#tracy kills luca and final girls it out of there

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happy late birthday luca my light my love my life

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Quick Guide | Carolina Hurricanes: Meet The Team - Opening Night 2019-20

New season means a new quick guide to the roster 

2018-19 season

This took me a couple of days to put together so please appreciate it

Want to know how to pronounce a players name? 

Click this link!

*All gifs made by me* 

Forwards: 

☞ Sebastian Aho™️ #20

Yes there is another “Sebastian Aho” from Sweden but he’s usually in the AHL (Bridgeport/Islanders)

Born: July 26, 1997 (22 years old/Leo) from Rauma, Finland

6′0, Centre, 35th overall CAR 2015

Nicknames: Fishy, Seabass, Sepe, Sebu

He’s the face of this franchise and the only player on this team that the Canadian media knows about

Is being held against his will in Raleigh because he wants to play for Montreal if you don’t know the actual story MTL sent him an offer sheet that he signed because he wanted the money and knew Carolina could pay it, but you know how Habs twitter can be.

Possibly the messiest Hurricane 

Who’s my daddy?! 

Spirit animal is a lion, hear him roar

Avid coffee drinker

Baby face

Painted a picture of his cat one time

☞ Ryan Dzingel #18 

Born: March 9, 1992 (27 years old/Pisces) from Wheaton, Illinois

6′0, Centre, 204th overall OTT 2011

Nicknames: Zinger, Dizzy, Dzingel Bells, D-pingel

Played with the Ohio State Buckeyes for 3 seasons, recorded the first hat trick in Big Ten history against Xichigan

Traded to CBJ Feb ‘19, signed with CAR as a free agent summer ‘19 

Might need glasses, he squints like that ^ a lot 

Golfs... A L O T 

Wants to produce for the team so he can stay here in Raleigh and make it his home ♥︎

Jeep guy 

Looks uncomfortably similar to Tripp Tracy 

UNC fan 

☞ Warren Foegele #13

Born: April 1, 1996 (23 years old/Aries) from Markham, Ontario 

6′2, Left Wing, 67th overall CAR 2014

Nicknames: Foegs, Foegdaddy 

Best friends with Andrei Svechnikov and Dougie Hamilton

Duke fan 

Accidentally broke Osh*e’s collarbone but TJ and C*p fans will claim he tried to murder him

Spirit animal is a tiger, also hear him roar

Very easily scared 

Duke fan

☞ Erik Haula #56

Born: March 23, 1991(28 years old/Aries) from Pori, Finland

6′0, Left Wing, 181st overall 2009 MIN

Nicknames: Hauls, Haulsy  

Moved to Minnesota in 2008 to play hockey in boarding school

Played for the University Of Minnesota Gophers for 3 seasons

Signed with MIN in 2013, was picked up by the VGK in 2017 as a free agent in the Expansion Draft, then traded to CAR summer of 2019 (for Nic Roy & draft pick)

Suffered a pretty bad knee injury in the 2018-19 season 

CAKE 

Got married this past summer ♥︎

Currently living in Calvin de Haan’s old house 

☞ Jordan Martinook (A) #48

Born: July 25, 1992 (27 years old/Leo) from Brandon, Manitoba

6′0, Left Wing, 58th overall 2012 PHX

Nicknames: Marty, Marty Man, Marty Party 

Signed with PHX/ARI in 2012, traded to CAR in 2018 (for Krüger)

Raw chaotic dad energy 

Doesn’t like corndogs and has a very high pitched scream

His wife gave birth to their first son last season before he got his downstairs fixed in the offseason

LETS GO SVECH

Spirit animal is a dolphin because he has a great impression 

There is so much more I want to put on here but you should really just follow his Twitter 

☞ Brock McGinn #23

Born: February 2, 1994 (25 years old/Aquarius) from Fergus, Ontario

6′0, Left Wing, 47th overall 2012 CAR

Nicknames: Ginner, Brock McWinn, McPing, the new Mr. Game Seven (that one is kind of a joke though), Big Cock Brock 

Single handedly defeated evil not only once but twice on April 24th, 2019, earning him the nicknames “Brock McWinn” and the new “Mr. Game Seven”

Has two brothers who also play professionally; Jamie (NHL) and Tye (AHL) McGinn

Co Owner of the Roanoke Rail Road Dawgs with his brothers and father

His daddy is Bob

Has a high probability of burning his whole house down 

Used to be a fighter, but he didn’t fight anyone last season 

Thor

Was 3rd in the league with most MsS Post (10) in the 2017-18 season earning him the nickname Brock McPing 

☞ Martin Nečas #88

Born: January 15, 1999 (20 years old/Capricorn) from Nove Mesto na Morave, Czech Rebublic

6′2, 12th overall 2017 CAR, “He plays, like, Centre”

Nicknames: Neči, Marty, Nacho, Marto 

Your 2019-20 ****** ****** winner 

He’s here to fix out PP units, quote me on that

Little hockey stick chain ^ 

Is known for falling while scoring 

Is it avocado or avocaydo?

Hidden talent: Belly dancing 

Almost killed the entire team with a golf club last season  

Don’t mess with him

Just won the Calder Cup with the Checkers :) 

☞ Nino Niederreiter #21

Born: September 8, 1992 (27 years old/Virgo) from Chur, Switzerland

6′0, Right Wing, 5th overall 2010 NYI

Nicknames: El Nino

Was the highest drafted Swizz born player until Hischer in 2017 

Signed to the Islanders in 2010, traded to Minnesota in 2013, then traded to Carolina in January 2019 (for Rask)

Was about to take a nap when he was traded

Just when canes fans almost lost hope, Nino showed up and saved our season

When he came to Carolina, someone gave him sweet tea and he really liked it

Was voted best dressed by a couple teammates

Loves the surge

Supports women’s hockey

☞ Jordan Staal (C) #11

Born: September 10, 1988 (31 years ago/Virgo) from Thunder Bay, Ontario

6′4, Centre, 2nd overall 2006 PIT

Nicknames: Stallsy, Jordad, Gronk

Arrested at his brother’s bachelor party

Won the Stanley Cup with the Penguins in 2009 

Jordan is the youngest out of the other brothers (Eric, Marc) in the league (NHL) 3rd brother is the youngest and is now a coach 

Signed with PIT in 2006, traded to CAR in 2012 (for 8th overall pick, Brandon Sutter and Brian Dumoulin)

Named Captain in the 2017-18 season, became Alternative Captain in 2018-19, is now Captain again in 2019-20 

Great at dad jokes 

☞ Andrei Svechnikov #37

Born: March 26, 2000 (19 years old/Aries) from Barnaul, Russia

6′2, Right Wing, 2nd overall 2018 CAR

Nicknames: Svech, Mother Russia 

Svech is ready

“Just win every game” 

Wears #37 because that’s what his brother, Evgeny Svechnikov (DET), wears

Russia = Cold, Raleigh = Hot

Apparently his biggest talent outside of hockey is… magic? 

