Shifted Fate by Alicia S.Rivers

We pulled the sheets off of everything and then spent a few minutes bringing extra chairs in for everyone. My dad took his chair and patted the chair beside him. Ronnie leaned against the window, facing the door.

My dad grabbed my hand. "I have missed you, baby girl."

"I missed you too, dad." Nix pushed forward, our eyes flashing.

"We have all missed you." Nix's smokey voice came from my lips. Loki pushed forward and smiled.

"Once this is done, I want to go for a run. With both of you." Loki's eyes were mirrors of my own. "I still have a pup I haven't met."

Megan psuhed forward, and I felt my eyes shift to her brown ones. "I would really like that."

Loki receded, and my dad reached his hand out. His finger tips danced under my left eye. "I never knew." His thumb pressed into my cheek. "I'm sorry."

Megan tilted our head and chuckled. "Amy didn't even know I existed until you taught her magic. Without you, I would have stayed hidden, like last time." Megan lifted our hand and snagged his. "Never apologize for something you couldn't help."

There was a knock on the door. My dad squeezed my hand once before he dropped it. "Come in."

following behind him. "Bad time?" "Not at all." My dad gestured to the chairs. "It's a little tight again. Not like at the Agora." He chuckled. "This is my

everyone in this room when I was younger. It's good to see you

have grown up." Alpha

have indeed." I gave them all a quick bow and then I settled

him. "What happened after you left here?" I opened my mouth to start, but there was another knock. My dad turned towards the door, and before he could say anything, a man came in. He was huge, taller than any man I had ever met. Nix snorted. He's a little shorter than the king. I drew in a breath

cleared his throat. "You told me you were coming

plan our next

had a

low, but the

changer built in to it, because his voice was warped. Heturned

"Ronnie, grab him a chair." My dad nodded

chair. He slid it next to me and then gestured to

shimmied his way through the chairs, taking a seat next to me. He looked over at me for

I turned to him. "Start when you left here. I already caught