In the Light of the Moon (Dark War Chronicles) Read Free Page B

continued to the chiseled line of his abs and
the delicious view disappeared into a pair of faded blue jeans. Kass licked her
lips as the idea of tracing her tongue up his chest crossed her mind.
    “Hey princess, eyes are up here.” He grumbled, putting an arm between
them and pushing her off.
    She didn’t fight him as she backed off and raised her eyes to meet his
again. Now his shaggy light brown hair, a tad too dark to call blond, shadowed
them, making the blue look darker. The panther in her urged Kass to nuzzle the
stranger in front of her as they recognized the scent. “You’re a panther.”
    “Just like you.” He nodded giving her a slow, sexy grin that showed
just a hint of teeth with enough attitude to make a woman melt. “Do you pin
every cat you meet to the ground?”
    She snorted and looked away, toying with a strand of her hair. “Only
the ones who pounce me first.”
    He sat up and leaned in close to her. “I was just excited to see a
female cat. Lucius said that there were none.”
    Her cat tried to rush to the surface and caused Kass to stiffen as it
hit the block in her. “He apparently had no intentions of us meeting, because
he never mentioned you either.”
    “I’m Jaxon.” He leaned in and nuzzled her neck in a classic greeting.
She sighed against him, taking in his scent and missing the type of contact he
offered.
    She returned the greeting, rubbing against him, “Kassity.” The longer
she touched him the more her beast hesitated against the block in her, calming
and edging back to wherever it hid inside her.
    “My beast rises to your touch.” He whispered with his lips against her
cheek.
    Heat tinted her face red. “And yours calms mine.” Panic crept up on her
as she struggled to breathe, his scent overwhelming her. She scooted away from
him, the wet grass soaking through her pants. He crawled towards her the
muscles in his arms moving like liquid grace. He peered up at her through his
shaggy hair.
    She expected to see hurt in his eyes, but they were narrow and
calculating how to get what he wanted. Her. She froze when she felt her beast
collide with the block inside her, knowing that it was Jax’s beast that called
to her. Clenching her fists, she fought against the instinct to call to him and
his cry of need. As she closed her eyes, she tried to find her fading
connection with the cat inside her, tried to control and channel it. The want to
run in fear of the male overcame the beast and tried to force its way out.  
    Kass’ jaw tightened as he moved closer. He straddled her legs and
kissed her. Parting her lips with his tongue caused her cat to hesitate. Her
body tightened in all the right places as she melted into the kiss and allowed
him access to her mouth. She pulled her legs under her to get closer to him. He
moved so he knelt in front of her and cradled her face with his big hands. Her
beast settled against the block, content with the connection.
    The tingling of happiness broke when their lips were ripped apart. Kass
opened her eyes just in time to see Lucius throw Jaxon a few yards away. Kass
swallowed and backed away from the vampire while Jaxon let out an inhuman
snarl, but remained where he was.
    Lucius glared at him. “Stand down cat, she isn’t yours.”
    “That’s not your choice.” Jaxon stood. “If our beasts-“
    “Your beasts will not be meeting again.” Lucius spun to Kass. “Room. Now.”
    She opened her mouth to protest, but when she met the narrow pure black
eyes of Lucius she thought better. She stole one last look at the male panther
before running back to the mansion.

 
    Jax admired Kass as she ran
back to the mansion. Her red hair sparkled in the rising moon, her slim body
made quick work of the distance and her ass looked amazing in the wet jeans she
had been wearing. He recalled her blue eyes when they stared at each other and
how the kiss stirred things deep in him and called to his beast. He reminded
himself that she was his target. “A