Chapter 12 Raven felt the glory of revenge as he opened the door to the abandoned warehouse. Shoving the girls inside, he turned around and slid the heavy metal lock into place behind them. He heard a groan and looked back at his captives on the floor. Oh, this was going to be delicious in more ways than one. Envy abruptly regained consciousness when her knees hit the hard concrete. Hearing something land hard beside her, she saw Tabatha laying face down on the floor. Envy instantly reached for her friend. Gripping the blonde under her shoulders, she pulled her as far into her lap as she could. “Tabby… come on Tabby, please wake up,” Envy whispered, lightly patting Tabatha’s cheeks. When there was no response, she hugged her close, wondering how the hell she was supposed to protect her. She cringed when Raven stepped around them, brushing his fingers through her hair as he went. Her eyes widened when she heard movement deeper in the room and lifted her gaze. Looking pas
Chapter 13 Devon wiped at the blood coming from a cut above his eyes, with a massive paw, so he could see. The moment his sight focused, he caught a glimpse of Tabatha and Kriss vanishing from the scene and knew he and Envy would have to leave soon as well. The blood ran back into his eyes and he sighed knowing he was going to have to shift back to human form, if he wanted to stop the bleeding. Envy felt the fur she was clinging to vanish, instantly replaced by smooth skin. Opening her eyes, she was shocked to find herself sitting in Devon’s lap, facing him. What little bit of breath she had left in her lungs was forced out when he pulled her into a restraining hug. She opened her mouth to start demanding answers but was startled into silence, when his hands gripped her shoulders and pushed her back far enough, so he could see her face and neck. Devon frowned when he saw the numerous marks and bruises on her and felt his anger bubble to the surface. “Damn it, you took t
“Moon Dance” Blood Bound Series Book One Amy Blankenship, RK Melton Edited by Tracy Murray Copyright © 2012 Amy Blankenship Second Edition Published by TekTime All rights reserved. Prologue Angeles National Forest is home to the dangerous cougars and imported jaguars that roam the vast forest. Sometimes, on clear nights, their numbers grow for a little while as the LA were-animals, or shifters as folklore has come to know them, roam the untamed land among their distant cousins. It’s those nights that the real animals hunker down in their dens while the predators from the city invade their territory long enough to hunt, or on rare occasion, settle fights that can’t be settled on human turf. There’s nothing more vicious than when those shifters fight and, if one of them are injured, they become just as dangerous to humans as their animal counterparts. To protect the humans they live among, shifter disputes, when possible,
Chapter 1 10 years later… Loud music pumped rhythmically from the club, its large purple neon sign shifting colors in synch with the beat. The light cast an eerie glow onto the building across the street. On the roof of that building, a man with short, light blonde hair stood with one foot resting on the edge. He leaned forward, an elbow braced on his bent knee, while he smoked a cigarette. Kane Tripp bent his head slightly and ran a hand through the short spiky hair. He’d hated cutting it, missed the length it had been. He could still remember the feel of its silkiness caressing his lower back. Lifting the cigarette to his lips, he inhaled deeply knowing he missed a lot of things, like the cigarettes he used to smoke before he was buried alive and left for dead. Forty long years ago he’d been caught off guard by Malachi, the leader of a small jaguar clan, and accused of murdering the shifter’s mate. Prior to that night, Kane had been in good standing with the jaguars,
Chapter 2 Envy felt the heat slide over her like a second skin as she descended the steps. She tried to relax her tense muscles and moved onto the dance floor. Taking several steps in Trevor's direction, she felt like she was in a mosh pit of sex, as fingertips softly touched her bare skin and unfamiliar bodies slid against hers. The dance floor was darker than the other clubs she’d been in or worked at and she found she liked the privacy. It wasn’t so much individual couples dancing as it was a group mingling of warm bodies. Feeling the change in the atmosphere, she slowly raised her hands letting her own fingertips brush across strangers in the darkness. The adrenaline rush that followed pounded through her to the beat of the sultry music. Not looking forward to confronting Trevor, she took a moment to close her eyes and simply move with the music that could only be described as the sound of lust. As she felt the fleeting touches growing bolder, Envy opened her eyes a
Chapter 3 Jason pulled Envy into his arms, “You owe me a dance.” He was so glad she wasn’t the type of person that would shoot the messenger. If it weren’t for him, she’d still have a boyfriend… granted it would be a cheating boyfriend but then that’s why he’d made the phone call in the first place. “Sorry,” he whispered in her ear, as he pulled her tighter against him and started to move with the music. Envy rolled her eyes letting him off the hook without a second thought. “Nothing to be sorry for.” She trailed her fingers down his spine as she moved against him. “I’m free again and I landed me another job in the process.” She smiled as she glanced around the dance floor again. “This place is a little different from the clubs that I’ve worked at but I think it should be interesting.” Jason didn’t say anything for a moment as he felt the leather covering her breast glide across the front of his shirt and felt himself swell. He was glad she didn’t know what she was
Chapter 4 Envy was part of the way through the parking lot before she realized she didn’t have a car to run to. With Jason and Chad both gone, she’d have to call a taxi, or let Trevor take her home. Seeing his car out toward the end, she pretended she’d been heading toward it the whole time. She didn’t know if it was all the adrenalin rushes she’d had tonight or what, but she simply wasn’t mad anymore. Not that she wanted to make up with Trevor. Hell no. Seeing him come around her like he was going to get in the driver’s side of the car, she smirked defiantly and decided to sit on the hood of the car instead. Trevor nearly rolled his eyes but let go of the door. Jumping up beside her, he looked around the parking lot to see if they had any company, but thankfully it was quiet and empty. That was good. He really didn’t need an audience for what he was about to tell her. He didn’t know where to start. It wasn’t like he could just blurt out; ‘I’ve been lying to you since the d
Chapter 5 Envy could taste herself on Devon’s lips and it shot even more heat through her already overwhelmed body. Right now, she didn’t care that he was her new boss. If she wanted to, she just wouldn’t show up for work tomorrow night. She had other jobs. Tonight, all she wanted was more of what he was giving her… a few untamed moments to forget everything except this primal need rushing through her. “You’re killing me,” she murmured against his lips, then joined in the rough kiss with a touch of her own passion clashing with his. For a moment they fought to see who was going to dominate the kiss, but he won hands down on that round. “That’s not what I’m doing to you,” Devon breathed harshly, fighting the need to take her right there on the edge of the dance floor. “But I know what I’m going to do to you.” She felt his hand come down to cup her thighs and lift her. She didn’t hesitate. Envy raised her shaking legs and wrapped them around his waist while she kept a hol