Yeah, yeah...everyone's fine, Parrish had a change of clothes in his locker, he checks out, not a scratch on him.

[And the covering? Not working, sweetheart. Al's been spending a little more time around Lydia lately, and aside from genuinely liking her a lot (and seeing what, exactly, Stiles has been so gaga over since the third grade), he's picking up on her tells. She's been pretty forthright with him lately, more or less, so this hedging...

Yup. Rat.]

Sweetheart? You wanna stop beating around the bush and tell me what you mean about 'messages to people on the outside?' Where the hell are you?

It's not another Alpha pack, is it?