Shifted Fate (Amy)

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I sat staring at the screen with a pit in my stomach. It was foolish. I needed to speak with him. I needed to figure out my feelings before I did anything else. But seeing his words made me freeze...and panic.

"Are you okay?" Rick's words snapped me back from the screen.

"Um, yeah. Just a message I need to respond to."

He nodded. "When are you talking to Vince? About leaving?"

I sighed. "After I know where I'm going." He nodded and stood.

"I guess I'll see you tonight."

I smiled. "See you tonight. I need to leave a little early to get everything I need for

tonight." He nodded, then left me alone in the

office.

I wanted to ignore Thoth's message, which is stupid. I needed to face this.

You are panicking over a message? Nix sounded amused.

Megan chuckled with her. I think she is panicking more about what the message

means.

But she messaged him first. Nix shook her head.

I laughed. They were both right. I shook my head as I turned back to the screen. The cursor flashing, waiting for my message.

NixtheGoddess: What do you need to talk to me about?

I hit send before I could think about it, and then I waited. I turned to my work computer, doing my best to look busy. I heard a new notification, and my stomach clenched as I turned to look at the screen. My stomach loosened when I realized it was from my father. Before I could read it, a stench hit my nose, just a tiny. I knew Brandon was creeping outside of my office, but I had thought he had left when Rick left, but no. He was still out there. I ignored him and clicked on my father's message.

Deadmanwalking: King has agreed to move back to pack lands. You can move

today.

NixtheGoddess: Are you ready to move?

Deadmanwalking: Believe me when I say everyone is champing at the bit. I have Ronnie and Cas scouting the caves.

NixtheGoddess: WHAT? Cas is still so young.

Deadmanwalking: Yet she has quickly become our best tracker. You were right.

I let a lot fall to the wayside when your mother left, but I have been sticking to

their training and the girl has really stepped up.

I felt a little vindicated after he said that.

NixtheGoddess: Are they okay?

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Deadmanwalking: They are fine. They haven't even gotten to the caves yet; they left a little while ago. But I figured you would

want to know. Anyway...noveldrama

I furrowed my brow at the screen, and I was going to ask what was wrong. My father was never one to trail off. But Brandon

finally walked to my office door after standing outside long enough for his scent to creep fully into my office. I felt my face fall as

I looked up. There were two notifications that went off, but I shut the laptop screen and settled back into my seat, crossing my

arms.

"What are you doing here?" My tone was sharp to my ears, but I wasn't going to pretend to care about this man anymore. That

part of this play was over.

Brandon smiled and tried to come around the desk, but I let out a growl. His face fell. "Babe." (1

Another growl was ripped from my throat. My voice fell lower. "I would think again before calling me that. Keep your distance. I

don't want you anywhere near me anymore."

Brandon's eyes tightened and I could see he wanted to snarl, but he held it in check. "Why are you acting like this?" He sank into

the chair across from me. "I told you Shannon doesn't matter to me."

I snored. “You really think I'm fucking stupid, don't you?" He stilled for a fraction of

a second, but the damage was done. I threw

my head back and laughed. I laughed so hard tears had started to fall, but I just nodded. "I walked into that one. Of course you think I'm stupid."

He drew in a deep breath, and I watched as his eyes dilated a little. "That's not true." He tried to sound so sincere, but even he

could hear the lie. "You smell...different."

I raised my shoulder. "I went back to my old shampoo." Another ding from my laptop drew his attention.

"What was that?"

"An email." I tossed back. "But that isn't important. What are you doing here, Brandon?"

He looked at me for a second, then puffed up his chest a little. "I came to apologize about last night."

I waved him off. "It doesn't matter anymore."

He smiled like he won. "Exactly, so we can just go back to being fine. Our mating ceremony is in a week and then we will be mates." I stared at him for a minute, my eyes dancing all around his head. He started to squirm. "What?"

I gave a long blink. "I'm sorry, I was just checking to see if you got hit over the head."