Shifted Fate

Chapter One

“Please don’t do this,” I begged over and over, but no one was listening. I thrashed against their hold, but nothing. “I am your luna,” I screamed at the top of my lungs, but then his laugh from the other room broke all the fight in me. “Luke, please,” I begged one more time, my voice hoarse.

“Kill it once it’s done. Toss her out. She will have to survive on her own from here on out.”

He can’t mean that. This was our baby. “Our baby.”

“It is a mistake from the Moon Goddess. One, I will rectify.” His voice called again from the other room. He wouldn’t even face me. “Now do it. That’s an order.”

“Yes, Alpha.”

It was a mistake to come here.

It was a mistake to give him everything.

“Oh, and doctor?” Her sweet voice called from the other room. My stepsister, Shannon. I gritted my teeth. “Don’t use any anesthetic. She should feel everything.”

“Yes, Luna.” The doctor turned back to me with sad eyes, but when he picked up the scalpel, I knew I was screwed.

I’m sorry, baby. Momma couldn’t save you. She wanted you so, so much. I tried to rub my stomach, but the nurses had strapped me down. When the doctor approached, I realized he was using a silver blade.

“Silver?” My whisper was almost silent, but he nodded. I knew then that Shannon didn’t want me to survive. She wanted my life so badly that she lied about me cheating on my mate, showing photos as proof. But I never touched another wolf, nor would I again, not after this betrayal.

Why, Moon Goddess, why would you give him to me just to take him away? My pup.

I cried silently as the doctor cut into my abdomen, and I felt my baby thrash inside. He knew it was too early to be born. This was a death sentence for both of us.

“Bring me the body of the pup.”

“Yes, Alpha.” I felt every slice as he cut into me, and finally, I could take it no longer. I started to scream, and soon I felt the blood trickling down my side, every drip off of me hitting the floor. I thrashed against the restraints. But the silver had made me weak.

I’m sorry, baby.

They weren’t trying to keep me alive, which I expected, but I wished it weren’t true. I used to love my mate, but I felt the love die in me when I saw my pup being ripped from my belly.

“Please, let me hold him once.” I tried to move my arms to reach for him, but I was still tied down. The doctor, who was shedding tears, brought my pup and laid him on my chest.

He was perfect. I rubbed his scent on my face and mine on his. He would forever be a part of my soul.

My missing piece.

“Doctor, now.”

“Yes, Alpha.” The doctor picked the baby up and rushed out, leaving me spread open to the elements.

I felt my life slipping away as the door opened and Shannon came in. Her smug smile was firmly in place.

“I told you I would take your life, Amy. I would have your mate. And I have, over and over, since he found out about your betrayal.” Shannon walked over and laid a kiss on my face as I snarled. “He is perfection. And don’t worry. I will give him another son.” She laid her hand on her stomach, and I started to laugh. “What’s so funny?”

“I can smell the beta on you. That’s Derek’s child, and it’s a girl. Nice try though.”

She snarled and raised her hand, growing her claws to deliver the final blow, but the door was ripped open, and my mate, the man I now hated most in the world, stepped inside. His eyes were red, and I started to laugh again.

“You bitch!” He snarled and struck out, whipping Shannon to the other side of the room.

“Brandon!” Shannon shrieked as she hit the wall. “What’s wrong?” She staggered to her feet, but more blood dripped out of me, and I closed my eyes.

“You lied!” He screamed, shaking the walls as his aura struck out, but I could barely feel it. I felt the silver travelling 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 as the tears gathered. “You said she cheated on me and that 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, but his clutching our baby in his arms was the last thing I saw. And I wanted to never see it again. He did this to us. Not Shannon.

She played her part well, sure, but his 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 had bile 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 is fucking…the beta.” I choked out the words and laughed as horror bloomed in his eyes. Blood flew from my mouth as I smiled again.

“Save her.”

“No!” I slammed out, putting all of my power into it. “Don’t move.” I used my Alpha strength to freeze everyone, including my mate.

“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 lost everything.” I smiled up at him as I felt my life leave my body.

And 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 set 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.

And I knew that when Brandon thought I cheated on him, before he killed my baby and me. He killed my mother for her involvement. Shannon’s father, my mother’s husband, watched her die. Don’t get me wrong, I knew he loved my mother, and he was hurting, but his scheming daughter was the cause of all of this. He stood by and watched it all happen.

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 maneuverings to break 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 and not any 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.

“Would you be mad if I refused my mate?”

