Shifted Fate by Alicia S.Rivers

Is a mistake from the Moon Goddess 289

The silence was only broken by the crackling of the fire. Hanna watched as everyone took in her words. She walked over to the pile of wood that Rowan left and chucked a few more pieces into the fire. The sound jolted everyone out of their thoughts. Wendy took in a deep breath, and then she gagged. "What the fuck?" She wretched again, and then the smell hit the rest of us.

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"What the fuck is that?" Micca gagged too. It was only Toya, Hanna, and I that didn't gag. We looked at each other and then back to the other two.

"That..." Hanna started, but stopped.

"That's what is smells like when you burn bodies." I finished for her.

Micca groaned and rushed away, puking closer to the house while Wendy looked at me with wide eyes. "Why are you three okay?"

"Because this isn't the first time we had to do this." Toya walked over to Wendy, pulling her away from the fire. Hanna went to grab Micca, and we walked to Carl's grave, creating space.

"The first time is always the worst." I offered with a small smile. Over here the air was clearer, the scent of pine and spruce over taking the smell of the bodies.

she shook her head. "I will never want to smell that

her back. "But back to my point. The easiest way to take down a king is to get rid of his supporters. The Lycans started going missing over two hundred years ago. The attacks on the packs here

I nodded. "You're right."

the king, and then when he is isolated." She clapped her hands together. "You take him

fuck, you're right."

long time. And he started the attacks in Japan. But why there?"

was the first family. The first family of wolves that we are all descended

shovel. "Wait, are you going to bury Carl?" I nodded, so she got up and ran to the front of the cabin. She came back with an armful of flowers. She dropped the flowers on top of him. "Goodbye Carl. I promise we will take care of Carly for you." Then she turned

do that?" Micca looked at the flowers. "They are just going to be covered

in Carly's room." She sat down and smiled. "They planted those flowers together. I wanted him to take a piece of her with him to the

Moon goddess created one line, but other gods grew envious of her creations. And they asked

own wolves. She agreed.

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