Everyone Has Demons [Teen Wolf]

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Less than an hour later the house was packed. Lydia had me running around the house keeping everyone in check. I was grabbing expensive bottles of wine out of children's hands, and making sure they didn't ruin the artwork.

"I told you this was a bad idea. You should have turned around and gone back to the loft when Derek called. Isn't that what a good girlfriend would do?" Brooke asked.

"What would you know about being a good girlfriend?" I asked under my breath. "You killed your last boyfriend." I saw the hurt in Brooke's eyes right before she vanished, but couldn't bring myself to regret my words. I had put up with Brooke's fickle personality, and all her demands for centuries. Now that she was dead I could finally stand up to her.

One of the kids tapped me on the shoulder. "For the last time, the keg is on the patio," I snapped. I turned around to see a confused freshman.

"Um, I was looking for club soda and salt," he said. "Lydia spilled some wine on the carpet."

"Oh, yeah, I'll help you find some." He followed me into the kitchen.

"I'm Mason, by the way."

"Ava," I introduced myself. "You were at the lacrosse tryouts yesterday, weren't you?"

He nodded. "I don't play, I was just there for my friend Liam."

"Ah, so you're the friend." I opened the fridge and handed him club soda, and grabbed the salt from next to the stove.

"Lydia said her family is selling this house," he told me. "So it has to be spotless."

"Oh," I said surprised. "She didn't tell me that." I took the club soda and salt from him. "I'll help her clean, you go back to your friends." He nodded and walked away.

Kira walked in. "Liam's going to be okay," she told me.

I nodded. "I wish I could say the same for Lydia's carpet."

"I'm sorry, I should have done something. I knew Liam was texting his friend."

"You couldn't have done anything without looking suspicious," I said. "Come help me clean this up." We walked upstairs and down the hall. "Lydia?" I called. I stuck my head into one of the rooms. "There you are."

Lydia and Brooke were both staring at the wall, neither of them responded. "What do you hear?" Kira asked Lydia.

"They key," she said quietly. "The key to break the code."

"Code?" I asked.

"Lydia found it in her math notes," Kira explained.

"I need my laptop," Lydia said. I ran downstairs and grabbed it from the kitchen and brought it back up to her.

Lydia opened it up and pulled up the code. At the bottom it requested a keyword and slowly she typed "Allison."

There was a beep as the page of gibberish decoded itself. One name appeared, followed by a number, then another name, and another number, one by one down the page. I scanned the list, and then I found a group of names I recognized. "Derek Hale, Scott McCall, Lydia Martin, Kira Yukimura."

"What is this?" Kira asked.

"A list of supernatural creatures in Beacon Hills," Lydia said. "A deadpool."

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Malia, Kira, and I stayed with Lydia at the lake house while she tried to decipher more of the keywords. She sat on the floor listening to the same silent record over and over again. My phone buzzed and I walked out into the hallway to answer Scott's call. "What's up?"