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Esmeray Hale
"Can you cover for me in school today?" Isaac asked her as they got ready to leave the apartment. It had been two days since the motel incident, and so far a tense peace had settled down, as if the storm was there but ready to cause havoc as soon as it had the chance.
"You're skipping?" Esmeray asked, confused. "Yeah. Boyd has an idea to protect Derek." her foster brother answered.
"Fine, but you owe me." she sighed and Isaac grinned, giving her a hug before dashing out the door. Esmeray smiled softly before heading down, getting in her car and driving to school.
Scott and Stiles quickly jumped her the moment she parked her car, explaining the events from last night. "So it's healers this time." Esmeray summarized. "Yeah and the Darach got two doctors." Stiles added. "Which means doctors and nurses are definitely on the hit list."
A horrible thought bloomed in her mind. "Healer could be a veterinarian." she said as the three began walking into the school. Scott and Stiles inhaled sharply. "And Deaton is a Druid. The Darach could get two birds with one stone—a healer sacrifice and get rid of the local Druid."
"Shit." Stiles swore as they made it to the physics class. "I'll call Deaton." Scott muttered.
Esmeray got into her seat behind the two boys as Ms.Blake, the new English teacher, appeared. "Good morning!" the brunette said. "As you all know, Mr. Harris is still missing—" the teacher stopped her heart skipping a beat and that caught Esmeray's attention. "I mean sick. Anyway, I'm filling in while we all hope and pray for a more qualified substitute to take my place. Okay, so let's get started, shall we?"
"Hey, my dad said that the ER attending wasn't strangled but did die from asphyxiation— they just don't know how." she heard Stiles whisper to her and Scott.
"Do you think the on-call doctor could still be alive?" Scott whispered back.
"The doctor's most likely dead." she bluntly hissed.
Scott's phone rang and he took it. Esmeray listened to the ensuing conversation with unease and dread.
"Deaton's next." Scott said and raised his hand. "Ms.Blake, can I go to the nurse?"
The teacher nodded and Scott dashed out with his things. Esmeray impatiently waited for class to end before calling her dad. "Hey Stardust." her father greeted.
"Deaton's the next sacrifice, he called Scott before he was taken." she explained. "Also, Boyd and Isaac are protecting Derek."
She heard her father paused before whispering. She could hear Argent. "Dad, are you with Chris?" she asked. "Yes I am. We'll look for Deaton, you stay in school." her father instructed before he hung up on her.
The fire alarm rang during brunch and she sensed a werewolf on the campus. She headed for the the boy's locker room and heard Lydia cooly, calmly say "Let go."
She opened the door to see Cora holding Lydia's arm, claws out and piercing her best friend's skin, and Lydia glaring at her.
"She said." Esmeray began calmly, baring her fangs and golden eyes. "Let. Go."
Esmeray entered the locker room and closed the door. Cora growled and Esmeray growled right back, grabbing Cora's arm and peeling it off of Lydia's arm before throwing Cora across the room.
"Uh, don't destroy the room." Stiles's nervous voice cut in. "Come on we need to talk, all of us."
Esmeray paused, sensing an Alpha nearby. "You guys go." she murmured. "Deucalion's here. And if he's here, Scott will go after him." she turned to her cousin and best friend. "Don't kill each other. Stiles is in charge."
"Yes." Stiles whooped and Esmeray laughed at his reaction before heading out to find Scott and Deucalion. She heard the sounds of a fight and opened the door to see Deucalion and an injured but healing Scott.
"Ms.Hale," Deucalion greeted warmly. "You've grown since I last saw you, a little girl clinging to her father. Did you find out who your... other father is?"
She let out a warning growl and he smirked.
"Esmeray don't." Scott warned as she bared her fangs at the Alpha, but Scott's pulse down their pack bond made her back down. Deucalion chuckled. "Ah, both of you don't know, don't you?"
"Know what?" she hissed. Deucalion smirked.
"In due time." he said. "Now, let the current guide you too Deaton." the Alpha said before leaving the room.
"Dramatic asshole." she said, knowing Deucalion could hear her.
Scott let out a laugh and her stomach did a flip at the sound.