Free The Cougar's Timid Little Lynx (Sweet Water) by Jenika Snow Page A

at noon?”
    He didn’t have to wait long for her response, and that had him grinning like a fool.
    “I’d love that.” He told her how to get there, and when he ended the call he felt secure that things might just be okay.
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    Alice sat on the bench beside Luke and watched as Joey and Amelia, Luke’s niece who was an adorable little red fox shifter, took turns going down the slide. The day was beautiful, with a light breeze , which every time it blew by gave her a straight shot of Luke’s scent. He smelled masculine and wild, with an undertone of citrus. He was laughing at something the girls were doing, and Alice looked at him from the corner of her eye. He was so handsome, so big and powerful, that sitting beside him had her feeling like she was all female. She didn’t feel like the frumpy, overweight size sixteen mom that had wide hips, a too round belly, and thighs that touched. She also noticed the way he looked at her when he thought she didn’t notice. It was full of heat and want, had goose-bumps popping out along her skin, and made her feel arousal for the first time in years.
    “I’m glad the girls are getting along so well.” Luke turned and stared at her, but his smile slowly faded as he no doubt saw the arousal that had claimed her and refused to leave.
    “Yeah, I’m glad they are.” Even she could hear the breathy quality in her voice. The desire for Luke had been instantaneous when she had first seen him walk into that exam room, but it had lacked the oomph it had right now. Over the past two weeks, where he had consumed her thoughts, made her open her eyes and see that Joshua was still holding her down, her arousal had grown from a light simmer to a full-blown forest fire. It took over, became stronger with each passing second, and increased so drastically when she was in his presence that she couldn’t even breathe. Around Luke she felt beautiful, and the way she saw him look up and down the length of her body, not leering but more appreciating her, had her uncomfortably wet.
    “Alice .” Her name was a low, deep rumble that came from his chest, and she felt it right into her body. Between her thighs pulsed, ached, and the need to be filled by him had her entire body growing hot. Luke looked down at her lips, and as if on instinct she licked them. The desire to lean forward, to allow herself the luxury of taking what she wanted, bringing her mouth to his, and forgetting everything else, was right there for the taking. But as she started to lean forward, saw the way Luke’s eyes snapped up to hers because he knew exactly what she was about to do, a voice broke the hazy fog of want that had seemed to consume both of them.
    “Luke, are you going to introduce me?” Alice pulled back sharply and looked up at the gorgeous red fox shifter. The wind blew by again , and Alice picked up on the familiarity between this beautiful female and Luke. This was his sister, and her pale blue eyes were trained right on Alice. Luke cleared his throat and shifted in his seat, and when Alice looked at him she couldn’t help but smile that he was just as affected by what had almost happened as she was.
    He cleared his throat and looked over at the red fox. “Alice, this is my sister, Talia. Talia, this is Alice…” She knew he was on the verge of declaring her his mate, but even if he didn’t say the words that didn’t mean Talia couldn’t sense their connection. She was a shifter after all. Aside from the scent that they shared the same blood they looked nothing alike. Where Luke had blond hair and blue eyes, his sister had fiery red hair that fell to her waist in waves, and eyes so pale blue they almost seemed translucent.
    “They’re pretty freaky, huh?” Alice felt her face heat at the fact she was caught staring quite rudely at his sister, but when she blinked to clear her head and saw Talia smiling, some of that humiliation faded. There was a warmth that emitted from the red fox shifter, one