I had finally pushed enough power into the pup for it to lift her head. "Hello there sweet heart." I brought her up to snuggle and then put her on her feet. "Nix." I nodded, and she was already inching closer.


    She put her snout right against the pup and we waited. She was feeling her strength, trying to gauge how much time I bought them. She pushed closer, and the pup shuffled over and curled up on her front paws. She rolled over, showing her belly, and Nix nuzzled in, breathing in her scent. "A week." Her words were soft. "We bought them a week."


    I looked down at the two girls. "Can we do this every week?" I sat back on my heels. "Will this keep working?"


    Nix huffed out a breath as she settled with the pup. "I don''t know, but it means we will have to keep track until we can remove the hex"


    Abby wiped her face. "We won''t die?"


    I pulled her into my arms and stood. "Not today." I walked away, but stopped. "Are you staying here?"


    She ced her head down on to N. "For a bit, I want to calm her down. She has been alone for too long, and she is touch.


    starved."


    I looked back at her. "She was supposed to be out already?" My question was soft, and Nix just nodded.


    "She has been awake longer than we think." Nix closed her eyes. "I''ll try to find out more and I''ll tell you when Ie back. Megan should be okay alone for a bit." I just nodded and carried Abby back out of the trees.


    "Whose Megan?" Her question was soft, but I could hear the tears still in her voice.


    "Someone who i is very


    ry excited to meet you." I smiled and then stepped out. Once second I was in a dark forest and the next I was back in my bathroom holding on to Abby''s arm. Her color was better, and she wasn''t shaking.


    "Was that real?” Her voice was surprisingly loud.


    "What do you think?" I winked at her and looked back down at her wrist, fully healed.


    "What are you talking about, baby?" Rick knelt down and I pulled back, putting the cup of Abby''s blood on to the counter.


    Abby looked at me, and I could see the question. I tilted my head and smirked. "Your decision."


    She turned to her dad and took a deep breath. "I''m going to tell you something and I need you to not get upset."


    Rick looked over her shoulder at Shelly, who instantly looked worried. She came over and knelt next to them. "What ever you have to say, we will figure it out."


    Abby nodded. "When Amy cut me, I met my wolf." She looked down. "She was going to die tomorrow, and I was going to go with her."


    Rick and Shelly grabbed each other''s hands. "What?" Rick looked lost. "But..." He trailed off, praying she wasn''t finished.


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    Abby looked at me. "I don''t know how to exin."


    I looked at her for a minute. "Did you want me to exin instead?" She nodded, relief on her face. "Okay." I looked at the trio.


    "When I cut her wrist, my magic, and my wolf pulled me into her safe ce. The ce where, when fully grown, her wolf would


    have lived"


    "Would have?" Rick whispered."


    "Oh, goddess." Shelly pulled Abby to her.


    I held up my hand. "When we got there, Abby followed me. She walked with me to the dark forest in her soul and together, we found her wolf pup. And I mean pup." I held out a hand and cupped her face. "The hex has stunted her growth. Not just her human side, but her wolf as well."


    "Her wolf hasn''t awoken yet. I would have felt it." Rick looked a little lost.


    "Normally I would have agreed with you, but I''ve seen her, met her, held her." I shook my head. "She was at death''s door. If I would have waited even twenty- four more hours for the spell to bring you here..." I trailed off, but Abby rubbed her face against my hand


    "I would have been dead."


    Rick and Shelly stood. But it was Shelly who looked at me, usation in her eyes. "You said she was strong enough tost the month." She looked down at her daughter. "You said she would have survived."


    I nodded. "I would have been wrong." My words were soft. "I didn''t know."


    "Didn''t know what?" She nearly screamed.


    Nix slipped back into my mind and she looked broken. Nix? What''s wrong?


    It''s been years. Her words were soft before she charged a tree and attacked it. Shattered the big oak into splinters. She whirled on me. Years Amy. That pup was awoken too early, and she was left to suffer in pain and silence because she was too weak to reach out, but strong enough to save her human.


    My brain clicked back on as Shelly hit my face. Everyone froze. My voice dropped to a whisper. "That her wolf woke up years too earlier to save her life from a hex that should have never been ced on her." (1)