Shifted Fate by Alicia S.Rivers

Is a mistake from the Moon Goddess 357

Chapter 357

Í tilted my head to the side and nodded slowly. "I am." I smiled. "Did you know my father?"

The man chuckled, the little extra he had around his waist jiggling with it. "Yeah, I know your dad. How is the old bastard?"

I froze, and I forced tears to spring to my eyes and I looked down at my hands. "He passed away in a rogue attack a few years ago." I looked up and I let one tear drop. "But you are right, before he went, he was one old bastard." I smirked and wiped the tear away.

The room was silent or a few minutes and Brandon leaned over and whispered to me. "It's okay." He rubbed my arm with his hand. I smiled up at him and nodded.

"I'm sorry." Rick sighed and rubbed his face. "I didn't know." He came over and stood with his hands in his pockets. "Now I normally hate any person Vince forces on me, as I feel like he is going to force me out once he has young blood in here. But for Gav, I'll take you without complaint."

I laughed, sniffling along the way. "Sounds good."

Brandon turned, but then stopped as a ring sounded. He pulled his phone from his pocket and I watched his eye twitch as he glanced at me. "I have to take this call." He turned to Rick, whose gaze was narrowed on Brandon's screen. "Rick, can you show Amy to her office and help her get settled? She has to get set up with the new laptop.

and nodded as the phone rang again, and Brandon's jaw clenched. He gave another nod. "I'll be fine." I waved

smirked when I saw Shannon's name flash over the display again. "I'll be off. Have

this time. But something had Rick

where I could see Derek training with the warriors. I felt my stomach clench as he took his top off and howled. "Never mind the boys, girlie. They won't help

you are talking about me criticizing their shitty training." Rick turned to me with a soft smirk on his face. "My father would roll in his grave if I was ever distracted by shitty training and shittier men." Rick looked at me for a minute

and then I'll see what you can do." I sat, and we got to work. A few hours later, he looked at his watch and sat back.

and cracked my neck. "Okay." I turned my chair to face him. "What's

and then walked out, coming back with a stack of papers. "This is the test." He

I looked back to the papers. "You want to play cat

Rick smirked. "I do."

the page. "How long do I have to hide from

laughed. "You aren't

have to catch you?" He