Shifted Fate Novel

Chapter 454 Allanah pulled back , but I heard footsteps walk away from the door . Good . " Is that safe ? " She looked scared for me but I just smiled . " I can't stay here . " Alannah sighed . " What if the king says no ? " I wanted to smile because I knew she was asking for the cameras . " Then I transfer to Toya's pack . " I pulled back fully and wiped my face . " Or another pack . Anywhere but here . " I blew out a breath . " I'm okay .

Go see if Rick is free yet , and if he is , can you send him in ? I'm going to put on my big girl pants and send off my message and then call the king . " Alannah stood . " If you are sure you are okay … " She hesitated . I nodded . " I am . " I wiped my face again . " I can't mope around all day and cry about my shitty luck . I need to do something about it . " She watched me for a second before nodding and then walking out of my office .

I turned back to my laptop and pulled up Thoth's message again . NixtheGoddess : Hey … I need to talk to you if you have a minute . I waited for a few minutes , but there was no answer . I shut the laptop and turned to my work computer . I started going through the alerts , clearing any issues in the system as if it was just another day . I got a notification that I had a meeting added to my schedule .

I tilted my head and barely contained my smirk as I clicked on it and realized it was with Vince . The note on it said we needed to discuss the final details of the mating ceremony . I snorted and accepted it as Rick knocked . " Hey . " He looked exhausted . " Alannah told me you wanted to see me . " I looked up at him for a minute and nodded . " You looked like shit . " He threw his head back and laughed . " Yeah . " He wiped at his eyes . " Yeah . " He walked in and sank into a chair .

" I feel like shit . " His hand wiped at his neck and I saw him flinch a little . I pretended not to notice . " Hopw's Abby doing ? " He bent over . " She isn't doing well . She was up all night getting sick , and she has a pretty high fever . " He looked up at me over the desk . " I don't think she is going to last much longer . This sickness has just progressed too much . " He sounded so dejected . " Hey . Don't say that . She is still here .

" He nodded , took a deep breath in and then sat back " Enough about my bullshit . Why do you look like you have been crying all night ? " His eyes tightened and I could barely scent that Brandon had just snuck into the outer office . " Because I have been . " I looked off to the side . 1/4 +25 Bonus " What happened ? " I dropped my head into my hands and sniffled . " Brandon was sleeping with Shannon . And then instead of telling her it was over and he wanted to mate me .

Or telling me that he wanted her . He kept kicking the issue down the line until it blew up last night . " He scoffed and shook his head . " Idiot . What happened ? " " He showed up at my house . But I told him to go away until the issue was handled . " I shook my head . " He didn't listen , just tried to convince me I was foolish for demanding he deal with Shannon . He kept saying she wasn't involved . " Rick waved his hands . " That's good , isn't it ?

" I laughed , but it was filled with so much anger . " You would think that , wouldn't you? " But I just shook my head . " It might have been if Shannon hadn't showed up , and a crowd hadn't gathered to see my entire relationship implode . Brandon is clearly still in love with her . He refused to say that he wanted to be with me . He allowed Shannon to cut into our relationship, and that would be bad enough if she was an alpha . " Rick watched me for a second . " But she is unranked .

" I nodded . " Exactly . " He shook his head . " That sucks . " I laughed . " Yeah . " I wiped at my eyes for the camera . " But what can you do ? " He watched me for a second . " You're leaving , aren't you ? " I heard a chime from my laptop . But I focused on Rick. " How did you know ? " He stood with a sigh . " Because … it's what I would do . " He turned and started towards the door , then hissed . " Fuck . " He turned . " Alannah said you needed me . What did you want ?

" I furrowed my brow and acted like I forgot . " Ummm . " Alannah popped up at the door . Her eyes darting to the side . " Your dinner ? " I smacked the desk and pointed at her . " That's right . I'm having a dinner tonight . Barbeque . You're invited . " He sighed . " I'm going to have to say no . " Alannah sucked a breath through her teeth . " Shelly already said yeah , and is making her potato salade . " Another chime came from my laptop . I opened it and looked to the screen .

Thoth- I need to speak with you too . Well shit . 214