Best friends with Warren Foegele and Dougie Hamilton

Likes to shovel the ice during practice 

Me?

Terrible at golf..

.. I mean like really bad  

☞ Teuvo Teräväinen #86

Born: September 11, 1994 (25 years old/Virgo) from Helsinki, Finland

5′11, Left Wing, 18th overall 2012 CHI 

Nicknames: Turbo, Teukka

Shortest Hurricane 

Began with CHI in 2014, traded to CAR in 2016 (along with Bickell for 2nd round pick)

Won the cup with CHI in 2015 (Along with van Riemsdyk)

Has the worst sense of smell ever

I mean come on.. pumpkin? toothpaste? 

I could keep going with this I don't know what’s wrong with his nose

Most likely the messiest Hurricane 

Would dump Sebastian on the side of the road after 100km 

Gets scared REALLY easily

His sisters plays hockey over in Finland (and is pretty good at it too) 

☞ Lucas Wallmark #71

Born: September 5, 1995 (24 years old/Virgo) from Umea, Sweden

6′0, Centre, 97th overall 2014 CAR

Nicknames: Wally

My daddy!?

His spirit animal is… a horse? 

^ He enjoys watching horse racing

*Straight face* “Snacks!? Candy!?” 

Deal with it

Showed up to a U12 and U18 team practice to work on skills with kids 

Owns a pug named Lovis

Defense 

☞ Joel Edmundson #6

Born: June 28, 1993 (26 years old/Cancer) Brandon, Manitoba

6′4, 46th overall 2011 STL

Nicknames: Crop Top King, Eddy

Won the cup in 2019 with STL and partied in a crop top 

True Canadian, ate poutine out of the cup

Traded in September 2019 to CAR (along with Bokk for Faulk and draft pick)

Going to strengthen our PK I promise 

Finally, an enforcer 

Forgot to take his skate guards off during his CAR preseason debut in front of 18,000 people 

Is a barbie girl, living in a barbie world 

☞ Haydn Fleury #4

Born: July 8, 1996 (23 years old/Cancer) from Carlyle, Saskatchewan 

6′3, 7th overall 2014 CAR

Nicknames: Fleurs 

Beat his little brother Cale (MTL) during his NHL debut 

Best friends with Trevor van Riemsdyk

Has the cutest dog named Kobe

Won the Calder Cup along with Nečas :)

If you want to giggle watch this 

Has the worst witch cackle you will ever hear 

Apparently the best golfer on the team

Big Duke fan

☞ Jake Gardiner #51

Born: July 4, 1990 (29 years old/Cancer) from Minnetonka, Minnesota 

6′2, 17th overall 2008 ANA

Nicknames: Gards 

Played for the University of Wisconsin for 3 seasons 

Traded to TOR in 2011, signed as a free agent to CAR in summer 2019

Has the cutest baby 

Denied several offers from other teams mtl to play with us instead 

Hands down had the best Halloween costume two years ago

☞ Dougie Hamilton #19

Born: June 17, 1993 (26 years old/Gemini) from Toronto, Ontario

6′6, 9th overall 2011 BOS

Nicknames: D-Ham, Doug the Thug, well his real name is Douglas so I guess Dougie is technically a nickname

Tallest Hurricane 

Both of his parents are Olympians, brother also plays professional hockey 

Started with BOS in 2012, traded to CGY in 2015, then traded to CAR in 2018 (Last remaining player from the huge Hamilton, Ferland & Fox for Lindholm and Hanifin trade)

Best friends with Andrei Svechnikov and Warren Foegele 

Porche guy 

Grew out a mullet because his hair salon couldn’t take him as a walk in

Jack Edwards complained that he was wearing a number retired from the Whalers so he taped a 6 over the 1 in 19 to make 69

Goes to children's hospitals dressed as woman characters 

Lowkey shootout king

Floss

Another Duke fan

Wears the same blazer to every road game

☞ Brett Pesce #22

Born: November 15, 1994 (24 years old/Scorpio) from Tarrytown, New York

6′3, 66th overall 2013 CAR

Nicknames: Pesh 

“I play defense bro”

Played for the University of New Hampshire for 3 seasons (2 of those seasons with van Riemsdyk)

Pretty ^

Wears 22 for his dad 

He’ll break your ankles

Fortnite squad

Brought his wonderful brother on the mentors trip

Allergic to cats

☞ Jaccob Slavin (A) #74

Born: May 1, 1994 (25 years old/Taurus) from Denver, Colorado

6′3, 120th overall 2012 CAR

Nicknames: Slav-o

The second ‘c’ stands for captain

Faith and family

Played for Colorado College for two seasons 

Adopted a beautiful baby girl with his beautiful wife

Has an instagram for his two dogs

His daddy is “Robert” 

Not afraid of snakes at all 

☞ Trevor van Riemsdyk #57

Born: July 24, 1991 (28 years old/Leo) from Middletown, New Jersey

6′2, Undrafted 

Nicknames: TVR, Riems

Agreed to terms with CHI in 2014 

Won the cup with CHI in 2015 (along with Teräväinen)

Was picked up by the VGK in the 2017 expansion draft 

The next day traded to CAR (for 2nd round pick)

James van Riemsdyk (PHI) is his older brother 

Played with the University of New Hampshire for 3 seasons (2 of those seasons with Pesce) 

