16 - Meet The Queen

~River’s Point of View~

Godfrey often picked me to personally investigate matters with him, since I touted myself as the best. But this was far more personal. Once I was briefed by my dad on the facts as they knew them so far, a huge knot formed in my stomach.

“I know you’ll get to the bottom of this River, and I have to hope like hell there’s some other reason for this senseless tragedy. I … trust Godfrey, I do. I see how unbelievably happy he’s made Sunny. He would never extinguish that. She means the world to him,” my dad said.

Why did I feel the tiniest sliver of doubt in his voice?

“I agree but you have to admit it’s always been a concern in the back of your mind,” I replied.

He sighed and took a long pause.

“Of course it has been. I never wondered what type of mate any of my kids would have, I took for granted you would all have a shifter mate. But now … it’s all I think about for Meadow. Your mother prays to the Goddess every night she finds a good mate that will love her and