Only Time Will Tell

Chapter 13

Edward watched quietly and doing his best to stay out the way as Jacob expertly followed the trail before him. Carefully following where the herd of deer seem to be going from their tracks. While also subtly using his nose when the trail seem to go cold.

Edward kept low and made sure not to step to loudly like Jacob had taught him only a hour ago. He was a surprisingly quick learning as he hadn't made a mistake yet. Jacob was couldn't help but be reminded of when he and Edward would go hunting in the future. How they worked as the perfect team and the thrill they'd get when they both successfully cornered their prey before killing and share in its bounty. Edward drinking the blood in excess and Jacob gorging himself on the flesh.

Jacob pulled himself back from his thoughts to focus on the hunt. Now enjoying it a little more after that happy memory. It felt good to be doing something he and Edward have always done even if it wasn't exactly the same.

Jacob smelt the herd just beyond the trees in front of them and held his hand out for Edward to stop walking stopping himself. Edward paused and watched in interest as Jacob crotched down and stalked up to the clearing first before beckoning Edward to follow letting him get a good look at the animals in front of them. Edward looked out to see almost twenty deer out in the field. He watched the beautiful creatures graze and felt a small pang of guilt that they'd be killing one of them soon.

Jacob leaned down and whispered as quietly as he could in Edward's ear.

"Go over to the other side of the clearing parallel from us and make the loudest noise you can. Wait until a small one is close to me before you do though." He said and Edward nodded in understanding not trusting that he could make his own voice that low like Jacob. He was about to move away and do as told before Jacob put a hand on his shoulder stopping him and pulling him closer again.

"Don't rush over there. Take your time and keep your steps quiet." He said and Edward nodded again in understanding before going to slowly make his way to the other side of the clearing.

I was almost a full twenty minutes before Jacob saw Edward made it fully over to the other side of the clearing. He felt a strong sense of pride that Edward had followed his instructions and didn't rush. He can remember several new wolves disobeying that type of order their first days in the field.

Jacob watched as Edward carefully sat and wait for one of the smaller ones to get closer to Jacob before doing anything. He watched as perfectly ignored when bigger bucks would come close and waited for an opportune time.

When he finally did there was a lone deer next to him. An adult but still one the smaller side. Jacob probably could have taken down one bigger but from normal human standards it was a good pick. He saw throw the trees as Edward lifted a large rock above his head before smashing it hard on another. Making a loud crack sound resonate through the whole clearing much louder than any yell would've.

The entire heard jump in immediate action away from the noise and the buck closest to Jacob practically lept into his arms. Jacob jumped from the bushes skillfully and with the same grace as he would've as a wolf.

Edward watch in amazement as his body moved perfectly. First running into the buck as it charged forward into throwing it off balance. Just as the buck was about to get back up with just a equally speed Jacob moved fast on top of it. Quickly circling his legs around it's neck on the ground and grabbing onto it's antler before it could stab in with them. When he had a firm grasp he tightened his legs on it's neck even more and thrust his upper body to the right as hard as he could breaking it's neck before it could even register the pain.

By this point the rest of the heard had already fled and Edward was rushing over to get a better look.

"Wow." Was all Edward could say after what he'd just witnessed. When Jacob first told them he'd snapped a buck's neck with just his hands before Edward didn't think he was lying but he hadn't grasp the full gravity of what he'd meant. To see something like that in person was completely different from his imagination. It almost defied the feats that Edward considered humanly possible. But he had to accept it was humanly possible seeing as he'd just seen it himself. His swain's muscles really weren't just for show.