He’s too tired to be scared 

March Madness

Best friends with Haydn Fleury 

Pride representative for the team 

Goalies 

☞ Petr Mrázek #34

Born: February 14, 1992 (27 years old/Aquarius) from Ostrava, Czech Republic

6′1, 141st overall 2010 DET

Nicknames: Mrazzle Dazzle, St. Petr

Moved to Ottawa at age 17 

Signed with DET in 2014

Was HUGE for them during the 2015 playoff run

Traded to PHI in Feb ‘18, signed as a free agent with CAR in July ‘18

Stylish 

He had custom hats made for every player on the team

Always has Peter Griffin in his helmet design 

Signature move: Poke Check  

☞ James Reimer #47

Born: March 15, 1988 (31 years old/Pisces) from Morweena, Manitoba

6′2, 99th overall 2006 TOR

Nicknames: Optimus Reim, The Statue, Reims

Debuted with TOR in 2010, traded to SJS Feb ‘16

Signed with FLA as a free agent summer ‘16, traded to CAR summer ‘19 (for Darling and a 2020 6th round pick)

Has two kids 

Really good swimmer

You may recognize this famous goalie meme, that’s right, that's him

Optimus Reim helmet art

He looks so much like Weston from Love Island USA 

Honorable Mention

☞ Julien Gauthier #44

I’m including him because everyone expected him to make the team as he did phenomenal in the preseason (playing all 6 games) but due to cap space (and our horrid pp units), he was sent back down.

Born: October 15, 1997 (turning 22/Libra) from Pointe-aux-Trembles, Quebec

6′4, Right Wing, 21st overall 2016 CAR

Nicknames: Goat, Gauths, Jules

Big boy

Bilingual (French/English)

Cute accent

His uncle played 554 games in the NHL (Denis Gauthier) 

Both his father and grandfather were professional bodybuilders

That explains his muscles

The best thighs in the league (not up for debate) 

Also won the Calder Cup this past season with Haydn Fleury and Martin Nečas

Head Coach

☞ Rod Brind’Amour #17

Roderick Jean Brind’Amour

Born: August 9, 1970 (age 49 years/Leo) from Ottawa, Canada

6′1, Centre, 9th overall 1988 STL

Nicknames: Rod the Bod, RBA 

Played with Michigan State for one season

Started with STL in the playoffs of ‘88, traded to PHI in ‘91, traded to CAR in 2000

Captain of the 2006 CAR Stanley Cup winning team

Played 20 seasons, 1,484(GP) 452(G) 732(A) 1,184(P)

Became head coach for the 2018-19 season

First year as HC broke the team’s 9 year playoff drought and brought them all the way to the ECF

Is known for his extreme workouts

Still in better shape than 98% of the league

Could very well still lace up and play better than 80% of the league 

Lives rent free in W*lson’s and Reirden’s heads

Gives the best post-game speeches

President & General Manager

☞ Don Waddell

I really just wanted an excuse to put this gif in here 

Coached the 1998 DET Stanley Cup winning team 

Named Pres. & GM of CAR in May ‘18

Owner

☞ Tom Dundon 

Lives rent free is Habs fans minds

Estimated net worth is $1.1 billion?

Majority owner of TopGolf (55%)

Chairman of the Alliance of American Football

Purchased 52% of CAR in January 2018 for $420million

Likes to hang around team/fan events 

Stays in the same hotel as me lol

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Required Reading (5.06)

Masterlist

I stood between Stiles and Malia as Sheriff Stilinski drew a red X through Tracy Stewart's picture. Stiles reeked of anxiety even more than usual. I rested my shoulder gently against him allowing him to lean on me for comfort.

“Chimera’s.” Noah said testing out the word.

“Two dead chimera’s.” Stiles specified.

“And eight new one’s.” Malia added.

“So ten in all.” I summed up.

“I’m thinking maybe eleven.” Noah told us as he hung Donovan's picture next to the others. I heard Stiles heart rate jump.

“Our station tech guys confirmed something for me. They said the holding cell lock and cameras could have malfunctioned because of something electromagnetic. You said that these guys…” Noah explained.

“Dread Doctors.” Malia informed him.

“Are we really calling them that?” Noah asked.

“So they broke Donovan out.” Malia summarized.

“That’s how they got into Eichen, wasn’t it?” Noah asked. Malia nodded walking up beside him.

“Donovan’s a chimera.” She said staring at the picture. Stiles was beginning to shake as he closely studied the ground. I took his hand in mine. Tracing small circles on the back of it with my thumb to calm him down. It wasn’t much but it was the best I could do for him.

“Yes, but is he a failure like Lucas and Tracey?” Noah asked.

“If he is, he’s probably dead.” Malia told him picking up the red sharpie to mark through Donovan's face. Noah stopped her.

“Not until I’ve seen a body.” Noah told her. Stiles pulled away from me turning to face the back of the room. Noah turned to look at us.

“You two are uncharacteristically quiet.” Noah observed as Stiles turned back around to face his father.

“Sorry, I’m just trying to think about it.” Stiles tried to cover himself.

“These were all teenagers right?” I asked Noah trying to take the attention off Stiles.

“Shouldn’t we be trying to figure out why these teenagers?” Stiles asked picking up on my train of thought and coming out of his fog.

“If the Dread Doctors went through all that, burying them, killing them, breaking one of them out of jail.” I lead Stiles on.

“They couldn’t have been chosen at random.” Stiles almost smiled at the realization.

“They had to have something in common.” Malia added.

“Something that made them right. Right for this experiment.” Noah narrowed down.

“Something that made them special.” Stiles agreed.

-

I stood next to Scott surveying the school yard as he talked to Theo. I had called him last night to report our conclusions from the station.

“So basically we’re looking for abnormal behavior.” Theo summed up as Scott tried to explain the plan to him.

“Anyone acting a little off or a little weird.” Scott confirmed.

“Isn’t everyone a little weird in high school?” Theo pointed out. I laughed turning away from the courtyard and leaning against the railing. The watch and wait game was my least favorite and I was already tired of it.

“Yeah, good point.” Scott told him. I sighed and walked away from our futile attempt to find the new chimera’s. Scott followed behind me. His copy of the book twisted anxiously in his hands. Theo chased after us.

“You remember Tracy went on a killing spree after reading that.” Theo reminded us.

