His Prowl

Part 2

Chapter 2

Sydney glared at them.  Did they honestly think that she would leave to go on some wild goose chase with Blake?  Out of all the people they could send her with, they had to choose him?  It did not matter if they held similar positions.  The group of people standing in front of her may not know it, but she was also the second of command for her pride.  She was a strong lion, and everyone knew that.  It had made others fear her, but the leopards standing there looked nothing but bored and annoyed by her outburst.

Was she really selfish?  She knew what was going on; this was a plot by her brother to get her away from the human world.  He wanted her to mate with a shifter, to live in the shifter world alongside him, but it wasn’t what she wanted.  She liked to blend into the human world.  She liked the fact that they didn’t know who she was, that they did not look at her with caution.  Could they really blame her for wanting a normal life?

“Why Alaska?” Blake asked.  Even the sound of his voice caused her to react.  How would she be able to spend so much time with him when she couldn’t handle it now?

The Leopard Queen looked between Blake and her before saying, “Emma’s mother, Evelyn, was last spotted in Canada.  They think she was headed towards Alaska to seek help from a group of snow leopards there.”

“Evelyn?  That’s her name?” A voice asked.  Turning, Sydney glanced at Zeke.  The man was hot, but at that moment, she was glad that Blake was the one accompanying her instead of him.  Black leopards may have been the rarest and the ones who held the bloodline for the throne, but it was the snow leopards that held the most magic.

“Believe me; I’m ecstatic that I don’t have to go along with the two of you,” he told her before turning towards his Queen. “Ally Cat, don’t even think it.  I don’t care if my clan can help us.  I’m not leaving you when there are only a couple months left in your pregnancy.  Evelyn is still out there, and I am staying with you until I know that there is no danger.”

“Zeke, you should be in bed,” Alexandria said while stepping away from the Leopard King and towards Zeke.  Grabbing his arm, she began pulling him down the hall.  Even at this distance, Sydney could hear her admonishing him.  “You're hurt, and I promise you that if you don’t stay in bed, I’ll send you off for a year.”

“You wouldn’t do that,” Zeke grumbled.

“Yes, I would, and your mother would love for you to visit.”

They rounded the corner, and Sydney couldn’t hear another word.  Standing there in an awkward silence, she glanced at the two males in the room.  Sebastian still looked down the hallway.  The expression on his face told Sydney that he wanted to follow after his mate.  Thinking back to when Leo’s mate was pregnant, she smiled.  The man didn’t let Christy go anywhere without him.  Sydney was surprised he even let her use the bathroom without standing in the room with her.  Leo had compromised, though, and stood outside the door.

Glancing at Blake, she noticed that his eyes were on the picture frame he held in his hands.  He rubbed a finger back and forth on the glass with a soft smile on his face before setting it down on the table.  Sydney felt a flash of jealousy flow through her.  Would she ever have a group of people like this to call her own?  Would she ever have a man follow her with his eyes while another protected her picture as if it was a last heirloom?

“So,” Sebastian said. Sydney snapped her eyes in his direction, and noticed that he still had his eyes locked onto the hall, “do you two need supplies?”

“Supplies for what?” she asked.

Blake huffed.  “For the trip to Alaska, you’ll definitely need different clothes,” he said while glancing at her clothing in disgust.