Free Jules (Golden Streak Series Book 5) by Kathi S. Barton

lick it off. As soon as her mouth touched his, he moaned and speared his tongue into her mouth, and danced it along hers. She was curling her hand into his hair to bring him as close as she could when he stiffened.
    “What is it?” He lifted his head . Then after a brief but no less thorough kiss, he pulled from her body, stood next to the bed, and she could see his erection. She nearly reached out to cup him in her hand when the door opened behind him.
    “Hello.” The man standing there didn’t seem the least bit surprised to see to see Jules near the bed. In fact, he was laughing and not trying very hard to hide it. “I’m his big brother, Ryland. You must be Lenore.”
    “I’m Lenny. Lenny MacFinley. You’re that woman’s husband or mate or whatever, Bronwyn. You’re going to be just as annoying as she is, aren’t you?” He nodded. “She’s a pain in the ass, too.”
    “Not that I’m agreeing with you , but she can be a little on the stern side. How are you feeling today? Ready to come home with us?” She glanced at Jules, then back at Ryland when nothing was forthcoming. “He didn’t tell you?”
    “No. He was busy doing other things.” She flushed a little when she realized what she’d said, and glared at Ryland when he laughed. “I’m not going anywhere with either of you. I have a perfectly good home, with all of it set up for me until I can get back to my apartment. And then once there, I plan to live my life to the fullest.”
    Jules growled and the hair on the back of her neck stood up and danced. She looked at him and then at his brother. She knew that neither of them was human and she knew what they were. Something tugged at her memory, but she couldn’t put her finger on it. All she knew was she wanted these men gone.
    Bits and pieces about the night she’d been hurt came to her at odd times. There was Mason standing at the top of the stairs with a man sucking on his neck. That frightened her a great deal, but she knew that it wasn’t the worst. Whatever she’d hidden away from, according to the doctors she’d seen back home, was going to surface when she would least expect it. They’d also told her that when she remembered anything, she was to call them immediately. She hadn’t called anyone as yet and had no intentions of doing so either.
    She also remembered the man who had stood over her, cutting into her body with nothing more than his finger. He had spoken to her, but she couldn’t remember what he’d said until Jules had growled just now.
    “ He said that he was there only to kill me. But to have me for all time would be more than the payment they were getting to kill me. He said she wanted me dead. Then he growled.” Lenny looked at both men, who seemed to be frozen in place. Fear of the unknown scared her, but their look, the one that they were giving her now, made her think that they knew a great deal more about what had happened than she remembered or even wanted to. She shifted on the bed and pulled the cord that was wrapped on the railing around her.
    “Yes.” The disembodied voice sounded loud in the big room. “Jules, did you need something else?”
    She looked at Jules and tried to tamp down the feelings of jealously that ran though her. “I’d like to leave now. Can you find my doctor so that I can get the hell out of here?”
    “You’ve already been released , Mrs. Golden. I have all your meds and paperwork here. I was just bringing it in for the male.” She looked at Ryland, who shrugged.
    “I’m the male of our family.” She didn’t really need him to explain, but he seemed to need to tell her. “The leader of a group of tigers is called a male. A group of us is called an ambush or streak, which is what we prefer. And I thought that Jules had told you while your home is being outfitted for a security system, you’re staying with us. So is he.”
    “I can’t afford a security system put in even if it’s a free mutt from the pound, and I know