Everyone Has Demons [Teen Wolf]

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It had been a week and no one had seen or heard from Kate. After my incident on the stairs Melissa told me I had a minor concussion. I used it as an excuse to skip school and stay at home with Derek.

I lay in bed looking at the ceiling. After a moment I rolled over, Derek was awake too. "What happened to you-"

"Wasn't your fault," he said, cutting me off.

"I pushed you away."

"I don't blame you," he said. He kissed the side of my head. "You lost a friend, and your dead sister is suddenly haunting you. I get it."

"I should have told you about Brooke," I said. "I guess I was scared that she wasn't real, that I was crazy. Honestly I'm still not sure she's real."

"You have a concussion, you're not crazy."

"I guess you never made it down to visit Cora, I bet she's worried."

"I called. She sounds happy," he told me.

"Good for her, we'll have to visit soon. Together." I sighed. "One hundred and seventeen million."

"It's a lot of money to lose. It's not like we're hurting for it right now, but Peter wants it back."

"Of course he does! I want it back and I didn't even know you had it!"

"So you're saying your not using me for my money?"

"I think you should have gotten that hint when I kissed you in an abandoned train depot. All that money and you couldn't have sprung for something a little nicer?"

He groaned. "Not this again."

"I'll never get tired of making fun of your real estate choices," I told him, with a grin. He laughed and I kissed him. He rolled over on top of me, kissing down my neck.

"Braeden's here," Peter said, pushing the door open. Derek and I both groaned. "Don't groan at me, it's two in the afternoon. Put some clothes on."

We got dressed and headed downstairs. Braeden and Peter were sitting in the living room. I noticed Brooke was outside on the balcony. I motioned to Derek that I was going outside. "Look who it is," she said.

"Where've you been?" I asked.

"Here," she said with a smirk."Which you would have known if you had left your room recently."

"Any sign of Kate or the others?" I asked.

She shook her head. "Kate is with the Berserkers, it explains why I haven't been able to find her."

"Why do you think they block you out? I looked in the books, there's nothing there."

She shrugged. "Maybe Odin's mad I haven't joined him in Valhalla?"

"You wouldn't go to Valhalla, you'd go to Freya's field. Come on, Brooke, you're losing your touch."

"That was a test," she said, with a wink. She pointed inside. "Don't they have faith you guys can find Kate and the money on your own? I'd never shell out for a mercenary. Especially if that mercenary was already double crossing someone to work for me."

"I don't particularly like it either, but Braeden is good." I turned and looked through the windows to see her leaving. I walked back inside. "So?"

"So?" Peter repeated. "So Derek is insane. He appears to have forgotten we were just robbed. If we can't find the person who told Kate about the vault, then we don't get those bonds back. Without those bonds our money is going to run out very quickly. And then what? I get a job?"