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.

was falling apart. The rumble of his threat got louder, but I held firm. My dad finally smiled

are you even talking

I cut my eye to my uncle, who went a

thought it would

"What exactly?"

apart, she would come back."

in frustrations. "She doesn't speak to anyone here anymore. She asked the Alpha to forbid anyone from speaking to her about your pack so she

dad put his head in his hands.

the side. "Mom thinks you betrayed her, and she is pretty broken

I thought her luna duties would override the betrayal." My dad looked up at me and I laughed at his

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

He called out, but I just looked at him

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

sugar. We can fix

"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,

name, or he sees her, his eyes glaze over

beautiful. The most beautiful woman I have ever