Shifted Fate (Amy) novel Chapter 455

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.

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.”