“God no, baby. The Moon Goddess makes a path clear, but it is up to us to choose it. If you don’t want your mate, you can reject him.”

“And if it is the Alpha’s son?”

My mother looked at me. She knew that if it were the Alpha’s son, I would be screwed. They wouldn’t allow me to leave. An Alpha has to mate with his first mate, even for a day, to come into his full power. “What do you know?” I watched as her eyes searched mine.

I pulled her back into my room and away from the door. “I don’t know for sure, but I am terrified that if I am mated to Shannon’s boyfriend, I will die after we are mated. Mom, the chances that he will match with an Alpha far outweigh the chance that he is mated to the daughter of the beta.” I pulled back. “I don’t want this for me.”

She weighed my words, and I watched as she came to the same conclusion. “Okay, baby. But you can’t leave. It would be too conspicuous. You will have to mask your scent whenever he is around.”

I tossed my hands in the air. “How would I do that?”

“There is much you don’t know that I would leave in the past, but if you are sure…” She trailed off, and I just nodded my head. “Then let me make a few calls. You don’t have to go to school today.”

I lept back into her arms. “Thank you, Mom. I don’t know what I would do without you.”

“I love you, baby. You will never be without me. That I can promise you.” She kissed my cheek and then left me alone in my room.

I ran to my phone and checked the date to make sure. It was twenty eighteen; I went back six years. Six years to the day that I met Brandon. I could relive everything, make better choices. I could live, and maybe this time around, so would my pup.

I rubbed my flat stomach. “Don’t worry, my pup. This time around, no one will hurt you.”

I went into my ensuite and jumped into the shower. No way was I going to face today, looking like I just crawled out of bed. I stood inside my closet in a towel, trying to figure out what to wear, when I heard my bedroom door open.

I was about to turn and call out to my mother, but I heard a soft step, which my mother wouldn’t do. So I hid behind my winter coats and I waited.

“I’m telling you, if she is Brandon’s mate, I’m going to kill her.”

“You can’t mean that, Shan.” The nasally voice of Megan, Shannon’s best friend, came from the cell phone pressed to her ear.

“Of course I do. Brandon is mine.”

“Only because you put out. He was hoping Shannon would notice him.”

“You shut your fucking mouth, Megan.” Shannon snarled, and her eyes flashed. “He’s mine.”

“Whatever, I gotta go. Hurry the fuck up before I leave your ass,” Megan called, and then the line went dead. A honk sounded from outside, and Shannon was snatching something before I grabbed her hand.

“What do you think you’re doing in my closet?”

“Amy?” Shannon’s mouth dropped out. I squeezed her hand until I heard a crack. Her scream was muffled by my hand.

“You’re lucky I only broke one finger. You just threatened to kill me. Didn’t I hear that correctly? A beta’s daughter threatening an alpha.” I tasked.

“I didn’t do shit.” She snarled back at me as her hand reformed.

“Lie again, and I will break all of your fingers and hold them while the bones heal.” I couldn’t stop my grin as I felt her tremble. “Did you threaten me?”

“Yes,” she screamed at me. “You’re going to take Brandon from me.”

“I don’t want your pathetic alpha now or ever. Keep him.” I pushed her away. “Now get out of my room before I change my mind about maiming you.” I turned back to my clothes and picked out low-rise jeans and a tank top.

“What the fuck is your problem?”

“You. Now leave.” I let my wolf come forward, and my eyes flashed. I pushed my alpha command into my words and forced her out of my room. Stupid bitch. How dare she come into my room to take something of mine? My wolf growled lowly. This was our den. I shook myself and refocused. Closing the doors, I hopped back into bed, pulling out my phone. I tried to remember everything that happened in the last six years that could help me with my plan. Because make no mistake, Brandon and Shannon would pay.

Chapter Three

“Pack your bags, Amy.” My mom came in, surprising me from the list I was making.

“What?” I looked up. “Why?”

“You are going to spend the summer with your father. I already got the approval from the Alpha.” Mom smiled down at me. “Come on, baby. Pack your bag and get ready.”

I jumped to my feet and ran to my mom. “I can go?”

“Just for the summer, baby, then you will be back here with me. I had to promise that you would be returning here.”

I pouted. “Mom, I really don’t want to be here.” I wanted to make them pay, but I wouldn’t risk him finding me.

“It’s okay, baby, you will understand once you see your dad.” She patted my hair and kissed my cheek. “Now get ready.”

