An Uneasy Accord

Chapter 50 - Dead Man Walking

Brooklyn searched her bag for her phone, unable to recall where she had left it.

"Looking for this," Derek held the device in his hand.

"Unfortunately yes," she sighed regretfully and took the obnoxious device. "Says I missed a call and have four new messages."

She flopped on the bed as Derek continued to lounge on the bed. He wasn't in any rush to get up and pulled Brooklyn back against him.

"Hey," she dropped her phone at the quick swipe of his arms.

"Sorry," he growled and buried his face in her neck.

"Right," she turned around to face her lover.

"So you're not upset about what we talked about?" Brooklyn gave him a strange look then shook her head.

"For the millionth time no."

"I understand it's a lot to take in."

"Well yes it is but you and I will cross that bridge when we come to it okay?" She closed her eyes and inhaled his scent.

"Alright," he nodded. "Sounds fair."

Her phone started vibrating against the post and this time Brooklyn answered.

"Stiles…."

"Where the Hell have you been? Wait don't answer that because I really don't wanna know!"

"At the hotel with Derek….."

"I said I didn't want to know! Great now my mind is burned with the image of you two naked!"

"Relax Gilligan. Now what's going on?"

"You don't know?"

"Know what?" She cast a worried look over her shoulder at Derek. He sat up and wrapped an arm around her waist.

"My dad thinks you and Derek killed all those people."

"What?" Brooklyn felt her heart stop. Derek's expression turned to stone cold anger.

"Last night, my dad showed up and Scott….."

"Okay stop right there," Brooklyn curled her fingers around the phone, hoping to keep her rising anger from exploding like a powder keg. "Scott told your dad we committed those killings?"

"I know and I'm sorry Brook. I mean he threw you both under the bus!"

"Okay what happened after the attack?"

"The Alpha flung the Jeep's battery through the window, then attacked the janitor. But Lydia, Jackson, and Allison showed up and she said that she got a text from Scott. Then we built a Molotov cocktail and Scott went out there alone!"

"Scott took on the Alpha alone?"

"But then we heard this awful sound! It was like an animal or something! But the weird part was that Jackson started screaming like a girl! He was rubbing the back of his neck! And then there were these marks on his neck…."

"Stiles, Jackson was attacked but not by the Alpha. There's another werewolf."

"Oh holy mother…..Come on! Seriously? Another one's out there?"

"We don't know who it is either."

"Oh isn't this lovely!"

"Stiles," Brooklyn barked like a drill sergeant. "Where is your dad now?"

"Trying to find you two….."

"Okay here's what I need for you to do. Are you listening?"