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brought things she can put on without much technical difficulty.”
    He placed the stack of clothes on the bed and moved to draw
her back to face him. He could see the tracks of tears on her pale cheeks.
“Hallie…”
    She raised a hand to stop his apology and forced a quick smile.
“Of course I will help her, any way I can. Please don’t apologize, Cal. I’m
having a selfish moment, but I can handle it.”
    He felt his heart swell in his chest and fought the need to
pull her close and hold her again. But he sensed that she would not appreciate
the gesture at that moment and he had no desire for her to shift and rip his
face off.
    “You were my first. I wish I had been yours. You have your
soul mate. You know that I will always love you. But I need this. Please don’t
hate me.” His throat was tight, and he felt unable to say more.
    Her lips curved. “Typical horny adolescent. I don’t regret a
moment of our time together, Cal. You and Gar have spoiled me rotten and I just
have to think of somebody else now. I haven’t had the time to give you…” She
sighed, and leaned in to press her cheek against his chest. He swallowed the
hard lump in his throat. She lifted her face and reached up to gently touch his
cheek. “If she tries to hurt you I’ll kill her…make no mistake about that.” And
with that, she turned and left him alone with his Lykos.
     
    She heard every word and thought but feigned sleep. Cal said
he loved the leopard female? What did that mean? He had spoken so gently to
her. Why would he worry about her? She had a mate who could protect her. She
had cubs. Love was a foreign word to the Lykos. None of her pack had ever used
the word. It must mean that he respected her. And why did the leopard female
think that she would ever hurt Cal? It made no sense. She knew she could never
hurt a powerful creature like that. But Hallie obviously worried for the golden
one.
    When she had watched Hallie with Cal in the long grass that
other afternoon, they had treated one another as equals. The small female had
invited the big golden male to fill her, and watching them together had stirred
deep, restless needs within her body, deep down in her belly. Her sex had
seeped and swelled as she had watched Hallie open her legs wide to welcome
Cal’s engorged phallus into her tiny body. She had wondered how he could fit all
of that into her, but he had been gentle and patient, and when he had sunk to
the root inside Hallie he had spoken soft words to her, as if he cared very
much for her. She had never seen a pairing front to front. It had left her
trembling and hot all over. The cats mated far differently from the pack.
    The alpha male and female in the pack simply shifted to
human form and copulated, making harsh noises and biting each other on the
shoulder and neck until each had bloodied the other. It always ended with the
male thrusting in from the rear and clamping his teeth on the female’s
shoulder. But Cal had only used his mouth to press open-mouthed touches on the
female, not once drawing blood or causing pain. In fact Hallie had seemed to
enjoy it—especially when his open mouth had pressed over her nipples.
    She felt oddly tingly as she recalled with clarity the
things the two had done…and they had continued for a long time, not just the
few moments it took to sate their need. Cal had licked and suckled and touched his
mouth hungrily to the place where her legs came together, and she had cried out
and begged him not to stop.
    It had made her shiver all over. And when they had finished,
instead of shifting back into their animal forms they had helped each other to
put on clothes. Clothes like those Jock wore when he shifted to infiltrate the
human community, seeking easy marks. Clothes that he had taken off the bodies
of those he killed for prey. Being the omega, she had never had any clothes.
Jock said she didn’t need any. She didn’t join the hunts. She never entered the
town. Her fur kept her warm