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to a balcony. The windows reminded her of her condo in San Francisco, only here there were no skyscrapers in this view. The sun peeked through blue-green clouds, the rolling hills were covered in blossoms, and the bustling village sprawled across the valley below.
    She felt Ty’s presence before he spoke. “This is my Kingdom, and it will be yours as well.”
    Despite the arrogance in his statement, Awai looked over her shoulder and cocked an eyebrow. “My Queendom, you mean? After all, I am the Domme.”
    He gave a low chuckle that came out as a rumble. He kissed the curve of her neck, causing her to sigh. “I will teach you that submitting to me will fulfill your deepest needs and heal your heart and soul. Trust me, tigress. Let me tame you.”
    Ty turned her toward him while he pulled at the neck of her blouse and revealed her shoulder. She caught her breath as he licked a path from her neck all the way down the soft skin. “What if I don’t want to be tamed?” she whispered.
    He raised his head, a feral look in his blue gaze. “You will be mine, Awai. You will always be allowed to make your own choice…and you will choose to be my Queen.”
    “You sure are a cocky SOB,” she said with a tilt of her head. “If I make the choice to submit to you, it’ll be just for sex and nothing more. So you might as well give up on the Queen thing.”
    “We shall see, my tigress.” He smiled and in the next moment a woman came through the open doorway bearing a platter filled with food.
    “Thank you, sorceress,” Ty said to the woman who set the tray on a table in the corner of the room.
    “My pleasure, Majesty,” the woman murmured and gave a low bow. She was gorgeous with black hair and amber eyes, a voluptuous figure, and a form-fitting black robe.
    “The sorceress Kalina will attend to your needs and your bath.” Ty caught Awai’s hand and brushed his lips across the back of it in a touch so light it caused her to shiver. “I will return on the morrow.”
     
    * * * * *
    Awai danced amongst the cherry blossoms, spinning and spinning. Blooms swirled around her in a sweetly scented whirlwind. Her soul felt truly free…finally free.
    A pure white tiger joined Awai, the large cat rolling in the blooms with the same sense of joy. It was as if the cat had escaped its cage and was reveling in its newfound freedom.
    Darkness swept down on them, fast and sudden.
    The malevolent presence caused Awai’s heart to thunder and her blood to chill as if cold rain ran through her veins.
    The white tiger spun on Awai, its eyes glowing a fierce red. The beast growled and slowly stalked toward Awai…
    “No!” Awai was reaching for her whip at her bedside at the same moment she realized she’d been dreaming.
    She flopped back on her pillow and stared at the ceiling, her heart pounding and the dream still vivid in her mind. The room she was in was dark save for the glow of a single fat candle beside her bed. She turned toward it and frowned. Why did she leave a candle burning?
    And then it all came back to her. Ty, the palace, his stories about her nieces and their children, his being a weretiger.
    Ice slid over her and she tried to tell herself that had all been a dream, too. But even in the dim candlelight she could see that she was in unfamiliar surroundings. The same room that Ty and Kalina had left her in last night.
    She started to climb out of bed and froze when she saw a gigantic tiger stretched out on the floor, its blue eyes focused on her.
    Sleep, tigress, came Ty’s voice, calm and soothing in her mind.
    Awai scrambled under her covers and pulled them over her head. “It’s all a dream. Only a dream,” she whispered.
     
    When Awai woke again, it was morning and she realized at once she was definitely not dreaming. She was in some kind of wonderland, with a gorgeous man who claimed she was to be his Queen.
    Yeah, right. That was sane.
    After a servant brought in breakfast and Awai ate, she dressed and began