Lilith led the way to the meeting place, Devin right behind her with Isabel slung over his shoulder. "Don't feel bad about this, Devin," the witch said. "There's no shame in choosing the winning team."

"They trusted us."

"That was their mistake." They reached the house.

The door opened and a bare-chested Kenton stepped outside, pitch-black wings extended. "Now this was unexpected," he said, looking over the two standing in front of him. "The witch and the rebellious Dark. I see you brought me a present."

Devin unshouldered Isabel, the Pure Valkyrie landing unceremoniously on the ground at his feet. "We did."

Kenton smiled. "So you finally decided to stop fighting it, Greene."

"I no longer see the point of it. The pack was never going to accept me as one of them. She was never going to let them give me a chance."

"That's why the Pure cannot coexist with the Dark. Why the Dark have to wipe them out." Kenton turned to Lilith. "Did you finally succeed in procuring it?"

Lilith pulled the Eye of Odin out of her jeans' pocket and held it where Kenton could see it. "Once Devin lured her away from the others, it was a piece of cake."

Kenton frowned. "The others still live?"

"Not for long," Devin answered. "I was able to get my hands on the rarest form of wolfsbane. Even their Druid will not be able to counter it in time, if at all."

"What of the Deputy?"

"Nothing Kanima venom wouldn't take care of."

Kenton smiled. "Good."

He reached for the necklace, but Lilith jerked it back. "What of our deal?"

"I promised you would be my queen in this new world. I reward those that help me."

Lilith held it out again and he took it.

"I finally have it in my hands. The world will bow before the Valkyrie or die." He looked down at Isabel before crouching. "You look so much like your mother. Oh, Esther. You should have chosen me. Otherwise, I would never have been forced to resort to this." Kenton flicked out his talons and held his arm up just as a bloodcurdling shriek was heard. Kenton stopped. "You didn't take care of the Banshee."

"She wasn't a threat," Lilith said.

Kenton stood. "Do you have any idea what a Banshee's voice can do?"

"She is fighting it so much that she doesn't know her own power. Her denial of what she is has caused the deaths of her pack."

"She's a thread I cannot afford to allow to remain loose," Kenton slipped the chain of the Eye over his head. "We must deal with her now."

"You're suggesting we kill a teenage girl because of something she has no idea she can do?" Devin asked.

"You've chosen to join me, Greene. You need to completely give up your morals. They have no place among the Dark Valkyrie." He took a step forward, extending his wings to take flight before stopping. Devin and Lilith looked at one another. "Something isn't right."

"Whatever do you mean?" Lilith asked.

Kenton turned back towards them. "What have you done to the Eye?"

"I've done nothing to it. Why?"

Kenton reached up to the Eye. "You've done something to it!"

"Now why would I do something to the Eye?"

"Because you want it for yourself!"

Lilith smiled. "I do want it for myself, I'll admit. But how can I be your queen and use it for my own gain if I did something to it?"

Kenton narrowed his eyes at her. Movement at the tree line caught Kenton's attention.

"You do realize this is private property." All three turned around to see an older man at the edge of the woods, a crossbow in his hands. "And you're trespassing."

"You should have taken care of the Argent," Kenton growled. "You're outmatched, Hunter."

"Am I?" Sean and Lindsey stepped out of the woods behind him. "I think the odds are fairly even."

Kenton laughed. "Two Darks and a witch? I think you are highly outmatched. You couldn't even take out Vincent and his flock without resorting to using the entire Beacon Hills pack. What hope do a washed-out Hunter, a failure of a Procurer, and a little girl have against us?"

"Don't you mean against you?"

Kenton spun around at Isabel's voice. She was standing with her pure white, iridescent wings spread behind her and her eyes glowing bright blue.

"What are you two doing?" Devin stood next to Isabel, Lilith off to the side. "Kill her!"

"Oh, I have a confession, Kenton," Devin said, pulling his shirt over his head. Kenton turned at the sound of a gun being cocked. Parrish stepped out next to Sean. "I didn't poison the pack."

Kenton spun back towards the two Valkyries. "Traitor!" he screamed. His anger turned to shock when he saw Devin's eyes glowing blue and his grey wings extended. "That's not possible."

"Yeah, I thought the same thing."

Kenton charged at them. Isabel Screamed and charged at him.

~~~

Derek woke out of a dead sleep as the shrill scream of the Banshee filled the air. He immediately noticed that Isabel was missing.

"Isabel?" He couldn't hear her heartbeat or smell her. "Isabel!" He threw the covers off him and darted to his dresser just as the phone rang. Derek answered it as he pulled out his clothes. "Isabel?"

"Oh, God! She's not with you?" Lydia's panicked voice was on the other end.

"What are you sensing?"

"What else does a Banshee sense? They're all going to die. Tonight."

Derek hung up without another word and ran from the loft. He knew exactly where they would be. He only hoped he'd make it to his childhood home in time.

