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

Fuck, I was nervous. I am an Alpha, I shouldn’t be nervous. But I could feel the clear signs as I walked next to Amie to

have dinner with her brother and his mate. I had known Amie and her brother were close, she had told me stories, but

after seeing the two of them together. I got it. They had this bond between them. I needed to get along with this wolf, it

was important to Amie. She hadn’t told me as much, but I just knew it. I liked Beta Elder, I had done from when I met him

for the first time at the Alpha summits. If nothing else, we both had an interest in protecting Amie. But his best friend was

her true mate. That had to make him standoffish to me. I didn’t fool myself to think he saw me just as Amies Alpha and

friend. He had to see the truth, if nothing else his mate should have told him. I didn’t think he was okay with us just

because he seemed to keep his Alpha away from Amie. That would be more for Amie”s sake than anything. So, I needed

this evening to go well.

‘Are you okay? You are acting weird,’ Amie mindlinked me.

‘What do you mean? I’m just walking,’ I told her.

‘Yeah. In this weird kind of way. If you feel uncomfortable with having dinner, you can just drop me off,’ she offered.

‘No. No! I can do this,’ I insisted. Amie stopped and looked at me.

‘You sound like you are heading into battle. It’s just my brother and Becky. You have met them before.’

‘I know. I’m blowing this out of proportion. I just really want them to like me.’ She smiled at me.

‘Of course they will like you. And if my brother gives you any trouble, you tell me and I will tell mom,’ Amie told me and

took the hand I didn’t have the food basket in and gave it a light squeeze.

‘Deal,’ I told her. I relaxed a little and looked up to head towards the communal building where we would have dinner in

one of the rooms. I froze and my hand went to Amie’s shoulder to keep her from turning. ‘Don’t look,’ I said. Of course

she turned her head and looked at what I was looking at. I should have known she was too stubborn to do what I told

her. James stood at the entrance to the communal building . He was in the middle of a make out session with a woman.

They were as close to having sex in public as was possible without actually having it. I looked down at Amie, worried what

the mate bond would do to her. She scrunched her nose at the scene.

‘I would have thought he would go for someone better than Cindy. But to each their own, I guess,’ she said.

‘Are you okay?’ I asked. She looked back at me and I searched her face for hidden pain, I didn’t find any. She smiled.

‘Don’t worry. The mate bond is too frail to cause any issues. If anything, it just got weaker.’ She took my arm and made

us move forward. ‘When he first rejected me, I would lie in bed and torture myself with images like that one. I always

knew Cindy had her eyes on James, and on my brother, too. She likes power. Back then I spent countless nights crying

bed. That was until I figured out I was just hurting myself. I accepted that

I stopped torturing myself,’ Amie told me. I had to fight against the need to

had caused her so much pain and even after all of it, he refused to accept she would

doubt in my mind that was what

at them. I saw James stop kissing the woman and looked after us.

the room

his mate were setting the table. Becky smiled at us and walked over

rice and blueberry pie,” Amie said, reaching for the basket I was holding. I placed it

side table.

red sauce and meatballs, and cucumber salad. Thank you

of you,” Becky

said. She gave me a look, saying

the same one.

for making sure Amie got here safe,

all, Beta Elder. She’s been looking forward to it,”

“Honestly,” Amie said.

they both rolled their eyes. I concluded I had

had made the same

not here on official business,”

are family and titles are put to the

looked at

not, sweetums,”

at us. All of us

sat down to eat, it actually

have another

I need to keep some of my dignity,” Elder objected. I

chance.

Amie always been such a fan of snow? As soon

into a pup,” I asked. Elder laughed

came, our mom always insisted our dad took a couple of hours off work

would make lunch and we would head out into the woods and we would sled and

time as a family. You know that it can be difficult to get those family

were special.” I smiled and nodded. It all made sense

new life.

out to sled in the first snow,” Amie told

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us now and

brother asked. She

taking the day off when it snowed for the first time last year. Mino was just a

a good tradition,” Amie said. Her brother happily

my little sister still as stubborn

to sigh deeply and shook

like her tests my patients on a daily basis,” I told them and played

both smiled. “Have she told you what she made me go through before she would even

we

to hear this,”

already feeling for you,” Elder told

what actually happened,

from werewolves,” Amie defended herself. I hid my smile and started to

wolf I had found in the small diner and Amie’s stubborn attempts