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Talon er up the stairs with a limp Isi in his arms, his knees still weak froh his body

A part of hier in the kitchen To lay her across the table and eat his dinner off the satincock back into her body and stroking theical part of hied his ravenous hunger

Not the least of which, he had to somehow explain that in the heat of their passion he&039;d o over well

He gri she didn&039;t slice off his balls in his sleep

Oddly, he didn&039;t question how he&039;d gone fro her as his ed to hiht her scent It just took the ure it out

Now both were in agreement

Isi was his mate

And somehow he had to convince her to accept him

A task he&039;d made a hell of a lotan ene his bedrooently placed her in theto lie beside her Gently he pulled her into his arht

Not only having Isi in his are that had been empty for so many years

It was almost as if he could sense his parents&039; approval

Heaving a soft sigh, Isi tilted back her head, her exotic beauty shrouded in shadows

"That shouldn&039;t have happened," she muttered

He s to hear since she&039;d collapsed in utter coled to reconstruct the brittle barriers that she kept between herself and the world

"Obviously because I don&039;t have sex with people who think I&039; lost in the dark beauty of her eyes "I don&039;t think you&039;re evil"

A hint of vulnerability touched her pale face "Then what do you think?"

His thu over the fragile features to the dias that shimmered on her nose They only added to her unique beauty As did her tattoos and even her birthmark

They were the proof that this woman was as iven a shitty start to life, but you&039;ve not only ent, competent woman able to create her own business," he eous and loyal enough to be willing to suffer just to help a sister as a coer to you"

Her expression remained stubbornly defiant "Nice, but we both know I&039; because the elders want me dead"

He leaned down to snatch a brief, utterly carnal kiss "Lie to yourself if you want, but you can&039;t lie to me," he murmured Over the past hours he&039;d started to understand the gentle female beneath the hard façade "If it weren&039;t for Ashe you would have disappeared the night you were brought to the Wildlands"

She sucked in a sharp breath "Don&039;t say that"

He frowned, easily sensing her distress "Why are you so scared to ads are for suckers"

He arched a brow "Suckers?"

"They&039;re anchors that weigh you down," she said, a sudden tension huh her slender body "To survive you have to keep "

Talon&039;s heart squeezed, easily able to picture Isi as a little girl, lost and terrified in an institutional setting that taught her emotions were a weakness

"Or you can depend on those who love you to keep you safe," he assured her, his hand running down her bare back to linger on the healing scratches that were proof of theirto the tenderness of the mark "I don&039;t depend on anyone but myself"

"You can depend on me"

She pressed her hands to his chest "No"

"Yes" He held her gaze, his expression fierce "You feel it, Isi Don&039;t deny it"

The truth flared through her eyesthe knowledge that they were fated to be together

Not that she was going to accept her destiny

Not without a fight

"And what about the elders?" she de her best to throw fences up between them "They believe I&039;m destined to destroy you"

He clenched his jaw He didn&039;t have an answer

Not yet

But he was daer of doom

The problem was how to prove it

"How did you learn about the Pantera?" he abruptly deed "Everyone&039;s heard the rue half-men half-beasts that live in the swamps"

"Most assume we&039;re a myth," he pointed out "But you specifically cater to an to ease fro absent patterns on his chest Talon tre in contenth fire just for her touch

"I was always fascinated withmy tattoo inks with different ly unaware she&039;d completely domesticated hi ed me to use malachite She was the one who introduced me to my first Pantera Others followed"

Talon latched onto the obvious connection "Was the voodoo priestess called Lady Cerise?"

"No" She stared at hih her eyes "How do you know that na his thu the side of her neck "Your friend Derek was approached by her," he said "That&039;s how he ended up in your shop"

Her breath tangled in her throat, her eyes wide "Shit"

Concern clenched his heart Isi clearly felt threatened by the woman

"Who is she?"

Isi shivered "She first approached e I was already a student of Esme, but Lady Cerise continued to co that she could teach ic that would be far more powerful than my potions"

"You weren&039;t interested?"

"There was soaze, deter his stupid reaction to her birthmark "Truly evil"

With a deliberate motion he dipped his head down to stroke his lips over the darkhurt her

"So you declined her offer?" heher skin

She heaved a rueful sigh, accepting that he wasn&039;t going to let her keep hih his hair as his lipsspot where her shoulderdistracted "I fled Baton Rouge when she took an apart, andher hand and lowering it toward the aching length of his cock

Without further urging she wrapped her fingers around his hard length, stroking down to his heavy sack

A sroan

"Yes, but she kept her distance so I didthat she wants froether the pieces of the dangerous puzzle

He no that the ene for someone as obviously important to their cause He&039;d also made certain that the Suits had eyes on Derek ould eventually lead them to the warehouse where Lon and his creere hopefully hidden

Later he would send someone to New Orleans to search for the ht direction

For now, he intended to concentrate on his new an to pump up and down his erection with a steady pace, and he made a raw sound of approval

"Lady Cerise isn&039;t the only one to want soroan, Talon rolled so he was perched on top of her slender body, fra her face in his hands

"All I want is your happiness," he swore, holding her wary gaze so she couldn&039;t mistake his sincerity "And I proive you"

Her lips parted, her expression ahope

"Talon"

"You know you&039;re mine You feel it here" He lowered his head to press his lips directly over her thundering heart "And here" He htly clenched nipple before spreading his kisses down the flat plane of her stos instinctively spreading as he licked through the warm, delectable sweetness

"And ue deep into her body She gasped, her body arching as she clenched the sheet beneath her "Ad to torment her as she re to h, her hands reaching to grasp his hair as he expertly tongued her to a swift cli to you"

He lifted his head,her dazed eyes "Forever"

Isi understood on a basic level that she&039;d lost her mind

There could be no other explanation for the joy that bubbled through her as she lay entangled on the bed with her annoying cat

Hers

Talon was right

She&039;d felt a connection to him before they&039;d ever met

The scent of his musk had not only eased her illness, but it&039;d stirred a longing deep inside her that she hadn&039;t fully appreciated until Talon had appeared

It was as if her heart and soul had already realized that she&039;d found the h her barriers to claim the lonely wo that used to

As far as she was concerned, Disney was selling a load of crap to young girls

And then Talon had crashed into her life

The prickly, iant cat had done his best to piss her off froling to ad to allow her the tiing relationship

He was leaning on his elbow, glaring down at her with a narrowed gaze

"You said it," he accused "You agreed you belonged to me"

She tried to be annoyed by his insistence Unfortunately, she could barely forht as she studied the spectacular beauty of his face Christ Noeyes It was completely unfair

"You can&039;t hold a person responsible for anything they say in bed" She said, her voice pathetically weak "That&039;s the rule"