Moon Sworn (The Bound Series Book 1) Read Free Page B

when she'd let her great aunts house.  It had always left her feeling claustrophobic and trapped.  Which was weird as she'd grown up in a big city and she'd loved it.  Not that this was a big city, probably no more than around 7,000 residents here and she adored it.
    As she'd hit her 21st birthday she'd began to feel that she needed something else and had begun the search for a house with some greenery around her.  Space, lots and lots of space and she'd finally come across this one.  Putting her cup on the sink unit she bent down for the dropped towel, then walked into the bathroom, folded it up and placed it on the heated towel rail to dry with the other one.  Returning she picked up her cup and made her way into the front room, dropping wearily into the big squashy armchair.  It was positioned so she faced the French windows and gave her a view of the trees surrounding the property.  They called to her, which again was weird.  She had been having the weirdest urge to climb them for a while now, something she hadn't even done as a child.  Well, from as far back as she could remember anyway.
         Sitting back in the chair she sipped her drink and contemplated the scene through the glass.  She loved the view and purposely kept the lights low so she could appreciate the clear night sky.  It always made her feel small, the night sky vast, full of stars.  A beautiful velvet canvas of colour that made her feel warm and safe.  Cocooned within the safety of her own home, the only light source a lamp with a low-watt bulb placed on the side table beside her.  
    Her shoulders began to loosen as the effects of the warm milk and view began to take effect.  She leaned back in the chair as she allowed the warmth from the milk and the dark but visible scenery to lull her.  Her eyelids grew leaden as she placed the now empty cup on the side table.  Pulling up her legs she tucked them beneath her as her eyes once again began to droop, now much too heavy to keep open.  She let out a sigh as she drifted into a light sleep, the fatigue of the day finally catching up with her.
     
    Jaden observed her from the branch he lay on.  His breath had hitched as he'd watched how she moved so sensuously to the music.  Her hips swaying provocatively as if she was performing a private dance for him alone, but he still hadn’t gotten a proper look at her, and he itched to do so.  He contemplated his options, he had excellent vision in his cat form, but he wanted to see her through the eyes of a man.  Could he risk shifting so he could get a little closer, take in more detail?  His curiosity was definitely piqued from what he'd already seen.  He'd watched those big, dark curls drop as her towel had fallen from her head.  His hands had practically vibrated with the need to run through it, clench it as he tilted it further back and tasted the skin of her neck.  He waited patiently as she settled into her chair, tucking her legs beneath her and watched as her eyes began to close. 
    Silently he dropped from the tree, landing on his paws and flattened himself against the grass.  He didn't want to draw attention to himself so he slowly moved towards the house.  Little stop start moves as he commando crawled closer to the window, keeping to the shadow of the fencing between her and her neighbours house.  
     
    'So female are you seeing anyone?' Jaden asked the woman as he slowly crept towards the French doors, slightly to one side to keep him in the shadows.
     
    Maya, was drifting in the half awake, half asleep state when the dark voice entered her head and she frowned.  He seemed closer somehow?
     
    'I asked you a question female, are you seeing anyone?' Jaden asked again, as he began to shift to his human form.  Bones crunching as he began to change shape, fur disappearing and skin once again taking its place.  He slowly transformed and contorted from four to two legs, cracking his neck and stretching out his back.