Shifted Fate (by Alicia S Rivers) novel Chapter 638

I braced myself for my parents as they ran over to me. My father got to me first, his battered body once again healed and fully clothed. “If you ever do that again, I swear to the Goddess Amy Maclean I will kill you myself.” His tight grip felt a little suffocating, but I was ripped from his arms.

My mother’s hands floated over every inch of my body, making sure I was intact. Her right hand was healed, her fingers still missing down at the first knuckle. I grabbed her hand and looked it over. “Will they grow back?” I looked at her face, and she just shrugged.

“I’ve never lost a finger before, so I don’t know.” She pulled her hand back and pointed at me. “What the hell were you thinking?”

“What spell was that?” My dad shook his head. “I’ve never seen lightning like that before.”

I shook my head. “It wasn’t a spell. Noth that I know of…it kinda just happened.” I blew out a breath, and I felt another tug. “What happened after the lightning?” I looked around at everyone. “I don’t remember anything.”

My dad snorted. “How would you?” He waved a hand in the air. “You pulled down lightning. It struck everyone in the clearing.”

I frowned. “How did you all survive?”

He tapped his forehead. “Whoever had a moon, the lightning ran through us, like we were grounded, and then it moved on.”

Cass nodded. “I was watching from the window. It was freaking insane.” Shed grinned. “You have to tell me how you did it.” She tugged at my hand, and I laughed.

“If I knew, I would. But I am as lost as you are.” I turned back to my dad. “So the lightning killed the rest?”

He shook his head. “It dropped everyone, but the moons protected us and we got back up. The ones without were still alive, but they were fried. We were able to go through and finish them off.” He wiped at his face. “You scared us, Bug.”

“How long was I out?” I turned to Rowan.

“A day.” He pulled me into his arms. “Just a day.”

“We just finished sorting through everything.” My dad sighed.

“The doctor said something about that. Sorting.” I turned in confusion. “What were you sorting?”

Cass turned green. “Bodies.” She gagged. “They were sorting bodies.”

My dad kicked at the dark ground. “We pulled all moon-marked wolves to be buried, and we started a fire at the far side of the field.” He pointed towards the Dead Caves. There was a small fire that wolves were feeding, and a giant pile of…something I didn’t want to look too closely at.

“I’m hoping for rain before tomorrow night.” My mom looked up at the cloud-covered sky.

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