She called back, taunting the nt male, and I just groaned


    Nix, why are you doing this?


    "Because if he wants my name, he has to prove he''s worthy of it." She chuffed out augh. “Any man that wants anything from me from now on has to work for it." Thoughts of everything from my previous life shed through my mind. Nix was right. I gave everything to Brandon, forgave everything, and he killed me and our baby.


    You''re right.


    Nix huffed anotherugh. "I know." We were distracted and the grey wolf dove out of the bushes for us. Nix rolled out of the way and was back up on her feet, sprinting away she looked back and howled before rushing down the banks of a small river. She sshed across the water and was up over the other bank.


    She rushed through a lot of underbrush before diving under the roots of a tree. She huddled there, waiting.


    What are you doing?


    I''m waiting to see if this male is smart. If he is, he will find me. If not, he isn''t worth my time. 1


    Why?


    Because any male, any wolf that is worth it, would be able to find me.


    There was a soft shift of grass and Nix hunches down. She barely breathed and her ears were swiveling left and right. She drew in a deep breath, and no scent hit our nose. She narrowed her eyes. Something was off and she couldn''t figure it out.


    What is it?


    He''s close. Her words were whispered in our mind. She was almost afraid he would hear our conversation in our mind.


    How close? My voice dropped low, just in case.


    "Little rabbit." His deep voice sounded above us. "Come out and y." We froze. There is no way. How could he know we were here? "If you want, I cane drag you out? He chuffed out augh. "I think I''d enjoy that one little rabbit."


    Nix took off out of the roots. She dove right and rolled under a bush, but the grey wolf jumped on us. "How did you know?" She panted out augh as she looked up at the giant wolf.


    He stared down at her with bright eyes. "You are good. I''m just better." He crouched lower and sniffed around our neck. "You smell wrong."


    We stilled under him. "What do you mean?"


    "I think you would know better than I do. You know why you smell wrong" His eyes narrowed. "Who are you?"


    "My name is Nix." She tried to get up, but he let out a tiny growl. "Who are you?” "Who is your human?"


    Nix turned her head. "What''s your name?"


    "Erubus." He moved back and sat on his haunches. "My human called me Ru." He tilted his head as we got to our feet. "Now, who is your human?"


    Nix shook her head. "I can''t tell you that yet." Nix got to her feet and walked backwards.


    Nix looked to the sky, and I realized how much darker it was. Fuck, we were cutting it close. Nix, we have to go. We have to eat before ss. And this is the ss with the surprise teacher.


    "Why can''t you tell me?" Erubus stepped closer.


    "Because," Her voice was yful. "You have to earn It."


    Erubus stood and prowled around me. "And how do I do that?" He rubbed his length down our side, scenting us andyering his scent on us. He nipped at our ear as he circled around the other side of us.


    "I don''t know yet." She bumped into him as she headed back to the school.


    "When will you know?" He huffed out.


    "Might be soon, might not."


    Erubus threw back his head andughed. "You are different"


    "Of course. I''m one of a kind." She flicked our tail in his face. "You just have to figure out if I''m worth the hassle.''


    "Oh, that''s all?" He chuckled. He caught up to me and we walked side by side. "I think that is probably the easiest decision we have ever made."


    "Oh?" Nix looked at him.


    "Oh, yeah." Erubus bumped our shoulder back. "You are the first female that hasn''t thrown herself at me. It''s refreshing.''


    "Females throw themselves at you?" I wasn''t sure why, but that statement bothered both of us. "A lot?"


    He just nodded and we growled. "Are you jealous?" His voice turned amused.


    "I don''t know you enough to be jealous." Nix tossed out. Bet the truth was, we were jealous.


    Why are we jealous? I looked at Megan, and she almost shrugged.


    Have you scented him?


    Nix took a deep breath and smelled nothing.


    "Sure Rabbit." He waggled his eyebrows, which was weird on a wolf. (1)


    "Why don''t I smell you?"