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His Lady of the Night
Chapter Four
He
recognized her instantly. The golden aura surrounding her confirmed
she was the one. But he couldn't reveal his presence yet; it was
too soon. He had to make sure Drake's minions were nowhere about
before he could introduce himself and begin her seduction. He
sat at attention and stared at her with his yellow gaze as she
turned, looking for some explanation of her presence in the Bronx
Zoo.
His lip curled in a semblance of a smile as he remembered subtly
planting the hypnotic command to come to him earlier that evening.
And now she was here. He feasted his eyes on her beautiful face
that showed a small amount of fear to which she would not surrender.
Her alabaster skin glistened in the twilight and his desire mounted
as she slowly approached the barred cage he sat behind.
It was 2am and confusion reigned in Olivia's mind as she slowly
walked toward the Siberian tiger, which sat staring at her.
"They shouldn't cage you magnificent animals like this. You
belong in the wild where you can run and hunt your prey like you
were meant to," she said conversationally.
The tiger growled low as if agreeing with her and Olivia smiled.
The tiny smidgen of fear dissipated as she gazed into the tiger's
eyes. They were intelligent eyes that glowed with understanding
and inner fire, which captured her gaze and held it securely.
Her hands curled around the bars as she stepped closer. The tiger
stood and approached closer as well. He nuzzled her fingers until
she opened her hand and slowly, controlling the animal's natural
instinct to devour, ran his rough tongue lightly over it. He couldn't
help himself; he had to taste her to feel her hands on him.
Olivia shivered as the tiger licked her hand, there didn't seem
to be any danger so she slowly uncurled her other hand and slipped
it into the cage to pet the tiger's head. The tiger purred and
she ventured further to rub behind his ears. He slowly shifted
his tongue from her fingers to her arm and sensuously licked his
way up to her shoulder and neck as she slid to her knees caught
up in the erotic feelings he generated in her.
He pushed his head further through the bars and ran his tongue
softly over her lace-covered breast. Olivia gasped and pulled
away. 'What am I doing?' she thought as she quickly moved away
from the cage. She'd been on the point of climaxing when she realized
it wasn't a man arousing her but a tiger! Olivia shook her head
and ran.
Olivia opened her eyes and gasped. It couldn't be! It was too
incredulous to think. The tiger? Jake? It couldn't be possible
. . .could it? She thought back to the battle between the vampire
and him. How easily he'd shoved his fist through the creature's
chest cavity and removed its heart. How he'd come from the sky
and commanded the lightning to strike where he directed. As a
child she'd heard tales of beings capable of such feats but she'd
never heard they could change themselves into animals. One thing
she was certain of, is if the tiger she'd seen in the zoo three
weeks ago was Jake then that meant he wasn't human and she'd best
stay as far away from him as possible.
" Stay away from him," chuckled Jake when he
heard that thought. "I don't think so," he aloud as
he shape-shifted into an owl and flew to her window. Landing lightly
on the ledge he hopped closer to the window and spied through
a small slit between the curtains. He watched as Olivia finished
brushing her magnificent auburn mane, rise and pull the covers
back from one side of the bed. A prayer to God for strength and
courage against the unspeakable evil stalking her flitted briefly
in her mind then she adjusted her clock, lied down and closed
her eyes.
Jake stayed on the ledged and watched over her until his internal
clock told him the sun would not be long in rising. He dissolved
into mist and slipped inside her room. He silently walked over
to the bed and stared down at her. Her breathing told him she
was in a deep sleep as he bent down and lightly brushed his lips
on her brow. So she'd have no nightmares this night he commanded
her into a deep sleep. Jake sighed contently, ' Soon she would
be his,' he vowed as he changed into mist again and left to
seek shelter in the underground sanctuary under the house he'd
built on the outskirts of New York.
©2006 Romance at Heart Magazine.
©2000 Angel Young.
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