First Bite (Beacon Hills Chronicles Book 1)

8: Full Moon

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Secrets ~ OneRepublic

I set the cup of tea down in front of Anna. It had been a gift from Talia and another Alpha. It smelled terrible, but tasted pretty decent. And Anna seemed to like it. I saved it for special occasions, as I could no longer get the tea and I didn't even know what it was called. But I think this counted as a special occasion. Anna took a sip and waited.

"Anna, Beacon Hills isn't a normal town. All those fairy tales and stories you heard growing up are real."

"Trish," Anna sighed.

"That animal is a werewolf. An Alpha. He's the one that's been killing people. Not Derek. And by the way, you let me know once Scott gets his phone back. I have a bone to pick with him."

"Werewolf? Like turn by the light of the full moon werewolf?"

"Yep."

"What are you smoking?"

"I know I can't prove it to you, sweetheart, but you have to believe me. I've known about this world since I was 13. I've known plenty of werewolves. I still know some. I've been helping a pair of Betas, even though one is insistent that I stay out of all this Alpha business. But after what happened tonight. I can't stay out of this. Not anymore."

"Because of what happened at the school?"

"And the fact that the Alpha attacked one of the Betas."

"Derek. He's one of the Betas, isn't he? He came here for help."

I sighed. "Yes, Anna. Derek is one of the Betas. The Alpha attacked him and he came here for help."

"Why you? Why not the hospital?"

"Because werewolves don't go to hospitals. They'll have to think of something to explain their quick healing. So they go to people like me. Medical professionals that are aware of Beacon Hills' second nature." I wasn't ready for Anna to know I was a Druid, let alone a magic welding one.

"But why was the Alpha trying to kill us?"

"I really don't know. Just like I don't know who the Alpha is. Anna, our survival depends on secrecy. There are Hunters out there. People that kill werewolves. And I'm sure a few will take out their friends just to get to the wolves. Don't breathe a word of this to anyone. Not even Lydia or Allison."

Especially not Allison. I thought.

"Okay. I won't."

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"What the hell is wrong with you!?" I yelled through the phone. "Why would you blame Derek after him trying to teach you!?"

Derek's dead, Trish! The Alpha sank his claws into his back and killed him!

"And you're positive of this?" I wasn't about to tell him that Derek was currently in my basement, still healing from said wound.

He had blood coming out of his mouth. He's dead.

"Did you find the body?"

Scott paused. No. Scott paused again. I think the Alpha took it.

"Now, why would the Alpha take his body?"

I don't know!

"Scott, why did you tell your friends and the cops that Derek killed all those people?"