We ran for a while, and we all heard when Erubus started running after us, but Nix snorted. We were far enough away that Nix had a plan. She ran for a little while longer and then she dove into a bush. “You turn Megan.”
“What?” Megan jolted up, but Nix was already running back to us and then she pushed Megan forward. “Nix, what are you doing?”
“It’s your turn to run. Now go.” Nix chuffed out a laugh as she pushed Megan to the front, almost forcing the shift from her form to Megans. Then I watched as Nix ran to the candle and added another.
“What are you doing?” I walked over to her and watched as the second candle flair to life.
“Changing our scent.” She looked at me like I was dumb, and in that moment, I felt it.
“Why?”
“Because we can’t have the same scent, and I want to see how t
