Shifted Fate (Amy) novel Chapter 406

Chapter 406

He knows. Nix’s words were soft, her eyes fully focused on the man in front of us.

What are you talking about? Megan turned back to us. He’s scum.

Nix shook her head. Look at him, Megan. Truly look, and push away your hatred towards Brandon, Vince, and well, all the male

population. Megan snorted but turned back.

What am I looking for? Megan sighed, but focused. I stepped closer, trying to see what she was seeing.

Nix was focused on Rick. Look at his skin. He is sweating, he’s pale, but his eyes are focused. His hand… She trailed off.

He’s clutching at his neck.

Megan tensed beside me. “What happened first, Rick?”

He turned his haunted eyes back to us. “What?”

Megan sighed as she crept closer. “What came first? You working with Vince? Or Abby getting branded?”

“Does it matter?” He slammed back against the wall and dropped to his ass. “It changes nothing.”

“It matters.” She growled. “It matters to me, and I know it will matter to Amy.”

“Why?” He dropped his head into his hands. “It doesn’t change that I’m a dead man. That Abby is fucked unless Amy comes back to save her. That I won’t get to watch my little girl grow up.” His voice broke, and then he did. Sobs ripped from his chest as if there was no way for him to hold them in. “I failed as a father, as a mate.” His eyes looked up and latched on to us. “As a friend.”

“What do you mean?” Megan sat back on her haunches. I could feel her softening. His words, his emotions, were breaking

through her suspicion.

“I pulled Amy in. I knew. I lied to her when I said I knew nothing about magic.” He touched the back of his neck. “Her father…he had told me stories about his family. And at the time I laughed him off. But then I met Vince.” He stopped and let out a groan that I could hear the pain in. “Have you ever met someone that you regretted? Someone if you could go back in time and never meet them, you would. That’s Vince.”

“Why?” Megan was just asking questions. I need to know. Her voice was firm.

Why do you need to know if it was before or after? Nix question stopped us. We have to help him still; he has a pup, a mate.

Because I need to know if he betrayed Shelly. I need to know if he did this intentionally or if he was forced into it.

Would it change anything? I asked her.

Megan looked back at me. It would tell us if we can trust him.

Nix scoffed. A little late for that, isn’t it? We already showed him our cabin, our pup.

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The words hit me in my gut, but Megan nodded. Exactly, we need to know if we have to move them.

“He lured me in. He was nice at first…too nice. But I thought he was friends with Amy’d dad. I mean…” He looked at me with a

pained expression and groaned. He doubled over and then shook.

“What’s wrong with you?” Megan walked as close to the bars as she could without touching.

Rick groaned and rolled over and we all watched the rune on his next burn bright. The skin around his neck bubbled, and blood

poured from his lips. Then, like a switch, the light was gone, and Rock was left panting in a pool of his own blood.

“The rune, it was burning though the rest of the excess power. When I stop using it, it purges the rest of the magic from my

system, so I can’t use it against Vince. Like a safety net.”

“It’s killing you.”