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A/N: Hey y'all! Little sneak peek for you guys – also, it gets me in the writing mind-set. This is literally all I've written of it because there is nothing much to go off of yet. Even the second bonus chapter had little things that didn't work out with spoilers that have been revealed. And y'all know how anal I am about details and being as canon as possible. But, I just wanted you to know that once the series starts, I'll be on top of this sequel. Thank you all for continuing to support my writing!

Big Ugly Lofts

By: Ginny

There was still a lot of controversy between the two about whether taking that extra wall down had actually been a good idea or not. For example, Paige had been convinced it should stay. Definitely. There was more than enough space. Derek was less convinced. He claimed that they would need a large space to train the pack.

At the time, Paige had glanced around at the completely empty loft and demanded, "What pack?"

Derek had retreated into himself at the reminder that he had failed as an alpha and hadn't talked to her at all for the rest of the night. The next morning, Isaac had made a point to visit and that put the alpha into better spirits.

Absently glancing around the place as she tried to motivate herself into picking up her GED book, she decided that all in all, it wasn't a bad place to live. And honestly, it beat the railway station and the Hale house. Though there were aspects that definitely left her wanting, this was their home together. The home of her and her mate. Maybe she secretly hated that demolished wall, it didn't matter. Derek had created a space for them to be together and they would happily exist there.

"Until the alphas make their presence known," she reminded herself, mentally.

Things had been quiet. Maybe too quiet. Especially when she considered that the summer was supposed to show a general spike in crime rates - something about everyone being outside and the heat aggravating issues. But Beacon Hills was stable for once. Paige knew it was an act. The longer it took for suspicious activity to arise, the more time the alpha pack had to integrate themselves into daily activity and fuck things up more severely when they finally revealed themselves.

Paige closed her eyes as her thoughts and worries got the best of her. Her heartbeat spiked nastily and she took a deep breath.

"Everything okay?" Derek asked from his desk. She had no idea what he was doing, probably shuffling some paper around. He must have heard the spike in her heartbeat, she realized.

"Just worried about passing this test," she dismissed his concerned. Even she heard the slight jump in her heart that screamed at him that she was lying. But he didn't push it.

They had both been doing a lot of lying to each other recently.

Keep an eye out, y'all!