Shifted Fate by Alicia S.Rivers

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Chapter 544

Lynn’s face was triumphant. Brandon screamed. “Derek!” But he was still frozen. Derek himself was stuck on his knees, eyes open but glossy. Blood still trickled from his wounds, but that was more from gravity than it was from his heart. Because his heart was silent. “No!” Brandon screamed again, but Lynn Just laughed. “You stupid bitch, I’ll kill you myself. He didn’t deserve to die.”

“He deserved every fucking slice.” She screamed back. “Every time he touched me, cut me, burned me. I kept count. I kept track of every fucking breath he breathed against my neck. He got lucky that I was stuck like this before I had finished.”

Brandon’s eyes burned as he opened his mouth but Garith screamed. “Enough.” He waved his hands towards me, and I stepped up next to him. “Good girl.” He opened the toolkit in my hand and smiled. “You wouldn’t mind holding this for me, would ya, darling?” He smiled as if he were asking, but I felt the weak command he put into his words.

Rowan snorted. “You did all of this to kill me and take over as king, but that was your command?” His eyes turned to Garith’s. ” You are fucking weak.”

Garith snarled. “I know I won’t be king, but my son is stronger.” He grinned and grabbed for me. He pulled me around the pew so I was standing next to his thigh and he unzipped the toolkit, displaying the knives there. “Now…let’s get to work.”

“Gavin would never.” Rowan was baiting him.

“Gavin is a disappointment. I was smart enough to have a backup. Not as strong, and Garren has no magic, but beggars can’t be chooser I guess.”

heard that name

the caves. Nix growled low as she

sighed. “I would have been happier with Gavin’s girl…now, she had potential. But…” He turned to look at Brandon.” Some people have different ideas.” He turned to Shannon. “And some have ambitions they

again. “Killing me will do nothing for your position. My Luna is already in place to take over for me.” His words

your Luna. But I’m close to the first family. I can feel it. I have traced a

snorted. Closer than he actually

snorted out loud. “The first family? Of course, I’m from the first

morphed into something close to devotion. “If I can get close to the first family…any child I have with someone from that family would be strong.” Then he turned back to Rowan. “Then I would just kill the rest so no one

“What would you do if they wanted nothing

when the King turned

plummeted

eyes flashed to the icy blue I loved. “What did you just

the knife in his hand. “Your mother was pregnant with a she-wolf. He was so excited for a second pup. As I heard Lycans only have one pup, right?” He grinned. “So when he scented the pregnancy, he threw a party. Apparently, his finding out he was having a girl triggered something inside of him. He wanted some alphas to pass down the torch, so

jumped in. “To