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Harper walks through the halls of the school when her name being called fills her ears "harper" she looks to the voice and sees Allison and Lydia walking over to her 

Allison smiles at the girl "gosh, I feel like I haven't seen you in ages"

Harper chuckles "uh, yeah I've been pretty busy, family stuff" she walks with them trough the halls

Harper will admit Allison was a very nice girl but something inside the girl said don't trust her she's an Argent, so she distances herself from her trying to avoid her in the halls of the school especially if she's out with her father

"So" Lydia trails off "Scott's coming over tonight"

"we're just studying" Allison states

Lydia raises a brow at her "Just studying never ends with just studying" 

Allison looks to Harper to get her input the Hale takes a breath and nods "she's not wrong, I mean from what my friend Maia tells me"

"it's like getting into a hut tub somebody eventually cops a feel" Lydia spoke gaining the Argent's attention

"so, what are you saying?" Allison question and looks between the two

Lydia sighs "I'm just saying, you know make sure he covers up" the red head bunched her shoulders

Allison looks slightly confused causing Lydia to laugh slightly "Hello Snow White, I'm talking about a condom"

Allison chuckles "Are you kidding? After one date?"

"don't be a total prude. give him a little taste" Lydia explains and Allison turns her attention to Harper "what do you think?"

her eyes widen slightly before she shrugs "whatever you want, it's your relationship"

Allison looks back to Lydia "well I mean, how much is a little taste"

Lydia smiles at her "Oh God, you really do like him, don't you?"

"Well, he's just different" Allison states "when I first moved here I had a plan, no boys till college I just move to much, but... Then I met him and he was different, I don't know I cant explain it" she chuckles as she blushes ever so slightly

"I can" Lydia shrugs "It's your brain flooding with phenylethylamine"

Harper tilts her head with furrowed brows as Allison laughs "what?"

"I'll tell you what to do, when's he coming over?" Lydia asks

"right After school" the bell rings

Harper clasps her hands "well that's my cue, have to go catch my ride" she gives them a smile and walks off

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Harper walks outside as the sound of tires screeching fill her ears, her head turns in the direction to see Stiles blue jeep and Derek standing right in front of it, Harper watches as Derek stumbles and falls over.

Panic fills the girl as she rushes over to him as she crouches in front of him helping him sit up her worried eyes scan over him

Scott comes up beside her while Stiles gets out of his jeep

"Are you okay? what happened?" she questions the older man

"I was shot" he spoke breathlessly

 Harper's eyes widen at him "and you're telling me this now!" she whisper yells

"he's not looking so good, dude" Stiles comments and Harper sends him a quick look before rolling her eyes.

"why aren't you healing?' Scott asks, Harper looks at Derek's arm before grabbing it.

causing Derek to grimace "Oh suck it up" her eyes land on his hand that had his blood dripping down "you should've told me sooner"

"There's nothing much you can do. I can't heal, it was a different kind of bullet" Derek states out of breath

"a silver bullet!" Stiles spoke rather loudly as he jumps slightly

the two Hales give him a look "No you idiot" Derek scoffs slightly

"wait, wait, that's what she meant when she said you had 48 hours" Scott spoke up gaining their attention.

Harper looks to Scott "what?"

"who said 48 hours?" Derek questions.

Scott looks at him "the one who shot you"

Derek's eyes light up blue as he tries to make them go back to normal but it doesn't work "what are you doing" Scott looks around as horns honk "Stop that"

Derek exhales through his nose in annoyance "that's what I'm trying to tell you I can't"

Harper looks around trying to cover Derek's face so no one can see "we need to get him out of here now" Harper grabs ahold of Derek and pulls him up Scott gets on the other side of him "help us get him in your car"

Stiles swiftly walks over to the passenger's door and opens it they set Derek down inside. While Derek talks to Scott Harper makes her way around the vehicle and climbs in on the drivers side and sits in the back.

"hey get him out of here" Scott says to Stiles as he gets in the jeep 

"I hate you so much for this" Stiles spoke shaking his head as he hit the gas driving off.

