Disclaimer: I'm not Stephenie Meyer, I don't own any of her books and characters. I do own my own characters and my story.

Thanks to my reviewers snowyflake, MRAJ, Emiliana Keladry, crazygundamgirl, musicbee and Spalana.

I'm always taking ages to update, sorry about that. I'm not as motivated as I was at the start but I will finish this story.

Leah's POV

Green and brown blurs were all I saw of the trees and bushes I shot past, my paws drumming the ground repetitively.

Have you found anything yet, Leah? Sam had phased to keep contact with us.

It had been a couple of days since Katy had vanished. I'd set out from La Push with Seth to find her.

No, we're nowhere near Seattle.

How's Seth coping? Sam asked.

I glanced to my left, and slowed fractionally to match my brother's pace.

He hadn't spoken a word since Jacob had phoned him earlier. All through the rushed conference between Sam, Jacob and I, when we'd quickly decided that Seth and I should go to Seattle to look for Katy, Seth had stayed on the couch, staring into space, his thoughts no doubt full of pain.

If everything goes horribly wrong, get him back here as soon as possible. Sam ordered.

We decided to send me so I could look after him, I know what to do. I replied.

Sam sensed my impatience, and stopped interrogating me.

Actually, we hadn't decided that I should go with Seth. I said I would, and nothing Jacob or Sam said to try and persuade me to do otherwise made a single difference.

We were all really worried about Seth, me more than anyone. No one had ever come close to losing their imprint, and nobody knew what would happen if we couldn't find Katy.

Her disappearance was strange: who would take a teenage girl and her younger brother (Jacob hadn't mentioned his vanishing to Seth; it hadn't seemed as important) in the middle of the night?

I quickly changed the course of my thoughts as I remembered our connected minds.

Sorry, Seth.

Half an hour later, a mixed trail of scents crossed our path. I halted at exactly the same time as Seth.

That's her scent! Seth exclaimed, a trace of hope in the voice of his mind.

But one of the other smells was all too familiar.

Bloodsucker!

What was Katy doing with a vampire?

Come one, Leah! Seth called impatiently. He'd already shot off alone the trail, into the darker part of the forest. Shadows lurked everywhere.

I followed him as he took off again, but I was preoccupied, my mind a whirlwind.

What was at the end of the trail? Was the leech still hanging around? And, above all, why was Katy there?

Wait, Seth!

I caught up with him easily.

Together, in silence we stuck to the trail like we were superglued there.

After a while, a different smell perfumed the air very faintly. I inhaled deeply, trying to recognise it. In a flash, I identified the scent.

Blood!

Suddenly the trail and the trees ended. Seth and I erupted into a clearing.

The source of the blood smell was blindingly obvious.

It was everywhere. Splashed over the leaves and branches of the trees bordering the clearing, staining the grass...

I unintentionally let out a whimper.

All the blood had to come from something... or someone.

Over here, Leah. Seth stood, head down, by a bloodstained -in, half-out of the gory clearing, and the spooky forest, was a body.

My breath caught in my throat. Was that... could that be...

It's not Katy. Seth thought softly.

I felt a sudden surge of relief. Katy could still be alive!

Seth's next words were like a punch in the stomach.

It's her brother.

I had never meet Katy's brother, I knew next to nothing about him.

Seth supplied the answers.

His name was Liam. He was only 13. Katy always said he was annoying, but she cared a lot about him.

If I hadn't been in wolf form, tears would be streaming down my cheeks. He was far too young to have his life snatched away.

13 years old. Not much younger than Seth. What if something like that happened to my brother?

But I couldn't dwell on Liam's horrible death, at the hands of a monster.

Seth was itching to get away, to leave this place of blood and death.

Can you find Katy's scent anywhere? Seth asked.

A breeze ruffled my fur. It brought a cacophony of different smells blowing along with it.

I lifted my nose into the cold air. Blood, vampire, trees... I sifted through the various scents. Nothing new.

But wait... It was sickly sweet, but somehow, familiar.

Hey, Seth, do you know this one? I asked.

It's Katy! Seth bounded into the dark forest, without a backward glance.

If it's Katy's scent, why does it smell like bloodsucker? Seth! Listen to me!

Seth didn't pay a scrap of attention to me and my thoughts.

I raced after my brother, easily overtaking him.

I lengthened the gap between us to a few metres before I twisted around and stopped right in front of Seth.

He skidded to a halt impatiently.

Leah, there's no time for this! Katy's life is in danger! Every second we stop, the more chance of her getting killed! Seth exploded.

Careful Leah! Seth's losing control, he might attack you if you don't get out of the way. Sam warned me. I'd forgotten that he was listening to everything I thought.

Sam, you didn't smell that scent. Something's not right. Seth, as soon as you knew it was Katy, you took off.

Seth snorted.

Yeah, right. I have to find Katy.

And before I could stop him, Seth jumped right over me and raced into the darkening shadowy forest.

SETH! I yelled after him. I think... I think that leech turned her into one of them! I think Katy is a vampire!

This is my last update before Christmas. Please review!

I'm also coming close to the end of this story. I know it's kind of short, but I had a really good idea last night, for another fanfiction, and so I'll finish this one off before I start the next one.

Merry Christmas!

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