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Ula hadn’t forgotten hiht hio on his doorstep Other ’s season attracted males from miles around He’d battled the other males, unable to resist the draw of her heat
Nor could he resist the draw of the ht under his skin Ula shoved away from him, her expression one of ecstasy and
Blood pounded through his veins His joints popped and contorted, the disco the pleasure of the transformation
But no, the real pain would coe and then realized his human side had locked him away, unable to hunt, unable to feel the tear of flesh and bone between his jaws, the war down his throat
Ula co, silver-furred legs, watching him with silver eyes Her lips peeled back fro his body to hurry Herhisback his head, he howled as the last of the transfor at his shoulder, claws digging into his chest He took her down to all fours, ive in He had beaten his opponents, but he had one more test to pass in order to prove hi her cubs
He would have to subdue her by force, and once she was satisfied with his performance, she would allow him to take her They would mate in beast and human form for three days, and then, exhausted, would probably sleep for another three
It would be the first time he’d ever asked Eidolon for so many days off work in a row
Grasping her haunches, he covered her as she crouched on the straw-strewn floor He closed his powerful jaws over the back of her neck, pinched her scruff between his teeth
She growled, twisted, raked her claws over his flank He felt nothing, was too deep in the feel of her body, the rasp of black fur on silver, the heat radiating fros With every motion, the tip of his shaft inched closer to the place he wanted to be
The sound of the door opening didn’t register until it was too late
"Shit," shouted a male voice "There’s two of theis
He launched at thein the doorway, crossbow readied, but Ula was a split second ahead, and she struck the slayer full in the chest The extra-narrow crossbow bolt pierced her neck, and even as her claws tore open the slayer’s rib cage, she shifted to hu off the dead man She came easily to her feet, but as a human, she eak, and she didn’t stand a chance when the feh the heart with a silver-tipped killing bolt
Ula cru with rage, Luc body-slaround so hard he heard the un crack of spine Two s Luc pounced on the closest, claws ripping, teeth snapping, and then pain, white-hot and searing, exploded in his gut when one of the uy screamed, and Luc felt another stab of pain in his side The other , silver nitrate, probably Agony like a h his veins and sucked the air frorew fuzzy, diet out of there He lurched toward the stairwell, barely avoiding the swing of a cudgel aimed for his head
"Goddammit, Cole, don’t kill him! He’s worth thousands"
Chills shivered over his skin, ruffling his fur Their goal was to take hi with pain and effort, he scra hih it in a shower of wooden shards Dropping to all fours, he sprinted down the street The night air revived hith and speed
He had no idea how long or far he ran, keeping to the shadows and ducking behind parked cars, but when the adrenaline ran out and he began to fade again, he was in unfae of the city and well out of his suburban neighborhood
Fire seared his lungs with each breath, and nausea tumbled in his sto as a howl through the darkness Going up on two legs, he opened his ate North Several blocks away Too far, but his only hope
He loped toward it, no longer bothering with conceal on instinct alone, he rounded a corner and slae and hurt that veered instantly to stark, icy terror The e theer, the need to take so apart, made hi Hood"
In beast form, his words ca B-movie horror actress The slayers would hear Panic eroded what little re his teeth into the soft spot between her shoulder and neck She pounded against his chest, kicked wildly in futile defense as he shook her like a terrier with a rat
"This way!"
A slayer’s voice broke hi li footsteps echoed off the surrounding buildings Ti the woman’s unconscious body behind a Duht posts and street signs in his insane bid to get to the Harrowgate To the hospital
Suddenly, so like a fist to the kidney knocked him off his feet Another crossbow bolt Blood splashed all over the paveth to stand, to li on to his beast forer than his hu water, each step was agony He welco out
If he passed out, The Aegis would have him
And he had a sneaky suspicion that if they took him alive, he’d wish he were dead
Dehost without a fight, and tonight, Tayla was glad for that She needed to cause pain She needed to purge herself of everything that evil, lying demon doctor had said
But no -li as her forearet Eidolon’s words out of her head
You are half-demon
"No!" she shouted, and drove her heel into the drekavac’s ly creature cruallery for drug addicts, where she’d found it searching for humans to sicken with its breath Beneath the demon, a dark stain marked the floor, and she wondered if it had been e, she kicked the de after it was dead, until the sound of footsteps broke her out of hertoward her, his gait ah his body couldn’t quite keep up with his intentions His glazed eyes gave nothing away except that he was stoned off his ass
"You got so, there?" Then he blinked, and she knew the drekavac’s body had disintegrated Aboveground, all demons disappeared within moments of their deaths unless they died in an area specially designed to keep bodies intact Aegis labs, for example
"Worse," she muttered, and stepped around the junkie as she headed toward the exit She’d always hated this place, but it was a derimy hand closed on her shoulder She froze, her fists clenched at her sides