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But he refused to panic The sahold in Harpers Ferry, froht inside had been unable to cootten free, and he had to believe he would, too

Goddess help him if there was a Daemon in here as there had been in that other place

Goddess help them all if the other Ferals had fallen, too He’d only seen Tighe go down, but that didn’t ht

If only he could feel his body Feel soh his inated fro off in his brain

Even as he ground his teeth against the raw agony, he welcomed the proof that he was still alive

Sounds brushed his rowl of what sounded like a bear Farther away, he heard other anile cat and the cry of another bird of prey

He listened with confusion until realization dawned Animal spirits Icy shock splayed across his mind

The spirit trap The very trap that had sed the seventeen

His heart stuttered It wasn’t possible The seventeen had disappeared in Scotland, not West Virginia But what if that vortex hadn’t been the trap itself but a worinal?

Dread curled deep in his mind

Ferals didn’t come out of spirit traps alive

The seventeen had walked into one centuries ago and died, their bodies spit out days later Their aniain returned to mark another

Now he knehy The anihe didn’t find a way to escape, their animals were about to meet that same terrible fate

Chapter Four

Ariana’s pulse pounded as Kougar’s powerful body, dressed in all black, crowded hers, not quite touching her, but close enough that his heat called to her on the ainst her living-room wall, manacled, her body flushed and ready, desperate for the feel of hi eht of hi inside her, yet on a purely physical level, her body reacted to his as it always had Opening, turning moist and hot She wanted hiotten what it was like to be gripped by the powerful essence, the passion, that was Kougar, caught in the vise of his strength, drowning in his warotten

His kiss had left her shaking, bringing back all those old feelings in a rush ofher, strengthening her,for his But the stored up were so much more complicated

She’d loved this er, to anything but keeping him in her arether, that had brought such destruction Such death Such catastrophic joy

He watched her, his pale eyes burning with a cold, carnal light as he plotted her seduction I’ to fuck this body of yours, he’d said A chill danced over her skin, a fear that he’d see her bracelet Because she was all too afraid he knew about redto ar saw her cuff, he’d be furious

Whichinside her to notice anything else Her true goal was to get him to free her hands And the ic woven into that cuff and be gone

He reached for her, his fingertips trailing down her neck, sliding slowly, sensuously with a gentleness she knew he didn’t feel But the memory of how he’d once touched her in just this ith aching tenderness, sparked a longing inside her for those lost days The feel of his war down into her body

He’d always given her such pleasure She needed that again Theinside her had her bodyFivehiain

But not like this, not for the reason he intended Always in the past, as she’d climaxed around his swollen shaft, as he’d pumped his seed inside her, she’d turned toof body and spirit

That’s all he wanted fros for her anyht she was soulless He hated her

And he’d hate her even more when he realized she would never save his friends