Something About Them // Teen Wolf [Book 5]

Codominance

'Eh what are those?' I asked as Stiles pulled some cables from under the hood of the jeep. 'Don't worry, they're not important.' He assured me before throwing them over his shoulder. I laughed uncomfortably. 'Right... We're never gonna make it to New Mexico.' I sighed. 'Hey, hey, don't doubt the jeep. Ever. She'll get us there.' Stiles said sternly causing me to role my eyes. 'A little less tall, more pie and an impala and I'd be in the middle of a supernatural episode right now.' I muttered. 'Is Scott in there?' I spun around and was met with Liam. 'Oh my god!' I breathed and pulled him into a hug. 'What the hell? Where have you been? I haven't seen you since...since...'

'Since I tried to kill your brother...' Liam awkwardly finished my sentence. 'No, no, that's not what I meant... It was a super moon you didn't know what you were doing.' I told him. 'Still.' He shrugged. 'It's never gonnna be like it used to be.' He said. I sighed a little. 'Go talk to him, he's inside.' I smiled. Liam nodded and walked inside.

'I would be so pissed with him.' Stiles said causing me to turn back around and give him a confused look. 'More information please?' I asked with raised eyebrows. 'He did try to kill Scott, and almost succeeded.' Stiles said. 'It was Theo who actually killed him though.' I pointed out. 'Yeah and you punished him by kissing him.' Stiles said. I rolled my eyes. Stiles sighed as he put down the wrench, he stood up to face me. 'You forgive people way too easily, you like people way too easily. It's gonna get you hurt, Sammy.' He said. 'I'm just not a violent person.' I shrugged. 'And neither am I but Theo could take advantage of you like that.' Stiles said, I bit my lower lip knowing he was right. 'You're right, I should be more careful.' I muttered. 'That's my girl.' Stiles smiled before pulling me against his chest. I wrapped my arms tightly around his waist and took a deep breath. For a few moments I was truly happy again, no monsters, no drama, just me and the guy I love. I heard the sound of a door opening behind me. 'Is this what you meant with working on the car?' Scott chuckled. 'Ha, ha, you're so funny.' Stiles said sarcastically before picking up the wrench and getting back under the hood. 'What did Liam want?' I asked. 'To help.' Scott shrugged. 'You gonna let him?' Stiles asked. 'Eventually, I guess.' Scott replied. 'Okay, but shouldn't he be a little higher on your priority list right now? I mean, since he's your only actual beta.' Stiles pointed out. 'You didn't see the way that he came at me.' Scott said. 'Worse, I felt it.' I muttered under my breath. 'You didn't see the look in his eyes.'

'Well I've been with both of you on a full moon, so I've seen that look. You wanna get the band back together Scott, you can't leave out the drummer.' Stiles said. 'Hey, what if I wanna be the drummer?' I asked pouting. 'Then you be the drummer, Liam can play the cello I don't care. Could you try and start the car?'' Stiles asked. I climbed into the jeep and turned on the engine. Much to my surprise it actually came on. I hung half my body out of the jeep grinning like on idiot. 'Success!' Stiles grinned before giving me a high five. 'Now get in the back.' He added causing me to shoot him dagger before climbing to the back seat. 'What are all those cans for?' Scott asked looking at the cans that were surrounding me. 'It's a minor leak. Very minor.' Stiles told him. I rolled my eyes. 'We're gonna die.' I sighed.

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'Man I think the jeep's overheating again.' Scott said. 'You don't say?' I muttered sarcastically as I was practically almost naked on that backseat. 'Should we pull over and put more antifreeze in it?' Scott asked. 'Nah we can just turn the heat on.' Stiles said. 'You find anything yet?' Stiles then asked referring to the book Scott was searching through. 'They're mostly the same stuff you already knew. Damnatio Memoriae was a Roman practice, a government decree to destroy the images of the damned. And they would scratch off their names from inscriptions, chisel their faces off of statues, the Roman believed it was a punishment worse than death.' Scott read from the book. 'Being forgotten.' I said. 'Listen to this, damnatio memoriae was later used on a serial killer in 1598 known as the Demon Tailor. He lured children into his shop in Paris where he would kill them and boil the flesh off their bones to eat.' Scott read. 'Sounds like a fun guy.' I sighed. I leaned forward the read the book. 'The courts believed the crimes so horrible, they ordered all documents destroyed. To this day no one knows his real name.' I said. 'So the dread doctors resurrected a killer who was so bad that he had to literally be erased from history.' Stiles said with raised eyebrows. 'A killer that became a werewolf.' Scott added. 'Which probably made him a better killer. That's great.' Stiles said. My phone buzzed in my pocket and I saw it was a text from Liam.