Seth knew he wouldn’t be affected the same way as the others. And maybe that’s why he vouched to himself for the most part to stay human. It – in a way – gave him an advantage the others didn’t have. It wasn’t like him to sit back and let things happen when he could do something about it and when it happened to someone he actually cared about? He hadn’t even bothered to try talking to Peter since Malia was brought in. Hadn’t even attempted going into the room. Leaving had been rather easy since everyone else had been so easy. Sure, he could leave any time he wanted, but knew Peter and even the others preferred him going with someone else. But this was important to him. He knew exactly who to go after.
“Don’t tell Peter I’m leaving. If I’m not back in four hours… Just… Just tell him I couldn’t do this anymore.”
Peter knew he wasn’t in a decent enough condition to do much of anything, and the majority of the pack had yielded and done everything they could. It was just after Seth had left that Terra had gone to the room, being timid in her approach so as not to alert Peter too soon. “Peter, I’m going after Seth.” She said simply, moving to lay a hand on his shoulder to stop him as he moved to stand, eyes flaring red at the words, as if the wolf already knew. “Down, Fido.” she said sternly, her eyes lighting in their own bicolored red and orange. “Stay with Malia. Seth is safe with me.” she assured. “I’ll bring him home.”
Peter stared at her fr a long moment, and she could sense the conflict in him – to go after his mate or stay with his daughter – and it tore her apart to see him so upset. After a long moment, he took a shaky breath. “Please bring him home.” his voice was soft, wolf strung tight through his body as he wanted so badly to have Seth there with him.
Terra nodded once, heading after the human with the ease of a fox, keeping far enough away to stay off his radar until he began to slow down. “You planning on dying tonight to avenge her?” she asked softly, appearing a few feet behind him.
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