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?"

to question everything I tell you?" He shook his head and

socks and then quirked

pull our power from the world around us. Give and take, push and pull, every action has a reaction." My father planted his feet

trees

and then he blew out. The trees bent backwards and shivered in the wind, almost dancing like they were happy. "Sometimes we take power, sometimes

hung open, and I was looking around. "How did you do that?" My eyes darted from the dancing

laugh was contagious, and I laughed with him. "Now to do that, like I said, the

connect to nature."

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

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

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 of the clearing and called again. "Hello?" The dark trees shifted and I

alone in the woods, and I had no idea what I was doing. 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 in

me.

panic started to

#25 BONUS

Chapter Fourteen

Focus. He will come back for you once you