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

Turning eighteen is a big step,” dad said, placing his arm around me and pulling

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

kind of thing,” my dad scowled and both of his friends burst out laughing. My dad and

to be able to shift between the age of sixteen and twenty–five. Everyone knew the younger you were when your wolf came, the

you, little one?” the Alpha asked. I nodded. We had had this conversation many times in the last two years. “Armeria Rose Winstone, two years is nothing he will come to you,” he said. I flinched as he used my full name. My mother has a thing for all things growing and has named her only two children after

Alpha,” I

just the way you are, pumpkin,” my father said and kissed the to

of my

say that, you’re my father,” I pointed

tells you anything else, you tell us and we will beat his

Jonas,” I

to get away, but my father laughed and kept me in place. I hated when people messed with my hair. It was hard to keep under control with its red curls at the best of times, but mess with it and it

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poof of Tangles and

tonight, little one, and after

stuck in a permanent teenager mode, and it 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

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

birthday, sweetie,” my

“Thank