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

Game of Destiny

Chapter 21-1

My mother had mindlinked me the moment the mail had arrived, and I didn’t hesitate as I excused myself from the meeting and headed straight home.

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“Elder, in here,” my mother called out as I stepped through the door. As if I didn’t know they would be in the kitchen. It had become a tradition when Amie sent one of her rare postcards that was placed on the kitchen table, written side down, until the receiver could read it. My birthday was tomorrow, so we all knew the letter was addressed to me. I hurried inside and gave my mother a quick kiss on the cheek.

“We haven’t read it,” my father told me. He didn’t need to say it, I knew they hadn’t. But I nodded all the same as I looked down on the postcard. The front side was covered in scenic pictures from somewhere in Canada. I picked it up and flipped it around.

“Hi. I hope you are all doing well. Happy birthday, big brother, got any grey hairs yet? I’m thinking of you, all of you. Give my best to mom and dad. I’m fine, I’m happy and enjoying life. So stop worrying. I love you all. Hugs and Kisses, Armeria,” I read out loud. We all stood in silence for a moment, looking at the familiar handwriting. I missed my baby sister to the point that it hurt. But this was the first time she had said she was happy. She always said she was fine, or doing well. But never happy.

“She’s happy,” my mother said. Her voice carried both sadness and happiness.

“It eases my heart to see those words,” my father said. I just nodded. I handed the card to my mother. She was the keeper of the album where we kept all the postcards Amie had sent us. I gave her a hug and then hugged my father as well.

“need to go back to the meeting. I’ll be home for dinner,” I said. They both nodded. I knew they would spend the rest of the day talking about my sister. When we first discovered she had run away, both me and my father were intent on going after her. Alpha Mark had come over to offer his and the pack’s help when he heard what had happened. My father had hit him hard enough to knock the alpha down in one swing. My mother had stepped in and declared that no one was to go after her. Amie had chosen the path she thought was best for her, and we needed to respect it. My father was never punished for his blow to the Alpha. But the relationship between them hadn’t been the same since. I knew my father still resented his friend on some level for pushing Amie away by his actions. And Alpha Mark had the pride of any Alpha. The fact that his Beta had taken him down in one blow left him with a bruised ego. I suspected things would have gone back to normal if my mother and the Luna had stepped in and poured oil on the waves. But my mother didn’t step in. Instead, she distanced herself from the Alpha family. She still performed her duties as the Beta female, but nothing more. The entire pack felt the new dynamic between the Alpha and Beta family. The Gamma family tried to move in and act as a bridge between our families, but the wound was too deep. Finally, last year Alpha Mark had stepped down as alpha and handed the pack over to James hoping to improve the mood in the pack. James asked me to be his Beta, and for a

moment, I entertained the idea of refusing. But both my mother and father encouraged me to accept and in the end I saw it was for the best. When I walked into the pack house, James came walking to me.

“The meeting is over,” he told me. I nodded.

Game of Destiny

Chapter 21-2

that they should find their mate and bring her home. James, of course, refused to pay attention to his wolf. Thinking he knew better. Despite his insistence he had got over Amie, that he no longer felt a pull toward her, he hadn’t taken a chosen mate.

card from

aloof, but wasn’t successful. “How is she?” he

a welcome change,” I

she found a mate? Is that why she is happy?” It was easy to hear the jealousy in

voice.

postcards are,” told him. He grunted and

was it sent from?”

from the border,” I

last one was from California,

in the west part, she never travels close to home,” I

was worry in

friends, almost as close as I

wolves tend to move around a lot. No pack likes to have them close,” I told him. It was something

be easier for her to find a place to settle down.” I couldn’t help the

me. I stopped it before it

years out there, without a pack and without the support of her family only shows how strong she

This mate thing seriously screws with your brain. I know I made the right decision. But then my wolf is giving me hell and I remember that it’s Amie. Fuck, I miss her like crazy. The way she always was a smart ass and how she always

are hurting. But this is all on you. You shouldn’t have rejected her. The two

Cindy had tried getting into your bed. I guess she is tired of waiting for me,”

for that. You know how she is. It will blow over once she finds her mate. Then she will be happy neither one of us took her up on her offer to mark her,”

holding out for your

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