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.Drip. Drip. Drip.

The god damned dripping hadn't stopped, it just kept dripping sending me to near lunacy as the sound ticked away at my brain. I never thought such an innocent sound could sound so taunting to me but as I lay in this dark, cold, death stench room it was acting as a clock, counting down to the moment the steel door would open and two brothers would walk in rather than the one who had been making regular visits to me now for what felt like months. It hadn't been that long, I didn't know exactly how long it had been but the little window offered me a guess, I had led and watched the sun rise and fall three times now, so my guess was three days but I didn't know how long I had been here for before I awoke so it could be longer.

I had been waiting for the two dark figures to enter, my breath held itself each time those footsteps came and each time it was only one person a sigh of relief left my body. I knew I was safe until Kory came back. Maddox was getting angrier each time he came back alone, the last time he came back he was so pissed he let slip that the wolves were causing problems. That Kory couldn't slip past them quick enough to get here without leading them here; I had to feel some sort of pleasure at this. As long as the pack was hot on his ass then I would stay alive. Maddox had gotten so annoyed that he nearly caved, he got too close to my neck and I heard the purr of pleasure roll through him. It was getting too close, too risky that the next time that steal door opened it would be both of them.

I was sick by this point, I had gone days without water, without food or warmth. My throat was scratching and losing its power, a cough ripped through me making me sound like a dying seal and my skin was so cold no amount of cuddling around myself made me feel any better. I was weak, everything in me felt like giving up, I hadn't stood up in a while, I was crouched in the corner against a concrete wall that offered no more warmth than if I were sat in the middle of the huge room. He hadn't hurt me; I guess I had to be grateful for that. I was only weak and sick purely from being so damned cold and dehydrated. He had stayed away from me while he waited for his brother although I wasn't convinced he would be so patient for much longer.

I had began going crazy, looking for ways out, trying to figure out how to climb the wall to the small window but it was so small not even my legs would fit through let alone my torso. I was out of ideas, out of fight, there was no survival instinct rushing through me, no adrenaline that offered smart ideas on how to get out. I just led there waiting for my death.

Paul's point of view

Four days. Four days and all we can do is follow the stench of the leech to the edge of Forks then he disappears before reappearing behind us. He was taunting us now, playing his sick little games and each hour that went by with us just chasing him in circles was another hour that it became less likely we would find Alianna unhurt or even alive.

The thought made my knees go weak beneath me, my empty stomach wanted to throw up but there was nothing left to bring up. I hadn't slept in days let alone ate or drank anything, for the first time since I became a wolf I felt weak, vulnerable and I knew it wasn't just the way my body was but her body, I could feel her and how weak she was. The light inside me that was her was fading, she was giving up and by this point most of my pack brothers were too.

We had never taken this long to track someone let alone an imprint, the pull inside me was supposed to lead me right to her but something was blocking it, I couldn't get past this point, past this old waterless creek that ran through the woods. There was nothing, like she wasn't out there but I knew she was. It was driving me crazy being able to feel how ill she was getting but not being able to get close to her, not being able to find her.

"Come on, he's back this way" Sam offered quietly and his wolf appeared next to where I stood overlooking the rocks and fallen tree trunks in the stream before me. He was lagging, he no longer had the look of an alpha but of a tired worn out wolf who was fighting to carry on. We all looked that way, we had no fight left in us; we were being beaten by a single leech.

"She's not that way, we've looked there a hundred times now have you thought he's playing with us, tiring us out" Jared whined from next to Embry, I couldn't hear Embry because he was in Jake's pack but he had a look in his eyes that read the same thing. Hope was fading, no one believed we would find her.

"No one has said that Paul. We will find her" Sam barked back this time his alpha like manner was back but only a spark. "Jared yes he probably is just messing with us but where else are we supposed to look? Seth and Collin have run from here to Port Angeles looking, the Cullens have gone to Seattle and back and there's nothing. Jake and Quil can't find shit up toward the Makah res either, we have no more options but to follow the leech" Sam was nearly shouting now, his temper beginning to wear thin as the days went on.

No sign of her, we had looked everywhere and there was nothing, even the Cullens couldn't find anything out. They had come back from their vacation early to help us look but it was useless because she wasn't here. Brady hadn't come out, he was at his house with his dad, her room had been scrubbed clean within hours, the girls had helped him do it. The sight of it and smell of it had been too much to bare although now I was thinking it was a mistake, it could have had a clue as to where to find her.

"Like what Scooby Doo?" Jared barked nastily at me, a growl in his voice as he spoke and I growled back.

"Don't start with me Jared" I tried yelling back but my voice was weak as was my body and he took a threatening step toward me.

"Then face up to the fact we aren't going to find her, there was nothing in her room to help find her just like there's nothing out here. She's gone Paul" He yelled this time, his growl echoing through the trees and Sam leapt between us while Embry turned on Jared growling and barking, he hadn't heard what he said but it was obvious from the eruption it caused from Sam and I.

His words hurt, it felt like he was stabbing me in my heart. Gone. She wasn't gone, she couldn't be gone because I needed her. I couldn't live without her.

"Jared stand down" Sam yelled and I looked up to see my best friend stepping toward me ready to fight, if that's what he wanted that's what he could have. I stepped toward him, my body arching ready to leap. She wasn't gone.

"Stop it, damn it both of you stop" Sam yelled but his voice lacked order and so neither of us stopped, by this point Embry was stood level with Sam trying to offer a barrier between Jared and I but I would go through him if needed, Jared was a dick.

"You know it's the truth Sam, there's nothing we can do now, it's been four days you think he's taken her for a damned vacation? She's gone. The wall said it, too late. TOO FREAKING LATE" Jared barked again and before I could leap both Jake and Leah were at my side blocking me.

