He
didn’t think she was willing to listen, because her fur was still standing at
her neck and her claws had not retracted. He sat down on the floor and held his
hands in front of him as he talked to her.
“I bit you. Do you know what that
means?” She shook her head. “I didn’t think you did. You seem to be very
uninformed about what you are and knowing who the others are around you. It
means I’ve marked you as my mate. I took your blood. That’s how I knew to come
looking for you. I could sense your fear.”
She looked out the window and then back
at him. He supposed that he could have moved toward her, but thought she’d have
his throat ripped out before he could shift to bring her down. Besides, he
wanted her trust more than anything.
“You’re being chased by someone. He
wants you because you’re a cat, right?” She lay down but didn’t answer him. He
was okay with that for now. He reached out to her mind and connected with her.
Would you rather talk to me this way? She lifted her
head and growled low. I want to speak to you, and if you won’t shift, this
is the best way. I’m not here to hurt you but to protect you.
I don’t want your protection. I don’t
need it. She
looked at her bag, then back at him. I have to change and you’re keeping me
from being able to.
I’m not leaving you. You can either
shift with me here or I shift with you and we sit here all night. Either way,
I’m not leaving you until we figure out together what’s happening.
She really was a beautiful woman and a
gorgeous cat. He smiled at her and stretched out his legs as he started talking
to her. She laid her head down and watched him. Marc had a feeling it was going
to be a long night.
As my mate, you and I are connected on a
level that no other animal or human can breach. We’ll be able to communicate no
matter the distance. You can’t block me from speaking to you nor finding you. The
same applies toward me. Especially when you’re afraid like you were before. What
scared you? He didn’t expect her to answer, so he wasn’t surprised when she didn’t . I’m
assuming that it has to do with Roy Dawson and his animals. Does he want you
for breeding purposes, or something else?
He’d seen her stiffen and knew that she
was afraid of the man. He was going to tell her how he’d found out the man’s
name when she spoke finally. He didn’t move as she started telling him things
he couldn’t believe of a human being.
He has a bunch of people like me. Well,
not any of them are like me, I’m the only panther. He sells us to people who want
an exotic animal in their homes. She’d said sell like it was a
dirty word. When we get into the house we’re supposed to case the place and
report back to him what we’ve found. He tells us what to steal, and he comes to
collect it where he tells us to leave it.
And you were a part of this bunch? She nodded. How
long did you work for him before you escaped?
A month. He had my friend, Anita Kidd. He
said that he would kill her if I didn’t do what he wanted of me. That once I
was in the house and got him what he wanted from the family, he’d let her go,
and me. But he lied to me, so I told him that he had to let us go. When he
didn’t, I made my own arrangements. That’s when I saw him kill her as I was
leaving to find her. He killed her while they were in his bedroom.
He didn’t think that sounded right but
didn’t comment. He watched her as she got up to move back and forth in front of
him. Marc had no idea why but he had a feeling she had forgotten about him in
favor of the memory she was having.
I don’t know though. It sounded like her,
but…. She
looked at him as he shifted his legs again, but again he had the feeling she
wasn’t see him. She wasn’t very upset with him, not like I thought she’d be
for being tied up. She’d sounded like…almost like she’d been reading from a
script. Him too. I wonder now if they had been practicing for this moment,
didn’t think she was willing to listen, because her fur was still standing at
her neck and her claws had not retracted. He sat down on the floor and held his
hands in front of him as he talked to her.
“I bit you. Do you know what that
means?” She shook her head. “I didn’t think you did. You seem to be very
uninformed about what you are and knowing who the others are around you. It
means I’ve marked you as my mate. I took your blood. That’s how I knew to come
looking for you. I could sense your fear.”
She looked out the window and then back
at him. He supposed that he could have moved toward her, but thought she’d have
his throat ripped out before he could shift to bring her down. Besides, he
wanted her trust more than anything.
“You’re being chased by someone. He
wants you because you’re a cat, right?” She lay down but didn’t answer him. He
was okay with that for now. He reached out to her mind and connected with her.
Would you rather talk to me this way? She lifted her
head and growled low. I want to speak to you, and if you won’t shift, this
is the best way. I’m not here to hurt you but to protect you.
I don’t want your protection. I don’t
need it. She
looked at her bag, then back at him. I have to change and you’re keeping me
from being able to.
I’m not leaving you. You can either
shift with me here or I shift with you and we sit here all night. Either way,
I’m not leaving you until we figure out together what’s happening.
She really was a beautiful woman and a
gorgeous cat. He smiled at her and stretched out his legs as he started talking
to her. She laid her head down and watched him. Marc had a feeling it was going
to be a long night.
As my mate, you and I are connected on a
level that no other animal or human can breach. We’ll be able to communicate no
matter the distance. You can’t block me from speaking to you nor finding you. The
same applies toward me. Especially when you’re afraid like you were before. What
scared you? He didn’t expect her to answer, so he wasn’t surprised when she didn’t . I’m
assuming that it has to do with Roy Dawson and his animals. Does he want you
for breeding purposes, or something else?
He’d seen her stiffen and knew that she
was afraid of the man. He was going to tell her how he’d found out the man’s
name when she spoke finally. He didn’t move as she started telling him things
he couldn’t believe of a human being.
He has a bunch of people like me. Well,
not any of them are like me, I’m the only panther. He sells us to people who want
an exotic animal in their homes. She’d said sell like it was a
dirty word. When we get into the house we’re supposed to case the place and
report back to him what we’ve found. He tells us what to steal, and he comes to
collect it where he tells us to leave it.
And you were a part of this bunch? She nodded. How
long did you work for him before you escaped?
A month. He had my friend, Anita Kidd. He
said that he would kill her if I didn’t do what he wanted of me. That once I
was in the house and got him what he wanted from the family, he’d let her go,
and me. But he lied to me, so I told him that he had to let us go. When he
didn’t, I made my own arrangements. That’s when I saw him kill her as I was
leaving to find her. He killed her while they were in his bedroom.
He didn’t think that sounded right but
didn’t comment. He watched her as she got up to move back and forth in front of
him. Marc had no idea why but he had a feeling she had forgotten about him in
favor of the memory she was having.
I don’t know though. It sounded like her,
but…. She
looked at him as he shifted his legs again, but again he had the feeling she
wasn’t see him. She wasn’t very upset with him, not like I thought she’d be
for being tied up. She’d sounded like…almost like she’d been reading from a
script. Him too. I wonder now if they had been practicing for this moment,
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