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 where near what Nix

one. And together, alpha and gamma, we will be better serve Amy together. You see things in ways I cannot. And vice versa." Nix looked over at both of us. "I do not see you as a different rank. We are all alphas." Nix nudged my shoulder with her moon kissed forehead and I bumped her back. "I hope you both know how much I love and cherish you." I stopped and knelt down next to Megan. "I'm sorry it took me so long to find

grin made me laugh. "Now come, you need to figure

my finger in Nix's thick dark coat. "I know, little one."

deeper we went, the quieter we all were, The dark forest gave way to a clearing, not unlike the

"What is this place?"

voice was smokey, and she looked around. "You

to Nix, and she nodded. So I took a cleansing breath and

down and faced my wolves. I pushed my hands deep into the grass that grew there and 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 neck. The sun heated

A call

with it, my heart started to race. Faster and faster until it was pounding in my ears

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

Chapter Twenty-Nine