Noticing how she was breathing, Alec wasn't sure if he really believed her. Something was going on even if she wasn't the one that screamed. As he moved closer, he looked up through the branches above them for some sing of what might have caused the scream before starting to study the ground.

It looked like there had been a scuffle of some kind, but the tracks didn't make sense. Neither did the way Alec's lungs burned when he knew that his rush through the forest shouldn't have winded him. Magic or something worse was effecting him. No, them, if she was having trouble breathing too, then it wasn't just attacking him. "I'm not going to hurt you, but we need to get out of here. There's something wrong with this place."