Free The Mating Intent-mobi by Bonnie Vanak Page A

information, but the tree was silent. I got nothing, probably due to the warding you did on your borders. It’s shut away all other magick.”
    “Perhaps the tree is tired and asleep for the night.”
    Amusement flickered over her face. “Still sarcastic, Gabriel? Maybe it needs a hug instead. You’re a tree hugger. Why don’t you demonstrate your love?”
    He grinned, enjoying this light sparring with her. She had a sharp tongue and knew how to use it.
    Knew how to use it on certain parts of his body, too.
    He spread out his arms. “ I need a hug. Panthers need love, too.”
    Sienna tried to keep a straight face, but he saw her crack a smile as she pushed at his chest. “Go away. I’m allergic to cats.”
    “Please Sienna. I need love. I need affection.” He grabbed her hand and clutched it to his chest. “Don’t be Elfish.”
    Sputtering, she tried to snatch her hand back, but he yanked her into his arms. Gabriel stared down at her. “I need you. I need you naked in my bed, but at the moment I’ll settle for having your mouth. I love your mouth. It’s so damn sexy I need to kiss it. Now.”
    He lowered his mouth to hers. Her lips were soft and warm, silk against his plundering tongue. Lust seized him and he held her tight, never wanting to release her, always keeping her by his side. Sienna did not struggle but sighed and parted her lips as he thrust his tongue into the wet cavern of her mouth. She tasted like mint and hope and all his tomorrows.
    His dick instantly went hard and Gabriel groaned at her sweetness. He had to have her, no matter what it took. Pushing her against the tree trunk, he ravished her lips and fisted a hand in her hair, feeling as if he’d been lost all these years and had finally found his way home. No one had ever understood him like Sienna had. She knew the loneliness of never truly being alone, solitary as a small island surrounded by a raging sea of people. Sienna was a quiet forest glade, a splash of cool water to extinguish his thirst.
    One night, three nights in his bed, hell, he’d never get enough of her.
    Gabriel groaned against her mouth and felt her warmth envelop him and stroke him from the inside out. And then he felt something else as well; a stirring in the air and the awakening of his shifter senses.
    His breathing ragged, he opened his eyes and broke the kiss. Sienna’s eyes remained closed, her expression dreamy, her skin pulsing blue-white.
    She was glowing with sexual heat.
    Glowing with Elven power. And so was everything around them.
    “Pixie, look at yourself. Look at us,” he quietly ordered.
    She opened her eyes and confusion replaced passion. “You’re glowing, Gabriel.”
    Then she glanced around, and her eyes widened with shock. “Everything is pulsing with power.”
    “Elven power. Your power. It’s good and wholesome. Not dark.” Sensing her fear and denial, he picked up her hand and placed it against the tree. “Feel this? I can’t communicate with it, but I sense its gratitude that you are here. You love the land as much as we do.”
    She pulled her hand away as if burnt. Her mouth, swollen from his possessive kisses, trembled. “It can’t be me, with all this darkness consuming my powers. You’re wrong.”
    And the glow faded from the earth beneath their feet, from the trees and the foliage, and her, leaving Gabriel cold and empty as if something precious and wonderful had touched him for a single moment, and then fled.
    She still believed the magick inside her was evil and dangerous.
    He must convince her that the tremendous power she held could be used for good, too.
    “It’s us, pixie. When we come together, in sexual passion, the magick inside you reacts to me. You become a conduit for positive energy that heals.”
    “That’s not true. You’re saying that only as a line to get me into bed.”
    Gabriel released a frustrated growl. “You don’t believe me? Fine.”
    Grabbing her hand, he pulled her back toward the glen, knowing