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"Who’s the other one?" Olivia asked
"He didn’t say He wanted to know if such a thing were possible, and I told hiht I’ll have to notify the heads of the Therian councils to spread the word" A satisfied smile lifted his mouth "It see last"
"I can’t wait to see these new aniree to see our sabertooth"
"Now" Maxiive him the honor of his Feral name - rose froers flexing around the handle of his fork
"In the gym," Lyon ordered, as Maxim stepped back a few feet from the table
But the newest Feral had yet to learn to follow the dictates of their chief Tipping his head back, he closed his eyes and began to sparkle with a thousand colored lights As the large saber-toothed cataway, those on the other side of the table coreat sabertooth stood at the center of a large se at the cat with an awe that pricked at his nerves As if the creature were theshe’d ever seen And he probably was
Maxiave a roar unlike any of the other cats - a deep, ru staccato, almost like a series of barks A sound not heard in six hundred years And not heard in nature in twelve thousand With his jaw opened fully, he was a sight to behold, those fangs glearunted "Fairfax County Ani to shit in their collective pants if they ever get an eyeful of this one"
Closing his reat cat began to pace in a circle, closer and closer to the other Ferals and their ed to snatch one for dessert
The led thee predatory creature Across the roo inside Hawke deo to her, protect her as the other males protected their women He took a step, then paused as he felt Lyon’s hand on his arm
"Don’t," Lyon said quietly
But every muscle in Hawke’s body tensed with the need to protect
Mine
No She wasn’t He forced hi toward Faith, as the great cat slowly stalked her
Lyon’s grip on his arhtened "He won’t hurt her" Not the woman he intended to ut, Hawke didn’t believe it His own ani he act, but he forced hiainst Faith’s hip playfully, if roughly, hed, her hands pressing against the cat’s large forehead But Hawke could sense the pri with the fascination, and he suspected Maxim could, too And like any bully, Maxi his head down and around, butting against Faith from the other side She was prepared this ti in her voice cut at Hawke
But the cat wasn’t through with her He nestled his nose between her legs, dipping his head and raising it again, forcing her to spread her legs
Faith’s cheeks flae it "Maxie the cat er that sparked inside him for once fully his own The bastard enjoyed her discorowled, low, a sound his bird would never ed to the feral male alone
"Lyon," Kara pleaded softly beside her nored hi Instead, he leaped up, hison the wall on either side of Faith’s head, his enor open Faith lifted her hands as if to ward off the attack, heart-thundering fear in every line of her body
"Catt!" Lyon roared "Enough!"
The anger within Hawke ignited in a wild rage - a rage that des sprouted, his claws erupting Though he struggled to fight for control, too great a part of him wanted this, wanted to attack the bastard, to protect Faith
When the red haze engulfed him, for once he dove into the storainst the wall, heart thundering in her ears, her legs shaking as the hot breath of the terrifying beast bathed her face, hisher, da her in front of the Feral Warriors and their mates In front of Hawke
"Maxim, stop"
She forced herself to look into those yellow eyes, knowing the er Laughter He clearly loved his power over her, loved that she couldn’t do a thing to stop him
The last of her doubts disappeared Maxiht he was And she wasn’t staying with hirabbed his teeth like the bars of a jail cell "Get them out of my face before I rip the out
Faith released those saberlike teeth just as the awful cat renched away fro froerlike claws sunk deep into Maxi his body weight with Hawke’s to take down the great beast Wulfe, shifting into a wolfinto his face as Hawke lifted a wicked-looking knife and pressed the tip between the cat’s eyes
"Hawke!" Lyon roared
Withouthard, as if struggling for control Vhyper, Faith noticed, made no move to take the blade fro, "Shift back or die"
Faith’s heart thudded against her ribs, anger burning inside her until unshed tears stung her eyes Dah the dining roo for the stairs
"Faith, wait!" Kara’s soft voice called to her from behind
Faith stopped and turned
"I’enuine sy Faith "He’s not a nice inning to fall, and she swiped at the to work"
Kara’s face fell "I was afraid you were going to say that As o, I’d do the same in your shoes Exactly the saht home And a way to the airport"