Shifted Fate by Alicia S.Rivers

Chapter Nine

"There are my two favourite girls." My dad walked into my room as we just got back.

"Hi Daddy." I walk over and hugged him and bowed her head.

"Hi Alpha Devlin."

"None of that Cassie, when it's just us, I've told you just to call me Dev." Cas blushed and nodded. "Can I speak with my daughter alone for a minute?"

"Of course, Alpha." Cas looked at me with a tiny bit of panic in her eyes as she turned away. I tried to reassure her, but I couldn't do much. She knew exactly what this conversation was about. I followed my father to his office and sat down with Ronnie and him. "Talk."

"What is going on in this pack, Dad?"

"What do you mean?"

"Why are unranked she-wolves lording their power over the weaker wolves?" I looked over at Ronnie and he looked away. "You obviously know what I am talking about. The beta and gamma female here are doing what, exactly?"

"Hey!" Ronnie looked at me. "That isn't fair."

“I'm not saying it's fair.” I looked back at my father. "You are letting your pack crumble from within and I want to know why." I stared my father in the eye until Loki was growling back at me but Nix growled right back.

a pack I loved was falling apart. The rumble of his threat got louder, but I held firm. My dad finally smiled and Nix receded. "You have grown up." I nodded, but I raised my eyebrow

you even talking

My father started, and I cut my eye

I thought

"What exactly?"

her friends and family falling apart, she would come back." My

"She doesn't speak to anyone here anymore. She asked the Alpha to forbid anyone from

head in his hands. "It's been

hugged him from the side. "Mom thinks you betrayed her, and she is pretty broken up about

duties would override the betrayal." My

I just shook my head and sat back down. I turned on Ronnie. "And so are you,

just

too. I won't be able to go back to mom's pack without knowing

sugar. We

is for the women to fix. I want the beta and gamma to meet with me before the party tonight." My dad jolted back in surprise and I laughed. "You asked my best friend to keep a surprise from me, dad. First off, stupid move. You know she can't keep a secret. Second, even if she hadn't blurted out the truth, I would have figured out something from Aurora." I cut my eyes to my

sees her, his eyes glaze over and he won't

beautiful. The most beautiful woman