Shifted Fate (Amy) novel Chapter 488

The next day I was energized. The pain was almost forgotten. I crept out of the house in the early morning, tiptoeing past Rick and Shelly. As soon as I hot grass, I shifted, allowing Nix to go for a run. Then Megan will have her turn.

Nix ran along the cliff and then turned towards the trees. “The cliff is beautiful, but it’s the trees that call to me.” She chuffed as she wove between the trees. The dampness of the moss and small grass collected on our fur. Nix took a deep breath. “I wish life was like this. Peaceful. Quiet.”

Megan chuffed out a laugh. You would get so bored in less than five minutes. Megan turned to me. She is a queen that thinks she would be content in the slums.

I threw my head back at that. Very true. I think she is just restless.

“She can hear you.” Nix snorted out as she ran. We caught a whiff of someone from Vince’s pack, so she went the opposite way. With in minutes, someone was chasing us. “Oh, this should be fun,” Nix took off.

She ran through the trees in winding circles. Every so often, she caught the scent of another wolf. Vince’s trackers were out in full force. She had all of them on her tail after her second circle, and she was playing with them. By the fourth time around, she had scouted a downed tree and chuckled to herself.

Megan. She called to us. Pump out our scent.

Why? Megan hopped up and ran to the clearing. I followed behind him.

Because. Nix laughed. We are going to have a little fun.

Megan did as she asked. The smell overtook the clearing, and the trackers picked up their pace. Nix started a new circuit, and when we came close to the downed tree, she forced a shift. One second Megan was next to me, the next, Nix was beside me.

Hide in the tree as I hide out scent. Nix snuffed the candle and sent a push of air from us, shifting the scent away as Megan climbed into the tree. Stay still.

The trackers ran by and then froze. “Where did she go?”

Another skidded to a stop. “I…don’t…know.” He whipped around in confusion.