Malia Tate

is a werecoyote, a member of Scott's Pack, the legal daughter of Henry Tate and his late wife Evelyn, and the love interest of Stiles starting in Season 3B. She also has an unnamed deceased younger adoptive sister. In "Letharia Vulpina", it's revealed Peter is Malia's biological father, but Talia had wiped his mind of the memory of his child. Malia's biological mother is only known so far as the Desert Wolf.

At age 9, Malia was presumed dead for eight years from a car accident that claimed the lives of her mother and her younger sister. She was actually fully transformed as a coyote. On the night of the car crash Malia had shapeshifted on a full moon. Her transformation had caused the car accident, and killed her mom and sister in the process earning her blue eyes by taking innocent lives. In the Season 3B premiere "Anchors", Sheriff Stilinski reopens the case under a suspicion a supernatural may have been involved, and Scott and Stiles discover Malia in the woods. In the episode "More Bad Than Good", Scott uses his Alpha roar to have Malia return to human form. Sheriff Stilinski and Stiles bring her home and she is reunited with her father. After eight years as a coyote in the wild, Malia is very in touch with her animal side, is rather brash, and tends to speak her mind. She initially struggles academically and shows little regar

d for social etiquette.

In "Echo House", Malia is interned at Eichen House sanatorium. There, she sees Stiles who has voluntarily committed himself. When he walks up to Malia, she punches him. Malia tells Stiles she is unhappy being human, because she now lives back with her father and can't tell him that she killed her mom and sister, and Scott's Alpha roar has caused her to remain human and unable to fully transform again. Stiles, who needs access to the basement for information regarding the Nogitsune's connection to Eichen House, specifically the kanji "self" on the wall, makes a deal with her: she helps him get into the basement, then Scott will teach her how to change back. Stiles lets her in on his situation and they eventually bond over their shared horrors, Stiles coming to care for Malia. Eventually Malia kisses Stiles, to his consent and they wind up sleeping together. Behind the wall, they find the Nogitsune's original host's body, a sheathed katana, and a photo. Afterwards, they are attacked by Oliver, Stiles' roommate, who is being controlled by the Nogitsune. Stiles lets the Nogitsune back in, in exchange for the Kitsune sparing Malia. Malia later prepares to leave Eichen House, intending to rescue Stiles. She eventually brings the sheathed sword and the photo to Scott. At the end of Season 3, Malia has started to learn to live as a human, enrolling at Beacon Hills High School and joining Scott's Pack. In Season 4, Malia is continuing her romance with Stiles, with the Pack attempting to help her reintegrate back into society. Malia has a survival-of-the-fittest mentality, as shown when she was willing to leave Lydia behind when the group was held captive by the Calaveras. Nevertheless Malia proves to be loyal to her core and rather attached to Stiles stating she'd never leave him, and regularly sneaks into his house at night. Malia is struggling in learning control during the full moon. In "The Benefactor", Stiles stays with her on the full moon while she is partially transformed; he surmises she lacks control because of her guilt in what she did to her mother and sister. He relates to her because of the Nogitsune's possession of him. Malia masters control at this. The Pack keeps Malia in the dark that Peter Hale is her biological father, to protect her from the sociopathic werewolf. But in "Weaponized" Malia discovers the truth when she sees she is listed on the Dead Pool as "Malia Hale". Malia is severely hurt and feels betrayed by Stiles keeping the information from her, straining her relationship with him. Malia meets with Peter, learning from him her real mother is known as 'the Desert Wolf'.