“Do you think it’s a bad idea?” Scott asked. I looked up at my alpha in confusion. He was eagerly looking towards Theo seeking his advice. Something was wrong. Stiles and I were Scott’s first and most trusted advisors even if we didn’t always offer good or even serious advice Scott always looked to us. Something must have happened between him and Theo for him to look for his advice.

“I think Malia almost getting run down by a car could have been bad. That’s why you guys haven’t finished it right?” Theo asked.

“We’re going to.” I defended my pack. I decided to question Scott about his curious relationship with Theo later. Hell I thought the boy was sexy as fuck but that didn’t mean I was ready to trust him completely, and I doubted Theo’s looks were what had Scott so enamored with him.

“Scott, I came here to find a pack. I wasn’t planning on watching one fall apart.” Theo told him.

“The book’s all we got.” Scott defended.

“Then I’ll read it too.” Theo told him.

“I’ll make you a copy from mine. I have a free period anyway.”  I told the boys.

“Hold up.” Theo called after me. I turned to watch as he nodded a goodbye to Scott and ran over to me.

“I have a free period too. I’ll come with.” He told me. I smiled at him as I lead the way to the library.

The library was almost entirely empty as we stood over the copy machine. The hum of the machine punctuating the silence that hung between us. I pretended not to notice Theo was staring at me.

“You don’t trust me do you?” He asked suddenly. I shrugged.

“Stiles doesn’t trust you.” I told him not answering his question.

“And you trust Stiles.” Theo said still studying me.

“With my life.” I told him finally turning to look at him. He was a lot closer than I thought but I didn’t move away.

“Stiles hates me.” Theo said as we studied each other.

“He’s definitely not your biggest fan.” I told him.

“But you don’t hate me. You like me.” Theo pointed out.

“Well aren’t we presumptuous.” I smirked at him.

“Are you forgetting I can smell you? Are you forgetting about that night in the woods?” He asked.

“I think I have.” I told him turning away, overcome by the intensity of his gaze. I didn’t want to fall under his spell but it was hard not to.

“Then maybe I should remind you.” I heard him whisper in my ear. His hand slid across my face to cup my jaw. Warm and soft as he turned my face to his. His lips were pressed softly against my own. My eyes fluttered closed at the sensation. His arm snaked around my waist and pulled me close to him. I groaned as our bodies collided. It had been so long since I was last with someone I didn’t realise how much I had missed it. The copier beeped beside us and we pulled apart both of us panting.

“You do like me.” He noted a triumphant smirk on his face. I pulled away from him taking my copy of the book from the printer.

“I’m not sure yet, you’re going to have to work a little harder to convince me.” I smirked right back t him. I turned on my heel and walked from the library leaving an extra sway in my step, knowing Theo’s eyes were on me. This might not be right, and it would never be real, but it could be fun.

-

“My mom’s book club usually has more wine.” Lydia comments as the pack plus Theo stood around the coffee table where the copies of the book lay.

“Well your mom’s book club probably didn’t read books that caused violent hallucinations.” Stiles pointed out.

“That’s why Malia’s here.” Scott told us. Malia had finished the book in one sitting and she was fin. So I held out hope that reading this book wouldn’t kill us.

“So none of us go running into traffic.” Kira said.

“Or worse.” I added realising I was not helping as Scott fixed me with a disappointed stare.

“Like what happened to Judy.” Malia commented. We all looked at her in confusion.

“Chapter fourteen.” She informed us.

“Spoilers.” I jokingly chastised her.

Lydia was the first one to pick up a book. She held it in her hands and studied the cover.

“Maybe I should get my mother to read it. She might remember a girl with a tail leaping off the ceiling and attacking everyone.” Lydia joked dryly.

“Right, if it works.” Stiles told her.

“It has to.” She told us.

“That sounded ominous.” I observed looking at Lydia with curiosity.

“What does that mean?” Scott asked her.

“I think I saw them. During my surgery. When I look at the cover of the book, it’s almost like…” Lydia trailed off not knowing how to describe the feeling.

“A memory trying to surface.” Theo finished for her.

“Yeah.” Lydia agreed.

“Isn’t that what Valack wanted when he wrote it?” I asked. Kira nodded at me.

“If they did something to me, I want to know what it is.” Lydia informed us before taking her book and sitting down on the couch to read.

We each took a copy and sat down on the furniture in the living room. Scott sat next to Kira on the couch. That left three chairs and four people. Lydia and Stiles were quick to sit in two leaving one for Theo and I to fight over. Only he didn’t try to take it. Like a gentleman he stepped back and offered the chair to me. I smiled at him gladly taking it.

“Do you mind if I lean against it?” He asked as I got settled. I shook my head and he took up residence on the floor between my legs.

The pack sat for over an hour reading. The only noise the occasional turning of a page. My head was resting in my hand as I tried to focus on the words on the page. Theo’s head was resting against the inside of my knee and I was focusing really hard on keeping my heart rate steady. So hard that I had read the same passage from my book five times over. Finally  Scott broke the silence.

“Does anyone feel anything?” He asked looking at us all.

“Thirsty.” Stiles reported getting up to get some coffee from Malia in the kitchen.

“Tired.” Kira told him.

“Hungry.” Lydia added.

“Bored.” I told him. Theo tilted his head back to look up at me.

“I think he meant the book.” He told me a cheeky grin adorning his face.

I smiled at him and we all went back to reading. I was quickly distracted by the voices of Stiles and Malia coming from the kitchen. I didn’t want to eavesdrop but I heard her mention his shoulder.

“What did you do to your shoulder?” She asked him.

“What are you talking about?” He asked her stalling for time.

“I can smell the blood. What happened?” She asked him.

“Jeep died on me again, went to check the engine and the hood fell on it.” Stiles told her. It was a good lie, the only problem I could hear his heartbeat. I knew he was lying and if I could then Malia could too. I waited for the accusations she would raise against him but they never came.

“Hey, so how much do you remember anyway? I mean the accident, did it play like a movie in your head or was it like being completely in it again?” Stiles asked her after a tense moment had passed between them.

“In it.” Malia told him.

“Was it just the crash? Nothing else?” Stiles asked her. I heard her heartbeat jump.

“Nothing.” She told him. He might not be a supernatural but I was and I could hear her lying her ass off. I would have to ask her what else she remembered when we had a minute alone.

