They had been running for what had seemed like hours until Scott's phone rang and he stopped to answer it.

"You can bring him back now, but stay right by his side and do not touch Allison unless asked to," Deaton stated over the phone.

"Alright, we're on our way." He hung up and shoved the phone back in his pocket. "Let's head back, Isaac," he said, and they took off back towards the house.

When they got there, Allison was standing in a circle of mountain ash by herself with everyone else leaning against the house waiting. When Isaac saw Allison he dropped to all fours and sped up. He didn't get far before Scott was in front of him. He tried to go to the right to get around him but all that did was make it easier for the young alpha to grab him by the throat, lift him up, and slam him into the ground with such a thud it was as if there was an earthquake. Scott walked over, dragging Isaac who was still in his grasp, to the mark he was supposed to hold Isaac at that was about ten feet from where Allison was standing.

"Alright, so how do we do this?" Scott asked. Everyone turned and looked at Deaton, who stepped in between the three and then took a few steps back.

"Scott, let him go."

"What?" Scott responded, giving Deaton an are-you-crazy look.

"Let. Him. Go. You see the mountain ash around her - he won't be able to touch her. I promise, Scott, just trust me," Deaton said, staring into Scott's eyes. Hesitantly, he loosened his grip and the beta immediately charged for Allison on all fours.

When he jumped into the air to pounce on her, he ran smack into the force field of sorts created by the mountain ash. But the second he hit the ground he was right back up, circling her, growling and snarling, looking for a place of weakness. Both Scott and Allison let out sighs of relief as Isaac just kept circling her.

"So what now?" Scott asked, still keeping a cautious eye on Isaac and Allison.

"We give her a hint of your scent. Scott, give me your shirt," Deaton said as he held out his hand. Scott immediately took off his shirt and handed it over. Allison stopped paying attention to the werewolf circling her to marvel at her boyfriend's amazing torso as Deaton slowly stepped into the circle, dabbed Allison's wrist with Scott's shirt, and walked away.

"Scott, I need you to go walk around Allison with Isaac, but I need you to shift into beta form," Deaton said, and Scott was at Isaac's side in an instant, shifted. "Now, Allison, slowly put your wrist out."

"What? No! What if he tries to bite her?!" Scott asked, looking at Deaton as if he were crazy.

"That's what you're there for, Scott, to make sure he doesn't," Deaton stated calmly. Scott took a deep breath and then nodded. Just as Isaac went past her, Allison fully extended her wrist out of the circle. Isaac started sniffing the air and, noticing the wrist, slowly creeped up to it and sniffed it. Everyone except Deaton and Scott relaxed a little: Deaton hadn't really changed expressions in the first place, but Scott got very uncomfortable with Isaac this close to Allison in this state. He was on alert. Which turned out to be a good thing, because out of nowhere Isaac snarled and went to bite Allison. She wasn't fast enough to move her wrist before he could reach it; there was barely time to prepare herself for the pain. But the pain never came - at least, not to Allison. When she opened her eyes, she saw Isaac's jaw close around Scott's arm. As soon as it did, Scott roared in pain, throwing Isaac off him and into a tree. Isaac got back up and charged for Allison, but he didn't make it past Scott, because Scott's good arm swung and knocked the beta out instantly. Finally Scott's wrist started to heal, then suddenly he fell to all fours, breathing heavily. Allison instantly ran over to him.
"Scott, what's wrong?" she asked as she kneeled beside him.

Scott looked around at the group that was around him and Issac then he turned to look at his beta. "He's not doing this because of Allison, he's doing this because someone poisoned him with wolfsbane."


someone has poisoned poor little pup issac but who? why? and how? dundunduuuuuuuuuuuuuun. Anyways i would like to say a thanks to LoneTread who is a very great beta reader. BYE