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

I knew Finlay was worried about me when I headed off for my girls’ night with Becky. I could only imagine that he feared

James would leap from the bushes or something. Me wanting to stay away from James was why the idea of a picnic had

seemed the best option. We would meet in a neutral part of the woods and not tell anyone except Elder and Finlay the

exact location. It gave us both security and peace of mind to relax. Becky stood waiting for me at our meeting spot, we

both had a basked in one hand.

“How are you feeling?” she asked as we walked the final way to the spot we had selected.

“Fine. It has almost healed completely. I should be as new by the next game tomorrow,” I told her.

“That is good to hear.” There was a pause.

“You don’t have to think about what you say,” I told her.

“Are you sure? I don’t want to just push around and be insensitive when it comes to sore subjects,” Becky told me as we

put the blankets down and started to retrieve the food and wine. I sat down and leaned against a tree.

“I’m sure. This situation is strange for me as well and my connection to James complicates things. But I don’t want it to

come between me and Elder and me and you. We just have to do the best we can and I’m sure there will be some

awkward moments. We will just deal with them. I think it would be worse if we try to tiptoe around things,” I told her.

“Sounds reasonable,” she agreed as she handed me a glass of wine. “So what is going on between you and Alpha

Finlay?” she asked. I almost choked on the wine.

“Wow. You jumped straight in,” I said. She gave me a huge smile.

“Oh, come on. Spill the beans. It’s obvious something is going on. He watches over you like a hawk and that roar he let

out yesterday when you got hurt. Very alpha-mate-viby,” she said. I took and bit down on one of the pierogies I had

helped Matilda make as a way to give myself time to think about my answer. I decided to tell her the truth.

“And now we are in the middle of this mess and I feel guilty because I haven’t rejected James, because I feel like I’m

betraying Finlay. But with the looming threat of a forced reunion of the packs, I just can’t,” I ended my story.

“Wow. So you got here thinking he would find his mate and discovered you had one instead? I can see how that might

mess with you. I don’t envy you, especially not with the way James is behaving,” she told me.

“What do you mean? James has been no trouble at all. Except for what you told us yesterday, thank you for that by the

way, he has stuck to our agreement. I’m guessing because he wants this as much as I do,” I told her. She took a bite out

of a finger sandwich and shook her head.

“That’s because your brother has been telling him to keep away from you.”

“What?”

“Elder thinks that if James did as he wanted, and tried to contact you, it would end in a physical altercation between

James and your Alpha. After seeing how the two of you act around each other and after what you have told me, I agree,”

she said. I looked at her.

can hardly feel the mate bond if I’m not next to him. But you are right.

coming around.” She giggled.

don’t think James feels the same way you do about the mate bond. Look, I didn’t know him before all this happened.

The James I know, and like, is a serious wolf

Alpha-facade he hides behind. Elder tells me he didn’t used to be like that,” she told me.

shook my head.

a serious side, but mostly he was just confident and

around. He and Elder could make my life miserable with their

stories,” she said with a grin.

it was because of how the pack reacted, how much he had to work to earn back their respect. Now,

regretting his decision all this time but his stupid pride has

five times as bad. Trust me, my dad was an Alpha and

he has you within reach, the bond is still in place

the past ten

can’t. They

with you on that one. I’m just not sure James is. And he has a claim on you

between what he

I

sat in silence for

brother told you all these stories from when we were

hill?” I asked.

“I don’t think so.”

had. It’s one of my favourite stories about Elder. He

it to

Someone has to make sure you know the real Elder. I was about five so Elder

seven. It happened on that big gravel pile by the communal parking

which one

we were little, the older pups loved playing King of the Hill on

wanted to be just like my big brother, I wanted to play

tantrum,

if I were careful. I promised and we had so

balance and ended up sliding down the entire pile of gravel. By the

were bleeding. Elder and

stood up and told them I was done playing and wanted to

with me and when he saw our mother he started bawling his eyes out. It

mom. One child bleeding and the other one crying as

he was and that I had got hurt because of him and he should be the

eating ice cream while mom tended to my wounds

that. Elder never let me go close to that gravel pile ever again, not

told Becky.

he won’t let Mino near the thing,” she

that is so sweet,” I

the only place to read the complete version of this book for

now and continue your

does he hate the story? It’s a nice one about how much

sees it. He sees it as a story

thinks if he can control everything, he can make sure no one gets hurt,”

to

continued to swap stories.

pictures of Martina and Rose. It was

packed

“Amie?”

“Yes?”

to ask a huge favour of you, and

are family, you are allowed to do that,” I told her.

of what I’m asking of you. Before the games are over, could you talk

to him?”