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Going Under - Evanescence

In the course of two months, my world has been turned upside down. Again. In the course of two months, I went from being a normal nurse trying to support my younger sister after our mother's death to once again dealing with a world most people think are just fairy tales and myths. And trust me, I sometimes wish I was one of those blissfully ignorant people. Well, I was as normal as I could possibly be, considering I am a supernatural myself, so to speak. I had been neck-deep in the secret world of Beacon Hills since I was thirteen, but with the Hale fire six years earlier, my contact with the supernatural, namely werewolves, had left with Laura and Derek Hale, my best friend and her brother.

Two months ago, Laura was murdered by her uncle for the spark that made her an Alpha. Two months ago, Peter bit a teenaged boy who was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Two months ago, Derek dragged me back into the world I'd left and my instincts as an Eamonn would not allow me to turn my back on what was going on. Peter had tracked down everyone involved in the Hale fire and had gone on a killing spree to avenge his family. And try as I might, I could not keep what I knew from Anna.

I've been reminded of how painful this secret world can be. Peter's dead and Anna is devastated. Derek seemed to think that two wrongs make a right and I am upset with him for killing Peter. Derek is the new Alpha of Beacon Hills and we have not spoken since Peter's death. Anna is angry at him as well and I don't blame her. I know what it's like to lose someone you love dearly. And I'm not talking about our mother.

And I am also faced with a mystery. During the last few weeks, Derek and Scott were almost killed by Hunters, and Derek was caught by Kate Argent in an effort to find Peter and Scott before she knew that Scott was a wolf. Confused yet? Peter bit Lydia to force Stiles to help him find Derek, who had taken Scott's phone knowing he was about to be caught by Hunters and that either Scott or Stiles would use a phone-finding app to find Scott's phone. But the mystery I'm faced with is a still human Lydia.

Why is that a mystery? you ask. When an Alpha bites a person, one of two things happen. Said person becomes a werewolf like Scott did. Or the person's body rejects the Bite and they die painfully. I have seen this happen once and it breaks my heart when I think about it. I may eventually tell you the story one day, but I cannot bring myself to do so now. Lydia has not turned or is in any danger of dying now that her body has stabilized. She's still completely human and I can only ask myself why.