Hawking a Future by Zenina Masters

Author:Zenina Masters
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Magic, Shapeshifter, Paranormal, Adult, Fantasy, Erotic Romance, Fey
ISBN: 9781487403102
Publisher: eXtasy Books
Published: 2015-04-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

“When were you first introduced to the shifter community?”

Hayley brushed crumbs off her fingers. “I was thirteen when a woman arranged visitation. She was supervised by the caretaker at my group home and asked me some pointed questions about my body and my senses. I found out a few years later that she was my aunt on my mother’s side.”

“That was it?”

“When I was sixteen, my father’s side got into the mix, and I did my first transport to the shifter council headquarters. I was examined and pronounced to be a dud. Two beasts, no show. They put me back where they found me, and I got on with my life until five years ago. The recovery centre had always been a place of haven for shifters who had suffered a trauma, but when the collections started to be rescued, they needed to process them en masse. That meant that my peculiar access to both of my beasts’ senses would be handy in monitoring the groups.”

He smiled at the server as the young man brought them both soup. The bread was long gone.

When they were alone again, he asked, “You monitored?”

“I watched shifters for signs of stress, imminent shifts and outbursts of violence. When a victim...when a shifter has been confined, their emotions had to be stifled and that frustration and rage builds up. If the beasts get mad enough, they lash out when they can. The abused human can no longer control the abused animal.”

Tovin rubbed the back of his neck. “I take pride in the rescues. I have not really given much thought to what happens next.”

Hayley brushed the crumbs from her lap and put the napkin down before settling in front of her soup. “I have only seen the aftermath. I often wonder what normal, healthy shifters look and act like.”

“What about the therapists and counsellors?”

“They all focus on their jobs. What they do in their own time is their business. I really can’t participate in a shift or the wonder of my other limbs, so I ended up in the role of Rudolph not being able to join in any reindeer games. I am one of them, but not one of them.”

She used her spoon and the bowl was empty in moments. “I cannot believe how hungry I feel.”

Tovin smiled. “My partner eats like a horse, though now she is my sister-in-law, so I don’t know how that is going to work.”

“How did they meet? Your brother and your partner?”

He smiled and chuckled. “She was ordered to take some time off, and since she had been seen by our seers, she was asked to take that time off here.”

“What happened?”

“Well, she agreed, got here, went to the bar, and when we walked in to the bar, she took one look at him, and it was like watching two marbles roll downhill to collide in the middle. There was no doubt that Yval was meant for Drorik.”

“What does he do?”

Tovin pursed his lips a little. “It is hard to explain.

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