ECSTASY→ s. stilinski [2]

2.8 chapter eight

CHAPTER EIGHT
VISIONARY
"a vision of ecstasy"
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VERNON Boyd was dead.

Shivani Caddel was no stranger to death. From her grandmother's passing when she was little to Erica Reyes' death mere weeks ago. And now Vernon Boyd had been added to the list. No, this wasn't the first time Shivani had experienced death, but she didn't exactly have any expertise in the field either. With generally absent parents, Shivani never really figured out a healthy way to grieve anything. She feared the day Milton would pass— a part of her was confident she was joining him in the grave.

Back to the matter at hand. Kali and the twins had forced Derek to kill Boyd. Not only had it deeply wounded everyone involved ( except the doers ), but it had also forced Derek into hiding. Whether it was out of pure fear, or if it was the guilt of Boyd's death gnawing away at him was uncertain.

Shivani leaned against the window with a big symbol painted onto it, her legs crossed in front of her as she sat on the cold ground. Gathered in Derek's apartment was her, Cora and Stiles.

"They were there for two days. Waiting, hiding, healing. That's what we're taught to do when the hunters find us." Cora explained to the two clueless teenagers. "Hide and heal."

"Okay, so is two days standard then or are we thinking Derek's on some extended get away?" Shivani shot the Stilinski boy a warning look.

Cora narrowed her eyes at him. "Why do you care?"

"Why do I care? Let's see. Because over the last few weeks my best friend has tried to kill himself. His boss nearly got ritually sacrificed. A girl that I've known since I was three was ritually sacrificed. Boyd was killed by alphas. Shivani got manhandled by one of them and now they're after her too. I- do you want me to keep going?" Stiles listed on in frustration. "Because I can, alright? For like an hour."

"Stiles please." Shivani sighed.

Scott had managed to save Dr. Deaton just in time at the vault. Not only that, Sheriff Stilinski had arrived just in time to help Scott save Deaton. The older man had yet to learn of the supernatural world. Shivani had neglected to push Stiles on the topic. He had enough to worry about. Like, for one, the fact that he was going crazy over what Kali had done to Shivani. The alpha werewolf had put her hands on Shivani. The mermaid had the scars to prove it. And he hadn't been there to help. And the brutal truth was that even if he had been there, he probably wouldn't have been able to do anything about it. Stiles felt completely and utterly helpless.