Shifted Fate by Alicia S.Rivers

Chapter 552

I felt

my skin ripple as she pushed me back. Rowan growled so loud, everyone turned to him. They thought he was freaking out because Garith had raised the knife to plunge directly into my hear. He watched my mate’s face greedily as he moved closer to the bubble. “I’m doing her a favour. You know that, right? A final gift to my very own granddaughter. To save her from the suffering of a slow and painful death from silver poisoning.’

“If you lay one finger on her, I swear to the goddess, you won’t be found for years to come.”

Garith seemed to freeze. “What do you

mean?”

“I mean I will take you, and chain you somewhere dark, and cold. I will feed you enough to keep you alive, but I will cut your fucking tongue out so you can’t whisper your fucking magic to anyone. There will be no one to save you, not even your fucking whore of a daughter.” Rowan spun, and his hand shot out, catching Verity by the throat.

Her hand trembled around the silver blade, but Rowan squeezed until she dropped it. Her hands scrambled for purchase around his fingers. “Rowan, please.” She begged.

“While everyone is distracted, my love, cast the spell for concealment.” My eyes darted to the side where I could hear my grandmother’s voice. I saw Garith shake his head, as if he heard a fly near his ear. “Hurry before my spell breaks in here. Conceal what Nix is doing, project your hurt body before Nix starts to shift.” Garith shook his head. “Now, Amy!”

settled around my shoulders as I felt the first

but if you make a noise,

around me. “What are you playing at, girl?”

through my flesh and swallowing the blood that

tiniest bit of air into her lungs, allowing

like I said, Amy is already dead.” He chuckled as he looked me over one more time before turning back to face Rowan.

Rowan’s hands. “You can’t mean that.” He

I mean it!” He went to grab me, but I shifted back, afraid of what he would feel. “She is my granddaughter….if I can kill her, why would you

“I did everything

he turned back to me and waved me closer. “Come here willingly, or I will make it worse for you.” I rolled my eyes but stepped beside him. I watched as he raised the knife to my heart and placed the tip there, turning back to Rowan with a smirk. “If I pushed even a little, she would be at peace.” Rowan growled, but that just made him grin more and press the knife harder into my skin, earning a drip of

Rowan looked a little crazed as he watched the blood

pressed harder into my chest, but Nix was stretching. Something shifted, my eyes sharpened, niy nose tingled with the

whispered to Rowan.

pressed him to understand. His eye color flickered between stormy gray and the ice blue of Erubus.