask Derek about the girl he fell in love with and then killed?" Cora asks in disbelief.

"If I have to, yeah" Stiles nods.

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I hop out the Jeep in my driveway and make a move to close the door before pausing.

"Hey, Stiles?" I speak up.

"What's up?" He replies.