Lykaia by Orman Sharon van

Author:Orman, Sharon van [Orman, Sharon van]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Urban Fantasy, Horror, Fantasy, Paranormal
Amazon: B00UEQFHZS
Goodreads: 17874627
Publisher: Lir Press
Published: 2012-08-30T07:00:00+00:00

“Can we please go inside?” I asked, as three more ravens joined the flock upon the roof.

“Of course, how rude of me,” he said with a sigh. “I should have realized that they were bothering you.”

I looked at him and saw the concern in his eyes and relaxed a bit. The birds were gathering in such a large number that I had begun to imagine all sorts of things. It seemed that in just the span of a week I had come to believe in werewolves. It was not such a large step to presume that where one supernatural being lurked, others dwelt as well.

I didn’t know what the ravens were about, but I knew it was not normal behavior. Marcus had his hand out, waiting to help me up from my seat. I took it, enjoying the feel of his warm fingers wrapping around my chilled ones. The sun had set, the candles and sconces the only light.

As I rose he looked once towards the birds. A hard cold look that let me know he bore them no love. Several of them cawed and bounced on the roof with wings spread, as if in challenge. Marcus sniffed in disdain and looked away. For a moment the candle flame reflected in his eyes and danced in their golden depths.

I gasped, unsure of what I had just seen. He blinked and the moment was gone.

“Come, let’s go in. You are chilled.” And with that he pulled me along behind him into the welcoming warmth of the restaurant.

Illyanna was seated at the end of the bar when we entered. I glanced at her and nodded slightly towards the terrace, a question in my eyes. She shook her head and frowned. I presumed she had never seen anything like that either.

The waitress, Ilyria, directed us towards a booth in a corner. She refilled our wine glasses and left with the assurance that our food would be along shortly.

There was so much I wanted to ask him. The birds were predominant on my mind. But what would I say? What would I ask? And if he knew what it had been about, would he tell me?

“That was unnerving,” was all I managed.

“Yes, but they are just birds. They grumble and cuss. In the end they can do nothing. They know this.”

“You speak as if you know what they are thinking,” I said, taking a sip of wine.

“I spend a lot of time around animals. It’s not so hard to learn to read them.”

“Do you think that they have emotions just like humans?” I asked, genuinely curious.

“Yes, I do. Though in their simplest form. The wolves know joy and sorrow, love and rage. But they do not think in the abstract. For them it is all about the pack and its survival.”

“They love?” I asked, thinking longingly of the father that I had lost. And my brothers that I feared I might have.

“Yes. The Alpha of the pack mates for life.”

“Only the Alpha?”

“No. If the pack is strong the second in command, the Beta, will be allowed to take a mate.

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