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

The cookies were almost gone when my phone rang. I jumped as I had been waiting for it and was on edge. I picked it up

and saw someone was calling on FaceTime. I looked at Finlay. He smiled and took my free hand. I answered and my heart

did a double take when I saw my mom and dad. They were in my dad’s office, it looked just like it used to, back when I

last had seen it. My mom was in my dad’s lap and it made me happy to see they still acted like newly mated. They looked

a little older. My mom had fine lines around her eyes and my dad had some grey strands in his hair.

“Armeria.” It sounded like a breath that escaped from my mom.

“Hi mom. Hi dad,” I said. I felt myself tear up, and Finlay squeezed my hand.

“Hi, pumpkin. You have grown up,” my dad said. I smiled despite the tears in my eyes.

“I guess I have,” I admitted.

“You look beautiful,” my mom told me.

“Thank you mom. I guess I have good genes.” My dad chuckled.

“That you do, pumpkin. Thank the goddess you got all from your mother,” he said. My mom laughed and hit him jokingly

on the chest. As I watched them, I could see some of the things I did to Finlay.

“Tell me everything,” my mom said.

“Everything?” I asked.

“Everything that has happened since I last saw you,” she clarified. I laughed.

“Mom, that was ten years ago,” I objected.

“Well, then it’s best if you start talking,” she said. I started telling them about the last ten years in broad strokes. I

skipped over most of the four years I lived in the human world, just mentioning it briefly. Then I got to Finlay and my

pack and how I got my wolf. My mom had tears in her eyes when I told them that my wolf had come to me. “She is

bright red,” I told them.

“Oh goddess, I have never heard of a red wolf. Mine is more blond than red,” my mother said.

“She is one of a kind. And she is big, almost as big as my Alpha’s wolf, and that is the biggest one I have ever seen,” I

told them.

I hear Alpha Finlay is a good Alpha,” my

throughout other packs. If he had heard Finlay was a good Alpha, that is what the grape wine was

working in and decided to recruit me. It’s an amazing

some of the best in my

a Beta,” my dad said. I could hear the pride in his voice and it warmed my

former Beta in an attack almost a year ago.

pleased.

us about… the new development with Alpha James,” my mother said. I

was unexpected,” I told

Is there something we can do?”

people here who support me and it’s only for

told her. She looked at me

retired life?” I asked. My dad made a

and Elder still asks him for advice from time to

hobbies. And we take all the opportunities we can to babysit Armino. It works out great

mom said, I could see

and having a kid. It sounds so grown up,” I told

laughed.

are pups anymore. How about you, pumpkin? Elder said you aren’t mated, but

I felt myself blush and I shifted my gaze from my

him a look that said to not ask things like that. I understood she was worried it would make me uncomfortable with

circling each other

them.

someone, life is too short to not have love in it,” my dad said and gave my mother

saw her roll her eyes, but I also saw the smile and the slight blush on her face. I

I have missed talking to you both. But I have

the day before the games start,” my dad agreed.

or supporting?” he

could see the pride on both of

my mother huffed. “We will let you get on with your day. But

you to keep us updated on how things are. Don’t you dare let it go another

mom. I love you both,” I

we are so

collect myself as I felt how close my tears were. Finlay took my phone and placed it on the table and pulled me into his lap so he could put both his arms

put my head on his shoulder and

half

us a moment. He won’t come out here until I tell him to,” Finlay said. I nodded and let myself

breath of his scent. “They seem