Shifted Fate by Alicia S.Rivers

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Chapter 511

I snorted. “You got me there.” I drank more wine. “But it did get us more information. It unveiled the Brotherhood, and it got me out of there.”

He nodded once. “But now you hate me.” He scratched at the grain on the table. “And I don’t know how I am supposed to recover from that.”

“You lied to me.”

He blew out a breath. “I did…but in my defence. I didn’t think I was ”

I snorted. “How do you fucking figure?”

He raised his hands. “I wrote you a letter every week to cover some of the miscommunication. But I also thought your dad was telling you all of his plans. And I say his plans because I was following his lead. He was able to move in the shadows, while pretending to be dead, and I was stuck in the limelight.”

“So you were playing your part thinking that I was too, only to find out afterwards that I wasn’t.” I slumped.

that I have to be careful. That I have to keep myself hidden. So when I am me, I don’t talk about my wolf’s name unless I am with family.

“Why?”

silenced it. “But even before my world fell apart, it was the same. I am a Lycan male. I have to hide my scent or I will drive females crazy.” I rolled my eyes, which made his lips twitched. “You can roll your eyes. But until you have seen an unmated female scent, a Lycan male,

on.” I

release his scent in a pack. Thankfully, it was a small pack

onto the table, ensnared

mate. One plucked out her eyes. The

“Holy.”

doctor to deliver their first pup, they were hit by her car. She made sure the mate was dead and then dragged the man from the erash. She took him, and when he refused

in my hand. “Seriously?” He

deep breath. “That’s why I always held myself back from you. I have scented you, and I knew you weren’t my mate.” He met my eyes. “I prayed to the goddess that I was wrong.” He shook his head. “It was silly, but true.” He groaned as he sat back. “I’ll never be able to let myself be free around you. Never share everything

hit me.

and I know that was a cruel thing

“Rowan.”