Shifted Fate by Alicia S.Rivers

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Rowan helped me up from the floor, and I ripped the front door open to find chaos. There were at least fifty rogues, and they had my family surrounded. My mother was holding her own. She was sanding in her wolfman form, swinging at a few rogues that were trying to surround her, as the others Rick, Shelly, Ternin, and Alannah were standing together with their backs to each other, swinging at anyone that got close. Alannah was bleeding from her arm, but she was still holding her own.

I started running for them, as did everyone else, and I felt Nix push forward, shifting my body to our wolfman form. The first man I reached for was clueless. They weren’t expected to be attacked from behind. His yelp as I ripped his arm from the socket had the next few spinning.

“More are attacking from the back!” One rogue called as we reached the back of the pack. I fought towards my mother, Rowan working beside me. Toya and the girls followed the path we made through the men until we ended up in the middle with everyone else. 1

“Mom,” I called, and she turned. She nodded once before turning back to the fight at hand.”

“Amy!” Rick called as two rogues tackled him. “Protect Shelly.” ignored his demand as I kicked the first rogue off of him and snapped the neck of the second. I caught the tip of a dagger, hissing as Rowan struck out, slicing through the next of the man that had cut me.

“I got you.” I pulled him from the ground and pushed him back towards his mate as I turned again. I heard another scream, and I spun, but a rogue jumped in my way. “Rowan, save her!” I pointed to Alannah, who was kicking out at two men, as another had his arm around her throat. He nodded once after a brief hesitation, then he was gone.

I swung, catching the man by surprise, slicing down his arm, but he was fast. He kept dodging every hit. He wasn’t even attacking, just doing his best to dodge my attacks.

a sword towards my back. I had just enough time to swing a leg, catching the man in the stomach and sending him spinning into the group of rogues. I heard one scream as the sword sliced through his leg and he went down. Blood arced up as he fell back, catching my face. “You stupid bitch.” The first rogue snarled behind me, and I jumped, watching the man dive for where I was just a second ago. I landed on his back with a crunch, my wolf–man form bigger and heavier than normal. I slashed down

take a breath. I was surrounded by blood, gore, screaming and death. So much death. I tried to

once.

hit the dirt. The one that tackled me crawled up and perched on top. She was young surprisingly so. Her red

I growled as she punched my

her name. “Who are you?” She growled

felt Nix recede. She was exhausted, and she couldn’t hold on to her wolf–man form. It takes too

aren’t supposed to shift when we are in danger. I called back, a little

Thora isn’t strong enough

trotted over to Nix. Foolish

snarled as my shifting finished. “It’s you.” She swung her fist at my

her. “What

“It’s your fucking fault I’m here. You turned me away when I had done nothing