Board Thread:Legitimate Canon Questions/@comment-186.155.170.32-20140314010542/@comment-4091815-20140314015704

He immediately sent her to manipulate Stiles so...

I don't have that particular script in front of me but I know the word "partner" wasn't in that scene.

Everybody read that as Derek coming up with some sort of "love connection" for a member of his pack. You have to remember the context of the scene - he was plotting and preparing for a future battle. He wasn't sending her on a blind date.