The sound of a heavy sigh brought me back to the circle of friends on the couches. Kira had apparently thrown in the towel because she was tilting her head back and closing her eyes.

“You’re not giving up are you?” Scott asked her noticing her state.

“I’m just resting my eyes.” She assured him.

Her eye closing soon turned into snoring. Scott moved her from the couch to his bed. When he came back we tried to focus. Stiles and I moved to the ground lying on our bellied like we did when we studied. Malia took up residence next to Scott on the couch. I don’t remember who was the next to fall asleep but soon the room was filled with snores. It wasn’t long after that I was following the rest of the pack into blissful unconsciousness.

-

“What if we need some kind of trigger?” Scott asked us the next day as we walked down the school hallway.

“Wasn’t Malia driving when she remembered the crash?” I asked thinking there might be something to Scott’s trigger theory.

“Yeah, but how are we supposed to trigger a memory that we don’t remember?” Stiles asked.

“Maybe it’s a delayed thing. Maybe we have to wait a couple of hours to see what happens.” Scott said hopefully.

“Aww Scottie forever the optimist.” I told him doubting that any freaky hidden memories were going to surface for me after reading that book.

We all stopped in our tracks as the lights above us began to flicker. Scott, Stiles, and I turned slowly to look at Kira. She looked between our curious stares and quickly defended herself.

“That wasn’t me. I swear.” She told us.

“We keep an eye out for each other today.” Scott decided.

“Yes, and keep an eye out for eight other potentially deadly chimera’s.” Stiles added.

“And keep an eye out for the Dread Doctor's.” Kira added. Scott lead her away while Stiles and I walked to class.

“I’m starting to see the appeal of a third eye.” He called after them as we headed in the opposite direction.

-

I was leaning against the locker, working on the homework I’d been neglecting when I heard it. It came from one hallway over. The beginning of a scream that got lost in someone’s throat. I threw my books in my bag and ran after the sound. Cut off or not, I knew it was Lydia.

I ran into the classroom just before Scott and Theo showed up. Lydia was sitting against the wall reeling in horror. It was like she was somewhere else.

“Lydia?” I called to her. Her eyes started to drift as she came back to reality.

“Lydia, are you okay?” Scott asked as her eyes focused on the three of us.

“I’m okay.” She assured us.

“You remembered something.” Theo guessed.

“Not about the Dread Doctors. Nothing about them or the surgery.” She told us.

“What was it?” Scott asked as we each took an arm to help her up. She stood but immediately collapsed into a nearby chair.

“My grandmother, at Eichen house.” Lydia told us.

“Lydia! Lydia.” Lydia’s mom ran into the room.

“Oh my god, what happened? Are you alright?” Natalie asked kneeling to check on Lydia.

“Mom I’m fine. It was nothing.” Lydia assured her.

“Was it a blackout? Did you faint?” Natalie asked her.

“Yeah, I fainted. Mom, I’m fine. I promise.” Lydia assured her taking the lie that Natalie herself had supplied.

-

I left Lydia to the arms of her mother. Something she probably wasn’t to happy about but Kira had texted me that she was in the library having trouble with the book. I still had some time left in my free period so I went to see what I could do to help.

She was sitting on the floor against the shelf of books when I found her looking worn out and defeated.

“Is Lydia okay?” She asked as I sat beside her.

“More or less. She remembered walking in on the scene of her grandmother's suicide, but nothing about the Dread Doctors. It gives me a bad feeling.” I told her.

“What do you mean?” Kira asked me, turning her attention completely away from the book.

“She had visions of the Dread Doctors standing over her in a surgery. What if it wasn’t hers.” I told Kira.

“You mean you think she’s having a banshee premonition?” Kira asked.

“I’m not sure. You need to finish that book. I’m just here for moral support.” I told her making her focus as I sunk back into my thoughts.

Not five minutes later and she was slamming the pages closed in frustration. I didn’t get a chance to scold her.

“Not into sy-fy? That’s the book isn’t it. I thought you guys were supposed to finish reading it last night?” Mason was leaning against the rack. I smiled at him as he walked over to us.

“Yeah, I kind of haven’t yet. I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I mean I can barely read it.” She told us.

“Okay.” Mason said sitting down across from us. He had a book in his hands.

“This is going to sound weird but do you speak japanese?” Mason asked her.

“No. I’m also half Korean and I can’t speak Korean. And I’m pushing a C average in english.” Kira told him.

“Okay, well I’ve been doing some reading on kitsune’s.” Mason told her.

“How come?” She asked him confused.

“Well because I know one.” He told her.

“Do you know why people in Japan answer the phone moshi moshi?” Mason asked her.

“Moshi means hello.” She told him.

“Right but there’s a reason that you have to say it twice on the phone. According to japanese folklore, fox spirits have difficulty with language. The way that you prove that you’re not a fox when you answer the phone, you say moshi twice. The important part is moshi moshi confuses kitsune’s because it’s a language trick. So is the book. It’s just one long language trick.” Mason explained.

“That’s why I can’t read it.” Kira realised.

“It’s affecting the fox part of you.” I told her.

The lights flickered around us. Before I could even look at Kira she was defending herself.

“I swear that wasn’t me.” She told us.

“I believe you.” I assured her.

“Jamie I’m going to watch Liam practice, wanna come with. He could use some emotional support.” Mason told me.

“Why?” I asked Mason.

“His old nemesis Hayden is practicing on the field too.” He told me.

“Aren’t you going for the emotional support?” I asked him.

“No, I’m going to talk with Brett.” Mason told me with a grin.

“Kira are you going to be okay finishing the book. I’ll stay.” I told her.

“I’ll be fine. I only texted you in the first place because misery loves company I guess.” She told me with a sad smile. I smiled back at her then took Mason’s outstretched hand to stand up and follow him onto the field.

Mason and I sat on the benches watching as Liam took his shots on goal. Hayden didn’t seem to be so much a problem as a distraction. Brett joined us a couple minutes later.

“Have you seen anything a Devenford. Anyone acting out of the ordinary or weird?” Mason asked him after we all shared hello’s.

“I don’t know dude. Everyone at Devenford is pretty normal to me.” Brett told us.

“What else is there to look for. There’s heightened strength, smell, hearing, spead.” Mason started listing.

