EmPOV
Waiting anxiously as Edward spoke to Seth, I could hear both sides of the conversation, and I knew that Paul was in trouble. His symptoms indicated that he had developed a fever from his wounds. Carlisle could fix him; we only needed to get to him in time. The road Edward told Seth to turn onto was familiar to me, and I knew it would not take me long to reach it. With my anxiety spiking, I bolted before he ended the call.
Racing off to the west, my mind was frantic and a mess of jumbled thoughts and fears. The uncertainty that Paul would make it out of this situation alive was making me crazy. What little the hunt did to calm my nerves had vanished with Seth's phone call. My body was on edge and felt like it would explode into a million pieces at any moment.
Edward caught up to me in a matter of minutes. He was speaking rapidly into the phone to Carlisle and explaining the situation. Carlisle and Jasper were to meet us there, while Alice and Bella were to retrieve the car they had left up the interstate and drive back down to assist us. Edward and I would make it to the scene first. I just hoped that we arrived in time and that I could keep it together.
"Emmett. Listen to me. First, we'll have to make sure that the wolves haven't caught up to them. I doubt they have since Seth said they were pursuing in wolf form. We should have enough time to get Seth and Paul and then escape north," he calmly explained as we sped through the forest. My mind was a tornado of grief and confusion.
As we approached the edge of the forest, I heard a car speeding down the highway toward us. It had to be them. With a burst of speed and surpassing Edward, I crashed through the underbrush and trees and skidded to a halt at the highway entrance. Heaving unnecessary breaths, I stood at alert and anxiously waited for what was to come. Edward halted beside me and began scanning the area. They were close. Not only could I hear the car, but somehow I could sense Paul. My body seemed to come more alive the closer he was to me.
Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, the car rounded the corner and slid sideways to a harsh stop just inside the dirt road entrance, throwing dirt and gravel everywhere. Hearing Seth before he exited the car, my body froze.
Seth was screaming at us from inside the car, and shaking Paul in the passenger seat. "Edward. Emmett. Help me. He's stopped breathing."