"Jared stand down" Sam yelled again and the order twinged at Jared, he cowered for a split second before leaping back into his arch.

"Screw you Jared" I spat back growling as I said it but I just sounded pathetic, I had no bite in me.

"Yeah you are pathetic you couldn't keep her safe when she was right there with you and you can't save her now Paul, your pathetic" He roared, his strength coming back bit by bit as he let out his anger at me. His words made my knees fall, my stomach hit the ground beneath me as my heart clenched so tightly I felt it would explode, this was painful, his words were truthful and painful.

I looked around, all my brothers were here, and Leah. All of them were unable to hear the conversation between us, only Sam and Collin were in my pack but the others didn't need to hear it, I think they gathered what was being said and each of them turned on Jared, growling and snapping at him to get away.

"I hope you lose Kim, I hope one day you realise what this feels like, you're an asshole Jared" I whimpered as I spoke, my body in a daze just wanting to give up. My heart ripped again not only from the pain of losing Ally but my best friend, my pack brother, the pack was being torn apart by this.

"You're all tired, the vampire is playing with you all" A new voice entered and I glanced up from my spot on the damp floor, Bella and Edward walked in to the trees followed closely by Alice and Jasper. Edward shot me a pitiful look before looking to Sam and Jacob. "The vampire, he knows what he's doing. He's tiring you all out, driving you crazy and it's going to destroy you if you let it" He warned and I looked over to Jared, his eyes still blazing in fury. I could feel our pack ties withering, nobody had the strength to be out here anymore.

"You will find her but only if you work together, this is exactly what he wants, he wants you all to be tired and distant from one another" Alice's little voice piped up. Jasper was stood next to her, he was staring at me but the dull mood I had wasn't lifting, he had that glazed over look like he was trying to do this voodoo shit on me but I felt nothing.

I watched as Jared mulled over the words but he shook his head, he wasn't going to stay. The Cullens were right, this is what the leech wanted and we were playing along. "I have my own imprint to look out for, unlike you I won't let this happen to her" He stated firmly before turning and backing out of the trees.

"Jared don't you dare, Alianna is your pack sister, don't abandon your brothers" Sam called out after him but he ignored him. I watched until I couldn't hear or see him anymore, he phased out. We were breaking, our loyalties were fading, and our hope was gone. He left, my best friend just left. We couldn't find her, we wouldn't, we were too tired, too weak. There was no hope.

Alianna's point of view

Come on this has to work. Please work.

It was the strangest thing, I was so full of nothing, I was numb and ready to die curled in my corner when it hit me, this overwhelming hope, strength, will to survive, I didn't know where it came for it wasn't my emotion I was sure of it but it was there and now I was ready, I would fight until the end. I wouldn't die at the hand of a vampire.

I stood so still in the dark as I ran the jagged edge wood over my palm, I had the sudden idea in my moment of uplifting emotion that the old wooden chair could easily be broken and it was, a sharp edged piece came from it as I slammed it into the ground and as planned blood poured from my palm as the edge dug into my skin. I had to hiss to keep in my scream, I was never good with pain but this had to work.

I ran to the three walls opposite from the steel door and ran my blood over various parts of the concrete that lay there, the dirty walls stinging at my cut but it would work. I took off my jacket covering it in blood I lay it in the corner I had been curled up in for so long and put my blood covered boots in the other. My smell would be all over the room, he wouldn't know where to look.

The dull light shining through the window led me to the old radio, Maddox brought it in a couple night times ago, he had played old music to me while whispering about how good I smelt, it was the creepiest experience of my life. I glanced up at the window, the light dimming, it was getting dark outside but it was now or never, I had to go.

I fiddled with the dials on the little brown box until a channel came on, it was fuzzy and losing signal but the heavy rock music would work, I turned it on full thwack until even my own ears were ringing painfully. This had to work. I ran to the corner beside the steel door and screamed, my scream loud enough that it sounded as if I were in pain and the bolts on the door began creaking open.

"What are you doing idiot girl" The voice barked as light swam in through the opening door. The music was loud but fear gripped my stomach, would it be loud enough to hide my heartbeat from him? I watched as his shadow edged in and his nose took in a long sniff before his throat purred. "What have you done to yourself? You smell so good"

My stomach churned as he took a step in and for a split second it looked like he was coming for where I was stood but he quickly snapped his head away turning to where I had placed my bloodied jacket, he moved to the centre of the room the music seemed to be working and he didn't hear as I gasped slightly, I waited until he was far enough into the room before I leapt for the door, as I grabbed it to close he turned, his face full of rage and hunger, his red eyes full of lust and greed but I slammed the door shut, slapping the never ending bolts across from the other side until it was locked. Then the banging started, he was still in the dark blood stained room and I was on the other side. It worked, it actually worked.

I stumbled back from the door, it took a minute to register that I was out and he was locked in but the steel door suddenly dented with the outline of his fist from the other side and my legs kicked in. He could get through but I had a head start. I turned on my feet and scanned the room before me for a way out, it was bare, all that lay in it was a TV and a sofa but a set of stairs lay to the right and so I sprinted for it, jumping down numerous steps and running down corridors I could still hear the steel door being banged above me but I kept on pushing my tired legs. I had to get out.

It was like a never ending maze but before my eyes could adjust to the change in lighting the smell of fresh air hit me, goose bumps rolled over my skin as the icy wind hit my body but I didn't mind. I was out. I was out, I was free.

A massive bang erupted behind me and a rage filled scream followed me out into the night sky, he was out, I was out. I needed to run. But where? How do you outrun a vampire?