“Able to see in the dark.” Brett added.

“Glowing eyes.” Mason added.

“Eye’s that reflect the light.” I threw in.

“Visible scorpion stingers protruding out of limbs.” Mason added. The boys continued on but I had picked up on a smell. Liam’s aggressive chemosignals hit me like a truck. I was always more in tune with the packs emotions but this was almost overwhelming. I excused myself from Mason and Brett’s flirt fest to make my way down to the side of the field.

Liam appeared to have entered into a competition with Hayden to see who could make the most shots in a row. Liam lost his cool and pelted the goalie with a shot knocking him back into the net.

“Damn it Liam.” I growled marching onto the field. Liam had helped the goalie up but that didn’t excuse his lack of control. I pulled him by the shirt away from everyone else.

“What are you doing?” I asked him.

“She started it.” Liam excused himself nodding to where Hayden was standing in the field studying us. I smacked that back of his head.

“When you’re a werewolf that’s not an excuse. Your chemosignals were spiking like crazy. I thought you had everything under control?” I asked him.

“I do it’s just I let her get into my head. I’m sorry.” He told me. I looked past him to Hayden again. It dawned on me. He liked her. I was just about to tell him when a boy came running onto the field.

“Does anybody have an inhaler?” He called. Liam looked at me. Somehow we both knew.

“Scott.” We said together. Liam and I took off towards the boys locker rooms. Liam lead the way to Scott’s locker. There were one or two boys walking around.

“Hey, you can’t be in here.” One of them called at me. I grabbed him by the throat and shoved him against the wall.

“How about now?” I growled at him. I looked around at the few other boys.

“Everybody out.” I ordered them. The scampered away. I found Liam desperately spinning the combination lock on Scott’s locker.

“It just won’t open.” He growled in frustration. I pushed him aside and tore the lock off the frame. The door peeled slightly off the hinges and Liam reached inside to grab Scott’s inhaler out of his bag. We took off running again. I lead the way to Scott’s biology classroom.

“Move!” I shouted at the people who had gathered around to watch Scott. They cleared a path and Liam and I raced to Scott’s side. Liam put the inhaler in his hand. Scott was barely breathing.

“Come on Scott.” I begged. Scott was struggling to take in any air at all.

“Scott, come on.” Liam shook our alpha’s shoulder. He didn’t respond. I looked to Liam letting my eyes glow. He let his do the same. We turned back to Scott both of us saying his name with a growl using our connection as wolves to shock him out of his weird state. He seemed to come back into himself as he brought the inhaler to his lips taking in a deep puff. He was able to breath again.

“Thanks.” He told us as he breathed deeply. I let out a breath and collapsed into Liam’s side. I didn’t realise how scared I had been for Scott until the danger had already passed. I held Scott’s hand as his strength returned to him Liam’s arm wrapped around me and we just took a minute to be grateful that we were still here with each other. When Scott was finally better Liam and I headed back to the field. I picked up his lacrosse gear while she showered and changed. We walked back through campus together. As we were walking he turned  around I turned to. He was looking at Hayden and her sister who worked for the sheriff. I smiled as he watched her.

“What?” She asked him noticing his gaze.

“Nothing.” He defended. I chuckled and took his arm pulling him away.

“Was that Liam Dunbar? He got cute.” Hayden’s sister told her. I could tell by the smirk on Liam’s face he had heard her too. I shoved his shoulder with mine.

“Cool it Romeo.” I warned him before dumping his lacrosse equipment in his hands.

“Where are you going?” He asked me.

“Find Scott. Make sure he’s okay.” I told Liam before heading out. I had the deep seated compulsin to check in on everyone today as often as I could. There was this feeling nagging at me like something was coming for us. For the pack, and it was worse then the Dread Doctors.

I was tracking Scott’s scent when Theo found me. He was looking for Scott to. He had heard about the incident. We tracked him together. We found him sitting in the boys locker room looking at his inhaler.

“You okay?” Theo asked him.

“Yeah, I think it was just the memory hitting me. Psychosomatic thing.” Scott explained. I sat down beside Scott on the bench.

“Did you want to talk about something?” Scott asked Theo who looked like there was more on his mind.

“No it can wait.” Theo assured him.

“It’s okay. What’s up?” Scott asked him.

“Last night everyone fell asleep. I went upstairs to check on Kira. She was sleeping but…” Theo tried to explain.

“You heard her speaking japanese.” Scott guessed.

“I didn’t just hear it.” Theo told us. He held out his phone and played a recording of Kira’s voice. Words I couldn’t understand.

“That’s what she said at the club.” Scott told him.

“Do you know what it means?” I asked Theo.

“Not me, but I found a website that could translate it. It means roughly I am the messenger of death.” Theo told us. Scott looked down.

“Does it get worse?” Theo asked him.

“Something’s happening to her.” I told Theo.

“She’s got this aura around her, it’s hard to explain but it’s supposed to be part of her but now it looks different. Almost like it’s taking over. I don’t know something’s happening and to be honest… I don’t know if I can trust her anymore.” Scott told us. I looked at him in stunned silence. It wasn’t like Scott to give up on anybody. I was distracted as the lights overhead flickered. We all rose to our feet. There was a sound coming from the basement. I dipped my head to focus better.

“I hear it too.” Theo told me.

“It’s coming from the basement.” Scott observed.

The three of us headed down to the basement. There was a loose wire hanging from the ceiling. It looked like it had been chewed on.

“This definitely isn’t Kira.” Scott observed.

“It’s a chimera.” Theo filled in.

My phone buzzed in my pocket. I looked down to see a text from Melissa. Stiles and Lydia were at the hospital. She had gone to find a way to turn on the lights when she lost Stiles. If there was power trouble at the hospital now then there was a more than likely chance that the chimera had moved on.

“Guy’s we need to get to the hospital. I think the chimera’s there.” I told them. We all turned and raced back outside. I texted for Malia to join us and all four of us headed to the library.

We took Theo’s truck and hauled ass to the hospital. As soon as we arrived I had Stiles scent and ran off to find him. Theo ran with me as Malia and Scott ran in the other direction. I burst onto the roof to see the chimera on top of Stiles.  I was transformed instantly as I ran to my friends side.

