Total pages in book: 71
Estimated words: 65856 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 329(@200wpm)___ 263(@250wpm)___ 220(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 65856 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 329(@200wpm)___ 263(@250wpm)___ 220(@300wpm)
“You still have Erik with you?”
Before Huli could answer, the boy’s squeals of laughter echoed through the garden.
“Clearly,” Xiao Dan stated with a smile. “Could you bring him in? Leo has finished with his dinner.”
“Um…sure. A few more minutes, please? We’re playing.”
There must have been something suspicious in Huli’s voice because Xiao Dan’s eyes narrowed on him. Instead of returning to the house, the vampire walked toward them.
Crap. Crap. Crap.
He ransacked his mind to figure out a way to make the tail go away or hide it, but he couldn’t come up with anything. Meanwhile, Erik continued to giggle, lightly tugging on his tail. Huli glanced over his shoulder to find the black-and-white tail poking through his own. He was so screwed.
“Huli?” Xiao Dan prodded when he was standing above the fox. “What are you up to?”
“Me? Nothing. I—”
“Tail! Tail!” Erik shouted. The little boy fought his way out of Huli’s dancing tails to greet Xiao Dan with his own black tail waving behind him.
But Xiao Dan didn’t seem surprised. In fact, he only sighed with a smirk. “Was this you or Kai?”
“What?” Huli choked out.
“You’re not the first one Erik has wheedled a tail out of.”
“What?” Huli repeated because his brain was locked up. This wasn’t the first time Erik had a tail? Huli changed into his human form and stood up. “Are you serious? He’s had that tail before?”
Xiao Dan chuckled as he pressed a kiss to Huli’s forehead. “A few times, from what Junjie has told me. Apparently, he convinced Kai to help. He would talk about your tails and then make a face like he was trying to grow his own. He convinced you to help this time?”
Convinced was a strong word. Erik had been so sweet and cute. Of course, he’d wanted to help the kitten out. He could only stare in silent admiration at the child while Xiao Dan bent to pick him up, the black tail still waving happily behind him.
“Let’s go get some yummy dinner and show Jun-Jun and Leo your pretty tail.”
Erik nodded. “Mn. Dinner.”
“But…how do we get rid of it?” Huli inquired as he trailed behind him.
“It disappears when he falls asleep.”
That little stinker. Erik had played up his cuteness and got exactly what he wanted—his tail. He had them all wrapped around his tiny fingers, and Huli couldn’t admire him more for it. Huli had spent centuries learning ways to tug on Xiao Dan’s heartstrings to get more attention, more affection, more smiles. This child had been living with the Zhang clan for a matter of weeks, and he’d gotten both a dragon and a huli jing to bow to his whims.
Still in Xiao Dan’s arms, Erik stretched over to Huli and pressed a loud, smacking kiss to his cheek. “Tank yoo, Pretty Gege.”
Xiao Dan’s expression softened as he leaned over and brushed a sweet kiss to Huli’s other cheek. “Yes, thank you, Pretty Gege, for taking such good care of him.”
Yep, he was totally wrapped around Erik’s chubby finger as well as Xiao Dan’s, and he loved it.