Shifted Fate by Alicia S.Rivers

I ran for what felt like hours until we got close enough to the caves I dropped down to my belly, and Erubus joined me. We inched under the bushes and then I sealed our voices around us. Even if we talked, not one soul could hear us. “Cut off your scent.” I whispered to him, and he licked my face.

“I already did.” He shook his head and then leaned closer. “Did you use magic to create a bubble around us?”

I shook my head. “No…well kinda.” He laughed. “I used magic to make sure no one would overhear us.”

He tilted his head. “Then why are you s

till whispering?”

I opened my mouth, but Megan started laughing. “I don’t know.”

“Someone is coming.” Erubus pushed closer to the cliff, peered under the edge of the bushes, and we waited. We were right over the cliff face that looked down at the cave of the mouth. We could see the overhang, and the rocky terrain heading down towards another thick forest that lead away from the pack lands. If you ran long enough, you would reach human territory. Dangerous for wolves, worse for werewolves.

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by the end of the week.” A few others stepped out of the darkness.

the tracker?” One of the

ask, but the chances that

his hand. “We have her phone.

phone into his hand. “No, she said nothing about the cave. Just that she was spotted by a rogue and she was going silent.” There was another pause. “I don’t know, man. They just want to know.” He sighed. “Okay. Tell the big man it doesn’t matter. Everyone is in place. We are moving the explosives tonight. We will wait here until the mating

at me, but I was focused on the group. “Show up for what?” One of the men

to kill him.” The second guy scoffed. “He’s as stupid as he sounds. He had the strongest she–wolf in his hands and he lost her for the whore.” The

held up his hands. “No, just the guys talking about everything. Has the king responded to the invitation? I’d rather save the explosives if the idiot is right and we can kill him

out from the caves. “Even if he doesn’t show up for the ceremony, won’t the other witch be able to kill him? She said she had him under her spell, didn’t she?” A man stepped out

Erubus tensed. “Holy shit.”

“What? Who is that?”

supposedly lost