Theo was right behind me. He grabbed the Chimera’s arm before it could descend on Stiles and slice him to ribbons. I punched the chimera as hard as I could sending him flying back. Theo ran after him as I checked over Stiles. He had been hit a few times but nothing major. I looked over to see the chimera stomp on Theo’s wrist. I heard the bone shatter. I ran to Theo’s aid.

I knocked the chimera off Theo but it pulled me back with him. We both fell to the ground. The chimera rolled on top of me it’s claws digging into my side. They sliced through my flesh and under my ribs. The chimera started to pull. I could feel my ribs starting to move. I screamed in pain. Then Theo was up, one of his wrist was still healing but he wrapped his other hand around the chimera’s neck and ripped his throat out. The pain in my chest died as the chimera did. I pushed him off me. I panted as I felt myself start to heal. Theo quickly knelt beside me. One of his hands covered in blood the other came to my face as I winced against the pain of my healing. My breathing evened out as the pain subsided. Theo helped me to my feet. I looked up at Stiles who had come from the corner to look at the dead body.

“Stiles you can’t tell Scott. You can’t say anything. Please don’t say anything.” Theo begged. I knew why. If Scott knew about what Theo had done, even if it was to save my life there would be no way Theo was allowed in the pack.

“Why not?” Stiles asked even though Theo had just saved his life too he was still suspicious.

“Because I never said anything about Donovan.” Theo told him.

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  Man. Where to even begin this week. Well. I will start by saying my reading achievements were next to none. Not quite none. But near enough. Work has been very demanding, I have been very tired and my heart just was not in it. No reflection on the books, more a reflection on my weary and rapidly ageing bones and brain telling me to take a break. In fact I am writing this post in stages as I know where my head is currently at so it if makes no sense come the end … well nowt new there really but this time there is an excuse at least 🙂

So, anyway. Aside from being generally ancient (turned 42 this past week don’t you know) I was preoccupied with something else. Lordy 42. Do you remember being a kid and thinking that people in their forties were ancient? Well I’ll let you into a secret – when you finally reach your forties you bloody feel it too. Just kidding. Age is just a number. Like my chest, mine is just larger than some, that’s all. But back to my point (wandering mind comes with age too…) I was away from home from Thursday until Sunday this week because I took the plunge, packed my backbone in a small holdall and made my way to Harrogate for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Festival.

It’s an interesting festival, very different in tone to Crimefest, geared very much to a social atmosphere but encouraging and enticing readers with a healthy and steady supply of books. I say healthy with my tongue in my cheek (not easy to do without biting said tongue – don’t believe me try it), as carrying around the dang things all day has knackered my shoulder but hey ho. 

As book hauls go, this week was mega. It was also rather big in terms of meeting people. I met a whole host of bloggers this weekend who I’m not going to try and name for fear of missing someone and causing great upset, but it was a pleasure to meet you all either finally or again (and you super lovely ones already know who you are 😉 ). I also met quite a few authors that I admire, including Robert Byrndza and the lovely Jan, Caroline Mitchell and Mel Sherratt, Graham Smith, Sarah Wray, Claire Seeber and also got to meet Keshini Naidoo (yes – a small Bookouture bias in this post I think).

It was also lovely to catch up with Kim Nash, Karen Sullivan, Steph Broadribb, Amanda Jennings, Lucy V Hay, Amer Anwar, Felicia Yap, Patricia Gibney, Bernie Steadman and Fiona Cummins again, and to get to say hi to Paul Burston as I absolutely loved his book The Black Path. I even remembered to take pictures of some of them (but not many as I suck at that). Oh yes, and it was nice to see Rod Reynolds again even if he did show Jo and Emma the terrible selfie he took at Crimefest (terrible because I was in it). And lovely to finally meet Graeme Cumming and have a catch up chat with Gabriela Harding in the quiet times. I’m just hoping I haven’t missed anyone and if I have I’m sorry and I do love you too. (Well at least like and admire – love is such a strong word 😉 ).

Have to give credit to Abbie Osborne for the selfies as I would totally not take those 😀

As well as generally milling about I did attend a couple of panels, though not as many as I perhaps would have liked so I’ll try better next time. The Friday night panel chaired by Sarah Millican and featuring Lee Child, Mark Billingham and Val McDermid was hilarious as you would expect. And I totally agree with Sarah Hilary’s shout out for Chris Whitaker as a totally brilliant writing talent. I also went to a blogger/author event organised by Orion where we met Mari Hannah, Emma Kavanagh, Stephanie Marland (aka Steph Broadribb, aka Crime Thriller Girl) and Lara Dearman, a forensics talk in which I learned many important things to include in ‘Killer’, and a quick start talk on writing crime fiction with Isabel Ashdown and Sam Eades.

And I had two lovely evenings out, firstly with Abigail Osborne, Leah and Jill of Jills Book Cafe, and then with Tracy Fenton and the guy and gals from TBC. Thanks for the company all.

And then there were the books… So. Many. Books.

I got the following:

The Devils Claw by Lara Dearman (Kindle pre order 7/9/17);

My Little Eye by Stephanie Marland (Kindle pre order 2/11/17) Happy dance moment :D;

The Wrong Child by Barry Gornell (Kindle pre order 2/11/17);

The Lost by Mari Hannah (Kindle preorder 2/3/18);

Murder at the Mill by M.B. Shaw (Kindle pre order 30/11/17);

Shadow Man by Margaret Kirk (Kindle pre order 2/11/17);

Beautiful Liars by Isabel Ashdown (Kindle pre order 19/4/18);

I Found You by Lisa Jewell;

The Seagull by Ann Cleeves (Kindle pre order 7/9/17) – The only book I actually purchased all weekend.

The Snowman by Jo Nesbo;

If I Die Before I Wake by Emily Koch (Kindle pre order 11/1/18);

Give Me The Child by Mel McGrath;

Eyes Like Mine by Sheena Kamal;

The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell (Kindle pre order 5/10/17);

My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent (Kindle pre order 29/8/17);

The Mountain by Luca D’Andrea;

The Mitford Murders by Jessica Fellowes (Kindle pre order 14/9/17);

The Collector by Fiona Cummins; (soooooooooooo excited about this one and so new there are no Amazon links yet!!! :D) If you don’t know why I’m excited and haven’t yet read Rattle (and if not why not?) then you can order it here and get yourself ready for next year. Did I mention I love that book? I do. I was so excited I may have actually started reading this in bed instead of the books I should have been reading. Oops. (Sorry – not sorry). All the eeeeeeeeeks and squeeeeeeeeals.

