Spirit In The Sky Chapter 13

Sam's POV

I found Hannah about an hour latter snuggled up to Paul's side, both of them fast asleep on the bed. It didn't bug me one bit that Hannah was laying with Paul. It made me happy to see that the pack was taking her in as one of the family. I knew before we came here that it could go either way. But I knew that she would have most of them wrapped around her little figure from the moment they met. That's how it had been for me any way. I closed the door letting them both sleep, I felt better now that I knew Paul was going to be okay.

Hannah had been right about the amount of blood Paul had lost. If he had not been a wolf, there was no way he would ever survived an attack like that. Most of the pack stood in the living room waiting my orders. Without knowing it I had again become the alpha, I still had mixed feeling on that but I knew Jake would not be able to lead until we banished the demon from his body.

'So what now Sam, how do we save Jake." I wish I knew were to begin looking for the amulet and the demon body.

'I'm not sure, I'm going to go talk to Jake and see if he can remember were the demon took him. It might be a place to begin."

"I'm coming with you Sam." Jarred said as he stood from the sofa. Besides me he had been a wolf the longest. I knew in a bind I could trust him to back me up.

"Fine, the rest of you stay here. No one is to leave until we return; if the demon escapes he will go right for Hannah."

"Do you think he will try to go after Paul again too?"

"I'm not sure but I wouldn't put it past him."

Jarred followed me as we ran out of the house, it felt good to get out of that house. I had wanted to avoid coming back to that house but I knew that it was the only option right now. We both Phased as we made it to the tree line, as wolfs we would make it to our destination in minutes and time was of the utmost importance right now. Hannah had asked me if Jake could survive having the demon inside him.

I wasn't sure of the answer to that, or if Jake would ever be the same if we managed to get the demon out. No I couldn't think like that, I had to believe we would get it out of Jake. We wouldn't lose our brother like that. Jarred hung back as the smell of sulfur hit our noses.

We phased back and dressed as a little cabin came into view. Pulling on my shorts I didn't hesitate to hurry into the cabin without knocking. I hadn't been able to smell the demon before and this worried me. I stopped dead at door as I saw Jake on his knees. I could tell he was in pain; three elders surrounded Jake fanning him with smoke that came from a large shell containing dried sweet grass and sage. I could also smell the cedar that had been burned earlier in hope to purify his spirit and keep the demon at bay. I kneeled next to Jake Praying that he would have the power to overcome the demon.

"Jake can you hear me."

"Yes" I sied in relief that Jake was the one in control of his body at moment.

"Can you tell me were the demon took hold of you?"

"I don't remember much, down by the river I think." Jake gasped in pain as he squeezed his eyes shut.

"We'll start there, hang in there Jake were going to get this monster out of you." I nodded to the elders as I tuned to leave.

"I don't know how much longer I can hold him back Sam." The pain in Jakes voice was clear as he talked to me.

'Just hang it there, we will find a way to remove him." I left the cabin quickly, Jarred was still standing outside. I could see in his eyes he was just as scared for Jake as I was.

"How is he?"

'He's hanging in there.' I said as I began to strip and phased.

It would be faster if more of the pack helped us look but, if the demon broke free it was going to take all of them to protect Paul and Hannah. Plus we didn't need anyone going off alone. That was how the demon had got a hold of Jake in the first place. Jared and I ran up and down the river till we came to a spot that had a lingering smell of sulfur.

'This has to be the place, we searched for an hour but nothing was here but Mother Nature herself and she wasn't helping us out much.

Let's return to the house, after we fill in the other in on our search we will come out and look again. I sent up a prayer to Emily that she'd help us find what he needed to save Jake.

Hannah's POV

I woke next to a sleeping Paul, I smiled as I stretched and stood from the bed. I looked down as I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket. I groaned as I noticed it was my mother calling. She probably wanted to know if I had gotten back with Brad.

"That is slightly annoying you know." Paul growled as he turned on his side hiding his head under the pillow

'Sorry" I said softly

I put the phone to my ear as the phone screen read new voice message from mom.

Hannah dear, I came up here to check on you and Brad but no one is around. I haven't been able to get either of you on the phone for days. By the way honey you shouldn't leave jewelry lying out in the open, even if it is kind of creepy. Call me honey."

I felt my heart sink I need to find Sam now, my mom had the amulet.