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.

as the phone rang again, and Brandon's jaw clenched. He

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

wave as the door shut, and then I turned to look at Rick. "I'm at your disposal." I smiled, genuine this time. But

Derek training with the warriors. I felt my stomach clench as he

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

sit, I'll get you logged on to the servers, 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. "Now that you're

cracked my neck. "Okay." I turned my chair to face

stack of papers. "This is the test." He placed them down

the papers.

Rick smirked. "I do."

the page. "How long do I

"You aren't the

have to catch you?"