Racing Destiny (Dirt Track Dogs Book 5) by P. Jameson Page A

approximately one hundred years to sort this all out.”
    Diz scowled. “Thanks for your faith in us.”
    “Faith. If I didn’t have faith in you, we wouldn’t be talking right now.”
    Finally Diz asked the question he’d been saving. The one he found so unbelievable and… wonderful . “You said my Dessy is with young?”
    “I did.”
    His breath came faster at the idea. That his first time with Dessy could be so amazing and heartbreaking at the same time, and still produce something so beautiful. A life that shared a piece of each of them.
    His first young. The first of many, if he had anything to do with it. And it wouldn’t take him a hundred years like Illia said.
    He was hit with the sudden urgency to get to his mate. To see her, and know that she was safe. To hold her in his arms, and tell her what he’d been waiting to tell her for a week now.
    “I need to go,” he said, reaching into the cab for his t-shirt. “I gotta go now.”
    Illia nodded. “Yes. You do. One more warning before you leave…” She raised a finger to the air in front of her. “Hold nothing back, hear me? Nothing. It will take giving her everything if you wish her to be your everything .”
    Diz nodded. “Done.” He’d never hold back from Destiny again.
    He got in the truck, but before he could shut the door, Illia stopped him. “Also… tell her Fortune Cookie Wisdom said hello.”
    Diz frowned, giving the woman a nod, started the truck, and pulled a u-turn on the abandoned dirt road. In his rearview mirror, he spotted a dark wolf with wise cat-like eyes.
    “Thank you, Elder,” he whispered. “Thank you.”

Chapter Thirteen
     
    Destiny walked the grounds of the lodge, envisioning the coming celebration. Magic laid out the plans in great detail at their last staff meeting. They were trying something new this year, and using the lake in their special effects. The kids were going to love it. Adults too.
    She could see why Tana loved this place. It was peaceful, and the scenery was gorgeous. The cats had built a nice resort, without taking away the integrity of the landscape.
    Destiny could definitely appreciate what they’d done here, but she still missed the dusty, forested Cedar Valley.
    She missed home.
    But could she ever go back? Maybe this was her home now. Maybe her vision of guiding the pack through her gift was total bunk.
    Only time would tell.
    She stopped at the top of the footbridge that spread across a finger of the lake, and looked down on the resort. Pressing her palm against her flat belly, she murmured, “This might be it, little ones.”
    Little ones. Plural.
    She’d only been aware of one young yesterday, but she was so new to these sensations. It wasn’t until this morning that she’d sensed more. Three little lives, she was sure of, but maybe there’d be even more.
    Three young to raise. She’d need the support of this clan.
    She chewed her lip. What would Diz think? He’d be furious she hadn’t told him. But by the time he found out, maybe he would have found his intended. He’d be happy to have her, and thrilled to have young no matter if they were from Destiny or not. Right? That could happen, right? Maybe they’d end up like one of those blended families the humans had. If it worked for them, it could work for the shifters.
    Destiny sighed.
    Her lunch break was almost over so she trekked back to the lodge. The place had been hectic all morning with visitors packing up to leave their summer vacations behind. And there’d been some shifter upheaval this morning that she didn’t care to know about. Some unexpected visitor, who apparently, Magic had no tolerance for.
    Needless to say, by break time, she’d needed the outdoors.
    Inside, she made her way to her room. Magic had given her permission to work from her bed whenever she wanted since her job consisted of calling vendors and setting up appointments. Later, she’d have more interaction with the children, but for now it was all