16 – This is not as I'd planned

Malia:

Trudging around the forest after just arriving to a complete strangers house is not as I had imagine this day to go.

But I guess that's life when your in a pack like this. I listen to leaves crumple under my feet as we follow Isaac to wherever it is we're going.

Though I figured we were getting closer, because the smell of a new wolf lingered in the air...as to whether it was their attacker or a new foe I couldn't say.

"How long has it been since you got attacked?" I called to Isaac, who ignored me for a few seconds before he seemed to respond.

"I don't know, keeping an eye on the time must have skipped my mind. My bad." He hissed, gently skipping over branches as he retraced his steps. I rolled my eyes in annoyance and kept myself for starting an all out argument. Now was not the time or place to cause a ruckus.

"It was around here, you can see...and smell the blood." Isaac said, looking around at the rest of us, with his hands in his pockets.

"Elena, anything?" Jeremy asked his female companion, who briefly smelled the tainted air, clearly trying to deduce the smell.

"There is a smell, very...unfamiliar. Nothing like the mutts, and nothing like these guys. Totally new..." She said is almost a confused cone.

"Great...More wolves to deal with." Jeremy hissed under his breath, clenching his fist in frustration.

"Could it not have been a fluke attack?" I query, everyone looking at me as though I'd insulted them. "I'm just saying, not everything has to be connected."

"She's right, I mean. A new mutt could have brought into the pack, or just got lost. They could have easily fled by now." Elena explained, taking my side rather quickly, considering we'd only just met.

"But what are the chances of that?" Stiles growled, crossing his arms, and looking at me with an eyebrow raised.

"I'm just saying. Jumping to conclusions is never a good thing, it always needs badly." I pout.

"Yeah, but it's the only lead we've got..." Stiles whimpers, and I give him a gentle pat of the shoulder, trying to comfort him.

"I understand. I mean, we could track to see where it might have gone..." I say, and slowly everyone nods in agreement, and we led the way through the forest, following the trail the wolf had left behind.

But it wasn't long before the scent became awfully strong, almost like it was right next to us...

My eyes widened at the thought, and then an awful feeling in my gut. I twisted around to check on Stiles who had been following the pack, and for a brief second my mind can't process what I see.

A blood trail leading up to a wolf, dragging Stiles along the ground, it's teeth sunk into his shoulder, and it's eyes fixated on me.

Before I could even think I was already rushing in, slashing the air as the wolf darted about, avoiding my movements, before it began to slash back, catching my arm and leg, knocking me back on the ground.

I looked up but the pck members had moved on ahead, clearly unaware of what was going on. They were following the trail...the false trail that had been left like a line of candy that we mindlessly followed...

I let my eyes focus again, but I'd lost sight of the wolf and Stiles, looking to the trail of blood I called to the others, shouting at the top of my lungs, causing them to finally notice. Isaac rushing over first as the most worried.

"Wha-" He began before I cut him off.

"The wolf, it grabbed Stiles, we have to find him!" I screech, Isaac nodding instantly as we both followed the scent of blood. The trees blurring past as the house came into view, a mysterious new car had parked in the driveway, blitzing out and dread settle in my heart as I dropped to my knees.

I knew he was in that car, and the wolf had evidently taken him...

How could I have let this happen...now they've not only got Lydia but Stiles too...and we're no closer to finding either of them now...or if they'll even make it out of this...

"Come on, we need to get to the house, and figure something out." Isaac growled, looking down at me. "Malia!" He shouted, causing me to flinch and ackowledge him. I got to me feet and we quickly made our way back to the house...but what do we do now...