Shifted Fate by Alicia S.Rivers

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Chapter Seventy-Three

1 woke with a start, jolted up from my bed, and clutched my heaving chest. What the heck was that? I searched my room, sure that I would find the black wolf with bright blue eyes there, but I was alone.

"What was that?" I dropped back to my bed and huffed out a laugh. Just remembering his voice had my skin breaking out in goosebumps. I closed my eyes and his eyes flashed in my mind. "Who are you?"

There was a knock at the door and I sat up again, pushing the mysterious wolf

out of my brain. I got up and looked down at my ruined sheets. "The blood." Ugh. I shuffled to the door, wiping my eyes. I cracked it open and Cass pushed in. "Wake up."

"Cass?" I wiped my face as I turned to face the irrate Cass sitting at the end of my tossed and ruined bed. "What are you doing here?" I looked at the clock on the bed-side table. “It's six in the morning."

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"Exactly." She pointed to the bathroom. "Go shower and get ready. We are leaving here in two hours." "For what?"

tenly have until two." She pot un an

"Cass?"

pushed me toward the bathroom door, but I was still so confused.

head as I leaned my forehead against

I pushed off the door and turned the shower on. I needed to get the blood off my body, anyway. It had turned itchy. I undressed and looked at the clothes in my hand. Instead of tossing them into the hamper, I threw

hot water loosened tension I didn't even realize I had. The last few days had caught up with me. The water was a dirt rust color, and I waited for it to run clear before I grabbed the soap and cleaned my itchy skin.

out to see a very impatient Cass. I was a little more awake to deal with her now. You want to tell me

next," she looked at the clock, "Seven and a half hours to spend quality time together before you

barely got to spend time together this summer. You were always training, and

robe. "I know." I sat next to her. "I feel like I should apologize, but I know we were where we needed to be this

over at me with tears in her eyes.

know. I don't want to leave

don't think I could take it." I laughed and wrapped my

one would ever measure up." I laid my head on her shoulder. You are always going to be my best friend."

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my closet to finish getting ready. "I'll be

the time we eat and head to the mall, it

Chapter Seventy Three

mall?" Cass followed me with her eyes. "Why are we going to

ahead." I closed

to be my