Creepy Old Mansion on Phoenix Way, Sunday Morning

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The morning after another full moon with extra werewolves in town was clearly the best time ever. And by 'best time ever' we mean 'Derek wanted to murder everyone involved'.

But that wasn't all that different from usual.

So. You know. Congrats on surviving the full moon and here's to hoping you survive the morning after?

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"It was a rough night," Alcide said, rolling his eyes. "I'm a packmaster and I spent it alone. Gimme a minute."

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"...Packmaster?" Now Derek wasn't averting his eyes. Because this was important, damn it.

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Alcide nodded. "In the Shreveport area. Louisiana." As though the drawl had not clued in everyone in the vicinity that he was not from around here. "I left my second in command in charge but -- I'd rather have been with 'em."

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"You have a pack?" Oh god, Derek. Don't make eyes at the idea of a pack.

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Alcide nodded slowly. "You don't, normally?"

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HIS PACK WAS DEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAD.

"I have my alpha." Who was in New York. Not being dead. "And Jack."

AND SCOTT IF ONLY HE WOULD LET HIM IN. LET HIM INTO YOUR HEART, SCOTT.

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"Jack mentioned that," Alcide noted. "Well. If you ever feel like relocating to the South, we might have room for you."

There were trials and whatnot, and also who would ever move to Louisiana?

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Oh sure, make him give you a wistful look that wouldn't be out of place on a Lifetime Original. Damn it, Alcide.

"I wouldn't leave my sister."

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"She here?" Alcide, don't sound so eager. Remember your last experience with a lady shifter.

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Ah, hell no!

Derek's lip curled back in a silent snarl. "No, but I wouldn't go anywhere without her knowledge."

Or say so. IT WAS KIND OF A THING.

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Alcide held up a hand in appeasement. "Okay, sounds like you two are pretty close. Sorry I asked."

IT WAS LONELY BEING HIM.

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A BLOO BLOO BLOO!

"She's the alpha of our pack." So, yeah.

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"That like your packmaster?" Yeah, they didn't do this 'alpha' nonsense where he was from.

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Well, stop with your alternate terms for things. God.

"Yes." He eyed Alcide for a moment. "Do all of you change completely?"

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"Yep. We've got the were-coyotes and were-lynxes and foxes and stuff, too," he offered. "And then there's the shifters but we don't spend much time with their kind."

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"Right." That was weird. They just had lizard people who needed to be controlled in a pretty freaky manner. "Only the--packleader can change completely where I'm from."

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"Huh. Yeah, only the bitten do the halfsie thing, like y'all, but we don't usually run with them," Alcide said, thinking about it. Snob.

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"Really?" That was certainly different.

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He shrugged. "There's a hierarchy."

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"We have that too. But bitten or born doesn't matter." Other than knowing more about everything. And even then, being born wasn't a guarantee about being more knowledgeable.

Case in point: Derek.