Free Savage Sanctuary 2: Panther Moon by Regina Carlysle Page B

in a breath, held it, and then he looked at her. Hudson’s distinctive, ever-appealing scent filled her head. She would forever
    recognize him that way but then he pierced her with a glance from pale blue eyes and
    her knees went weak. His strength called to her. His power and magnetism compelled
    her to go to him but she couldn’t. Frozen in that moment, she watched as he growled
    low, his fangs flashing white in the darkness.
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    In the next instant he stretched, the very image of lethal grace, as his body morphed into the image of the man who’d made such savage love to her just a few, short nights ago. He crouched at the pool’s edge, his gaze connected with hers, seconds before he
    stood to his full height. Hudson dived seamlessly into the pool then surfaced to stand waist-deep in the water. He shoved back his wet hair and held out his hand.
    “Join me.”
    Trea shook herself free of the stunning image of him, shaking her head as she
    moved to the edge of the pool. “I don’t have a suit.”
    Hudson flashed a wicked grin. “Not a problem.”
    As of a few days ago, only her mother had seen her naked but Hudson was her
    man, her mate. She wasn’t going to be a silly cow about this. Nudity was common
    among her people but her nudity? That was something else altogether. Nope. Time to be brave. Mustering her courage, she sucked in a breath, grabbed the hem of her tank top and pulled it over her head. Upon connecting with the cool, evening air, her nipples
    tightened.
    Hudson’s eyes were on her like a wicked caress making her belly tighten in
    reaction. Not giving herself time to think, she stepped out of her shorts and panties.
    Bravely, she faced him trying desperately to ignore the heat that prickled over her flesh.
    A pulse throbbed in her pussy and the need to tighten her thighs fairly overwhelmed
    her. Tension raced over her along with a healthy dose of sudden modesty. Did she look needy? Desperate? Gods!
    “Come to me, Trea.”
    The dark demand shot through her veins like an aphrodisiac. Gingerly she stepped
    closer to the edge and before she could chicken out she slid into the warm water.
    Instantly his hard body pressed her into the side of the pool as he took her mouth with a voracious hunger. His tongue swept the moist heat of her mouth and without
    thinking, she responded, entranced. Hudson’s firm, muscular chest teased the hard tips of her breasts making her ache to press closer. His thigh insinuated itself between hers 60
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    to press against the melting heat of her pussy. Unable to resist she moved against it, gasping his name as her body responded. Fire swept through her veins threatening to
    take her under and her clit throbbed as it pressed and rubbed against his hot flesh.
    Then sanity returned in a rush.
    Gathering her resolve, she broke the kiss and turning her head from him, pushed
    feebly at his shoulders. “Hey! Not fair. I have a bone to pick with you, buddy.”
    Hudson drew back and blinked.
    “Don’t give me that look,” she continued giving him what she hoped was her
    fiercest glare. “You ignore me for days. Move into the guest room and blow me off. I’m all alone here, Hudson. You say I’m your mate—”
    “You are.”
    “Shh. I mean it. Let me talk for once.” Hudson’s lips turned up but she ignored that.
    Why was he grinning at her? Trea sighed. “I don’t like all these mixed signals, Hudson.
    I might have been sheltered my entire life but I’m not a pushover either. I want a man who says what he means and means what he says. You, my man, are just wishy-washy.”
    His eyebrows went up. Hudson crossed his arms over his chest. “Wishy-washy?”
    “Yes. You are.” Once her initial outrage was spent, confusion took its place. “Look.
    I’m just floundering here. One minute you are holding me, kissing me. We had hot,
    wild, monkey sex and then nothing. It was my first time, Hudson. Tell me the truth
    here. Do you even want