Shifted Fate by Alicia S.Rivers

Is a mistake from the Moon Goddess 14

Chapter Fourteen

My father skidded to a halt at the edge of a small clearing with a stump in the center. I slid off Loki's back and he trotted off to shift. He walked back to me and gestured to the center. "Go sit."

I nodded and walked into the clearing. The tree's shadows were still deep, as the sun has just breached the tree tops. I shivered, not from the cooler temperature since wolves burn hot, but from the feeling of woods. It felt like something was here. Something was waiting for this moment.

I turned to face my dad, and he was still at the edge of the clearing "Why are you still back there?"

"This isn't for me, it's for you. I have already done my time in this place."

"Your time? What are you talking about?"

“This is a sacred place. The clearing here holds our family's power, and it's warded against it."

"Against it? Dad, what are you talking about?"

"Just listen. Sit down on the stump." I sank to the top of the stump and then looked back to my father. "Take your shoes and socks off, then plant your feet."

"Why?"

cut through the quiet air. "Are you going to question everything I tell you?" He

off my shoes and socks and then quirked an eyebrow at him.

connecting to nature. We pull our power from the world around us. Give and take, push and pull, every action has a reaction." My

trees

like his intake of breath was pulling them to him, and then he blew out. The trees bent backwards and shivered in the wind, almost dancing

you do that?" My eyes darted from the dancing trees to my father and his face was

and I laughed with him. "Now to do

connect to nature."

mind was blown, and I had no clue how to connect to anything other than

"Focus on the air around you, the way the wind blows. Focus on your feet, how the grass tickles your soles, the ground supports you. How the trees pull energy from the sun and the land. How the animals survive off the land. Everything is connected and once you connect to the land, you can feel it all. It will be overwhelming. You will feel...alive. For the first time in your life, you will truly feel alive. That's the only way I

and felt the wind blow around me and it whispered through the trees. I wiggled my toes in the grass and I felt..stupid. "How do I know if I'm doing it right?" I cracked open my eye and my father was gone. "Hello? Dad?" I stood and started walking to the edge

It was too dark to stumble through the trees alone and I felt like eyes were watching me from the darkness. My skin pebbled, and I turned away from the dark shadows

me.

I called again and panic started to

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everything he could. Focus. He will come back for you once