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But not here. There was still... "The lion. We should get inside before he comes back," she said breathlessly.

Leo chuckled. "He won't come until he's called. And if you claim me as I intend to claim you, it'll be your call he comes to far more eagerly than mine. You'll see."

His words made no sense, but then he was kissing her again, and he was the one rubbing against her. Rubbing her in exactly the right places, or they would be if she wasn't wearing so many clothes. She shimmied out of her knickers, until they tangled around her ankles for a moment before she kicked them away. Hiking up her skirt, she hitched first one leg around his hip, then the other. Hot and hard and oh god she wanted to feel him inside her so much.

Who was rubbing against who now?

"Leo," she moaned, so close to coming she could taste it.

"Come for me, my mate," he growled.

God help her, she did. She came so hard, she tasted blood, like she'd bitten her lip to hold in the scream.

Then she opened her eyes to see Leo touching a hand to his own mouth, which came away bloody.

She'd bitten him? Oh, fuck. "I'm so sorry!" she began.

But Leo only grinned, licking his bloody lip. "I'm not. You're fiercer than I'd dreamed possible. You're perfect. But if I don't take you now, I'm going to explode. So you'd better tell me now – do you want this?"

Hot, hard and huge, he rubbed his cock against her clit, teasing her with another orgasm even as the aftershocks of the first still left her knees too weak to stand.

Her knees might be weak, but her resolve was stronger than the steel struts that would support the infrastructure of Hea Sanctuary. Lily looked Leo in the eye. "What I want is for you to give me another orgasm as big as the first one, so I know I'm not dreaming. And when I come, I want to feel your cock deep inside me."

His thrust took her by surprise, but then she was so lost in the sensation, the sheer size of him stretching her, that her gasp turned into a moan of pleasure. He was a perfect fit, like he was made for her.

"Anything for you, my mate," he growled, as he began to pound into her.

Another orgasm? God, it hit her like a wrecking ball, as did the second. And still, he kept up his relentless rhythm, as she heard her breathless voice begging for more.

When she came for the third time, she couldn't hold back her scream, but he drowned it out with a loud roar, reminiscent of the now absent lion. It wasn't until she opened her eyes that she became aware of a slight sting at the side of her throat.

Blood stained his lip again, but also his sharper than usual teeth. "Now I've marked you, as you've marked me. We're mated, as was fated. I can't wait to hear you roar, or to hunt with you at my side."

Her thoughts still coalescing after that final, mind-shattering orgasm, Lily struggled to piece together what he meant.

Then he withdrew, leaving her leaning against the tree, and he seemed to blur before her. A moment later, where Leo King had stood in all his naked glory, now the lion stood, his eyes still burning with desire.

Wait...Leo was the lion?

He could have said something, instead of scaring the life out of her.

Fear morphed into fury. Lion or man, she wasn't going to stand for this. Not after they'd just had the best sex of her life.

She let out a roar of her own, wordless, but giving him no illusions about how angry she was. Her whole body tingled as fury burned through her. She was going to kick his furry arse.

Lily leaped, paws outstretched. Paws? With claws, too. Lion. Somehow, she'd turned into a lion, too. No, a lioness. The real hunters in the pride. Oh, he was in such deep shit right now.

Leo grinned, then turned tail and ran, with Lily hot on his heels.

THIRTY-ONE

The next morning, Lily woke in an unfamiliar bed. Well, only for a moment, until she realised it was Leo's bed, and he was sprawled on it beside her, ready for round...actually, she had no idea what number this would be. She'd chased him as a lion, and caught him on the lawn outside the house, where they'd wrestled for a bit as lions before shifting back to human and rolled around on the lawn a bit more...then he'd carried her upstairs to his room where they'd made love several times through the night, until she'd fallen asleep, so thoroughly sated her body was damn near singing.

After a night of so much gratuitous sex – not to mention turning into a lioness and back again – she shouldn't be eyeing Leo's morning glory and wondering whether to wake him to slake the burning need between her thighs.

She sighed. She was back on duty today. She had breakfast to make, dusting to do...doing Leo was not in her job description, no matter how much she enjoyed it. Lily sat up, setting her feet on the ground, where they belonged.

A strong arm circled her waist, pulling her toward him.

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