Hawksong

Chapter 1

I heard his voice, soft and torn. "Adelina, we can't be doing this." "We are," she responded practically. "You know what I mean." His voice was a little more solid now, but no happier.  "Danica-" "Danica can rot for all I care," Adelina said, snarling. She took a breath, and then said more calmly, "Zane, I'm sorry. But we both know you don't love her. You can pretend to the court, but not to me." "Adelina..." He sighed. A moment passed, a murmured word from Adelina. I could not understand and then, "Adelina, I wish we could, but I can't."

"You think the hawk would care?" Adelina challenged. "I don't know," Zane answered. "But she is my mate. I wish...but wishes don't stop wars." I had eavesdropped enough; this was an in hear. But Adelina's voice rose and followed me down the hall as I walked towards them. I walked towards them in the shadows of the hallway. Even though it was midday, I knew different ways to sneak up on people.

When I was right next to Zane and Adelina, I appeared out of the shadows with my hands on my hips and said, "You two aren't very discreet. For one, Adelina the whole palace can hear you and for two, Zane you can do whatever you want with Adelina. I don't care just don't do anything where anyone can see you. Now if you'll excuse me," I said turning away from them and walked down the hall, saying, "I have to go train. You shouldn't see me for the next 4-6 hours. 4 hours at the least. 6 hours at the most."

I continued to walk down the hallway until I reached the stairs. I climbed up the stairs until I reached my room. When I reached my room, I stood in the middle of my room for a few minutes, calming myself down and then I turned towards my closet. I opened the closet and contemplated what dress to wear for training. I finally decided I would wear my sapphire blue high-low dress, my blue 6 inch heels, my gold belt, and a white rose in my hair.

After I was done getting ready, I heard a knock on my door. "Who is it?" I asked the person behind the door.  They didn't answer at first, then I realized who it was. "Zane, what do you want?" Zane opened the door and saw me standing in the middle of my room, wearing the outfit that I was wearing and said, "I'm sorry, I never meant to hurt you like that." I didn't respond, after a while Zane looked back at my outfit and said, "On a totally different note, where are you going dressed like that?" he asked gesturing towards my outfit.

I spun around in my dress and walked towards the balcony windows. I stood on the balcony letting my skin absorb the sun and said, "Well, I have to go train for the next few hours. I was thinking about leaving later tonight but I decided against that and figured I should train during the day." I told him as I turned around and looked at the side of the castle. 'I could climb up the side of the castle with no problem,' I thought to myself.

I didn't say goodbye to Zane, I just stood on the balcony railing and started climbing the side of the palace. I continued my trek up to the roof. When I reached the roof, I stood on the roof and waited to see if Zane would either call to me or come up and join. It eventually got a little bit late and I knew I had to go and train. I changed into my hawk form and flew to my training ground in the woods. When I got to the woods, I setup my targets and got my weapons. I trained for a couple of hours and then I felt a presence behind me. "Zane, did you follow me all the way out here?"

"Yes, I did, Danica. I wanted to see where you go for hours on end." "Alright, whatever. Just don't get in my way while I train." I continued to train for 3 more hours and then I checked the time. It was time to go back to the palace. I packed up my things and put them away. I changed back into my hawk form and left.

I flew back into my room and changed out of my hawk form. I was getting ready to take a shower when I heard a knock on my door. "Come in," I told the person as I finished getting ready to take a shower. The person who came in was none other than Zane. He saw me getting ready to talk a shower and said, "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt you when you were getting ready to take a shower."

Zane walked out of the room and I rolled my eyes when he did. I finished getting ready to take a shower, took a shower and changed into a different outfit.