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They did it to show how powerful the hale bloodline is....Talia transformed into a real wolf, Laura was wolf-like as well and Peter was a hulking monster-wolf( lol Monster Wolf vs Demon Wolf).

It appears that Derek may gain access to his own transformation eventually and possibly Scott too. Being a "True Alpha" should have some perks as opposed to just kiling an Alpha.

I suspect that as the Betas continue to kill to get Alpha status, the wolf-essence may be diminshing, thus preventing them from achieving the full wolf transformation.

But in the case of the Hales, they won't be killing each other due to being an actual blood-related family and thus simply inherit the Alpha status when the previous Alpha dies. I say this because they still haven't explained how Laura Hale managed to become an Alpha even though their parents (and supposedly Alpha Talia) were killed in the fire.