Shifted Fate by Alicia S.Rivers

Is a mistake from the Moon Goddess 216

Chapter 216

I stumbled into my apartment around ten, utterly exhausted, but I had something I still had to do. I showered, ate, and then curled up into my chair. With shaky resolve, I turned in and I started down the path I had once walked months ago. I was back to the first day when my grandmother coached me through finding my power, but this time, I was searching for something else.

My wolves.

ailed my hands down the trees of my mind as I passed. I walked barefoot through the tall grass. The pathway that was so clear back then had become overgrown and I didn't know why.

"Because your wolves stopped using it." I turned to see a woman walking next to me., Her hair and skin were luminous, a bright shining light in the darkness.

"Moon Goddess.” My breath hitched. “Why are you here?"

"Because you need me to be." Her smile was soft, but it comforted me.

path ahead of us and we continued. The trees growing darker the deeper we went. We walked for a long time before I worked up the courage to

and grabbed my hand to pull me to a stop with her. "I don't know. But I will help you figure it out and together." She paused as she wiped a stray tear off my cheek. “Together, we will fix it." She kissed my brow, and I closed my eyes. I shivered with need, but I was going to hold back. I swear I was. But then she wrapped her arms around me and my

ground and sobbed harder. "And I had no

pulled me to my feet. Gone was the aloof goddess that had watched over our race, and in her place was just another woman. Like my mom or grandma, loving and taking

swatted at a few more tears and

your first life." She wrapped her arms around my waist

"What do you mean?"

you remember what

I closed my eyes and pictured my last day. As Brandon stood over me. My declaration. "But

descendants as well. Do you know how?" I shook my head. She gave a soft smile. "Before I had grown in power, I was cut adrift, much like you are. I had no animal to call, no direction, if you will. I was the moon, I was death, but I wanted to be so much more.

"Heard what?"

wolves." She smiled. "But from the sky, I could not get close enough

was too young to leave. But, high on a mountain a man was