Wolves of War Book 3: A War Fought Together

3x08: Visionary

It's been two days since Boyd was killed, Derek's been off somewhere. I understand he needs time but I am worried about him. Today I'm heading to the loft to talk to Cora and Stiles and my morning sickness has also kicked in today. I dress in a blue tube top with four buttons and ruffles at the top with a jacquard nude rose skater skirt, grey suede calf-high boots, a cream-colored cardigan and my usual jewelry and makeup. I do two small braids on either side of my head that I join into a larger one at the back of my head and have a small braid on either side of it. I then head over to the loft.

"They were there for two days, waiting, hiding. That's what we're taught to do when the hunters find us... hide and heal." Cora says as I enter, she is looking out the window with her back to Stiles.

"Okay, so is two days standard, then, or are we thinking Derek's on, like, some extended getaway?" Stiles asks

"Let's be honest here, if Derek went on a getaway he'd take me and second he just needs time," I say as I sit on the bed.

"Why do you care?" Cora asks as she turns to him

"Why do I care? Let's see... because over the last few weeks, my best friend's tried to kill himself. His boss nearly got ritually sacrificed. A girl that I've known since I was three was ritually sacrificed. Boyd was killed by alphas. I... do you want me to keep going? 'Cause I can, all right? For, like, an hour." 

"You think Derek can do anything about that?" I ask

"Well, since he's the one everyone seems to be after, it's more like he should do something about it, yeah." 

"I don't know. There's something different about him now. He wasn't like this when we knew him."  Cora says

"What was he like?" Stiles asks

"A lot like Scott, actually." Comes Peter's voice from the stairs as he comes down "A lot like most teenagers... unbearably romantic, profoundly narcissistic, tolerable really only to other teenagers." 

"And so what happened? What changed him?" Stiles asks

"Well, the same thing that changes a lot of young men... A girl." 

"You're telling me some girl broke his little heart? That's why Derek is the way he is?" 

I walk over to the desk and sigh.

"Do you remember Derek before he was an Alpha had blue eyes? Do you know why some wolves have blue eyes?" Peter asks

"I just always thought it was, like, a genetic thing," Stiles replies

"If you want to know what changed Derek, you need to know what changed the color of his eyes." 

Peter then tells the story of how Derek and his first girlfriend Paige met.

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"Okay, so if Derek was a sophomore back then, how old was he? How old were you? How old are you now?" Stiles asks Peter who is now seated on the couch.

"Not as young as we could have been, but not as old as you might think," Peter answers causing me to roll my eyes.

"Okay, that was frustratingly vague. How old are you?" Stiles asks Cora

"I'm 17," Cora replies

"See, that's an answer. That's how we answer people."