Shifted Fate (Amy)

The next day I was energized. The pain was almost forgotten. I crept out of the house in the early morning, tiptoeing past Rick and Shelly. As soon as I hot grass, I shifted, allowing Nix to go for a run. Then Megan will have her turn.

Nix ran along the cliff and then turned towards the trees. "The cliff is beautiful, but it's the trees that call to me." She chuffed as she wove between the trees. The dampness of the moss and small grass collected on our fur. Nix took a deep breath. "I wish life was like this. Peaceful. Quiet."

Megan chuffed out a laugh. You would get so bored in less than five minutes. Megan turned to me. She is a queen that thinks she would be content in the slums.

I threw my head back at that. Very true. I think she is just restless.

"She can hear you." Nix snorted out as she ran. We caught a whiff of someone from Vince's pack, so she went the opposite way. With in minutes, someone was chasing us. "Oh, this should be fun," Nix took off.

She ran through the trees in winding circles. Every so often, she caught the scent of another wolf. Vince's trackers were out in full force. She had all of them on her tail after her second circle, and she was playing with them. By the fourth time around, she had scouted a downed tree and chuckled to herself.noveldrama

Megan. She called to us. Pump out our scent.

Why? Megan hopped up and ran to the clearing. I followed behind him.

Because. Nix laughed. We are going to have a little fun.

Megan did as she asked. The smell overtook the clearing, and the trackers picked up their pace. Nix started a new circuit, and when we came close to the downed tree, she forced a shift. One second Megan was next to me, the next, Nix was beside me.

Hide in the tree as I hide out scent. Nix snuffed the candle and sent a push of air from us, shifting the scent away as Megan climbed into the tree. Stay still.

The trackers ran by and then froze. "Where did she go?"

Another skidded to a stop. "I... don't...know." He whipped around in confusion. They searched the area, and came back with nothing. "She couldn't have just disappeared." Another said, but one tracker laid down.

"Who cares?" I recognized the voice as Thane, one of the guards I used to help train. "I'm going to be honest. We all know he is searching for Amy, and I, for one, ain't going to be the one to turn her in."

"Thane, you can't say shit like that. We have a job to do."

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Thane just laughed. "Do what you want, but we all know Amy is the one in the right. Brandon chose Shannon in front of their entire neighbourhood. How is she supposed to move on from that? We are all not stupid enough to believe Brandon would have kept fucking the pack bike. Shannon does whatever he wants."

"Thane for fuck sakes." Another called.

"You can yell all you want, Clark, but I'm right and you know it." Thane stretched his back.

"It doesn't matter. Vince is our Alpha. Not Amy." Clark settled next to Thane. "I know she has helped us, and she is the best alpha I have ever met, but we have a job to do." Clark looked out at the trees. “She took pack members. We need to get them back."

"What if they don't want to come back, Clark?" Thane shot up while the rest just watched. "What if they left for a reason?"

Clark shook his head. "If they had, they would have cut ties with the pack."

Thane snorted. "You and I both know if a wolf severs its pack bonds without another to take its place, they become rogue." Thane shook his head. "They are probably waiting until they find a safe place to run to."

"Vince is really pissed about Rick taking off." A third tracker tossed out. "He must have known some things Vince didn't want to get out."

Clark snarled. "It doesn't matter. Vince is our alpha."

"That's right."Adark voice trailed from the trees, making everyone freeze. Vince slipped out of the trees and walked right up to Thane. “Lam your alpha and to say that I'm disappointed would be an understatement." He lunged, snapping Thane's neck and

dropping him to the ground. "The brotherhood doesn't allow traitors to live." The other trackers snapped

into formation, while Thane struggled in pain while his wolf worked to heal the broken neck. "What Alpha Amy has or hasn't done is none of your business. Just that I am looking for her and missing pack members. Do your job or die." Vince turned. "Like Thane here." I wanted to jump out and stop what I knew was coming. But I felt someone holding me here. I knew if I left, I would die. I held my breath as Vince ripped his head from his body. "I told you to search the forest by the school, not here. The others have arrived. Let's go."