She faltered. The warmth seemed to be missing from his gaze, but could that have more to do with fear than the fact it wasn’t actually Stiles talking to her? God, they shouldn’t have left her alone with him. It didn’t matter that she had a genius IQ. It didn’t matter that she was stronger than she used to be. This was Stiles. How was she supposed to refuse Stiles? “You aren’t Stiles,” she breathed with a quick shake of her head. Her chest squeezed painfully at the sight of his tears, and it took every ounce of strength she had not to immediately give in. How did he do it? How did he manage to convince even the smartest people that he’d given in? “I can’t tell you where the others are. Even if you are Stiles, we can’t risk him finding out.” She paused, lips parted and eyes wide as she shook her head. “But you aren’t Stiles.” Even to her own ears, she didn’t sound too convinced.
He almost had her in the palm of his hand. The girl would be like a puppet on strings by the end of this conversation. Poor thing cased about Stiles far too much for her own good. He was surprised that Scott and the others chose to leave her alone with him at all. The man simply nodded his head in understanding, seeming so confused and scared, he almost convinced himself that he was actually very confused and scared. “I just...” His hands and almost whole body began to shake from fear. God he was good. “I have no idea what’s going on... please just, tell me something. Anything. I’m stuck in my own head. I can’t see or hear whats going on. I-It’s like a nightmare that I can’t wake up from...”