“Okay, Mom.” I kissed her back, then she left me alone. I grabbed my phone to lock it and then turned back to my closet. I packed my bag and then headed into my bathroom when I heard the downstairs door slam open.

“I fucking knew it.” I heard Shannon scream downstairs. I ignored her as I grabbed everything from my bathroom, and then I grabbed my laptop and chargers. I stuffed everything into my backpack and headed downstairs.

“Shannon, why are you screaming?” Morgan was at the table with his coffee, and my mom was running around when I pushed my suitcase into the room.

“I’m not Brandon’s mate, daddy.” Shannon flew into the room and dove into his arms.

“How are you so sure?” Morgan wrapped his arms around her, but I just snickered. She snapped her eyes to me, and she flew at me.

“It’s you. You stupid whore.” Shannon tried to claw out my eyes. But I just sent her flying with a backhand.

“Amy!” Morgan got to his feet, but my mom tsked.

“Morgan, you can’t yell at Amy for protecting herself. Shan attacked her first.” My mom placed my breakfast on the table. “Amy, come eat. You have a long day ahead.”

“Babe? Why does Amy have a suitcase?”

“She is going away for the summer. To her fathers.” My mother turned to me and opened her arms. “Come, baby. Come eat. The car is coming, and you need to be ready to go.”

I walked over and sat down, and dug in.

“Why is she going to her dad’s?” Morgan walked over to pick Shannon up.

“She wanted to spend the summer with her dads before college, and who am I to say no?” My mom smiled down at me, and I smiled back at her. I didn’t know what was going to happen this summer to protect me from Brandon finding out I was his mate, but I needed it. Whatever it was, I needed it.

“Yeah, my dad called me this morning, and since I haven’t seen him since Christmas break and when he offered to fly me out, I asked my mom.” I smiled sweetly over at Morgan, and Shannon smiled.

“You’re leaving?” Shannon stood up.

“Yup. I’ll be gone the full summer,” I smirked over at her. “But my room is locked, and it will stay that way.” My smile dropped away as I stared at her and used my alpha command.

“Amy!” Morgan yelled out. “You know you’re not allowed to alpha command your stepsister!”

“And I wouldn’t have Morgan if I hadn’t found her in my room this morning, trying to take things out of my closet.” I turned and raised my eyebrow, daring her to try to lie.

“Is that true?” Morgan looked down at Shannon, and I just stared at her. I watch her open her mouth to deny it.

“I wouldn’t lie. I’ll just command you to tell the truth.” She screeched and stomped her foot.

“Yes!” she screamed. “Are you happy? Yes, I went into her closet to steal some clothes because I know she is Brandon’s mate.”

“How?” I threw up my hands, playing like I didn’t know the truth. “How could you possibly know that I am his mate? Neither of us has scented each other.”

“Because he scented you on me!” Her voice was hitting a higher octave, and my ears were starting to hurt.

“Calm down. You’re hurting everyone’s ears, and just explain yourself.” My mom sat next to me at the table, rubbing her head.

“Last month, Brandon turned eighteen, and I was wearing Amy’s dress. He scented around me and said I smelled divine. But when I’m not wearing her clothes, he has zero interest in me.” Shannon pouted.

“So he likes the way I smell, doesn’t mean we are mates.” I pointed out. Completely and utterly denouncing Brandon as a mate. If I didn’t accept him, he would never be my mate anyway, and I would never accept him. That was the only thing I was sure of.

Brandon would be the last male I would ever touch this time around.

“Stop being obtuse, Amy. We all know what it means when a wolf likes your smell.” Shannon started to cry and buried her head in her hands. “He’s the male I want, daddy. The only one I would ever accept. But he wants her.” She pointed at me.

I scoffed. “I don’t want your sloppy seconds, Shannon. Even if he was my mate, and I am not saying he is. It would be a cold day in hell before I accepted him as a mate. I would take the Lycan King over Brandon.” I threw my head back and laughed when she gasped.

The Lycan king was the bogeyman of all wolves.

The last Lycan to exist and one who lives in the wild. It’s said the only wolves that ever see his face are the council that oversees the packs.

But either way, I wasn’t lying. I would take the King as a mate before I would even look in Brandon’s vicinity.

“You’re lying. He’s the alpha.”

“And?”

“Everyone wants to be the luna.”

“Idiots want to be the luna.” I turned back and finished my food as Morgan calmed her down. My mom stood when she heard a horn.

“That’s for you.”

I nodded as I stood and kissed my mother goodbye before I left.