Game of Destiny – A Thrilling Tale of Power, Love & Fate

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Game of Destiny

Chapter 1

I walked over the grass, carrying a pile of wool blankets. We were selling up for tonight’s full moon celebrations. I love these monthly gatherings of the pack. We eat, laugh, tell stories of the pack’s history and of the gods‘. Then those that can shift will run in the woods. The rest of us, we stay behind and pretend we aren’t vious of the others. For eighteen years I have been part of the group who is left by the fire to watch the pups and make sure the fi stays in the firepit. It was getting old, I wanted my wolf to come to me, I wanted to prove I wasn’t a dud,

“Hi, pumpkin.” I turned toward the sound of my father and smiled. I had been out checking the woods together with the Alpha and Gamma in preparation for the night..

“Hi, dad,” I called as I placed the blankets down on a log and then took some of them and placed on other logs we used to sit on around the fire. They were more for coziness than for warmth, all werewolves ran hut. Even those like me who didn’t have a wolf. Tet. I added.

“Looking forward to tomorrow?” the Alpha Mark asked as he, Gamma Jonas and my father walked up to me.

“Kind of,” I said.

been all of their friends, had

Gamma

“What do you mean, kind of, green bean?” Gamma Jonas asked. He, my father and the Alpha were

te best f lives. No one had been surprised when Alpha Mark had named my father his Beta and Jonas his Gamma as he took over the running of the pack from his father. That had been years before me and my brother were born. We grew up with the Alpha and

James, the Alpha’s son. Everyone expected best friends with Cindy, Gamma Jonas‘ daughter. But we didn’t get along at all. We just remained on friendly terms because of

think my pumpkin is nervous. Turning eighteen is a big step,” dad said, placing

She will be able to sense her mate and he will be able to identify her

my dad scowled and both of his

came,

I flinched as he used my full name. My mother

know, Alpha,” I said.

pumpkin,” my father said and kissed

of my head.

that, you’re my father,” I pointed

else, you tell us and we will beat his ass.”

Jonas,”

objected and tried to get away, but my father laughed and kept me in place. I hated when people messed with

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big poof of Tangles and

your asses. I will see you later tonight, little one,

scares me a little to think of them running the pack. But they are good at it. Our pack is one of the strongest and most highly thought of packs in the world. It’s a pride to all of As my father and his two friends continued their inspection, I got back to my tasks for the evening. Usually I would help my mother as she and some other women prepared the food. But I had been put on other duties and I’m guessing, and hoping, it’s because they are working on a surprise cake for my birthday. As I walked over to Sally, Jonas mate, to get information about which games she has been planning for the pups, I tried to remember that I’m lucky. I have a good family, I have good friends and a good pack. So what if I don’t have a wolf? Three out of four isn’t a bad thing, right? And if I found my mate and he loves me as mates do, then I have four out of five. That would be fantastic. Unless he rejects you because you don’t have a wolf, a small voice in my head lept saying. It’s like the voice is

story about how he had defeated a swarm of vampires. The number of vampires went up for each full moon. But we all loved listening to him telling the story. Most of the pack members were running in their wolf form in the surrounding forest. I still hadn’t felt the need to shift, so as usual I volunteered to watch the pups and keep an eye on the teenagers. It was just after midnight when the pack started to return. In groups or pairs they cane walking out of the woods, they were all smiling and looked relaxed. I wondered why they were heading back so early when my mother and Luna Joy came walking with a birthday cake between them. I could feel my eyes grow big as I looked at the amazing creation that was put down in front of me. It was three) tiers tall with white frosting and covered in sugar flowers, it looked like a flower meadow. On top

my mother said.

“Thank