Shifted Fate (Amy) novel Chapter 478

Before I could say anything, Alannah took off her shoe and lifted a foot, showing off the same rune on the bottom of her foot. Ternen looked a little green when he grabbed a fist of his hair and pulled back his ear, showing off his own rune. My mom looked at all of them and then turned to me. “What are these?”

“Parasitic runes.” I sank back into the chair. “Abby’s was a draining rune. Vince is trying to drain all the children of pack members who I can only assume wouldn’t blindly follow his plan to revolt.”

My mom scoffed, but then she fell silent. “You are serious?” I nodded. “But how would he even know that they wouldn’t follow him?”

I raised my shoulder. “May be small things. Like with Rick.” I pointed at him. “Vince wanted him to go against daddy, Rick said no. Woke up with the rune on his neck. When that didn’t make him fall in line, Vince turned his sights on Abby.”

Shelly stumbled back against the table. Her eyes were glossy with her unshed tears. “What does his rune mean?” She turned to me. “Amy?”

I reached out and snagged her hand. “His rune is a rune called the quickening. It’s to enhance a wolf’s power by feeding them an extra boost. It was used in battles of old. To give a pack the leg up if they had lower ranked members or fewer numbers.” She nodded. “But his was poisoned.” Her fingers tightened on mine.

“What does that mean?” Her question was soft. Rick grabbed her other hand.

“It doesn’t matter.” He leaned into her but she pulled away so she could look at him.

“Of course it matters. Vince was trying to control you with it. I know it’s not a good thing.”

Rick seemed to crumple against her. “Don’t hate me. If I had just done what he wanted, we would have been fine.” His voice was muffled against her shoulder.