Shifted Fate by Alicia S.Rivers

Is a mistake from the Moon Goddess 281

I opened the letter in my hands, and a wave of raw pain hit me in the chest. Carl's neat handwriting met me.

Amy,

I know right this minute I am laying on the cold earth after doing everything to save my little girl. I know you just spent an hour taking care of her, and for that, I am eternally grateful. But if you allow her to stay awake, she will hurt herself. I've seen it. So I beg you to put her to sleep.

Use your magic, and put her to sleep every night for the next few months. She is a child, but she is my child, and I know her. She is an old soul in a tiny body and she sees more than you think she does. But she doesn't see the entire picture yet, and if you allow her to, she will put herself in danger. And with it, the world.

I looked up from the letter to see Toya standing close. "What's wrong?" She came closer.

"He wants me to put her to sleep. For the next few months.

the letter. "I can't blame the child. She's grieving. When I thought my parents were lost, I was going to do something

stared at her. "You never

here if I lost everyone and everything like she has." She played with her family ring on her finger. "But my loss wasn't real, her isn't. Even if she doesn't understand fully in her mind, she knows she lost her father...her everything." Toya nodded towards the letter. "Listen to him. Put

you, knowing you are already doing so much for me, raising my daughter. But can you bury me here near the cabin? So that Carly can visit me and know that I am still here with her. That I will hear her prayers, and walk next to her on her hard days. I know in my heart she

the big oak. We spent many days there, having picnics, watching the sunset over the cabin. She said it was her favourite place

I know they will help while you have your position in your pack. Take the position Vince is offering you. I won't speak about that anymore than I already have. But you need to take the position.

that. How

that stone of yours. You will figure it

man was as cryptic as my

when she is older if you like. I want her to know where she came from. The love we had when we made her. I want her to know how much I loved her mother, how her coming into my life swept me off my feet. Our love was a flash in the pan, compared to my life, but it was bright and deep. Meeting her inother was the second brightest moment in my long life,