There was blood. There was so much blood. It was all he could smell, the scent clogging the back of his throat and making it so hard to breath, but he had to. Because it wasn't his blood, it was somebody else's. Somebody whose scent he could recognize from a mile off and it had his steps picking up. Connor had been going after one of the Alphas. Fuck, why hadn't he waited for the rest of them? He almost tripped over a root when his eyes finally found the hunter, listening for some sign of life.
It was there. Barely. The light pounding of his heart, breaths coming in shallow pants when Isaac collapsed by his side. He didn't even seem to realize he was there. "C-Connor? Please, Connor. I'm here. Come on, react. Please," His voice was desperate by the end, one hand moving to rest against the bloody gash on the others chest, the other cupping his cheek. He tried to take the pain, the veins in his arms darkening, the burning sensation spreading up his arm, but even he could tell it was too late. He leaned in, gently pressing his lips to the others forehead, fighting back the tears.
He didn't cry. Couldn't. Even if it was another life gone, along with his family, and with Erica, he couldn't cry.