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Stiles sighs and put his phone down "hey, try not to bleed out on my seats, Okay we're almost there"

Harper leans in between the seats "almost where?"

Stiles sighs "your house"

"what?" Stiles glances to Derek at the slight loudness in his voice "No, you can't take me there"

"I can't take you to your own house!" Stiles spoke in disbelief with a bunch of his shoulders.

"not when I can't protect myself" He quirks a brow at the boy, almost as if that was an obvious thing to the Stilinski.

Stiles points to Harper "you have her"

Derek glares at him "I'm not gonna put her in danger to protect me"

Stiles pulls the car over and puts it in parks as he turns in his seat to look at the dark haired hale "what happens if Scott doesn't happen to find your little magic bullet hm? Are you dying?"

Derek shakes his head "Not yet, I have a last resort"

"what do you mean what last resort!" Stiles practically yells

Derek rolls up his sleeve to reveal the wound "Oh My God!, what is that? " Stiles looks away from him "Ugh is that contagious? you know what, you should probably just get out" Stiles points to the door.

"Start the car now" Derek demands.

"I don't think you should be barking orders with they way you look okay, in fact I think if I wanted to I could drag your little werewolf ass out into the middle of the road and leave you for dead !" Stiles raises his brows at him.

Derek glares at him "start the car, or I'm gonna rip your throat out.. With my teeth "

"No he won't" Harper chuckles, Derek gives her a serious look causing her laughter to die down 

"alright maybe he will, you should start the car" she pats Stiles shoulder, Stiles runs his tongue over his teeth as he sighs and starts the car once again

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"what am I supposed to do with him" Stiles questions

Scott paces in the hallway as he whispers in his phone "take him somewhere, anywhere!"

Stiles sighs "and by the way, he's starting to smell"

"like what?"

"Like death" Derek gives Stiles a glare 

Harper chuckles "I mean, he's not entirely wrong, and I shouldn't be laughing cause if you die, well it's not looking good for me" she slouches in her seat

"Okay take him to the animal clinic"

"what about your boss?" Stiles asks

"he's gone by now, there's a spare key in the box behind the dumpster"

Stiles sighs and hands Derek the phone "you're not gonna believe where he's telling me to take you"

Derek takes the phone "Did you find it?"

"How am I supposed to find one bullet? They have a million!" Scott looks around to make sure no one's coming "this house is like the freaking Walmart of guns"

"Look if you don't find it then I'm dead, Alright" Derek deadpanned

Harper narrows her eyes and the man "that really makes me feel great, Derek, thanks"

"I'm starting to think that wouldn't be such a bad thing"

"Okay well think about this, the alpha calls you out against your will, he's gonna do it again, next time you either kill with him or you get killed, so if you want to stay alive, then you need me. Find the bullet" Derek hangs up the phone before Scott could say a word

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Stiles And Harper help Derek into the Animal clinic Harper takes his arm off from around her neck.

Derek stumbles slightly before falling back onto a pile of dog food his head resting against the wall. Harper's worried gaze never left him, sure she didn't act worried but inside her was a trembling mess of anxiety.

Derek was the only person Harper had left.

"Does Nordic blue monkshood mean anything to you?" Stiles asks the pair, his brows furrowed.

Harper turns to him "it's a rare form of wolfsbane" Harper glances at Derek with furrowed brows "right?"

Derek nods before sighing "he has to bring me the bullet"

confusion covers the Stilinski's face "why?" 

Derek looks to Stiles "Because I'm gonna die without it"

Harper takes a breath as it all sets in, Derek may die, I mean it was rattling in the back of her mind but she didn't until now really come to the conclusion he could die if Scott doesn't get to them on time

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Derek holds onto Harper's shoulder as they make their way into the back room Stiles turns on the lights while Derek rests on the metal table taking a breath before he tosses his shirt on the counter 

Stiles gestures to Derek's arm "you know that really doesn't look like anything some echinacea and a good nights sleep can't take care of"

"when the infection reaches my heart, it'll kill me" Derek walks over to counter and opens the cupboard.

Stiles frowns as he bunches his shoulders "positivity just isn't in your vocabulary is it?" 

