Shifted Fate by Alicia S.Rivers

Rowan’s eyes

shifted instantly as he ripped the heart from another guard. “Amy.” He stepped towards me, but Garith reappeared behind Shannon. He smiled as he pushed her away, taking the knife in his own hands.

“If I were you, I would tell everyone to stop fucking moving.” Garth shoved the knife deeper inside of me, making me groan, and Rowan‘ slammed his aura out, dropping everyone but me and Garith to the ground. A power flung outwards, creating a bubble around the two of us, leaving Rowan standing outside of it. Look at your mate, granddaughter. So strong, so powerful… brought to his knees over a whore.” He snorted as lie moved me forward. He pushed me to the edge of the bubble, so close i could count the darker lines of blue in Erubus’s eyes. “Look at how helpless he is.”

Rowan crashed against the bubble, his fist pounding on the outside. “Let her go. You can take me. Leave her out of this.” The panic in his eyes was clear to me, but he tried to hide it. I watched his emotions shutter, and then his face was cold, and calculating.

Garith laughed. “You are smart; I will give you that. But my granddaughter here, she is my insurance.” He grinned. “Now what are we going to do?”

Erubus faded from Rowan’s eyes. “Tell me what you want.”

“Well, you see…I kind of have all the cards here.” Garith twisted the knife a little deeper. “You see, my lovely granddaughter is stuck with me, in here.” Garith reached another hand around and grabbed my face, earning a growl from Rowan. “She is impaled on a silver knife, and we know what that means.”

Erubus ran out of the trees, speeding directly to Nix. MATE!

brow. What are you doing here? Her question was through gritted teeth. I couldn’t protect them from my pain, not since she made me promise

here to help

trotted over. How? There is silver in

what? Erubus walked closer and rubbed against both of

can’t shift with silver’in their

snout. Wolves can’t, but Lycans can. He turned to face Nix. You

inside of me? It will move or tear. And it isn’t like Garith is going to sit there and wait for

his head. You do

looked back at my wolves, trying to pay attention to

can take me instead; isn’t that what you wanted to begin

die. Right

onto the knife. “That was before I found out that this bitch already mated you and is ready to step in as the next ruler.” Garith leveled Rowan with a look. “No…I think she is

one that shrinks as the magic is used up. “Let her go.”

can always shift. Erubus called out again, drawing my attention.

a wolf. They can always shift. They are