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pavement.
“Holy hell,” she mumbled.
Yep. I was right. I’m a nutter.
Breathless and mute, Danika sat openmouthed and silent as her very naked helper sat up and slowly met her gaze.
The silence between them was deafening.
Watching her intently as if he were afraid she’d bolt, No Name raised a cautious brow. “I’m, uh…I’m guessing you have a few questions right about now.”
A few questions? Dumbfounded, Danika opened her mouth, a thousand thoughts racing through her head, but too flabbergasted to speak. Try a million questions, Cat Man. You can start by telling me what exactly the hell you are.
No doubt sensing her shock, he cast her a gentle smile. “I can see you’re a bit shell shocked. Let me introduce myself. Name’s Tydeus of Calydon, but you can call me Ty.”
Chapter 9
Danika sat shivering on the cold, hard pavement, eyeballing Ty with what looked like a heaping mixture of disbelief and wonder. “Tydeus of…what? Who…no, wait…What? What exactly…are you?” Her voice was shaky, weak, and her body shook, no doubt from the trauma she’d endured. She glanced down the alley toward the shredded remains of what was once Alexei Karpos for a brief moment before regarding him again. “And what was that thing that attacked me? It looked like Alexei, but…I’m not so sure.”
Warmth radiated from Ty’s chest, spreading throughout his limbs. Danika was tough, a fighter. More than that, she was going to be okay. Most mortals would up and run at the first sight of hinky, underworld business. But not Danika. She was afraid, yes, but she didn’t let that fear keep her from asking questions. Baby girl was tenacious—magnificent.
Despite her fear, despite all that had gone down this evening, beneath her frightened exterior Ty sensed Danika’s trust in him. She’d witnessed his inner beast roar to life, sat by while his monster tore that murderous, demon POS limb from bloody limb, and despite it all, she’d remained.
Sweet, Blessed Aphrodite! She remained! Which meant only one thing… fuck.
Danika was his life mate.
His pulse skyrocketed, his head swimming with questions. He had no memory of his time as a lion. But the mere fact that she sat in front of him now, alive and whole and breathing, meant she was his true mate, the one woman capable of taming his savage beast.
Even now, as she sat quiet and still, eyeing him with equal amounts of curiosity and trepidation, he sensed the same electrical spark, the same intense pull he’d noticed earlier at the club. Great Zeus above! The timing was all wrong, but… shit …he’d found his mate, his fated female.
Silence permeated the air as she stared at his naked form with wide, spooked eyes.
Ty closed his eyes and groaned. Athena be damned! Naked. His ass was as naked as a two-dollar hooker on a busy night. And dammit, as much as he enjoyed the way her hungry eyes drank him in, he didn’t enjoy watching her shiver in fear amidst a sea of garbage in a rank, filthy alleyway. Hell no. His mate deserved to hear the truth about what they were to each other in a clean, safe environment. He also needed to make sure no harm came to her beyond the shock and terror of what she’d experienced.
Afraid of spooking her further, Ty held up a finger and addressed her cautiously. “One second, sweetness.” He looked to the heavens and held up a hand. “A little help here, boss?”
A loud crack pierced the silence, and with a brilliant flash of light, Ty found himself sitting atop the black silk sheets of his Cal King bed.
He glanced down and frowned. He was still completely nude. Great. The goddess had teleported him halfway across town, but couldn’t see fit to drum up a pair of sweats? Would it really have been that difficult to manifest him some clothes? He gnashed his teeth and groaned. Athena was a proud goddess. This was obviously payback for his constant cursing of her name.
Danika’s quick intake of breath drew him from his irritated
“Holy hell,” she mumbled.
Yep. I was right. I’m a nutter.
Breathless and mute, Danika sat openmouthed and silent as her very naked helper sat up and slowly met her gaze.
The silence between them was deafening.
Watching her intently as if he were afraid she’d bolt, No Name raised a cautious brow. “I’m, uh…I’m guessing you have a few questions right about now.”
A few questions? Dumbfounded, Danika opened her mouth, a thousand thoughts racing through her head, but too flabbergasted to speak. Try a million questions, Cat Man. You can start by telling me what exactly the hell you are.
No doubt sensing her shock, he cast her a gentle smile. “I can see you’re a bit shell shocked. Let me introduce myself. Name’s Tydeus of Calydon, but you can call me Ty.”
Chapter 9
Danika sat shivering on the cold, hard pavement, eyeballing Ty with what looked like a heaping mixture of disbelief and wonder. “Tydeus of…what? Who…no, wait…What? What exactly…are you?” Her voice was shaky, weak, and her body shook, no doubt from the trauma she’d endured. She glanced down the alley toward the shredded remains of what was once Alexei Karpos for a brief moment before regarding him again. “And what was that thing that attacked me? It looked like Alexei, but…I’m not so sure.”
Warmth radiated from Ty’s chest, spreading throughout his limbs. Danika was tough, a fighter. More than that, she was going to be okay. Most mortals would up and run at the first sight of hinky, underworld business. But not Danika. She was afraid, yes, but she didn’t let that fear keep her from asking questions. Baby girl was tenacious—magnificent.
Despite her fear, despite all that had gone down this evening, beneath her frightened exterior Ty sensed Danika’s trust in him. She’d witnessed his inner beast roar to life, sat by while his monster tore that murderous, demon POS limb from bloody limb, and despite it all, she’d remained.
Sweet, Blessed Aphrodite! She remained! Which meant only one thing… fuck.
Danika was his life mate.
His pulse skyrocketed, his head swimming with questions. He had no memory of his time as a lion. But the mere fact that she sat in front of him now, alive and whole and breathing, meant she was his true mate, the one woman capable of taming his savage beast.
Even now, as she sat quiet and still, eyeing him with equal amounts of curiosity and trepidation, he sensed the same electrical spark, the same intense pull he’d noticed earlier at the club. Great Zeus above! The timing was all wrong, but… shit …he’d found his mate, his fated female.
Silence permeated the air as she stared at his naked form with wide, spooked eyes.
Ty closed his eyes and groaned. Athena be damned! Naked. His ass was as naked as a two-dollar hooker on a busy night. And dammit, as much as he enjoyed the way her hungry eyes drank him in, he didn’t enjoy watching her shiver in fear amidst a sea of garbage in a rank, filthy alleyway. Hell no. His mate deserved to hear the truth about what they were to each other in a clean, safe environment. He also needed to make sure no harm came to her beyond the shock and terror of what she’d experienced.
Afraid of spooking her further, Ty held up a finger and addressed her cautiously. “One second, sweetness.” He looked to the heavens and held up a hand. “A little help here, boss?”
A loud crack pierced the silence, and with a brilliant flash of light, Ty found himself sitting atop the black silk sheets of his Cal King bed.
He glanced down and frowned. He was still completely nude. Great. The goddess had teleported him halfway across town, but couldn’t see fit to drum up a pair of sweats? Would it really have been that difficult to manifest him some clothes? He gnashed his teeth and groaned. Athena was a proud goddess. This was obviously payback for his constant cursing of her name.
Danika’s quick intake of breath drew him from his irritated
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