Caged by Fate by Shannon Mayer EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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SIXTY YEARS AGO…
The forest was blooming with color and scent, the sound of small
animals scurrying ahead of me, the feel of a late spring breeze
tangling through my hair. I breathed it in, letting the earth center me
when all I wanted to do was rage.
I slowed my feet and closed my eyes, fighting the urges threatening to
take over. Still, the blood in me ran hot, vampire and werewolf combined,
and after all these years, I struggled with keeping myself in check.
My mind dipped back to the argument with my father earlier today,
which only spiked my heart rate again.
“You need to find a mate. That is our way, Diana.” Lycan didn’t move
from his spot behind the big wooden table. His breakfast was spread in
front of him, and he barely lifted his head as he spoke.
“No. I don’t,” I bit back. “There is none that so much as flicker my
interest.”
“Not even Lochlin?”
I snorted. “He’s a brother to me. A cousin. Not a lover.”
Lycan tipped his head to the side. “Our pack is not just you and me. I
am king, Diana. And one day when I am gone, you will reign as queen, and
you will need an heir.”
I barked a laugh, though my ire rose with each of his words. “Perhaps I
will make myself an heir, as you did.”
His face closed off. “Do not mock —”
“I’m not. I am the last of your children, but I was not born here. Why
can I not —”
His fist hit the table, making every plate on it jump, and the legs below
groan. “Because of what you are. That will never be forgotten no matter
how many years pass. Even now, there are whispers that I should not trust
you.”
My heart felt as though an icy fist reached through my chest and took
hold. “And do you trust me?”
“Of course I do!” he bellowed. “Even if any of your siblings had
survived, I still would have named you my heir. And I would not have
named you heir had you not been the best choice! But there are some who
will never trust you. Some who only see you for what you once were.”
My wolf inside of me, she fought to break free, to unleash on those
others.
In part because they were not entirely wrong. I was a werewolf, but I
had not always been. Born as a half-human, half-vampire, biologically the
daughter to the vampire king, my blood was stained in the eyes of my pack.
Even though I’d undergone the most brutal of changes to become a
werewolf in truth, burning the vampire blood out of my body…it was not
enough, even now.
“I have defended the pack against our enemies, and that includes the
vampires.” My voice deepened, as I fought to keep my wolf in check. “I
have been obedient to my king and done everything in my power to serve
our people!”
Lycan grunted and went back to eating, but I knew him. Knew that this
conversation was not done.
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