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Deep in Bebe's body, Evangeline rejoiced Seeing the estate through her leopard's eyes, knowing the joy her fe to have to revisit the fact that Siena Arnotto Lospostos illing to give or sell the estate to Alonzo

I love this, Bebe told her

I love this for you Yourher feettin' vocal and amorous

I hear hiave a little sniff of disdain

She was close though Even inside her, without her own body, Evangeline could feel the ferocious need building stronger and stronger She retreated ive her little leopard privacy with her mate

Bebe raced through the woods, playfully pawing at rotting vegetation just to see what e her He was very large and a little inti, but she had the upper hand and she knew it She teased hi tree trunks to spread her alluring scent, ht it

Hesounds In truth, she loved the way he called to her, but she wasn't ready to give up her freedoht was over The burning sensation deep inside her wouldn't let her alone She found herself calling back to the male until he ran beside her He wasn't playful in the least, but he didn't try to stop her

She rubbed along another tree and then dropped down, panting, crouching At once the heavy male was on her Before he could bite down on her nape to hold her in place, she sprang away, swiping leaves at hi to tell him to back off He simply followed her Now, she could see, he was all business and purpose That was a little thrilling, and scary

She couldn't stop herself fro in to hold her The bite of pain gave way to soether different as the male took possession of her

Froht and most of the dawn, the two leopards were side by side when he wasn't clai her He showed her the outside world, every water source, every bit of cover They ran together, lay together, buther for his own over and over

Light streaked across the sky when he turned her back to the house Theyto Alonzo's roo the chamber The male leopard leapt onto the bed and she followed suit He curled protectively around her, and exhausted, she fell asleep

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POUNDING on the door penetrated Evangeline's sleep Sheto pry open her eyelids It was impossible A stone lay across her She couldn't ed to get her eyes open partially and the light nearly blinded her She groaned in protest

"Go away," Alonzo snarled

"Cops are here," Sevastyan inforet out here"

"Let him," Alonzo muttered and buried his face in the holloeen her neck and shoulder

Evangeline had to agree with Alonzo She wasn'tthrough every , where she'd been shot, burned as if she'd run for miles on it--and maybe she had

There was eline hissed and then tried to pull the covers over her head "Go away, Sevastyan" The covers were under her Under both of them With Alonzo on top of her, she could barely breathe

"You're heavy" She wasn't certain it was a co hurt anyway He arm and all muscle He felt--nice

"Spread your legs" He nuzzled her throat

"No I can't le muscle"

He bit down gently on her chin and then suckled at the side of her neck, right over the spot where her pulse was beginning to accelerate

"Yes" His knee slid between her legs and nudged

"You have to do all the work I'm not movin'"

His teeth scraped over her pulse "You'll move You like to move even when I tell you not to" He bit down "Spread" The order was ainst her neck

At first she felt only the lazy brush of his tongue and then the bite Her body responded with da for hi her There was always that ht it was too ave way for his invasion and she surrounded his thick cock with a fist of hot silk He felt hot Hard He stretched her so that she could feel his blood pulsing to his heartbeat right through his cock

He was right She had to move She couldn't help herself It was a beautiful way to wake up, regardless of whether her leopard had been out all night having wild leopard sex She was happy Alonzo made love to her, slowly and leisurely, but it was every bit and ressive sex She found her body coiling tighter and tighter, the pressure ale He kissed her when they both could breathe again, ignoring the pounding on the door until she found herself hiding her face on his chest and laughing

"I ht have to kill him," Alonzo said

"Well don' At least not while the cops are here I don' want to have to visit mythe whip marks there

"Are you all right? It was brutal last night" He rolled off of her to inspect her body for bruises

"It actually onderful thanks to you"

"Alonzo!" Sevastyan's voice was persistent

"We'll shower and be right there Tell them they'll have to wait," Alonzo called back He kissed several bruises on her body, tn close to her hip, and then lapped at the marks of possession he'd deliberately put on her

"I'ood Really Let's shower and see what the cops want"

"They ht"

"Weren't you?" She raised an eyebrow "I thought you were I went to our room to take a bath so you could play cards or whatever you were doin', but you came in later"

He nodded, a slight sirl Keep it simple"

She shrugged "I don' know anythin', so I can't very well do anythin' else"

The tiled shoas large and spacious with two shower heads They took advantage of the fair and kept sliding soapy hands over her body, just to help her out She was laughing even more when she stepped out to wrap her hair with a towel

"I've got to get back to work" She pulled on a long flowing skirt and a ht both for her She loved feeling girlie after all the years in the swamp She didn't bother with shoes He hadn't either

"Not until Doc gives you the okay Don't worry, we're watching over it Nothing is going to happen Besides, I have a surprise for you"

She raised an eyebrow at hienerous Half the clothes in ht for me"

"We're going to otiate with Siena for the estate I've got a good a it I' to take it from her"

"Really?" She couldn't help slipping her ar him "I love this place My leopard does too It's perfect for her For the both of theet into trouble"

He nodded "My rounds It's defensible and I've lived here for years I know the place inside and out With you here, it feels like a home"

"I'll adood surprise"

"That's not the surprise" He dropped a kiss on the top of her head "We're getting married That's not the surprise either"

"Whoa Back up, Fyodor You're movin' too fast for me I just said I'd move in

with you, and now you want to get married"

"I off"

"I don' run off"