Shifted Fate by Alicia S.Rivers

Chapter 27

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.

shell of its former glory. The runes that lay- tattered were charcoal black and crumbling. I pushed

mind. "What's going on? How is this possible?" I pushed my way through the front room, feet squeaking on clean floors, and stumbling over rocks. "If either of you says magic again, I might scream." Two sets of laughter followed my threat, and I

sent you here. Only she will tell you. Nix settled as the

you go? Gran has you." A dark-haired, blue- eyed boy with two missing front teeth ran into the room from the kitchen and a stunningly beautiful woman followed

hundred years. Her eyes met mine, and she froze. The boy disappeared up the stairs, but she walked closer and raised her hand to cup my

girl. I'm sorry I won't be able to meet you in person, but I want you to know I love you with everything

who I

recognizes like." She leaned in. "You have had a hard road so far, but everything can be remade stronger. Roots

"Your home is..."

see now is just a memory burned into the very ground I worked with my blood and tears. The runes, the husk, are what

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