Dark Side of the World // S.S. [Book Two]

Chapter 8

I feel Stiles shifting and I close my eyes tighter as I try to fall asleep.

"Meg?"

I let out an annoyed sigh. "What?"

"I always sleep in the middle of the bed."

"Oh, my gods, Stiles. Just go to sleep!"

"I know. I'm trying."

He shifts again and I groan quietly. His voice resounds again. "Yeah. I can't get to sleep unless I'm in the middle."

Stiles pulls me closer to him. My head ends up on his shoulder and our legs entangle. "That's better."

"Good." I hiss. "Because you are one shifting away from sleeping in a lake."

A few moments later, he sighs in contentment. "I think this is good. Yeah, this is good."

The next night we gather in Scott's kitchen. There are three Macs set up on the counter. Kira looks at the set-up. "Is three enough?"

Stiles shrugs. "Depends on how many cameras they have. But I think so."

Lydia rolls her eyes. "Are we really doing this?"

Scott nods. "We're doing it. Tonight."

Liam frowns. "But isn't it kind of dangerous?"

Stiles looks to him. "It's incredibly dangerous. And borderline idiotic."

"Have you guys ever done something like this before?"

"Something dangerous? Or something idiotic?" I ask with a cheeky grin.

Noticing my expression, Kira says, "I think it's a yes to both."

Scott turns his gaze to her and Liam. "You don't have to be part of it if you don't want to."

Liam shakes his head. "I'm not scared."

"Then you're borderline idiotic. If we do this, we don't know what's coming for us. You know that, right?" Stiles questions.

"How do we even know something's definitely coming?" Kira wonders.

Scott shifts his gaze to her. "Because the tape from Garrett's bag said visual confirmation required."

Stiles nods. "Simon said the same thing. He couldn't get paid by the Benefactor until he had proof that you guys were dead."

"So basically, the idea is, what if you kill someone on the deadpool, but you can't send the proof?" I inquire, looking at the others.

Kira's gaze shifts to me. "You don't get paid."

Liam frowns. "But how does that get us any closer to the Benefactor?"

"He still needs to know if the target is really dead." Scott replies.

"Especially if it's someone high on the list." Stiles adds.

"So if he wants visual confirmation..." Liam begins.

"He's going to have to come get it himself." Scott finishes.

Later at the hospital, in the morgue, Melissa sighs. "I still hate this plan. I mean this is pretty significantly terrifying. He looks dead."

"Give me your hand." Mrs. Yukimura says.

Melissa does so and Stiles says, "It's okay."

"Just wait." I add.

She feels a faint heartbeat and turns to Mrs. Yukimura. "Is that enough to keep a werewolf alive?"

Mrs. Yukimura nods. "Enough for an Alpha."