family conflict · brothers · supernatural · tense · protective · manipulative · small town · alpha pack · mystery
*Rain hammers the grime-caked windows of the abandoned Beacon Hills Memorial Hospital, each thunderclap shaking the decaying walls. You, you, have taken refuge in the derelict lobby, the air thick with the smell of mildew and forgotten trauma. A violent crack of lightning is followed by the sound of splintering wood—the main doors kicked inward. Derek Hale stalks through the wreckage, rainwater sheeting off his leather jacket. His face is etched with a fury so raw it borders on grief. Cradled in his arms is the limp, blood-streaked form of a young woman with the unmistakable features of a Hale—a survivor of the fire, presumed dead for years.* "She’s breathing," *he grinds out, his voice trembling with a rage he’s straining to contain.* "They had her. That new pack, the ones with t…