Page 2 of Shifted Fate
“You lied!” He screamed, shaking the walls as his aura struck out, but I could barely feel it. I felt the silver traveling in my veins getting closer to my sluggish heart. “This was my pup. I can smell me on him. He was mine.” Brandon’s eyes grew redder asthe tears gathered. “You said she cheated on me and it wasn’t my pup!”
“She did cheat on you. I guess I was wrong about the pup.”
“You said you smelled it.” From the sound of it, he lunged for her again. The last thing I saw was him clutching our baby in his arms. And I wanted to never see it again.Hedid this to us, not Shannon.
She played her part well, sure, but him not believing me, not waiting for a few more days to smell the pup, that was his fault. And all of our downfalls.
I prayed for the moon Goddess to take me. I no longer wanted to be here. I wanted to be with my pup.
“Save her.”
“No!” Shannon screamed. “I am the Luna now, you marked me last night.” Ah, so that was the pain I felt last night. His betrayal caused bile to shoot into my mouth. “I am bearing your pup.”
I started to laugh again. I cracked my eyes to see my mate, Brandon, hovering next to me. “Stay with me Amy.”
“Beta’s baby. She’s fucking…the Beta.” I choked out the words and laughed as horror bloomed in his eyes. Blood flooded my mouth as I smiled again.
“Save her.” He commanded.
“No!” I slammed out, putting all of my power in it. “Don’t move.” I used my Alpha strength to freeze everyone, including my mate, in place.
“How?” Brandon looked down at me, pleading. “Let me save you.”
“I am descended from the Moon Goddess, and you don’t deserve to save me. You don’t deserve our pup. You were weak, and now, you’ve lost everything.” I smiled up at him as I felt my soul leave my body.
Then I was free.
Chapter Two
I
opened my eyes to find myself surprisingly alive. “Amy hurry, you’re going to be late.” I jolted up and looked around, confused. What was going on? Where was I? “Amy!” The voice called again and I shook myself. I stood up from the bed and looked around again. I recognized this room. It was my childhood bedroom.
I hadn’t stepped foot in this room since I found my mate, Brandon. I heard a knock on the door and my mother opened it. Before I could process what was happening, I ran into my mother’s arms. “Mom, you’re here.” I started to cry. “I’ve missed you so much.”
“Amy. My girl.” She laughed as she patted my back. “I saw you yesterday.” She pulled back and I looked into her amber eyes that matched my own. “Happy Birthday, baby.”
I leaned into her hands and realized that today was the last day I spent at home. I found my mate on my eighteenth birthday. “Thank you, mom.”
“Hopefully, you will meet your mate today and start your new life.” She smiled at me and I felt my blood freeze. I didn’t want to meet Brandon. Not when I knew what was going to happen.
“I’d rather stay here with you.” I smiled as I kissed her cheek. “I don’t want to miss you and Morgan.”
I knew now that when Brandon thought I cheated on him, before he killed my baby and me, he had somehow killed my mother for her supposed involvement. He bragged about it the day he took me. Shannon’s father, my mother’s husband, watched her die on that operating room table. The pup that Morgan was so happy for, turned into her death sentence. Don’t get me wrong I knew he loved my mother in his own way, and he was hurting, but his scheming daughter was the cause of all of this. He stood by and watched it all happen and for that I would hate him for the rest of his life.
I understood why he supported his daughter, but I didn’t like it, nor him, for that matter.
“Baby. You won’t miss us. We will be there every step of the way.” She kissed my cheek, and I wrapped my fingers around hers.
“Mom, can we just leave? You and me? Leave Shannon and Morgan and move back to daddy’s pack?” My father, the Alpha of the Silvermoon pack, wasn’t a good husband, but he was a good man. He cheated on my mother, betraying her when he was drunk. But he swore it was a mistake. It was another Alpha’s maneuvering that broke them up, but my mother said it didn’t matter. It was too late.
His betrayal cost the life of my brother growing inside of her, and she refused to move past it.
“No baby. I can’t go back.” My mother’s face fell as she turned away.
“I don’t want to be betrayed, mom. Not like you were or worse. I don’t want a mate.” I whispered my new truth.
“Mates don’t hurt each other, baby.” She tried to smile but I shook. I knew exactly what mates do to each other.
