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pounding in her chest. She reached out to the handle on the glass doors and slid them open, listening, expecting to be stopped. She breathed a sigh of relief and walked out into the humid air. She took a deep breath then released it. She was outside, and no one had stopped her. She was in the garden where April liked to relax in the hammock. She perused the perimeter of the garden, surveying for nonexistent fences. She scanned, breathing easier when she saw no one. She walked quickly, bypassing the hammock and pond, and just kept right on going.
    Olivia followed the faint track, the oppressive air and her own anxiety making her perspire. The gigantic trees in the forest filtered out the sunlight as she continued on. She had done it. She had escaped. Now all she had to do was find a way to get back home.
    Olivia was tired, hot, and thirsty. She felt as if she had been walking for hours. She was covered in sweat and would have gladly begged for a drink of water, and she was totally lost. She turned in a circle, not knowing from which direction she’d come. Everything looked the same. She sat down on the leaf-strewn ground, leaning back against a large tree trunk. She was going to have to wait to be found. She had no doubt in her mind she would be, eventually. She just hoped it wasn’t too long. Then April’s words came back to haunt her.
    “You could actually be a mate to more than one species of shifter. If they don’t claim you sexually, as well as bite you, and make you theirs, any other species of shifter can claim you.”
    Fuck. What have I done? Now Olivia prayed the two brothers claiming to be her mates found her, and fast. The last thing she wanted was to be claimed by someone else. God, she was so stupid. If only she’d stopped to think before acting so impulsively. She turned her head at the sound of rustling in the bushes in front of her. She squinted, peering through the growth of limbs and leaves. Two pairs of yellow, glowing eyes were staring at her intently.
    Olivia rose to her feet slowly, fluidly, not wanting to alarm whatever was staring at her. She moved so she was standing to the side of the tree trunk, never taking her eyes from theirs. She lifted her hands, feeling around and above her until they encountered a tree limb. Without thought, she swung herself up onto the branch, surprising herself with her own agility. She turned her head back toward the bushes and gasped with awe. She froze when she saw two lions sitting on their haunches, staring at her as they licked their lips. She was doomed. She knew she shouldn’t climb higher and give the animals the advantage, knowing they would be far more agile and confident than she could ever be on the limbs of the tree. So she stayed still, frozen in place, too afraid to move up or down. The animals stalked forward, standing no more than five feet from her. They stared up at her, pinning her with their golden, glowing eyes. She wanted to scream, to run away and hide, but she did nothing.
    Olivia watched with awe and trepidation as the air around one of the lions began to shimmer, the lines of his body delineating and contorting until the animal was no more. Standing in its place was a massive mountain of a man. He had shoulder-length gold hair, his shoulders nearly as wide as one of the tree trunks. His eyes were an amber-gold color, his muscles so thick his arms were slightly out from his body because of his bulging biceps. His pectoral muscles bulged, and his stomach was ripped. He was nice to look at, but she didn’t feel any attraction to the man now standing before her. She lifted her eyes from his crotch quickly. She didn’t want to be looking at his erection. He on the other hand, was staring at her with such a carnal hunger, she whimpered with fright.
    “Do not be afraid of us, little one. We do not hurt females. They are too precious to us,” the man stated.
    Olivia felt shivers run up and down her spine, the hair at her nape standing on end.