Harper glances to Stiles "Living the life we had, positivity is a rare form of emotion" her attention shifts from the Stilinski to Derek "what is you backup plan if Scott doesn't get here?"

Derek closes the cupboard and opens the drawer "if he doesn't get here with the bullet in time, last resort"

"which is?" Stiles questions, desperately wanting to know what this said last resort is that he keeps talking about.

Derek turns around holding a bone saw in his hand "one of you is going to cut off my arm"

Harper's eyes widened and the two teens look at each other with the same expression. Harper looks back to Derek her mouth opening and closing but no words form until finally it does 

"What!"

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Derek slides the saw over to them Stiles picks it up and starts it, he quickly sets it down "oh my god! What if you bleed to death?"

"it'll heal if it works" Derek states.

Harper raises a brow at him "If!?"

Stiles sighs "look I don't know if I can do this"

"Why not?" Derek pulls on the elastic around his wounded arm using his teeth as an extra hand.

"well because of the cutting through the flesh the sawing of the bone and especially the blood!" Stiles exclaims with wide eyes.

Derek gives him an annoyed look "you faint at the sight of blood ?"

"No, but I might at the sight of a chopped off arm!" Stiles hollers before looking to Harper.

she immediately shakes her head "No!" She swiftly answers knowing what the boy was trying to do "No, no way in hell I'm doing that!"

Derek sighs and looks at Stiles "Alright how about this, either you cut off my arm, or I'm gonna cut off your head"

"okay you know, I'm so not buying your threats anymore-" Derek grabs ahold of Stiles shirt and pulls him towards him his feet no longer touching the floor

Harper eyes widen slightly "Derek, put him down"

"Oh, my God Okay, Alright bought sold, I'll totally do it" Stiles sputters out.

Derek's grip on Stiles loosens as his face paling before he leans over the side of the table and throws up black blood

"Oh My God what the hell is that!" Stiles runs a hand through his hair.

"it's my body trying to heal itself" 

Stiles looks away from him "well it's not doing a very good job"

Derek looks up to the pair "Now, you've got to do it now"

Stiles turns his attention to Derek's arm "look honestly I don't think I can"

"Just do it!" Derek yells his head resting on his arm on the table 

Stiles picks up the saw and hands it to Harper "you heard him"

"oh no, no, he said you" Harper hands it back to him "besides you said you were going to do it"

he points to Derek "there is no time, look at him!" he sets it on the table

"exactly, so do it!" Harper picks the saw back up and holds it out to the boy

Stiles sighs "Alright how about this, we both do it"

Harper takes a breath "fine just grab it!" Stiles puts his hand on the saw with Harper's as they hold it to Derek's arm "Oh God, Alright here we go" Harper turns her head away her eyes squeezing shut

"Stiles?" Harper looks to the doorway as Scott runs in as he looks at the two then down to what they're holding in their hands then to Derek "what the hell are you doing!"

Harper lets go of the saw and leans on the table "thank god" she utters under her breath.

Stiles let's out a nervous chuckle "Oh you just prevented a lifetime of nightmares"

"did you get it?" Harper quickly asks the boy.

Scott nods before he fishes through his pockets, pulling out the bullet and hands it to Derek as he stands up straight.

"what are you gonna do with it?"

"I'm gonna. . .  I'm gonna" the bullet falls from Derek's hand as his body begins to lean before he falls to the floor Scott runs over to where the bullet had fallen as Harper and Stiles rush over to Derek

"Derek?" Harper spoke, her voice laced with concern.

Stiles smacks him in the face a couple times "Derek wake up" Stiles glances to Scott "Scott what the hell are we gonna do?" the panic in his tone was easy to pick up on

"I don't know!" Scott reaches under the cabinet 

"what are you gonna do, what the hell am I gonna do!" Harper shouts with a worried expression on her face.

"He's not waking up" Stiles yells to Scott "I think he's dying, I think he's dead" Stiles panics.

"Just Hold on!" Scott yells.

Harper smacks Derek in the face "come on you ass"

"I got it, I got it!" Scott gets up from the ground.

