Shifted Fate by Alicia S.Rivers

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| was able to tackle the wolf that dove for the pup and 1 made quick work of it. | whirled on the family, and they

cried as | walked closer and sniffed around them to make sure no one was hurt. "You're okay. Head to the closest

building and lock yourself in a room."

The mom and kid continued to cry, but the father nodded. "Thank you...Alpha..." He trailed off, and | realized

these people were too scared to scent me.

"I'm Nix, Amy's wolf." | licked my muzzle to clean off any blood so not to scare the kid. But she threw herself at

1. me.

“Amy?

"Yes. You're safe now, Sophie. Now, do as you're told and go. Stay safe." The mom and dad grabbed the pup from

my leg and then hustled into whoever's house they were cornered at. | heard a few'doors slam and a lock turn

before | ran off towards another howl.

| made my way through the pack. One call for help after another. Sometimes, | made it in time, others someone

else had already beatento it. | was about to run to the next howl, but it was cut off, and a scream ripped

through the air. The scream was so rare, | whipped around and headed straight there. It was a call that was more

insistent, more panicked, and when | rounded the corner | realized why and my stomach dropped.

Two parents, a couple | didn't recognize, so they had to be few, lay bloody in front of their two kids. A boy about

the age of seven was waving a stick to fight off three rogues while the four-year-old little girl screamed for help.

She clutched at her fallen parents and was rocking her mother. | prayed to the moon goddess that they were just

unconscious and not dead, but by the growing puddle of blood underneath the family, | doubted my prayers

would be answered.

| dove for the first rogue before they realized | was even there. | had its neck in my jaws before they could fight

back, and | dropped the body to my feet as the other two turned to face me.

One dove for my neck, but | was able to dodge around it. | turned my head to snap at the rogue in front of me

while the second one jumped onto my back, biting into my shoulder. | yipped from the pain but knocked the wolf

loose. | whirled and snapped at the two who dance backward.

They were obviously a tearn, which was weird because rogues were lone wolves usually. Never one to group up,

they usually attacked one at a time. If another was close, they might use an attack as a diversion to attack

themselves, but they never worked together. But these two, these two, were working in tandem. When one

attacked, the other would wait for an opening and jump in. They protected each other. If | was close to killing one

of them, the other would risk themselves to save the other

| was fed up with the back and forth between the two. The two wolves lay dead or dying below our feet, and

there were two pups crying for their parents, terrified that they were next.

Dad! | need you.

Where are you pup? What's wrong? | sent a jumble of images through the mind- link. Hoping he could make

sense of them. And then I shut it down. Don't do anything stupid.

I love you, dad.

Amy, Nix, no!

But | shut down the link, and | refocused on the two rouges in front ofand | made my decision. | heard a

terrified howl rend through the air from my father. | knew be was heading my way, but it was going to be too

late.

| dove for the first wolf. We fought while the second one waited on the sidelines, but this tit wasn't going to

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matter. | dug my claws into the first wolf and it screeched. It my side. The three of us wrestled on the ground

until the fi side. | heard the kids cry out, terrified, and | dug my back pa

It tried to jump off me, but | wouldn't let go of its shoulder, bite down hard enough, the first wolf was dead. |

kicked the tearing it more. | staggered to my feet, and | planted myself let out a vicious growl as | felt my feet

start to failwhile

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matter. | dug my claws into the first wolf and it screeched. | bite into its shoulder as | felt the second wolf attack.

my side. The three of us wrestled on the ground until the first wolf was on top of me, with the second off to the

side. | heard the kids cry out, terrified, and I dug my back paws into the belly of the first.

It tried to jump off me, but | wouldn't let go of its shoulder. The second wolf dove for my neck, but before it could

bite down hard enough, the first wolf was dead. | kicked the body offand shook the second world off my

neck, tearing it more. | staggered to my feet, and | planted myself in between the second wolf and the pups

behind me. | let out a vicious growl as | felt my feet start to failwhile my blood poured from my neck.

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matter. | dug my claws into the first wolf and it screeched. | bite into its shoulder as | felt the second wolf attack.

my side. The three of us wrestled on the ground until the first wolf was on top of me, with the second off to the

side. | heard the kids cry out, terrified, and | dug my back paws into the belly of the first.

It tried to jump off me, but | wouldn't let go of its shoulder. The second wolf dove for my neck, but before it could

bite down hard enough, the first wolf was dead. | kicked the body offand shook the second world off my

neck, tearing it more. | staggered to my feet, and | planted myself in between the second wolf and the pups

behind me. | let out a vicious growl as | felt my feet start to failwhile my blood poured from my neck.