Shifted Fate by Alicia S.Rivers

My father already had the pack doctor waiting for us as we ran into her room. “Give her to me.” He held out his arms, and 1

handed her to him. He placed her down onto her bed and cut away her clothes.

“What happened?” My father leaned against the wall by the door. Iturned with a growl, and I lunged for him.

“You did this.” I screamed. I saw in his eyes, as his gaze met my own, that he agreed with me. “She shouldn’t have been out there all alone. And you know it.”

“This was her job.” He tried to say, but I interrupted him again.

“That’s bullshit!” I screamed again. “This is Cass, for goddess‘ sake. Don’t tell me whatever bullshit you fucking spout when another pack member is fighting for their life.”

My dad pushed up from the wall. “I-” But the door pushed open and Greyson walked straight to the bed.

“Stop it.” His voice was level as he dropped to his knees next to the bed.

“See, even Greyson doesn’t want to hear your bullshit.” I tossed out, but Greyson looked yup at me.

“I was talking to you.” The words were like a slap.

“What?”

friend you had growing up.” He looked down at the woman in the bed. “But she isn’t.” He pushed a strand of hair away. “You gave her the avenue to become stronger, Amy. And she spent the last few years honing it.”

stumbled back a step. “I wasn’t.” I tried to push back, but she just looked

looked to the doctor, who has finished cutting away her clothes, leaving her in some boy shorts

returned to the goddess, but something is going on, and I’m trying to figure it out.” He pulled out a vial of blood from the IV

pushed up

turned and handed him the vial. “I had thought with her injuries that she was injected with silver, or wolfsbane. She shows no sign of healing, so I was concerned.” He looked from Cass’s

Greyson’s voice

“If there was silver, or wolfsbane in her blood. We would smell it, but we would also see it. Inside the vial there would be a distinct separation of blood, and the contaminant. But there is

She isn’t healing.” My father pointed

looked slightly uncomfortable. “I don’t know what

soft whisper in the

say?” The doctor

reason she

make sense.”

nodded. “She

would have told her wolf to focus on saving the baby. She

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