Shifted Fate by Alicia S.Rivers

Is a mistake from the Moon Goddess 27

Chapter Twenty-Seven

I started up the stairs and finally pushed out of the tunnel into what I could only describe as a shallow cave. It was cut into a cliff, but there were no cliffs by my father's pack

"Where are we?" My flashlight cut across the stone and I moved out toward the entrance. I slid out and somehow, I was at the edge of the sea. Waves crashed before the lip of the cliff, and I could see stairs cut into the left side heading up. So I followed. I walked up, slowly and carefully, mist hitting my face, I screamed as my foot slipped on some slick moss and I windmilled my arms to catch my balance. I pulled myself up to the top of the cliff, and there, at the edge of a clearing, was a small cottage that faced the sky.

It was stunning.

"This is impossible."

Only if you think magic is a thing of myth. Megan's voice sounded, and I nodded. We followed the short path to the door and I pushed in. The world shifted, and it was like I was seeing one thing with one eye and something different with the other.

Icould walk in and see every piece of furniture and every dust mote as it danced by. On the other, the cabin was a burnt shell of its former glory. The runes that lay- tattered

you says magic again, I might scream." Two sets of laughter followed my threat, and I knocked my hand against my temple. And the clean,

the woman that sent you here. Only she will tell you. Nix settled as the air wavered in front of me and the homey, plush living room was back.

with two missing front teeth ran into the room from

no wrinkles, but her hair was turning gray. I was looking at how I would have looked after I made it a few hundred years. Her eyes met mine, and she froze. The boy disappeared

girl. I'm sorry I won't be able to meet you in person, but

know who

my line have my spark, and like recognizes like." She leaned in. "You have had a hard road so far, but everything

"Your home is..."

ground I worked with my blood and tears. The runes,