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 to share everything with her the last time we were dealing with Verity’s

here to help

trotted over. How? There is

closer and rubbed against both of

can’t shift with silver’in their

Lycans can. He

move or tear. And it isn’t like Garith is going

shook his head. You do not

looked back at my wolves, trying to pay attention to inside and

can

die. Right

mated you and is ready to step in as the next ruler.” Garith leveled Rowan with a look. “No…I think she

saw a flash. I recognized it. This wasn’t a full shield like I did at the cabin. This was a temporary one, one that shrinks as the magic is used up. “Let her go.” Every time

out again, drawing my attention. His eyes flashed towards me. Lycan’s are

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