Burn Amongst Humanity [D. Hale ]

|XXXIV|

"Unleashed"
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"There was another body found earlier." Casey said and she walked into Derek's loft, where she could immediately see that Carter and Tye were sparring, Cora was exercising on her own and Trent was reading in the corner on the couch. "Did anyone hear me?" She asked.

"I did." Derek said and Casey was shaking her head. "You guys have a pattern yet?" He asked.

"The first three people who were murdered, they were all virgins. I don't know how this senior year boy fits into it, but, I am eventually going to have to find out." Casey muttered.

"Come on, just fight back!" Cora shouted at Derek and he looked at his younger sister in silence. "I came back for this? I can't believe I got my ass thrown into a vault for three months for you." Cora said bluntly and Derek winced. "All of those rumors I heard. A powerful new Alpha, one of the Hales, he is building a pack. Do you know how long I waited to hear something like that? Do you have any idea how it felt to find out that you were alive?" Cora demanded as Casey was watching the two, feeling pain from the both of them and Tye walked over in silence.

"I'm sorry to disappoint you." Derek whispered and Tye growled softly at the words.

"He's doing his best, Cora, the odds have been stacked against him since the beginning." Casey interrupted gently and Cora looked at her. "He had no idea that you were alive, Cora, none of us did." She murmured.

"You were the other human in the fire. The one that I smelled, before I escaped the flames. You ran into it, to help us." Cora remembered and at the words, Casey nodded. "You carry the scars."

"Yeah. I actually originally, I went back into the fire to find you. Tye, the smartass, he wasn't even, going to leave the area, completely an inferno without you, so I ran back in." Casey muttered and Cora looked at Tye, who nodded silently.

Then suddenly, the alarm rang out and Casey grabbed for her guns and Derek shook his head quickly at the sound of the alarm. "Stay back." He said and she looked annoyed, but she silently nodded.

"What's that?" Cora asked.

"Trouble." Derek replied.

The door to the loft was flung open with a screech and Ennis walked into the loft with fangs bared and claws extended. Carter jumped in quickly, to stand next to Tye and Trent fell in on the other side of Tye and they flanked Derek, who growled softly.

Cora was pinned down by Ennis and Tye roared at the sight of his younger sister. "Tye!" Derek snapped but it was too late and Tye lunged forward, jumping into the air and kicking out hard at Ennis with both legs. It sent the alpha tumbling down quickly across the floor, as Kali was now lunging for Derek and another Beta had come racing in.

Ennis had Cora pinned to the floor once again, the other female Beta was swiftly engaging Tye and Kali was easily fighting Derek. Carter lunged into the middle of the fight between Derek and Kali with a ferocious roar and Kali looked stunned to see him.

"Carter?" She asked in a surprised tone of voice and he lunged forward at her, slashing and quickly kicking out at her. At the sound of his name, the other beta had been stunned just long enough for Tye to throw her into the wall and keep her pinned, as Carter and Derek engaged Kali.