Killer Queen [Book 1]

Chapter 9

"Left! Left! Parker, turn left!" Stiles shouted from the passengers seat as I yanked the wheel hard to the left, zooming around a corner.

    "Try not to run us off the road before we get to Derek, Parker!" Scott said as he held on to the buckles in the back seat, fear in his eyes at my driving.

     "I'm doing my best under pressure, Scott!" I shouted back at him.

    Stiles grabbed onto the sides of his seat, his face paler than usual. "This is the last time I'm ever letting you drive!"

    "I'm not letting either of you eggheads drive my brother's car!" I shouted.

    "Parker! Go faster. Kate's catching up!" Scott shouted.

    "Yeah, I really don't think you've grasped the concept of a car chase!" Stiles added.

    "If I go faster, I'm gonna kill us." I said.

    "Well, if you don't go faster, they're gonna kill us!" Stiles said loudly.

    "Fine!" I silenced them and floored it, speeding away from them.

    Stiles looked back. "They're gone."

    "What?" I asked, keeping my eyes on the road.

    Stiles turned back in the seat and turned on the walkie-talkie, his father's voice coming through. "All units, the suspect is on foot, headed into the iron works."

    I sped around another corner and into the iron works, slamming on the breaks when Derek ran out.

    Scott opened the back door and Derek climbed in, closing it and we sped off again down the road as bullets were fired at the car.

    "Parker?!" Derek said in shock when he saw I was the one driving. "You better not scratch the paint, or I'll make you pay for it!"

    "Stiles, switch with Derek!" I told him.

    Stiles sighed, but unbuckled and moved to the back as Derek got into the passengers seat.

    "What part of laying low don't you understand?" Scott asked him.

    "Damn it, I had him!" Derek said in frustration.

    "Who? The Alpha?" Stiles asked.

    "Yes, and then the freaking police showed up!" Derek answered.

    "Hey, they're just doing their jobs..." Stiles said.

    "Yeah. Thanks to someone who decided to make me the most wanted fugitive in the entire state!" Derek said as he looked at Scott.

    "Can we get past that? I made a dumbass mistake! I get it." Scott said.

    "All right! How did you find him?" Stiles asked.

    Derek stayed silent, his face unmovable.

    "Can you try to trust us for half a second?" Scott asked.

    "Yeah. Both of us." Stiles added from the back.

    Derek's frown deepened to a level I wasn't sure was even possible.

    "Hey. Be nice." I lightly smacked Derek's arm.

    Derek sighed. "The last time Parker and I talked to our sister, she was close to figuring something out. She found two things. The first was a guy named Harris. Your teacher."

    "Our chemistry teacher?" Stiles asked.

    "Why him?" Scott added on.

    "I don't know. And the second is this symbol." Derek pulled out a piece of paper from the inside of his jacket pocket and showed it to us.