Shifted Fate by Alicia S.Rivers

Is a mistake from the Moon Goddess 29

Chapter Twenty-Nine

"Connect with nature, pup." Loki pushed me with his snout into the clearing. "You are running out of time."

"I know." I headed to the center and sank to the ground. Today I was determined to succeed, and I wasn't leaving until I at least figured out how to feel my magic. I closed my eyes and started down into the center of myself. My mind flowed down, circling my inner-self, until I burst through a barrier, stumbling into a clearing in my dark

woods.

I stalked

deeper into the forest, moving in between then trees as I went. Nix joined me on my right, and Megan on my left. Comparing the two wolves was hard. Megan, while beautiful and majestic, was a small size wolf for a werewolf. "Megan?" "Yes, Amy?" Her voice was soft and gentle.

"What rank are you?" I looked down at her and she chortled.

gamma. Still ranked, but now

alphas." Nix nudged my shoulder with her moon kissed

Nix to keep me company." Her toothy grin made me laugh. "Now come, you

dark coat. "I know, little one." She turned

all were, The dark forest gave way to a clearing, not unlike the one I was currently sitting, and I knew that this was where I would find

"What is this place?"

don't know." Nix's voice was smokey, and she looked around. "You never push us

at the edge and nudged me in. "I think you have to do this alone." I turned to Nix, and she nodded. So I took a cleansing breath

I waited. What exactly I was waiting for, I had no idea. But I felt like this was right. I pushed my fingers deeper into the dirt, feeling the way the dark soil cooled my skin. The wind blew my hair into my face, tickling the skin at the base of my

A call

my heart started to race. Faster and faster until

and howled. Matching her song to the racing song that had become my very essence. Megan soon joined. And then I was on my feet, head thrown back, howling my piercing song to a darkened sky and a full moon

Chapter Twenty-Nine