The Rainmaker by Petra Landon

Author:Petra Landon [Landon, Petra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-03-29T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

The Alpha reclaims his Pack and Tasia gains acceptance

The Lair buzzed with excitement and anticipation. Shifters thronged the hallways, corridors and stairs for a glimpse of the Alpha. Word had gone around that he would return to the Lair, thirty-six hours after his brush with silver. His black bullet-riddled Audi had been recovered and now sat in its usual spot in the Lair lot. It was a symbolic message lost on no one — the Alpha was still in charge.

Joaquim brought the car to a halt before the Lair’s imposing gates. The Alpha exited the car. Sara and Tasia hopped off in his wake. Four cars drew up behind them and an array of Shifters exited them to flank their Alpha. These were Duncan’s Shifters, the Wyrs deputed to watch over the Alpha while he fought off the poison in his system. Tasia made sure to stick close to Sara, falling into place behind the Alpha with Joaquim and Michael, a big soft-spoken Shifter who Tasia guessed was high on the totem pole in Duncan’s were-pack.

Sara winked at her, her expression one of good-humored exasperation. Sara made no bones that she found the formality associated with Pack rituals and traditions tedious. She would not be here this morning had it not been for the Alpha.

He had stopped her with one softly-spoken sentence.

“It’s time the Pack knows how much trust your Were-Alpha reposes in you, Sara Manotti.”

Sara had stopped in her tracks.

“You and your were-pack mates have held the fort down admirably the last few days. Duncan chose you for the task for a reason. The Pack needs to see what you bring to the table, Sara. There are other qualities in a Shifter than unbridled aggressiveness and ambition.”

And Sara had joined him on his symbolically triumphant return.

They followed the Alpha into the Lair, a solemn procession. At the foyer, they were greeted with throngs of Shifters come to mark the momentous occasion. Some greeted the Alpha, a greeting he returned politely. There was a commotion, and Duncan, flanked by Luis, Atsá and Maartje, with the other Were-Alphas in tow, strode up to the Alpha. Raoul met the English Shifter’s eyes, an unspoken communication between the friends and allies, whose shared history and long friendship bound them together through thick and thin.

“Your Pack awaits you, Alpha.” Duncan bowed his head, a ceremonial gesture signifying the respect accorded to a Shifter he recognized as more dominant. This was Duncan symbolically bolstering the optics — playing to the gallery of watching Shifters.

“Thank you, Duncan.” Raoul acknowledged his friend and mentor before glancing at the avid crowd watching them.

“Show’s over, Shifters” he announced. “Unless you’re interested in continuing it in the Pack Room.”

Some of the Shifters melted away, their curiosity satisfied, while many joined the procession up the stairs. The Pack was safe and their Alpha was back, looking his usual formidable self, no worse for wear. Duncan and the other Were-Alphas had banded together to keep the Pack from splintering apart until the Alpha could retake the reins in his capable hands.

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