Chapter One-Hundred-Forty Seven: Codominance Part Three

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-On the Road-

Scott is trying to read about Damnatio Memoriae while Stiles drives the jeep. The heat becomes unbearable; Stiles wipes sweat off his forehead and Scott tugs at his shirt collar. 

"Man, I think the Jeep's overheating again," Scott said.

Stiles sighed. "Probably." He looks at the temperature gauge that is moving from cold to hot. 

"Should we pull over and put more antifreeze in it?" Scott asked.

Stiles thought for a moment but shook his head. "No, we can just turn the head-on." When he turned the heater on, a loud his came through the vent. Scott flinched as the hot air hit him. He rolled down his window as the cool air hit his face before he continued reading. 

"You find anything yet?" Stiles asked.

"It's mostly the same stuff you already knew," Scott said, before reading a passage aloud. "Damnatio Memoriae was a Roman practice, a government decree to destroy the images of the damned... And they would scratch off their names from inscriptions, chisel their face-off of statues... The Romans believed it was a punishment worse than death."

"Being forgotten." 

"Listen to this–" Scott said. "Damnatio Memoriae was later used on a serial killer in 1598 known as the Demon Tailor. He lured children into his shop in Paris, where he would kill them and boil the flesh off their bones to eat. The courts believed the crimes so horrible, they ordered all documents destroyed. To this day, no one knows his real name."

Stiles looked horrified at what Scott read. "So, the Dread Doctors resurrected a killer who was so bad that he had to literally be erased from history?"

"A killer then became a werewolf," Scott said.

"Which probably made him a better killer. That's great." Stiles said, stepping on the gas to go get Kira.

-Beacon Hills High School-

Allie is finally healed, she's home training with my parents

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Allie is finally healed, she's home training with my parents. The Beast is not something you should go up against alone. Devana is also home with her. She's upset that she wasn't there with her that night. 

Liam and Mason are walking down the hallway. I run up to them, just as the PA system went off. "Attention all students: Mr. O'Quinn's classes are canceled for today. If anyone knows his whereabouts, please let the office know immediately."

Mason turned to Liam and me. "That doesn't sound too ominous."

Liam sees Hayden down by her locker, Theo whispering something in her ear. The three of us look over at them, Liam scowls when Hayden laughs at what Theo said. Theo looks over at Liam with a smile. 

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