xxxii. WEB OF LIES
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❝My asthma is back. I'm not sure how, but it came back. Just as bad as it used to be. So now, I keep my inhaler on me all of the time. Just like I used to. And it's been five days.
"We haven't seen any new Chimeras, and we haven't seen the Dread Doctors. We all go to school, pretending like nothing's happened. But everyone seems to know. You just walk down the halls and no one's smiling. No one's laughing. You get the feeling that everyone can sense that something's coming. They just don't know what is, or how bad it's going to be.
"Every time I feel like I should do something about it, I find myself reaching for my inhaler. Like, I'm going to take a hit of it and - and come up with some brilliant solution on how to save everyone. But I don't know what to do.I don't think anyone does. Maybe that's why no one's really talking to each other. Sometimes we don't even notice each other. But I think some of us are okay with that. Because not talking makes it easier to keep secrets. And I don't know if anyone's really lying about things. Maybe it's more like lies of omission. Maybe the worst lie is to Stilinski. Because no one's told him about Parrish yet.
"Then again, no one's told Parrish either. He doesn't seem to remember taking the bodies. And we think that he's only really dangerous if you try to get in his way. If Stilinski knew the truth, he'd definitely get in his way. So Foster, Lydia, and Stiles are trying to find the bodies, which means finding the Nemeton. They're driving around, searching all of the woods. But the last time that we found this thing, three of us had almost drowned in ice water.
"We're not the only ones looking for Chimeras . . . Stilinski's got everyone looking for the next target. Questioning anyone who's a genetic Chimera. Anyone who's got two sets of DNA. No one really knows what they're looking for. Some think it's a serial killer. Some probably know it's worse. The two Chimeras that we know about, Hayden and Corey - they're both doing okay. Actually, better than okay. They're healing faster and getting stronger. They don't need our help. And I don't think they'd want it anyway.
"I still haven't heard from Kira. And I'm getting more and more worried about Deaton. I know something's coming. And all I can think about is how good am I going to be if I can't even breathe? ❞
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FROM - LIAM DUNBAR: why haven't you been at school?? i need to talk to you
Foster shut her phone off, slipping it into her back pocket. For the past few days, she had disconnected from nearly everyone in Beacon Hills. Mostly Scott, though. Once everything died down after finding Liam and Hayden, Foster had put some distance between herself and her friends. She needed it, to try and figure everything out.
The space helped her clear her head, especially after lying about killing Donovan. However, there was a new problem they needed to tackle - the person taking the bodies. They had figured out the puzzle, all of the pieces falling together.
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FanfictionElla Foster wasn't a villain, but she certainly wasn't a hero. (e. foster | book three) (tw | season four and five) (cover by amanda)