Harper moves Stiles out of the way "what are you doing?" Harper makes a fist as she draws back and punches Derek right in the side of his face.

Derek's eyes fly open as he sits up slightly.

Harper shakes her hand "Jesus Christ, what are you made out of Stone?"

Derek takes the bullet from Scott and gets up, he bites the top of it off and dumps the wolfsbane out if the bullet.

He grabs a lighter and lights it on fire as the flames die out a trail of blue tinted smoke lifts in the air.

Derek brushes the wolfsbane into his hand as he takes a deep breath and puts it on top of the bullet wound as he pushes it in with his finger causing Harper to grimace.

he loudly screams in agony and begins to Stumble back as he falls to the ground and holler from the pain.

Harper grimaces and looks away for a moment as the blue veins begin to disappear and and the wound was gone.

"That, was Awesome!" Harper gives Stiles a look along with Scott "Yes!" Stiles fist pumps the air

Derek begins to get up off the ground "are you okay?" Scott asks

"except for the agonizing pain" Derek spoke his voice full of sarcasm.

"I guessing the ability to use sarcasm is a good sign of health" Stiles leans on the table as Derek glares at him

"well hold on, you can never be to sure with him" Harper gives Derek a sarcastic smile and he just rolls his eyes.

"see, he's fine. He rolled his eyes at me, which happens quit often, you really need to work on that" Harper narrows her eyes at him

"Okay, we saved your life now you're gonna leave us alone, Okay and if you don't, I'm gonna go back to Allison's dad, and I'm gonna tell him everything " Scott demanded trying to threaten the older Hale.

"you're gonna trust them? " Derek cut him off, sounding almost disgusted "you think they can help you?"

"Why not" Scott shrugged "they're a lot freaking nicer then you are"

Harper snorts at his words "You haven't seen their true colours"

Scott's brows furrow at the girl "I've seen you talking to her!" he exclaims

"You think I want to?" she questions "I'm only doing it because I'm not entirely certain she's a hunter like her father"

Derek scoffs under his breath "yeah, I can show you just how nice they are"

Scott looks at him confused "what do you mean?"

Harper's face falls as she knew exactly what he was talking about.

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Derek parked the car as the three get out Harper reaches up to her necklace as she nervously fiddled with it 

"what are we doing here?" Scott asked as he realized Derek and Harper continued to walk as he jogged up to them.

They walked inside the building and down the hall Derek walks into the room but Harper falls behind a little.

Scott was about to walk into the room before he looked over his shoulder to Harper, she gives him a half smile and takes a deep breath as she enters the doorway her eyes land on her father staring blankly at the wall.

"who is he?" Scott questions as Harper walks up beside them 

"My uncle, Peter Hale" Derek replies

"my dad" she mutters under her breath loud enough for Scott to hear as he gave her a sympathetic look. Harper's eyes fill with tears as she quickly blinks them away shaking her head with a deep breath.

he looked back to Derek "Is he like you, a werewolf"

Derek nods "he was.... Now he's barley even human. Six years ago my sister and I were in school along with Harper. Our house caught fire, twelve people were trapped inside, he was the only survivor"

Scott was silent for a moment "so what makes you so sure that they set the fire"

Derek scoffs "because they were the only ones that knew about us"

"then they had a reason"  Scott defended the Argents

Harper looks at the McCall with disbelief "your joking" she rolls her eyes.

Derek narrowed his eyes at him "like what? you tell me what justifies this" 

Derek turns Peter's chair around to reveal the burns that covered half of his face Scott's eyes widened "they say they'll only kill an adult and only with absolute proof, but there were people in our family that were perfectly ordinary in that fire, this is what they do and It's what Allison will do"

"what are you doing" the three all turn their heads to the doorway to see the nurse "how did you get in here?"

"we were just leaving" Derek walks past Harper and Scott, Scott following the man out.

Harper looks at her father as she has a tight lipped smile on her face "Bye Dad"

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A/N: Thank you all so much for reading voting and commenting it honestly makes my day knowing just how much you all enjoy my book!!

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