VALERIAN
Tikaani and I had been running for about an hour. I was trying to put some distance between myself and the other males.
I knew I’d run into them eventually, but killing them wasn’t a goal of mine.
Drake isn’t going to leave our mate alone. We’ll have to deal with him eventually. Are you sure you don’t want to just get it over with? His stench would be pretty easy to pick up on. Tikaani thought to me.
No, I don’t want to go looking for trouble, no matter how much he probably deserves it. We’ll be ready if he comes for us... or her. I thought back. We’d reached a watering hole.
Do you smell that? I asked him. We started sniffing around the edge of the water.
It’s Amaris. I thought as her sweet lilac scent filled my nose.
I could see something bobbing in the water. I wad
