Shifted Fate by Alicia S.Rivers

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"You can't mean that." I hit her arm, but she shook her head.

"You don't understand. We handled you, but I was terrified you were going to die. Having a heat without a mate was bad enough,

but adding your shattered heart on top of it nearly did kill you." Her face was a mask of rage. "There were a few days were you

refused to eat or drink. You whittled down to nothing." She looked down at her hands. "We you came to, your wolves were

fighting for your life, so you didn't see much of a difference. But at the height of your heat, your heart stopped beating." Toya met

my eyes. "But even after all of that. I knew Rowan was doing it because he cared for you and didn't want to ruin you." She nodded

as she sighed. "It took a long time for me to realize that."

I nodded. "Yeah. Me too." I sat back against the sofa. "It took almost a year for me to stop hating him. For the heat, for pulling

away. And then the graduation happened, and I was flung back to the pain and anger I felt." I rubbed my face. "I don't know how I

am going to face him..." I trailed off and then shook myself. "I don't even know if he still cares about me. Or how Thoth feels." I

groaned. "Fuck, I don't even know how I truly feel."

"Well..." Toya stood, turned, and pulled me up. She turned me to the stairs and pushed me. "Maybe you should go read those

figure it

stopped. I looked back

softly at me.

like Rowan and

from? Oh, no." Toya waved her hands in the air. "Fuck, I'd

laughed. "Not

But you are worrying about something happening that's already happening." She walked

need to focus on how much you care about them...and how much they care about you." I stiffened, and she laughed. "Stop worrying about it. First things

up the stairs.

"But Carly..."

it. And Wendy and I explained it to Carly. As did you? As

if the man you love is on the

wanted to puke.

softened her next words. "Then you fully move on, instead

thing you have been doing." I

held up her hands. "It's true and you know it." She leaned in and kissed my forehead. "You

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a hand down my hair. "A reason that had

Then she laughed a little. "But not in the toxic

being himself." She turned me around to

move. "But what

growled. "Then we face it. Now get your ass up these steps

but finally started up the stairs. Every stair, every