Shifted Fate (by Alicia S Rivers) novel Chapter 613

Chapter 613

**Trigger Warning** This chapter will touch on abuse. (Physical/Mental/Sexual) Please be advised. If you can’t read that…skip to chapter -614

She tried to pull away again. “I did go rabid.” Her confession shocked me. “I let my wolf take over and hid.” She shook, and I could see shame on her face. “You have always been nice to me…but I don’t deserve it.”

“Lynn.” I stood and crouched in front of her chair. “I want you to look at me.” She shook her head as tears coursed down her face. I grabbed her cheeks and forced her to look at me. “You didn’t go rabid.”

“I did.” She sobbed, and my heart broke for her. “I let my wolf take over.”

“I do that all the time.” My confession had her reeling. Her back shot back against the chair, and her mouth and eyes grew wide.

“What are you saying?” She grabbed at me while hushing me. “You can’t say that out loud.”

“Why not?” I was very confused by her reaction.

“My father always said that if we allowed our wolves to take over, then we are going rabid.” She shook her head. “My old pack killed people who allowed their wolf to front.” I realized I had never heard Lynn’s wolf. Not once. And now I understood why.

“Lynn…” She shook her head again, and I grabbed her hand again and shook it. “Your father’s pack still followed the old laws, right?” She nodded. “Then why the hell would you believe anything they said?”

She froze. “What are you saying?”

“I’m saying any normal relationship between us and our wolves involves times where we allow them to take over. It gives them the freedom they crave, and us a break. Every wolf should do it. I allow Nix and Megan to take over from time to time.” I laughed, but I cut it short when I saw her face. “When I was a kid, my father brought me to a wolfs house. We had to deliver the news that he had lost his mate and pup. He went rabid.” I rubbed my second hand over hers. “His eyes turned red. He went fully wolf. His pain killed his human soul. That’s how it works.”

She shook. “But that’s not what we are taught.”

“Lynn, you were also taught that women are less than men. And we both know that’s bullshit.” She smirked a little. “Your wolf took over because she saw you were breaking.” I leaned into her and pulled her into my arms. “ You went through a nightmare.” I felt her trembling. “Something that no one should go through. And you are allowed to lose yourself because of it.” I pulled back so I could look into her eyes. “I need you to look at me when I say this.”

I waited until her eyes met mine and she flinched away a little. “I can’t.” Her eyes danced around.

“Yes, you can…because you are the strongest wolf I have ever met.” I let my words sink in and then I tightened my grip on her back, and cupped her cheek, forcing her face up. “Now look into my eyes.” Her eyes rolled for a few more seconds before she finally looked at me. “Listen to my words, and I need you and your wolf to listen to what I say. Okay?” She nodded slowly, and I waited for another second before I licked my lips. “You never have to apologize for what you had to do, endure, or say to survive.” Her eyes widened, and I knew I had hit a nerve. “I am not stupid enough to think that when the three of those men were using you, that they didn’t do absolutely

everything they could to cause you pain. I don’t have to see your skin to see the scars they left on you. Men like that are fucking disgusting. And they will force you to do what they want. Whether it si through threats, torture, or worse.” She gagged, but I didn’t move. “You never have to apologize or feel ashamed of what you did to survive.”

“You can’t mean that.” Her words were whispered, but I heard the hate she had for herself.

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