The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn (pre order January 2018);

Consent by Leo Benedictus (pre order 1/2/18);

Perfect Remains by Helen Fields;

Anatomy of a Scandal by Sarah Vaughn (Kindle pre order 11/1/18);

Strange Magic by Syd Moore

So all in all a great book haul of a weekend. And I visited Betty’s and treated myself to a belated birthday cake. Go me.

Now the weekend wasn’t without it’s down moments too but least said, soonest mended so lets move on.

Now as if all that wasn’t brilliant enough, before I left for Harrogate I received some absolutely stonkingly fantabulous book post from the wonderful Louise Ross (LJ Ross). Now I knew I’d be getting the signed book as I won it in a charity auction, as well as the chance to be a named character. But I wasn’t expecting to receive a DCI Ryan series mug as well. I actually collect mugs as well as books so this couldn’t have been a better gift for me and will take pride of place in the collection.

And, totally not book related but my new cushions and mugs turned up. How fab are these?

The McMoos by Jennifer Hogwood – You totally need to check out the website.

Just the one book order this week (just as well) which was Bad Sister by Sam Carrington. It’s due out on 5th October and I can’t wait to get my mitts on a copy.

Just the one Netgalley this week too (just as well) which was The Good Sister by Jess Ryder. It’s due for release on 16th August.

I see a theme here. Kind of reminiscent of my life. I have one of each. I’ll let them fight over which is which 😉

I also received an ARC of I Know A Secret by Tess Gerritsen, the brand new Rizzoli and Isles novel which is due out on 10th August.

Now I am hoping that all of these exciting things I’ve been rambling about above will distract you from my reading tally which stands at the grand total of 2. Lorraine at The Book Review Cafe will be laughing at me this week given her mammoth reading achievements and rightly so. If only I’d saved the bloody Mr Men books… When I say reading tally it was one read, one listen as I only completed one book and then listened to an audio on the way too and from Harrogate. Failed blogger I am then (this is not news but now we have evidence).

Books I have read

Red Is The Colour by Mark L. Fowler

A GRIPPING NEW POLICE THRILLER Bullying. Corruption. Murder.

It is the summer of 2002. The corpse of a 15 year old boy, who has been missing for thirty years, is discovered in Stoke-on-Trent. The city is on the cusp of change and Chief Superintendent Berkins wants the case solved quickly. 

DCI Jim Tyler has arrived from London under a cloud, moving to Staffordshire to escape his past. He is teamed up with DS Danny Mills to investigate the case, but there is tension between the detectives.

When the dead boy’s sister comes forward, describing a bright, solitary child, she points a finger at the school bullies, which puts important careers at stake.

Then one of the bullies is found brutally murdered and when Tyler and Mills dig deeper they start to suspect a cover-up.

What is the connection between the death of a schoolboy in 1972 and this latest killing? 

With the pressure building, and the past catching up with DCI Tyler, will he and DS Mills be able to put aside their differences in order to catch a cold-blooded killer?

I’m reviewing this for the blog tour next Monday but I have to be honest and say that this was a really well observed look at childhood bullying an the people who were involved, both directly and indirectly. With a thirty year old victim it is a tough ask for newly transferred DCI Jim Tyler to bring the killer to justice in this new police procedural from Mark L. Fowler and Bloodhound Books. It is released tomorrow, 25th July, and you can buy a copy here.

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  You Don’t Know Me by Imran Mahmood

It’s easy to judge between right and wrong – isn’t it?

Not until you hear a convincing truth.

Now it’s up to you to decide…

An unnamed defendant stands accused of murder. Just before the Closing Speeches, the young man sacks his lawyer, and decides to give his own defence speech.

He tells us that his barrister told him to leave some things out. Sometimes, the truth can be too difficult to explain, or believe. But he thinks that if he’s going to go down for life, he might as well go down telling the truth.

There are eight pieces of evidence against him. As he talks us through them one by one, his life is in our hands. We, the reader – member of the jury – must keep an open mind till we hear the end of his story. His defence raises many questions… but at the end of the speeches, only one matters:

Did he do it?

Oh my life. What an intriguing novel. Taking courtroom drama to brand new heights this is a story which will not only challenge your idea of right and wrong but also the whole idea of how courtroom dramas should be. Set as a series of court transcripts and told in the defendants voice the author takes you on a journey and you as reader are set to act as jury. I listened to the Audio book of this and I have to say it was absolutely perfect in this format. My review will follow but you can order a copy of the book here.

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That is all. Thankfully I was fully prepared on the blogging front so I had posts everyday.

#BlogTour Guest Post: Dying Art by Malcolm Hollingdrake

#Booklove: Katherine Sunderland

#BlogTour Review: The Other Twin by Lucy V Hay

Review: Blind Justice by M.A. Comley

#BlogTour Review: Her Deadly Secret by Chris Curran

#BookLove: Jane Cable

#GuestReview: Another You by Jane Cable

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The week ahead is a bit of a mixture. I start with a review, then some #Booklove with Helena Fairfax, followed by blog tours for The Marriage Pact by Michelle Richmond, and then The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan with a very special Author Q&A in between, rounding out the week with more #Booklove with Jack Steele and another blog tour, this time The Lost Wife by Anna Mansell.

Hope you have a brilliant week all. I’m reading all day today before going back to work and some more training tomorrow. Boo hiss to that one but someone has to do it. Going to Chester Zoo on Saturday so think of all the animal/nature pics I can share with you next week. You can’t wait can you? Hope they still have the Pudu’s and the Kimodo Dragon. I love them!!!

See you next Monday.

JL

P.S. since penning this post Sunday evening I have been online and preordered three books from Goldsboro (it’s now Sunday bedtime). We’ll just ignore those, pretend I ordered them after midnight and I’ll fill you all in next week 😂

Rewind, recap: weekly update w/e 23/07/17 Man. Where to even begin this week. Well. I will start by saying my reading achievements were next to none.