Silvern | Stiles Stilinski (Book 2)

Chapter Four: The Benefactor

Malia and I were sat on Stiles' bed as he got a bag out of his closet. He held up some chains with slightly frayed, leather cuffs. She glared at them with a look of piercing hatred, 'I hate full moons.'

I nodded, 'It's gonna get easier, I promise.'

'It better, because this isn't going to hold much longer,' she pointed accusingly to the cuffs.

'Well then, let's try to make tonight the last time we have to use these. Besides, we might need them for Liam,' Stiles sighed.

We began to put the cuffs onto Malia's wrists, checking that they were still working. 'You guys sure he's going to turn into a werewolf?'

I shrugged, 'We're not even sure if he's going to live.'

My eyes widened when I saw Stiles' dad stood in the doorway, staring in confusion at the scene before him. I nudged Stiles and he began to search for an explanation, 'Hey. Um... that's... this is not what you think at all.'

'I don't even want to know,' the man muttered wearily as he backed out of the room.

'There's nothing to know, 'cause I just... told him that.'

'I don't get it.'

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We were gathered near the school buses, discussing the Liam problem. Malia shook her head furiously, 'I'm not sharing my basement.'

Lydia scoffed, 'Actually, it's my basement. And my mom noticed how you tore it up last time.'

'Alright, she's still learning,' Stiles sighed in exasperation, quickly jumping in to defend her.

'But we're going to use the boathouse for Liam. It's got support beams, we can chain him to one of them.'

Kira paused, 'But how do we get him out to the lake house if he doesn't trust us?'

Stiles shrugged, 'I say if it keeps him from murdering someone, we just chloroform the little bastard and throw him in the lake.'

Malia nodded and raised her hand, 'I'm in.'

'We're not killing or kidnapping him,' Scott disagreed as I nudged my boyfriend in the ribs.

'Then let's be smarter. We tell him there's a party and invite him,' Lydia suggested.

Stiles raised his eyebrows, 'So, you're going to ask out a freshman?'

'No, I'm done with teenage boys. But, if we're playing a trick on someone, let's use the trickster,' we all turned to look at Kira.

'Who, me? No way, not me.'

'Yes, you. You know what they call a female fox? A vixen.'

'Me?'

Lydia nodded, 'You can do it, Kira. Be a vixen.'

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As soon as Scott arrived outside the lake house, Stiles approached him. Scott removed his helmet, 'I just talked to Kira. She's on her way, she said it's all going fine.'

'No, it's not that. I have to tell you something. I asked around about Liam, I know why he got kicked out of his last school,' Stiles sighed.

'This is going to be bad, isn't it?'