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!

furrowed her 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 to share

here to

trotted over. How? There is silver

and rubbed against both of

can’t shift with silver’in their bodies. Megan bumped his

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

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

shook his head. You do

about? I looked back at my wolves, trying to pay

the barrier. “You can take me instead; isn’t that what you wanted

die. Right

back his head, pulling me back with him, deeper 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.”

cabin. This was a temporary one, one that shrinks as the magic is used up. “Let her go.” Every time Rowan smashed the bubble, it shrank. Not by a lot, but enough. His eyes bored into mine, and

drawing my attention. His eyes flashed towards me.

They