Shifted Fate by Alicia S.Rivers

Is a mistake from the Moon Goddess 153

Chapter 153

1 rushed into class right before it started and slammed into my desk. | had lost track of tduring my run and

had to eat my lunch late. Even though we ate half the deer, when I shifted back, | was starving. | thought | would

have more cushion, but everything that happened in the woods, | barely made it.

| opened my laptop and waited for the sub to cin. Mr. Oran was a decent teacher. But Rowan had promised

to help with my hacking and then he disappeared. | shook my bead as | wanted to growl. This was all stupid, and

| shouldn't be wasting my twaiting on him.

1 buried myself in coding. We were working on setting up basic firewalls at this point, and | was thoroughly

engrossed in the subject. Not only was it fascinating to see what goes into this kind of system, but knowing how

it's built will helpget around it better. Mr. Oren had gone over the subject the past couple of classes, and we

were working on our first project. Setting up a firewall around one file.

By the tthe teacher walked in, | had finally set up the firewall and | wanted to jump up from my seat and

dance. Instead, | just clapped and smiled. | was still buried my computer when a deep voice sounded over my

shoulder. "That looks good."

I nearly jumped out of my skin, and Megan and Nix were laughing at me. | turned around to find myself face to

face with Rowan. "Holy fucking goddess, you scared me." Lclutched at my chest and he laughed.

"| noticed. You were too busy working on your firewall." He pointed to my computer, and | nodded. He took my

computer and walked to his desk while speaking to the rest of the class. "Welcome. | know | have been gone for

a while. The downfalls of being king. But | am here today. And Mr. Oren said you were working on your first

project, the firewall." He sat my computer down and then turned back to the class. "Once you complete the

firewall, like Amy here, bring your computer to my desk so | can give your firewall a test. The longer | take to get

into it, the higher your grade will be."

Someone raised their hand. "What do we do after?"

"There is extra course work you can work on. Next week we will start on setting up new systems and | don't want

to get into that with only a half the tleft in class." Everyone nodded. Then they got back to work, and I just

sat there. | watched Rowan as he checked my system. | wanted to see how quick he got in.

It was by no stance a complicated firewall, but I still wanted to see. He finally sat down at my computer and

connected with his own. After barely five minutes, he looked up atand smiled. Fuck, he was already in. |

wanted to groan. He unconnected my computer and walked it back to me

"That was quick."

"Actually, not really. Pay attention to the others and how fast | can get into theirs." He dropped off my computer

and knocked on a corner. His voice dropped lower. "I left a page open. | want you to start reading. It will help us

with our session after class."

| nodded and opened up the page. It was about hacking. So he hadn't forgotten his promise. | started to read.

Every -tsomeone got up to head to his desk, | would stop what | was doing and watch.

Sometimes it took less than thirty seconds for him to crack into their firewall, sometimes a minute. Over all, |

had the best time, and it showed with the defeated looks | would get every so often.

Rowan would talk to each of the students about their firewall and what went wrong. He went in depth on each of

their programs, and | kept one ear open to hear what went wrong.

"You had a corrupted line of coding halfway down." He pointed to the last guy's firewall.

"How do you know?" He asked as he scrolled through it all

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"Well, | have been at this for many years." His laughed caughtoff guard. | felt iny brows furrow. How old was

he, really? He looked only twenty-five, but that

mea

Chapter 153

1 rushed into class right before it started and slammed into my desk. | had lost track of tduring my run and

had to eat my lunch late. Even though we ate half the deer, when | shifted back, | was starving. | thought | would

have more cushion, but everything that happened in the woods, | barely made it.

| opened my laptop and waited for the sub to cin. Mr. Oran was a decent teacher. But Rowan had promised

to help with my hacking and then he disappeared. | shook my bead as | wanted to growl. This was all stupid, and

| shouldn't be wasting my twaiting on him.

1 buried myself in coding. We were working on setting up basic firewalls at this point, and | was thoroughly

engrossed in the subject. Not only was it fascinating to see what goes into this kind of system, but knowing how

it's built will helpget around it better. Mr. Oren had gone over the subject the past couple of classes, and we

were working on our first project. Setting up a firewall around one file.

By the tthe teacher walked in, | had finally set up the firewall and | wanted to jump up from my seat and

dance. Instead, | just clapped and smiled. | was still buried my computer when a deep voice sounded over my

shoulder. "That looks good."

I nearly jumped out of my skin, and Megan and Nix were laughing at me. | turned around to find myself face to

face with Rowan. "Holy fucking goddess, you scared me." Lclutched at my chest and he laughed.

"| noticed. You were too busy working on your firewall." He pointed to my computer, and | nodded. He took my

computer and walked to his desk while speaking to the rest of the class. "Welcome. | know | have been gone for

a while. The downfalls of being king. But | am here today. And Mr. Oren said you were working on your first

project, the firewall." He sat my computer down and then turned back to the class. "Once you complete the

firewall, like Amy here, bring your computer to my desk so | can give your firewall a test. The longer | take to get

into it, the higher your grade will be."

Someone raised their hand. "What do we do after?"

"There is extra course work you can work on. Next week we will start on setting up new systems and | don't want

to get into that with only a half the tleft in class." Everyone nodded. Then they got back to work, and I just

sat there. | watched Rowan as he checked my system. | wanted to see how quick he got in.

It was by no stance a complicated firewall, but I still wanted to see. He finally sat down at my computer and

connected with his own. After barely five minutes, he looked up atand smiled. Fuck, he was already in. |

wanted to groan. He unconnected my computer and walked it back to me

"That was quick."

"Actually, not really. Pay attention to the others and how fast | can get into theirs." He dropped off my computer

and knocked on a corner. His voice dropped lower. "I left a page open. | want you to start reading. It will help us

with our session after

class."

| nodded and opened up the page. It was about hacking. So he hadn't forgotten his promise. | started to read.

Every -tsomeone got up to head to his desk, | would stop what | was doing and watch.

Sometimes it took less than thirty seconds for him to crack into their firewall, sometimes a minute. Over all, |

had the best time, and it showed with the defeated looks | would get every so often.

Rowan would talk to each of the students about their firewall and what went wrong. He went in depth on each of

their programs, and | kept one ear open to hear what went wrong.

"You had a corrupted line of coding halfway down." He pointed to the last guy's firewall.

"How do you know?" He asked as he scrolled through it all

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"Well, | have been at this for many years." His laughed caughtoff guard. | felt iny brows furrow. How old was

he, really? He looked only twenty-five, but that meant nothing. Swolves looked young well into their first

century. Rowan looked up and saw my face and | watched something flicker over his, but it was gone faster than

it was there.

| shook my head and cleared my thoughts as | turned back to the page on the screen. His age has nothing to do

with me. But even as | thought it, | felt like | was lying to myself.

Alicia S. Rivers Author

Hey guys, I'm sorry | haven't updated in a few days. We were hit with a crazy winter storm that knocked out

inteand sometimes power. So | will upload four chapters today as an apology!

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nt nothing. Swolves looked young well into their first century. Rowan looked

up and saw my face and | watched something flicker over his, but it was gone faster than it was there.

| shook my head and cleared my thoughts as | turned back to the page on the screen. His age has nothing to do

with me. But even as | thought it, | felt like | was lying to myself.

Alicia S. Rivers Author

Hey guys, I'm sorry | haven't updated in a few days. We were hit with a crazy

winter storm that knocked out inteand sometimes power. So | will upload four

chapters today as an apology!

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