Shifted Fate by Alicia S.Rivers

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Chapter Fifteen

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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?"

His laughed cut through the quiet air. "Are you going to question everything I tell you?" He shook his head and then waved his hands.

I took off my shoes and socks and then quirked an eyebrow at him. "Happy?"

"Yes. Now the first lesson you have to learn is connecting to nature. We pull our power from the world around us. Give and take, push and pull, every action has a reaction." My father planted his feet and took a deep breath. The

trees

shifted toward him, 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 like they were happy. "Sometimes we take power, sometimes like now, I give it."

My mouth was hung open, and I was looking around. "How did you do that?" My eyes darted from the dancing trees to my father and his face was alight.

"Magic." His laugh was contagious, and I laughed with him. "Now to do that, like I said, the first step is to

connect to nature."

"How?" My mind was blown, and I had no clue how to connect to anything other than my phone.

energy from the sun and the land. How the animals survive off the land. Everything is connected and once you

do I know if I'm doing it right?" I cracked open my eye and my

was too dark to stumble through the trees alone and I

me.

called again and panic started to set in. How was I going to get

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could. Focus. He will come back for you once you have tried

my father being gone. "I don't

tell us. Loki told me the same. He said all he could and now

sank back down to the stump and closed my eyes. But every noise,

afraid of here. This is a sacred place. You are safe here. Now

cleansing breath and settled myself again. I closed my eyes again and focused on the wind and grass again. I settled deeper onto the stump and focused on my breathing. In and out, and

off the stump,

"What?"

my first time too. Come on. It's lunchtime.” I stood

my father, who

and came back as Loki. I hopped on and we made our way back to the

and again, standing next to the Beta and Gamma females. Tina and Lynn watched the females struggle to run around the inside track. I turned to face them with wide eyes. "What

her head and watched the struggling women. "The females here only train if they want to. Your father doesn't force us to

been two laps, and they are already winded." The muscled woman shook her head and tossed her arms. "I don't understand

to me and I nod. "I talked to my father, and he

pack?" Tina furrowed her

head. "We had a few survivors that were transferred by the council

Tina looked back to the group of women, and Lynn's mouth

gone?" Lynn questioned, and I

that leave us? Tina wiped her face and then screamed out. "Hussle ladies." A huge groan could be heard,

themselves." I clapped and

and had to laugh at

"Horrible." Tina cut in...

"Sad." Lynn

"Sad." Lynn tossed out.

start." I shake my head at the two standing next to me arid

But

necessary."

one girl called