High Tide

Following Scent

Whoa dude that's rough. I'm sorry. I could always count on Seth to be genuine no matter the situation.

I sniffed. I had caught the scent of Leah again. Thank God. I was starting to think I'd be running Northwest with no end in sight. Luckily my short cut had worked. Leah's scent was strong. She had to have been here no less than twelve hours ago. I wasn't as far behind her as I originally thought. This was a good sign the quicker I found her, the quicker I get to see-

Seth interrupted my chain of thought before I could harm myself. Jake! He exclaimed. He thought of something to say in order to misdirect my attention. Too bad I could read his every thought and knew what he was doing. I saw right through his distraction but it worked. I should probably let you go. You're right on her tail. No pun intended. Actually, yes pun intended. He laughed to himself. Oh, but you should probably eat first. Bye Jake. That was the end of the conversation before I could say bye I felt his presence fade away. I was on my own now. Seth would probably tell everyone that I was gaining on her right now and that I shouldn't be disturbed, which was true, it was harder when people were trying to talk to me while I was trying to focus on a scent. Seth never managed to disappoint me. He always knew what to do and what to say he was always a nice person. That quality came natural to him.

I inhaled deeply, Leah scent was like music to my ears. I pushed myself even faster. I was in my fullest, fastest sprint now. It felt as if I was a bullet, this was closest I'd gotten to flying. I barely touched the ground now and then, my strides were so long. There was always something peaceful about running, I didn't exactly know what but it always seemed to clear my mind of all of my thoughts and worries. I tried to push myself faster, sticking to the trail of the scent. I dug my nails more aggressively into the rich soil below thinking that I would vault myself father ahead if I did that. It seemed to work. It had been a very long time since I had tried to push myself to my limits.

I remember the last day I pushed myself with perfect clarity. It was a while ago. Blondie bet that she could outrun me, I bet she couldn't. We had decided to make the stakes high if I won I would get her red BMW M3 convertible and if she won I would never set foot in the Cullen mansion again. Of course I knew I was going to win but before the race I went up to Alice and asked "whose gonna win?" I said it in a nonchalant tone but underneath the attitude I was a little scared if I lost I would be able to set foot in the Cullen house, the place where the my Nessie spent most of her time. Alice replied annoyed and with venom in her words, "I don't know. I can't see muts." I walked away from her with a little smile on my face, making the little spiky tot angry was a funny sight to see. She was practically half my size but she still had all the emotions of a normal height person. I laughed and turned to look over my shoulder to her. She was scowling at me then she stormed out of the room ranting on something about dogs. I knew I was going to win or at least that's what my ego said. Maybe my ego was bigger because I was a larger person. I pondered on that for a moment. Then I heard Rosalie call me, "Dog, I'm waiting." I took my time strutting to the outside of the house. I made sure she was ticked off before we started. Emmett, the big one, who was the only one anywhere near my height, explained the rules to us. It was simple all we had to do was run half a mile then loop around a tree and back to the house. A half mile was nothing I would smoke this babe easily. I phased and we got into our positions, I winked at her and she gagged in revulsion. "On you mark," Emmett began, "Go!" I immediately lifted off pushing the away the dirt beneath my feet. I was sprinting and she was already lagging behind. She sped up and I could tell she was really trying, even though she didn't break a sweat or her breathing did not falter. This freaked me out a bit, I had to remind myself she was a vampire and she didn't do to any of those things a living being needed to do. I focused again on my running, the tree I needed to loop around was so close Edward was standing there as the marker. He winked at me as I looped around him. He knew I was going to win, I wasn't even pushing myself to my fullest. I looked behind me and saw Blondie, she wouldn't catch up to me in time by the race was over. I flashed her a grin and heard her growl. Then I started going really fast, I not only was going to beat the leech I was going to smoke her. That would teach her, she'd never mess with me again and on the plus side I would get her precious red convertible. I pushed myself faster a faster until I felt the water rushing out of my eyes, my eyes got a little blurry but it was worth it. I was in front of the house first. I had won. I let out a howl of excitement. When I turned around she was just arriving. I laughed and stuck out my tongue at her. She glared at me then stammered away into the house. When she slammed the door, it came right off its hinges. I started to laugh so hard. I control my delight. Of course, only Edward and Bella knew I was laughing everyone else thought I was having some kind of wolfy spasms or muscle cramp seizures. Carlisle was worried I had something called, "epilepsy"...or something that sounded like that. I forget exactly what he diagnosed my laughing attack as. But, the term Carlisle used didn't matter, because Bella told everyone to chill out. She explained that my short howls, body movements and grumbles were my laughs. Bella could read my mind as well as Edward. Soon every one of the blooksuckers started to laugh with me. Rosalie grunted from inside the house. Then Emmett still laughing called, "Aw, babe it's all right. I thought you did a great job. Don't get mad we'll get you a new-"The big one couldn't finish what he was going to say because he started to laugh again. Yeah blondie would never mess with me again.

I decided to grab something to eat, Seth was right. I listened around for any game. I heard a huge animal close by where I was. I diverted off my trail, to my surprise the animal that I was stalking was I moose. I had never eaten one of those. I hoped they tasted good but at this point it didn't really matter my instincts told me I was hungry. So naturally, I would eat anything that I found. I got it. It was massive compared to the deer in Washington. I would not have to eat for days I was way overfed. I felt like a stuffed turkey. It wasn't that bad but then again I was starving. I wondered if Leah had been eating moose as I tried to follow her trail. She never really did like eating other animals. She didn't like the blood and guts, she liked her food well done. I remembered once when she was a part of my pack and I taught her how to eat 'raw food'. She didn't like it at first but she needed to eat so I helped guide her through it. That was a weird time because we were actually getting along. 

I caught her scent and immediately let go of the memory.

Once again I pushed myself to my limits despite the fact I that I just engulfed the hugest creature I've ever eaten. I felt a little dragged at first but that feeling disappeared quickly. I was on her trail and I was gaining. As I followed her scent up and down and through winding trails, I couldn't help but notice that the scent grew stronger. I must be closer to her than I thought. I surprised myself. Doubt creeped into the head, maybe she knew I was coming to find her...