Which meant one thing.
“We need to move,” she said, already shifting on her feet.
Kaius nodded. “Let’s leave a false trail first.”
They shifted into their wolves once again, and instead of running in a straight line, they looped around, walking carefully upstream before veering deep into the woods in the opposite direction of their real destination. They kept their paws light, avoiding damp spots that would hold their scent too long, doubling back at least twice before they finally returned to the place where they had hidden their own belongings earlier.
By the time they shifted back and dressed quickly, the sky had already started to shift color—the sun sinking lower, golden light filtering through the thick treetops. Raya frowned as she glanced up, noticing the time they had lost.
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