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

Game of Destiny

Chapter 3

My mother got up to answer.

“Melissa, I made some tea. How is she doing?” Luna Joy asked.

“Thank you, but I’m fine. She is holding on and being strong,” my mother said. There was a tone of dismissal in her voice. She telling Lana she wasn’t welcome.

“I was hoping to sit with her for a while. To see if I can’t be of som help or comfort,” Luna Joy suld.

“I don’t think that’s a good idea. Armeria needs her family at the moment.”

“Melissa,” Luna gasped. “I would like to think of myself as family. We have always been close since we mated Mark and Ron.”

was

“I would have said the same yesterday. But after what Ja…” There was a pause, as if my mother needed time to compose herself. “After what your son did to my baby, I think we need to rethink certain things. I need to protect Armeria and put her first. We both know how this will affect her. We both know the pack won’t give her the same protection they would give someone rejected by a wolf who isn’t the future Alpha, would get. The least I can do is make sure she is around the right people.”

like a daughter,”

from this day,” my mother said and the door to my room closed. I felt the bed dip as my mother sat down and continued to stroke my hair. In the middle of all my pain, I felt the love from my parents and it soothed some of it. At least two people in this world loved me. But it also made me sad. Because of me, they were now at odds with their closest friends, their Alpha pair. This wouldnt just affect our two families. If the Alpha and Beta couple were in conflict, that would have an impact on the whole pack. And even though my brother had chosen James, I wanted to pretend he had struggled with the decision before making it. It seemed like I was making everyone’s lives more complicated. As I couldn’t sleep, and I didn’t want my mother to think

Elder asked our mother.

father needs to speak with you. We need to find a

the grand scheme of things. But at the moment my heart and soul were raw, like they both had got a sunburn that meant even a tiny speck of

and I heard enough of his conversation with our father to know they were discussing if sending me away to another pack would be a good solution. After a while, I stopped listening. The conversation only confirmed what I already knew. I was causing problems for my family. I didn’t have a wolf and therefore I had become a burden. It was up to me to solve all the problems I had created. I turned around

I was causing so much problems for her. I just nodded. “Are you hungry?” she asked, but I hook my head. Instead, I reached out my arms towards her, like had done when I was little.

Want me to make you some of my famous spaghetti?” he asked as he kneeled by my bed so he could look me in the eyes. My father’s famous spaghetti was just boiled noodles with cut

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his spaghetti. Both me and Eider loved it as I was something my mother would never let us eat. It became our comfort food in a way. I just shook my head. “Okay, baby girl. It will all be okay. I will make it okay,” he said and kissed me on my head. A single tear ran down my cheek.

he offered again. I saw my mother start to object, but I put my hand on

staying,” she said. I just nodded.

pumpkin. I will make sure your mother gets some rest. But we will be back in two hours and we will bring food. I’m expecting you to eat. Okay?” my father asked. I

his hand and squeezed it. Tears ran down his face. “Look at me, here I am supposed to comfort you and I’m the one hawling my eyes but and you are the one comforting me,” he sniffed. I sat up and kissed his check. He was a good brother, even if he had his flaws. “I wish I could change his mind, that I could make him see what an idiot he is. The Gods know I have tried, but it’s like he is obsessed with strength. I can’t even get him to see there are different strengths. That you possess so many of them, even if you don’t possess the physical kind,” he told me. I understood then where he had been all night. He hadn’t forsaken me for James. It was the first time since the rejection I felt

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