Shifted Fate (Amy) novel Chapter 154

Chapter 154

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“You seem to be thinking pretty hard there, Amy.” His voice, once again, made me jump. I hadn’t realized that the class was over. I was still fully absorbed in what I was reading and this time I let out a squeak. He chuckled as he settled next to me with his laptop.

“Um yeah.” I wiped my face. “This is all confusing.” I wave my hands at the screen and he nodded.

“Yeah, but I don’t think it was hacking principles that made you make that face.” He turned to me. “So spill.”

“How old are you?” I blurted it out and then winced.

“What?”

“How old are you?”

“Why do you want to know?” He leaned back in his seat.

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I raised my hands and shook my head. “Sorry. It’s none of my business.” I wiped at my face. “Just when you that you have been at this for years, it made me think about you age. Wolves barely grow old, heck my parents look to be about thirty, and my dad is almost two hundred years old”

“How old is your mother?” Rowan tilted his head.

“She is closer to sixty. They met when she was nineteen and stayed childless for a few years before they had me.”

Rowan nodded. “Most wolf pairings have gaps in age.”

I shrugged. “It makes sense. The goddess selects your mate, and we have to wait until the other is born or we find each other.” But I closed my laptop and turned to face him. Why are you avoiding my question?”

Rowan laughed and scratched behind his ear. “I’m not.”

“You’re doing it right now.” I pointed out.

He huffed out a breath. “I’m only thirty. I was twelve when my father was killed. Younger when the Lycans started to be hunted to extinction.” He leaned onto the table and propped his head up on his hand.

I repositioned on my chair, pulling my leg up and turning completely to face him. “What happened?”

“What?”

“I mean, you don’t have to tell me, but my father has always been vague, and my mother…well she never wanted to speak about it. What happened to the Lycans?”

Rowan stared at me for a few moments before he closed his eyes. “They died.”

“I know that much. But why? What happened to them? You guys were the most powerful pack and then everyone but you and your dad were gone. How did everyone vanish so quickly?” The questions tumbled from my mouth, and I couldn’t stop them if I wanted to. This was the first chance I had ever gotten to ask someone directly. Even if he looked like he would rather die, then tell me. I stopped the questions and waited. I waited for a very long time, with Rowan sitting silently beside me. He stayed silent for so long I was just going to turn back to my computer before he started.

“It was a dark night.”

“Huh?” But he didn’t answer me. And I realized he was reliving this nightmare…for me. The guilt hit first as he

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“I was about six, and the night was so dark. I remember waking up I the middle of the night and I swore

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