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that she d gone to a shifter orgy. No fucking way. Spent some time with the owner. No
biggie.
Carly froze, and Maya growled until the brushing motion picked up again.
Okay. Okay, we can deal with this. Andrew? Meat. Now. Through heavy-lidded eyes
she watched the man scamper away, and the bitch inside her wanted to pounce on him.
She jerked, ready to chase, but Carly held her firm. No. Let s go get in the car, and
we ll go over to Ian s. You remember Ian, right?
She nodded. Okay, yeah& why not? Ian was a hottie, she could certainly go over
there& As long as she had meat to eat.
Good girl. Carly kept petting her as they walked, as they shuffled toward the
front of the building and into her friend s car. We ll deal with your car later.
Good girl? Hm& Maya was a good little freak of nature. Mostly. She only tried
to eat, like five people, right? But she didn t.
Maybe she d turned into a zombie.
A very hungry, cranky, and tired zombie.
To top it off& she missed Alex.
Damn it. What in the world was happening to her?
* * *
Grayson and Gina hadn t had to look very far to find Maya. One phone call to his
second, from Carly s brother Ian, was all it took for Gina to come off of his shit list. For
now.
Alex needed to remember that he shouldn t kill the man standing before him.
Ian, the lead buck of Thompson Warren was a good man, a good rabbit, and had helped
his mate in her time of need.
But he d also put his hands on Maya.
For good reason, he reminded himself. Ian understood the necessity, of Maya
being in the middle of her transition, of needing a strong, steel cage to hold her captive,
until Alex arrived.
Still, his lion wanted to eat the rabbit for dinner. A loud, snarling roar echoed up
the stairs, and he winced at the troubling sound. Damn it to hell, his mate was not a
happy she-cat.
Then again, the rabbits facing him weren t happy, either. Both Ian and his sister
Carly, glared at him as he stood on the porch. As much as a rabbit could glare at a lion.
Carly pounced first. You turned her, Alex. She stepped forward and poked
him in the chest and he took it, overcome with the knowledge that he probably
deserved every culpable word she threw his way. She has no idea about us, other than
what we ve revealed to the general populace. You let her into Genesis during your fuck-
like-bunnies moon. How dare you?
Now, Miss Thomp
Carly growled, little pink nose twitching. If he wasn t mated and devoted to
Maya, he d likely find it to be cute.
Shut it. She punched him in the chest and he flinched. You knew what could
happen to an unfamiliar human in your den during the moon, and you not only let her
stay, but you bit her, and get mated. Argh!
Alex frowned. I understand your concerns. He then sighed, ran a hand
through his hair. It wasn t my intention to let her go this morning, but one of my
pride
The small rabbit bristled, and he imagined that if she were shifted, her rabbit hair
would be all puffed-up in anger.
He wasn t going to smile at the image.
He just wasn t.
Let her go? Let her go? She bared her little white teeth at him, which kinda
reminded him of Chiclets, and then spun on her heel, curses trailing behind her as she
stomped away from him. You deal with the lion, Ian. I swear I ll gnaw through his
jugular if I have to talk to him another second! Rabbits can be carnivores, too!
Alex watched as Carly plodded in anger, then turned his attention to the buck.
I m sorry if I, or my mate, have caused your warren any undue stress. If you ll just take
me to where you re keeping her& He let the sentence trail off, to see what type of
response he d receive.
Ian huffed out a breath, not unlike a frustrated sigh, and dropped his shoulders.
You couldn t have picked anyone other than my sister s best friend? Really?
Normally, the leaders of the various shifter clans got along well, and they tried
not to cause any unnecessary trouble amongst themselves. It seemed that turning Maya,
his little she-cat, had caused a fuck-ton of grief. For everyone involved.
Ian began, Well, what s done is done, I suppose. I ll try to talk my sister s anger
down to a manageable level. I m sure once she s had time to think A loud,
thundering crash, followed by a spine-shivering scraping of metal-on-metal, echoed
from the basement. Fuck! Ian spun and ran toward the commotion, feet pounding on
the solid wood floor, with Alex following closely on the buck s heels.
The deeper into the house they traveled the louder the roars became, until
Maya s hisses and growls surrounded them&
His she-cat s sounds of anger were echoed by another, but lower, softer one.
Oh, shit. Alex recognized it. He d chased his share of natural rabbits through
the forest to know that his mate was about to make her best friend dinner.
Ian dove for the closed door, but Alex got there first. Pulling the man out of the
way, he said, I ll get her, Buck. I ll take care of this. The last thing you want to be is
Maya s next course.
The leader of the rabbits narrowed his eyes at him as he took a step back. Calm
her, and get my sister out alive, Prime, or
Alex didn t have the time to argue with the man, nor did he have the time to
remind the rabbit about who was who on the food chain. With a quick nod Alex turned,
yanked open the basement door, and delved into something he could only describe as a
furry hell.
A dim light enveloped him as he stormed in, shedding his shirt and undoing his
belt as fast as his hands allowed. Partially into his shift his arrival did nothing to
distract his mate. Not when the scent of fresh meat clouded the air. No, Maya focus
rested solely on the far corner of the room. Undoubtedly where her rabbit friend hid for
her life.
Alex s lion clawed at him, hungry for both its mate and the tempting scent of raw
meat that filled the air.
Another high-pitched hiss sounded. Alex tried, Maya!
She glanced at him, but returned her attention to her unfortunate prey.
Mate! He allowed some of his beast to filter into his voice, into his command.
When Maya swung her head around and glared at him for the second time, it was with
bared teeth and a fierce snarl. Come on, baby. It s me. He circled the room, watched
as she trailed him, following his every movement with her fiery gaze. He toed off his
boots and unsnapped his jeans, exposed more of his body.
She d either attack and he d have to go furry to pin her, or she d shift back and
pounce on him in human form. God, untimely as it might be, he was really hoping for
the latter.
Focus now squarely on him Maya licked her chops, her gaze curiously intent on
what he revealed. Hey, sweetheart. I m sorry about this morning, about what s
happening Alex didn t finish the sentence, didn t know how to explain himself at
this very moment. He d been a selfish prick, but for good reason. Maya and he
belonged together. I-I couldn t help myself. Please& let me make it up to you. You, my
mate, shouldn t have had to deal with this alone. He inched his pants down a little
farther, let his dick pop free.
He was turned-on by his mate s fierce display, and he wanted nothing more than
to take her. Right here, right now. Fuck, his dick was rock-hard, long and thick before
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