Ch.7: The Scent

Seth's POV

"So, I was hunting one night, it was a full moon, when, there was a growl, and a man wolf, just started to attack me for no reason, I had no idea who he was, but I wasn't going to hurt him, so I just kept him back," Jayla was telling me of the first time she used the acid spit thing, while she stays at my house one night, Jake's order, "And just so you know, I don't particularly have to say, burn, to make the flames, that's just usually a warning or something like that, anyway, I had to wait until morning so that I wouldn't be followed when I left, and remember, I looked 10 years old, so I didn't have as much of an advantage as I would now. Keeping a werewolf back is tiresome, and if it were a human, they'd be sweating bullets, and that's what started to happen, a single bead of sweat ran down the side of my face, and fell to the ground, seconds later it bursted into flames, I was so shocked I accidentally got caught off guard and he tackled me and tried to throw me into the fire, lucky for me, I got loose, also lucky, that's when the sun came up, I made my escape," she ended the story.

"Um... no comment," I say and she rolls her eyes.

"So like I said, it's not particularly a gift, it's more like a side effect to the venomous thing,"

"Still, no comment," I say. Her head turns to the right, just before a howl comes from that same direction, and she smiles and sighs in annoyance.

"Go, before I fight Jacob, for making you go," she tells me trying to stop herself from laughing.

"I'll be back, promise," I tell her, walking out the door.

"I'll be waiting," she calls to me quietly. I phase and run into Jake.

What's goin' on, I ask.

Smell that? Jake asks me, I sniff the air and I smell it almost immediately, a trail, not fresh like before, like it's been here for a while, of a vampire, the scent is different from the other.

He wasn't alone.

Right, and my guess is, whoever it is, is after Jay as well. We're gonna have to search again, make sure they don't get as close as the other one did.

I'll help.

No, we need you to stay with her. Protect her.

On it. I phase back and go back to the house, he may not know about the imprint, but he's not an idiot, he can see how much I care about her, and as long as I'm there, nothing will happen to her. She's waiting, just like she said awareness in her eyes.

"So you know what's goin' on right? I don't have to say it?" I ask.

"Nope, I know already, guess I'm really on lockdown now, huh?"

"Guess so, they'll probably be watching, just to make sure you don't dissappear again,"

"That reminds me, will you come with me the next time I go hunting, I'm not going alone again, that's what started this mess; I've gotta get something other than human food in my system, the taste get's boring after a while," what she asked made me want to laugh.

"Fine, no problem, guess that's the downside to being a bloodsucker... no taste in food," this time she laughs. Theres a rustling in the woods, right by the tree line, a minute later she answers.

"Guess so, but I'd have no way of knowing, I'm half human... and I do have taste in food," She paused, "It's just, I'd rather drink blood, no pun intended, I mean, it's like humans & baby formula, I'm pretty sure that the baby's think that crap is discusting, and yet, they don't have a choice not to drink it yet, until it's time, then they'll never have to taste the stuff ever again, unless they want to." She concludes. I wonder what, or who that was, in the trees.

So, what did you think? R&R please. Sorry if you think this is short.