Soulmate Of A True Alpha
Scene 48

I’m in Lydia’s car with all the girls and they’re trying to teach me the basics of driving.

Kira: Okay, hands on the wheel at 10:10.

Lydia: No, now the recommended position is 9:15. If we have an accident, 10:10 will break your thumbs.

Me: Reassuring..

Allison: Stop, darling, relax and try not to break that lovely new car!

Lydia: So, 9:15

I breathe to calm myself down and turn on the ignition.

Kira: Great! Superb! Slowly! Relax!

Me : Kira, I love you but shut up or I’ll put my Katana in your knee !

Kira : Got it !

I’m concentrating on the tower

Me: Where am I going?

Lydia: Turn right

Me: And where are you going to make me go?

Lydia : To school, you can practise in the car park.

Me: Except that the school is on the other side.

Lydia does a face I know very well. She has a vision

Me: Where am I going?

Lydia: Straight on… We’re almost there.

We drive for a few more minutes. I was so stressed about what we were going to replace that I completely forgot I was driving…

We arrive in a large, poorly lit alley. A van identical to the one Donovan had been in except the windows were smashed and three bloody bodies were lying around. One of them raises his arm and m***s

Man: Help me…

Me: Call for help

later

The girls have left but Scott and Stiles have come at the same time as Noah and the policemen.

Noah: Hannah, could you… Try one of your visions? Discretely? Donovan’s gone

I nod and focus on Donovan. On his face but I hear a horrible ultrasound that bends me in two I put my hands to my ears and g***n in pain

Stiles: Hannah!

I’m fine. I’m fine.

I get up and face the boy

Noah: It doesn’t matter. We have to replace him quickly, he may have killed his lawyer and two policemen…

Me: I promise, if I hear anything, I’ll let you know.

Noah nods and goes back to work. I turn to the boys

Me: If I haven’t managed to see him, something must have happened to him, so we’re going to look for him?

Scott: I was waiting for him to leave!

I smile and he takes off running. I was going to follow but Stiles stopped me.

Stiles: Be careful, he could be dangerous.

Me: I promise!

I start to leave but I stop and look at him. I smile at him and put my lips gently on his.

Me: I love you

Stiles: I love you too

I smile at him one last time and leave to join Scott in the alley.

Later on

I’m running without really knowing where I’m going and then I bump into someone. I get up and see who it is.

Me: What are you doing, Raeken?!

Theo: I just want to help you!

Me: And how did you know where we were? Did you just stumble across us in this completely deserted street?

Theo: No, I…

My phone rings and I answer it, not giving a damn about Theo.

Me: Yeah?

Scott: I found him but he’s in a total panic, he keeps repeating a name.

Me: What name?

Scott : Tracy

Me: Tracy?!

• Stuarts.. Tracy Stuart..

I jump

Me: Lydia! You made me… Where is Theo?

Lydia: Theo? I don’t know. I looked for you and Scott and found you.

I sigh, the interrogation will be for another day, we’ll say…

The day after tomorrow, at school.

Lydia: Tracy didn’t just have trouble sleeping, she had night terrors!

Me: She killed her father and two cops. That’s a lot more than night terrors!

Allison: How did she manage not to wake up? She walked around the city centre in her pyjamas and barefoot without knowing where she was going.

Me: Sometimes sleepwalkers can be pretty loud about it. My dad told me he’d already found a man who’d cooked a whole meal that he didn’t even know the recipe for!

Allison: Wow.

Scott: Okay, I know we’re all exhausted, but we have to replace her and soon… Uh, except for you, Mason.

I forgot about him. Liam has finally decided to talk to his friend about the supernatural. Well, decide is a big word because he would have been obliged to transform himself in front of him because a wolf was threatening to attack them.

Mason: Oh! Sorry! I just replace it all so… So…

Me: Strange?

Mason: Intense!

I roll my eyes. He’s a weird boy but I like him anyway.

Scott: Well, to get back to Tracy, she’s just a lone wolf, we can replace her!

Me: A lone wolf. Serial killer you mean!

Stiles: So far she’s only killed one person! The other two were mutilated!

Me: Sure sounds a lot better when you put it like that!

Stiles: I think so too!

I’m really exhausted laughing at a time like this!

In progress

Kira: She killed her psychiatrist!

Me: Why does she do that? She kills anyone who helps her!

Scott: Maybe she doesn’t want help…

Me: That would be weird, I’ve seen her once, she’s completely scared of everything and seems completely lost/

Teacher : I’m glad you tried Scott

The teacher puts the marked exam papers on her desk. Scott got 86%! That’s great, considering all the effort he put into it! I smile proudly at him and he smiles back.

Teacher : Can you give us a review of last night’s book?

Scott : Of course!

He opens his notebook filled with post-its and highlighters on every page. I really wonder where he’s taking all his time to do this.

He starts to tell the story and then I see Liam out of the corner of my eye, gesturing towards us in the corridor. Scott signals to him to speak and that he’ll listen with his supernatural hearing.

Liam: She’s here, Tracy’s in history class at the moment.

Oh shit…

Later.

The alarm rings throughout the building. Scott and I arrive in Mr Yukimura’s class. Only Tracy and another girl are still there. Tracy grabs his arm and squeezes it, I hear his arm twist and I run towards them to give him a blow that knocks Tracy to the floor.

I turn to the girl who is completely panicked.

Me: Are you okay?

Girl: Yes, I’m… I’m… I think so.

Me: What’s your name?

Girl: Hayden, I .. My name is Hayden

Me: Okay Hayden, calm down now and…

I notice Tracy regain consciousness and I start to panic

Me: Are you gonna be okay?

Hayden: Uh… Yeah… Yes, why?

Me: Get out. Now.

Hayden: Okay.

She walks to the door but too slowly compared to how quickly Tracy wakes up.

Me: Hurry up!

She jumps up and runs, closing the door behind her. Tracy gets up at lightning speed but instead of moving, she looks at Scott, frightened, as if he were a threat.

Scott: Tracy…

Tracy : They’re coming… They’re coming to get us all….

Me: Who are you talking about?

She falls to the ground and a silvery liquid comes out of her mouth, creating a huge puddle around her. I step back so as not to get any, but I bend down and put my fingers against her neck.

Me: She’s still alive