Shifted Fate by Alicia S.Rivers

Is a mistake from the Moon Goddess 72

Chapter Seventy-Two

"Daddy...I don't want to leave you like this." I tried one last chance.

"I know, pup. But your mom needs you." He looked worried. "She wouldn't have asked for you unless it wasn't important. And she has been pretty Insistent. In all the years she sent you here, she has never once acted like this. We always had this unspoken rule that we would never keep you from the other."

"I know." I started to worry about my mother, too, "But I don't like leaving you with this mess.'

"I'll be fine. I have Ronnie, and the rest." He grabbed my hand and pulled me up the stairs of the pack house. "But your mother is alone. So I need you to go back and take care of her for me, since I can't." I stumbled as we went and he stopped and picked me up.

"Dad!"

"Sorry pup. I know your tired. I am too."

I huffed as he nudged ny bedroom door open and dropped me

the night and copy my grandma's spell book so that when you leave, you can take it with you." He

my bed and pulled the surrounding blankets. I would worry about the

"Code?"

birth year, yours and

and pulled the book out. "I'll get this back to you

the dark trees. I knew that if I stopped, I would be caught, and I

call through the trees. A voice that sounded familiar but not. Like if I tried, I could figure out who it was, but right this second, my body pushed me to head away from him. "I will give you a few more minutes to run and hide. But once the time is up, I will find you. And you will be mine." His deep voice called to me and I stumbled. His words weren't a threat, they were a promise, one that made my middle clench with a newfound

I had the urge to turn back, to run to the voice, to see the face that called to

run, to play, and

Her smokey voice called out. Catch me if you think you can." Her laughter filled

won't be letting you leave this forest unmarked." The deep voice bellowed out, "Three." could feel goosebumps break out along my body. Nix pushed faster, dodging the trees at a breakneck pace. "Two. His voice was far, but I couldn't let up. We knew that