Lunar eclipse

C09 || Lying down in the bathtub

Cece hasn't had a panic attack in almost a year -- then she bit Liam. Celeste was in a state of panic. She saw him lying there on the ground, cradling his bloody wound and crying. What the hell did she do?! For a minute, she felt like she couldn't breath as the repercussions of saving Liam's life sank in. She swore to the Calavera family that she wouldn't bite anyone. Of course, Cece was glad Liam was still alive, but at what cost?! He was only fifteen years old. He didn't deserve this -- and he might not even survive the bite in the end! Naturally she spiralled. She was frantic. Cece really had no choice... she kidnapped Liam.

They really could not stay here. Not now. With her parents and his here, and Sean's dead body on the ground... it was far too dangerous. Celeste needed to keep Liam to make sure he survived the bite. By the morning, Liam Dunbar will either be dead but human, or he will be a werewolf -- her Beta. Cece took him back to her house.

It was concerningly very easy to kidnap a teenage boy from the Hospital. Because of the venom in the bite, Liam was a little delirious but she still covered him in duck tape. She, unceremoniously, put him in her bathtub and locked the bathroom door.

She warned Sheriff Stilinski about Sean's body and the mouthless killer, then Cece called Stiles. She didn't actually tell Stiles what happened with Sean and Liam, only that it was incredibly important that they meet. Stiles did not need to be told twice; he got into his jeep and broke a speeding law, or two, to get to the McCall house.

Stiles was breathless when he arrived on her doorstep, and he demanded through a pant. "What's going on? What'd you do? You call me with some cryptic warnings about a mouthless axe wielding assassin and Sean Walcott, and Liam Dunbar, and you barely tell me anything. What did you do with him anyway?" He questioned.

Stiles frowned when seeing the look on Cece's face. She muttered, almost shyly. It was very odd. "Uhm... he's upstairs."

"Doing what?" Stiles replied, confused.

Cece cleared her throat. "Lying down..."

Stiles ran upstairs into Cece's room. She continued to smile innocently, gesturing to the door of her small bathroom. Stiles' jaw dropped open in shock when Celeste pulled back the shower curtain and saw Liam in the bathtub, wrapped in layers of duck tape. Liam looked terrified. He saw Stiles and began to yell, begging for help. Cece mouthed an apology as Stiles shut the shower curtain, he turned to his best friend in pure confusion and disbelief, he stammered over his words as he tried to articulate himself, wanting to know what the hell was going on. It was usually him who did the incredible crazy, illegal stuff. Celeste was supposed to be the voice of reason. He genuinely couldn't believe the sight before him. Stiles stared at her and he asked. "What the hell did you do?!"

"I-- I bit Liam..." Cece quietly admitted, cringing. She cringed at her own words and Stiles continued to stare at her in shock, risking lockjaw.

"You bit him." He repeated, stunned.