The Prophecy (Saga of the Chosen Book 1) by Petra Landon

Author:Petra Landon [Landon, Petra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-01-27T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Uneasy partners head to Chicago

Tasia glanced at the shuttered expression on Hawk’s face as he drove silently through the streets of San Francisco. They were on their way to the airport to catch their flight to Chicago. He was silent this morning, far from the entertaining and teasing companion that she’d become accustomed to.

“Something worrying you, Hawk?” she inquired tentatively.

“No” he directed a small smile at her. “Just not properly awake yet.”

Unconvinced by her friend’s response, Tasia decided to bide her time before she attempted to breach his defenses again. The Alpha had demanded an early start and dawn was just beginning to break in the sky as they made their way to the airport. The streets revved up slowly, soon to become venues for the familiar scenes of jam-packed early morning office traffic that tended to clog up the routes towards the highways. Store fronts still lay shuttered, not yet the scenes of frenetic activity by shopkeepers setting up for the day’s business. Tasia gazed blindly at the streets, oblivious to all signs of a city waking up, preoccupied by Hawk’s unusual dourness. She had a sneaking suspicion that she knew what had him so preoccupied. Hawk fit into the Pack like he’d grown up in its dangerous and dysfunctional bosom. After his disclosure in the Pack Room about Sara and his early circumstances, Tasia had made sure to observe his interactions with the larger Pack whenever the opportunity presented itself. He seemed to have a knack for knowing when to back away and when to challenge – an important trait in most Chosen but absolutely essential in a Shifter. Sara, on the other hand, was a very reluctant Shifter and it showed in her interactions with her Pack. Her Were-Alpha and some of her were-pack mates looked out for her while the rest of the Pack seemed to mostly look askance at her, much as they would at a strange creature that they couldn’t quite figure out. Most Shifters tended to ignore Sara while a few attempted to take advantage of her, like Markham, the Shifter who had instigated a fight with Sara to settle scores with Hawk.

In some ways, the Pack treated Sara like they did Tasia for they were both considered outsiders. The difference was that Tasia’s unique circumstances made the Shifters wary of tangling with her for fear that it might incite the wrath of their Alpha, something the Shifters steered clear of. Sara did not have the luxury of that kind of protection. She was defended by her Were-Alpha although the way the Pack worked, it took a few times for Duncan to stand up for Sara before the rest got the message. At first, Tasia had assumed that Duncan’s power within the Pack was derived from his having the ear of the Alpha. But she’d realized gradually that she was mistaken. These were Shifters – such considerations did not exist in their DNA. Duncan was feared and respected within the Pack, not

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