Chapter 11 Nahuel

Nahuel watched as Renesmee brushed past him, feeling an electric jolt as their skin touched momentarily.

"What is a Mutt" he asked again, wanting her to keep talking to him and he snapped a branch as he passed.

"A mutt is a mixed breed dog" Renesmee replied flatly. She walked farther along the path, not looking to see if he was following.

"Dog, so may I assume that your anger has something to do with the shape-shifters that protect your family?" Nahuel recalled the massive animals that had stood along side the Cullen family when he had first met them. He started walking along the invincible path that Renesmee seemed to be walking on, dodging branches and ducking under leaves to catch up to her.

"Are all of them wolves?"

"Yes"

Nahuel narrowed his eyes for a moment; he knew she was lying about something.

He had not been this far north in at least a hundred years. Shuddering away from that thought he picked up his pace to keep up with Renesmee.

"They seem like an unusual choice for a babysitter..." Nahuel was fishing for information now.

Renesmee glanced back at him but continued on her way.

"They are not babysitters, and they are not pets" she cautioned. "They are our friends; Jacob and my mother were friends before either of them even knew about the supernatural part of this world."

Nahuel watched Renesmee carefully. He had sensed a few different reactions to his words and he wondered why he was so curious. She continued walking, gracefully dodging and dancing around any object she passed, she hardly disturbed anything she passed and other than the fact that he could follow her scent he would have not been able to follow her lead even with the occasional glimpses of her as he hopped on trees and ducked under branches.

"So this Jacob is your, hmm what is the term in English…Uncle?" He hoped that she did not hear the excited edge to his voice. For some reason he liked the idea that the huge man/wolf that had never left her side in the three days he and his aunt had stayed with the Cullen's was an "uncle".

"NO!" She whirled around to look at Nahuel and he could not understand her severe reaction. She quickly turned back away but he could hear the strain in her voice "definitely not my Uncle, he is my...he's my best friend."

Nahuel picked up the scent of several vampires and knew that they must be close to the house that Renesmee had mentioned. The faint smell of the Cullen's' that he remembered was at least a few days old. The more familiar scent of the Amazons was recent, but still not fresh.

"Did they leave you alone?" he demanded.

"Who? What are you yelling for, I have perfect hearing" she smirked at him.

Nahuel halted with indecision; he thought they were going to a house filled with protective full vampires, now he knew that it would just be the two of them.

"My family has scattered across the content and will be wandering back in the next few days" she paused looking at him a small indent forming between her eyebrows and then continued "Kachiri, Zafrina, and Senna needed to hunt, they will be back early tomorrow."

Renesmee was waiting for him to explain.

"So you are alone and thought it would be a great idea to climb the highest tree for kilometers, pick a fight with me, and jump into an anaconda infested pool!?" There that should explain my reaction Nahuel thought to himself.

Renesmee leapt back and landed inches from his face. "I am unafraid of heights, YOU started a fight with me, and... and…" he cracked a smile as her temper petered out "I have nothing on the anaconda that was stupid." And she smiled back at him.

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