Nick's POV

My body felt extremely light, as I navigated through the woods. I was running with Simeon and somehow lost track of where and when I must have left him. But, I know he would send me a message should he get in any sort of trouble.

After running for about an hour or so, I felt pretty warmed up and started reducing my pace. It was dark in the night and since it was our job to guard the pack, we were doing all we could to stay awake. I saw a fallen tree and walked towards it to sit down.

The usual midnight critters sounds were very...