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Cirro’s greatest fear was that he would find a human for a mate. It was one of the reasons he barely left leap grounds. He was given a salary for his work and didn’t have to work outside the compound unless he chose to. None of them had to work, really. Many wereleopards made astounding amounts of money through their long lives and they passed on the wealth they’d acquired to their descendants. The Asfaleia was always protected and cared for by the leap, though. As the head of security the Asfaleia duty was to protect the Vasilias and Vasiliassa with their lives. Because of their potential sacrifice the leap made sure they wanted for nothing and had a team under them to assist in protection. Cirro hid within the leap, terrified of an end that was years away. Pietr didn’t want to be that man.
    He punched the address into his navigation system and merged into traffic. He was not Cirro. He was a man who knew what he wanted and was willing to go after it. Selene had found herself at the top of the list and running scared was not going to change that. All it did was make the predator in him happy about the chance to hunt. The endgame was already determined by fate, but the road to that conclusion was theirs to choose. He was happy that she didn’t realize that quick capitulation would have marred their union. She’d done the one thing that would guarantee his undivided attention: she denied him. Such a wondrous thing to have a mate and have to give chase. He knew his eyes were reflecting the light around him as he drove, the pupils dilating until his silver eyes became rimmed black pools, allowing him to see the night.
    He would catch her. Of that he was certain. And when he did he would never let her go. Selene couldn’t run far enough to escape him. Not in a million years.

Chapter Three
    Selene relaxed into her seat as the cab drove her home. She lived about twenty minutes from the club but she hadn’t wanted to risk trying to call one of her friends to let her take their car or take her home. They would have tried to convince her to stay, or, even worse, sent Pietr out to give her a ride. Her friends, God love them, meant well but they didn’t understand the word no very well. They felt like she cloistered herself behind the walls of her job too much. Maybe they were right, but she just couldn’t relax. It was like she was waiting for something, someone, who was just around the bend. She could feel him on the edge of the horizon. She didn’t know how to explain it but this last year had been a study of self-love and realization. She’d grown up and now she knew what she wanted. She wanted passion, lust, love, need, companionship, and friendship. It was easy enough to find passion, lust, and even companionship. But it was need, true need, and love she was striking out on. She wanted the whole thing. She needed the whole thing. Tonight she had felt need. Lord knows she had.
    Pietr had stormed her defenses without even trying. All he had to do was look at her and she had been lost. She could still see his vapor eyes, still feel the heat of his body against hers, and smell his scent on her body. Lust and need had blended until she was at a loss for words. She’d never been so taken by a man. His touch had electrified her, his gaze made her feel sexy, and his voice had made her wet. But lust and need weren’t enough. To meet someone under those circumstances meant that they would have bypassed getting to know each other to gain companionship and then love. It would have been a fling, and perhaps that was what terrified her. Pietr touched her in a way that she hadn’t been expecting. If all it turned into was a fling she was sure that something in her would have died. She just knew that any man who came after him would have paled in comparison. She couldn’t risk that. She couldn’t. She sighed, trying to push away her desire as the cab continued toward her home.
    “Are you okay, ma’am?” the cab driver