Shifted Fate by Alicia S.Rivers

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Chapter 231

I ran until I felt another tug. Every time I worried I was heading in the wrong direction, or I would hear a howl behind me,

I would get another tug and I would head straight towards it. Soon, the world melted away, as it did on the way towards Amara. The edges of my vision wavered. But through the entire time, the lost woman, the lost soul followed, desperate to find my body first.

I was terrified. What if she got to my body first?

What if I was left to wander this plane, to wither and moan while she walks around in my body like it is a suit to wear, a part to play? I shivered as I thought about what she looked like before she absorbed my life, my vitality. How could anyone live like that?

But then the thought hit me: it wasn't living. It was almost the exact opposite. Stuck waiting until you find an empty shell to take over like some kind of living hermit crab. But instead of just finding a new home, you become a new person. A new face, body, entire life. And do you get new wolves? These thought circled my brain as I ran.

Would Nix and Megan have a new person, a new soul to bond with while I was cast away? Or are they also cast out and her wolf takes over? If she takes over my body, am I losing just my life, or all three of our lives?

Hermanic laughter was closer than I thought as I scrambled back to my feet. I felt her nails scrap down my

my very center. I weaved through the land, passing streets, and unfamiliar buildings. I didn't notice on the way there, but heading back, it felt like I was moving slower, and I

their everyday lives, as I ran past, a spectator to their lives, desperately trying to save my own. I thought that the wanderer behind me might get distracted as we passed some

the only chance of life she

calls were like

Wendy and Toya,

Amy. Come back." Wendy begged as

of your mom, your dad. Us." Toya

looked down at my empty hands and somehow I knew they had slipped their hands into mine in

faster, pushing myself to the limit to reach them. To reclaim my body, my life, my destiny.

she howled again, and I could feel her need nipping my heels. "Your life is mine." I felt her claws drag down my back and I screamed, but I kept

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