~~~

The yard outside the house was in chaos with the three Valkyrie having World War III. Lilith had been forced to retreat to avoid talons and wings.

"I can't get a clear shot," Parrish said. "Not without risking hitting Isabel or Devin."

"This wasn't very well thought out, was it?" Lindsey commented.

"Apparently not."

Lilith was looking for an opening to use her magic. Kenton managed to break away long enough to use his wings to cause a gust of wind to push the two Pure back. Devin and Lilith went flying backward but Isabel dug into the ground.

"Seems we're at an impasse, Isabel," Kenton said.

Isabel stood, the four slash marks down her cheek closing rapidly.

Kenton then caught sight of the Eye of Odin resting against her chest, having come out from her shirt during the fighting. "What is the meaning of this?"

"Did you really think we didn't have a plan to counter you, Kenton? That we would just attack blindly?"

"I wouldn't have put it past you to run like the coward you are."

"Do I look like I'm running?" Kenton staggered backward. "Feeling weak yet?"

"What did you do to me?"

"My Alpha would definitely not approve of this if he knew, but we managed to get a hold of Crimson Nightshade. Just for you."

Kenton's eyes widened before he ripped the fake Eye from his neck. "You couldn't beat me, so you poison me?"

"Oh, I could beat you, but killing you would ensure Beacon Hills and every other innocent in this town would be protected from you. Every innocent Pure Valkyrie forced to hide from you would be protected."

"Oh, I won't make this easy for you." He glanced over at Lilith, who had her eyes closed in concentration and her lips moving as she cast a spell. "I won't make it easy for any of you."

He then let out a full Scream and leapt forward, digging his talons into Lilith's stomach before any of them could stop him. Her eyes shot open and she gasped before she set his chest on fire. Kenton screamed. Isabel rammed her shoulder into his stomach and the two grappled. They ended up rolling down the incline behind the house. Isabel dug her talons into Kenton's burned chest as he landed on top of her.

"Give me the Eye!" Kenton screamed. Isabel blocked him from reaching for the jewel. "I deserve it!"

"You deserve nothing!" She kicked him off her and she immediately jumped to her feet. "I know that you wanted my mother. I know my family is dead because of your petty jealousy. My father, my mother, my brother died because you couldn't handle the rejection. Because she chose Daniel over you! Can't you see what you've done because you want power? The woman you claimed to love died because of you!"

Kenton staggered to his feet. "I was better for her. The Blackwoods could have given her everything she ever wanted. I loved her, but she rejected me for a lesser man. The Evans may have been an influential family, but they didn't deserve to become Keepers. Daniel didn't deserve her."

"Neither did you. She wasn't some prize to be fought over. She wasn't property. She followed her heart, Kenton. And you blame her for that. So you decide to kill her family and take her husband from her. Make her son turn against her and cause her death." Isabel wrapped her fingers around the Eye. "I am the Keeper now. And you will never hurt anyone else again." Kenton charged at her again as Isabel let the pure white light burst from her body. Kenton flew backward and hit a tree hard enough to break it. When the light died down, Kenton staggered to his feet again.

"You'll have to kill me to keep me from taking the Eye from you." Isabel flicked out her talons and Kenton scoffed. "But you know if you kill me, you're no longer a Pure. You'll not be any better than me."

Isabel took a step forward as Kenton gave a cry of pain, his back arching backward. Claws rested against his throat.

"She doesn't have to be the one to kill you," a fully transformed Derek said into his ear. "I owe you."

Isabel didn't even move to stop Derek as he dragged his claws across Kenton's throat. His eye were wide as he gurgled as he fell. Isabel broke a stick off, the wood rippling until a sword was in its place. Isabel calmly walked up to his body before placing the tip of the blade on his chest over his heart. "Your reign of terror and fear ends tonight." Isabel drove the blade through his heart. Kenton went completely limp and Isabel let out a ragged breath. "It's over."

Derek walked over to her. "Are you alright?"

Isabel nodded before she looked over at him. "Where did you come from?"

Derek put his hands on her arms. "Why didn't you tell me? You know I would have helped you without question."

"That's what I was afraid of. I couldn't put you in that kind of danger." She looked up at him. "You didn't answer my question."

"Lydia."

"She sensed our deaths."

"Yeah."

Isabel's eyes widened. "Lilith!" She darted back up the incline, Derek right behind her.