“Supposed to be learning another way to protect your pack.” Nix’s voice was a little agitated. “We should be focused on that and not some man who hasn’t spared us a moment’s thought.”
Someone else seems a little on edge herself.I scoffed.
I could feel her hackles rise. “Men suck. We all agree on this.” She pushed herself faster. “I just thought…”
Thought what?I asked.
“That our father and the king were different.” She finished. We caught the scent of a deer and veered off. We chased after it, weaving down the path. Once it caught sight of us, it darted away. We chased after it, our blood pumping in our veins and we leapt for it.
We were hit in the side and rolled. Our prey dashed away and now we are out for blood. Our growl was vicious as we got to our feet and whirled on the small brown wolf, pacing back and forth. As we turned, a few more wolves came out of the trees.
We prowled around and waited for them to speak. Obviously, they wanted something from me. But when nothing came, we growled again. “What the fuck do you want?”
“This is student grounds. No one but students and teachers may be in these woods.” A voice called out.
I froze. “What the fuck are you talking about? Who are you to tell me anything?” The wolf cowered, but they remained in place. I pushed forward to take control.
“Get off these grounds.” Another voice came, this one stronger. A she-wolf with red fur stepped out of the tree line. “As we said, these grounds are for students and teachers.”
“You don’t get to tell me what to do, pup.” Nix receded enough that I was alone in my fur for the first time. “I suggest you run along before I get any angrier after you made me lose my prey.” I snapped my teeth and my ears fell flat against my head.
“We will attack if we have to.” The air shifted and her scent hit me. Nina. I wanted to groan.
My mind linked Alpha Vince. You need to call off Nina and her pack of whores before I kill them all.
His response was swift.What are you talking about, Amy?
I decided to lie a bit.It’s Nix. I have control right now, and Nina has her group of friends surrounding me in the forest. They are pretending they don’t recognize my scent and say they will attack me to force me to leave. What they haven’t figured out is that I have been trained for my entire life and I will kill them if they attack. I let out a growl over the mind link, one that was as bloodthirsty as I was.
I’ll be right there.He sent back, and then he sent out an open mind link to everyone. Stand down if you want to survive. The black wolf is a student, and one that will gut you given the chance.
I watched the other girls falter, and Nina’s eyes glared at me as I paced back and forth. “Are you that stupid, girl?” I shouted, pretending to be my wolf. “That my human and I wouldn’t recognize your foul scent? Nina, your wolf is as stupid as you are.” I stepped up to her, towering over her.”
“Nix. Stop.” I growled out and my head snapped up as the light grey wolf of Alpha Vince came sliding into the clearing. “Please.”The other wolves gasped as he gave that inch, but his wolf wasn’t stupid. I was twice his size, and just as vicious.
I turned my head back to the others and sat. “They attacked me.” Was my only answer.
“We did not.” Nina, or her wolf, yelled back, but Vince ignored her and turned to me.
“What happened?” His preference was noted by everyone there.
“I was chasing after a deer. I thought in these woods, as a student, I was safe to roam.”
“And you are.” His answer was swift.
I felt my eyes widen in surprise. “Then why did the little brown wolf, the one I haven’t met, why did she intercept me? Why did they surround me?”
“Who is this bitch?” Nina’s response was vicious, and very confusing.
How does she not know who I am?
Nix and Megan looked at each other and then answered.We changed your scent when you shifted into Nix. That way, if you wanted, you could stay anonymous. But it’s only enough to confuse people.Megan stepped forward.We change it enough that it could be the same scent, if you layered more together, like when you shower and put on perfume.
So I smell like myself, but not.I questioned.
Exactly. It’s just enough to confuse a wolf who doesn’t know us.
I turned back to Vince, yelling at Nina. “This bitch?” He laughed. “This bitch would kill you and have every way to circumvent paying a blood price to your father because you attacked her first.” Vince turned back to me. I could see he was going to say my human name, but I mind linked him first.
