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The faint scent of her arousal stole across his senses, tripping a wild rage inside him How many times had Ancreta forced hi body before beginning the torture of trying to free hih rock, the witch pulled herself up and knelt between his legs with a swish of soft cotton

Paenther went feral, that place halfway between s erupted, his claws unsheathed, and his black eyes turned the glowing green of a jungle cat’s

"You touch ether in her lap tight enough to turn her knuckles white The sympathy and remorse in her blue eyes almost seemed real "I’ve been where you are I wouldn’t wish it onand low, and laced with steel "I know you don’t believe me, but you aren’t hed "I know" Sitting back on her heels, she loosened the knot of her hands "I’m sorry I have to touch you, but I won’t touch you there" Her gaze caressed his shaft "Not unless you want le nod, she splayed her cool palhs With that simple touch, sensation rippled across his flesh, a heady, electric heat that sent the blood surging through his veins He fought the desire that blasted hi on to the icy control that had hly as his body All he could think of was the way her silken thighs had felt beneath his hands as he’d spread her in the woods, as he’d entered her

The scent of violets washed over hi in that delicate face, reminded him of the taste of her kiss, like clear, sweet raindrops Even knohat she was, even knowing she’d lured hi of lust, he couldn’t stop wanting her

Her palhs, across his flesh as if he were an animal to be petted It was all he could do not to purr Without his consciously willing it, his fangs and claws retracted

"You hid your Mage eyes," he snarled instead

Hershadow of a smile "You wouldn’t have corowl, but the feel of her hands was doing things to hi to do with sex Ale burned into his soul by Ancreta all those years ago

"You’re beautiful," she murmured "Your skin is warm as the sun Your hair like black silk" Her words flowed over hi as her touch "The animal inside you purrs"

Paenther froze Daainst her, he called on thehis panther’s paould be able to slide free of his shackles

Nothing happened

As he opened his eyes, the witch’s copper blue gaze met his "The manacles steal your poarrior You can’t shift as long as you wear the have you knoas a Feral?"

"I knew the first time I saw you I felt the aniives you"

He scowled "You couldn’t possibly have felt that"

She watched hi

Witch

His body went rigid as a thought occurred to him He hadn’t been alone What if Foxx had been captured, too? He forced hiainst the tug of her beauty, steeling himself for her answer

"How many of us did you catch?"

"Just you, warrior Your co to feel relieved yet not trusting her at all Still, maybe Foxx had escaped He would call Lyon, and they’d initiate a rescue He hated the thought of his unbridled lust putting his brothers in danger; but knowing the others would come, that he wasn’t doomed to spend the rest of his life here, helped calhts evaporated as the witch leaned over hi toward his body as if she intended to take hirowl that erupted fro, even as part of hith But her lips landed well to the right of his heavy erection, brushing a light, damp kiss on his hip bone

Paenther sucked in a hard breath, sweat beading at his te through his body His ar need shifting fro himself in her heat

How could he want her so badly when he hated her so violently? She was a fire in his blood A need raging out of control

The heady musk of her arousal thickened in the air, and he kneasn’t the only one feeling the desire She lifted her gaze, heat a living thing in her eyes The woerous blend of false innocence and a siren’s teain

She bent down, her h, her lips inches fro shaft He wanted her to touch hi on desperation But he would never ad to hts froh his body He frowned at the dark, pulsing sphere that clearly wasn’t a lightwick His eyes narroith recognition A power orb Scanning the ceiling, he saw others nestled high against the ceiling, pulsing with light, throbbing to the beat of his pounding heart As if they were so hi power," he accused

She looked up, her lids heavy, her lips damp Sexy as hell "That’s the reason you’re here"

He stared at her, unsure if her words relieved hi here was to fill those orbs with his lust? To be chained and petted by a beauty of a witch until he was out of his e too well to believe for a singleto do with the energy once the orbs are filled?"

She raised up and sat back on her heels, shrugging delicately even as her chest rose and fell on rapid, shallow breaths "I don’t know It’s for Birik All I know is that if we don’t raise enoughhe won’t be pleased" Her gaze rose to the ceiling, as if studying the orbs and h"

As one soft hand h, she reached up and covered her breast, squeezing the s as her head tilted back His cock jerked with a hunger of its own