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Instead, exquisite sexual pleasure rushed through his body on a blast so strong, so pure, that he nearly caroan, he arched his back, his eyes dropping closed as the pleasure roared through hiain, his eyes snapped open, and he straightened to find theat hi a horrified O

A grin spread slowly across his face, his gaze locking with hers The next time he felt that kind of rapture in her presence, he’d be deep inside of her, and she’d be screa with him

Go to hell shimmered in Melisande’s eyes as if she’d heard his silent pro into a hard line With a lol of fury, the beauty disappeared, h

"What did you do to her?" Kougar asked, clearly puzzled

Fox shook his head "I’ve no bloody idea"

"Watch your step," Ariana warned softly "Melisande is a good person, but she has a violent and justified hatred of Therians While she’s obligated to honor my alliance with the Ferals, she’s unpredictable She won’t try to kill you But that’s about all I can guarantee And if you hurt her, even that’s off the table"

"Point taken" But the grin hovered at the edges of his h his body He had no intention of hurting her Not at all What he had inwith as iven him And more Far more

As Ariana left to speak to the Shaman, Lyon and Kara strode down the hallway toward them Lyon caressed his azing up at her mate with adoration In the short time he’d been at Feral House, Fox had come to realize that the love between the Ferals’ chief and their Radiant was the beating heart of the house and the bedrock that held theardless of what crisis they found themselves in And they’d faced one crisis after another since his arrival

Kara turned front again, catching Fox watching them She smiled at him sweetly, a woman impossible not to adore In her jeans and bare feet, she exuded a girl-next-door wholesomeness at odds with her role as theTherians In some ways, she was more powerful even than the shifters, for without her, within a couple of in to lose the power of their aniently

Though it wasn’t necessary to take a shot of radiance directly froh proximity--none of they rush

As Kara held her hands out at her sides, Kougar stepped forward and curled his fingers around one slender wrist, a sed on her ponytail like a fond older brother, then wrapped his hand around her other wrist As Lyon slid his hand beneath Kara’s ponytail, pressing his palesture at once possessive and tender, Fox stepped forward to kneel at her feet, slipping his hand around one bare ankle

"Little Radiant," Lyon said softly, and, a h to light a darkened rooy rushed through Fox’s body--the Earth’s energy, the lifeblood of a Feral Warrior, channeled through the golden ar his first shift

But it was the rush of a different energy, one of pure rapture that he couldn’t get out of hisbut the sapphire-eyed beauty who’d delivered it And hoas going to coax her into his bed

Melisande stormed down the Grand Corridor of the Ilinas palace in the Crystal Real it on the emerald floor with a roar of fury that set the chandeliers to swaying, the torches on the crystal walls to flickering, and the few Ilina sisters who’d been keeping a wary eye on her fleeing in mist

"Dammit!"

Even now, far from Feral House, that shifter’s face swam in her mind

Fox

She’d noticed him the h what female with eyes in her head wouldn’t have? The olden waves of hair falling to broad shoulders fraht patrician nose, a strong, chiseled jaw, and eyes the blue of a sureen tee, he’d looked like the warrior he undoubtedly was And, oh, that T-shirt had fit hi off his muscular forolden Feral ar at him, unable to look away That she’d noticed hi at him infuriated her But the worstthe very worstwas that when their gazes met, she’d felt awarenessawarenessfor the first time in forever Her cheeks had heated, her breath had scattered, her pulse had raced and had yet to cal vase crunched under her heels as she paced, fury vibrating through every pore of her body,her hands clench and unclench at her sides

The damned Feral had noticed her reaction to hi with her like she was a normal, sex-starved Ilina She’d ht of him He should have felt pain Pain Instead, he’d felt pleasure, arching as if he were in the throes of orgasainst the nearest wall, one hand curved protectively around her sto her forehead She was still there , when her queen and friend materialized at her side

Ariana touched her shoulder "What happened down there, Mel?" she asked worriedly

Melisande glared at her "I’ to kill him" At Ariana’s raised eyebrow, Melisande rolled her eyes "I’ to kill him But I want to You have no idea how much I want to"

Ariana studied her "He’s the one, isn’t he? The one you can’t intentionally harm The one suited to be your h, then choked instead, pushing away from the wall "Never I want no male Especially not a shifter" She’d hated the shifters for so long, both the Feral Warriors ere able to access the power of their ani Therians They were all shifters to her All equally vile

Well, maybe not vile Not all of them As much as she hated to admit it, the current batch of Ferals appeared to be honorable enough The nine originals, at least Ariana certainly thought so And she couldn’t deny they were fighting to keep Satanan and his Daeain, which any creature of the world appreciated

But that didn’t alter the fact that her history with shifters was a bad one She’d spentthe her fingers into her scalp and aze

"I don’t want to feel this way"

Ariana’s eyes widened "You want him"