Free Bound by The Moon (The Bound Series Book 2) by JF Holland

of the trees, and their skin glowed. Maya tried freeing her hand from Jaden's grasp, due to the now burning pain. The stinging in their hands excruciating to endure, but Jaden held on, not allowing her any quarter. The weight of his body now pinning her to the ground beneath him. His teeth still buried in her shoulder, as he snarled a warning around her flesh. He continued pounding into her body as the pain in their hands, now glowed orange, with the heat.
    Eventually the glow dimmed, and pain in their palms subsided. The fusion of their skin vanished, enabling them to finally untangle their hands. Jaden finally stopped ejaculating, and released his bite from Maya's shoulder. Sweat covered his body, his clothes sticking to him, as his canines finally slid from her flesh.
    Maya still shook with the power of her orgasms as Jaden, separated them completely, making her hiss. The feeling of his still hardened flesh gliding over delicate skin, made extra sensitive; was painful. Maya shuddered in reaction, as Jaden pushed himself up before shuffling backwards onto his haunches.
    Digging his hands into the earth, Jaden's top lip lifted off his still lengthened canines, which were now coated with Maya's blood. He eyed her from his now, fully feline eyes, before his head lowered.
    Jaden began shifting to his animal form, while still hunched slightly over her prone, shaking body.
    " Maya, shift ," Jaden managed to snap inside her mind, his panic for her safety coming through. He managed to force himself further back from her, giving her some space.
    Maya shook her head, from where she still lay panting upon the blanket, and he growled at her.
    " Maya I said shift, now ," he snarled, just as he lost the battle over his other half, and fully transformed.
    Jaden now watched Maya from the fixed stare of his jaguar form. The cat moved further away and began pacing, agitation evident in his stiff, jerky movements. Muscular limbs, flexing as he moved before her. Aggression pouring from every line of the large, solid body. He was beautiful to look upon. All bulging muscle and sleek, shinning, midnight black fur, as the light from the moon caressed him. Both moon and the cat called to her, but she was frightened of the unknown.
    " Jaden, I can't shift. I don't know how ?" Maya whispered into his mind, but the cat shook his head, shaking off her panicked words. There was no understanding from him whatsoever. It was as if Jaden was no longer there, as if he had in fact given free rein to his cat?
    It took a menacing step towards her, hissing then chuffing in annoyance when she didn't comply and change. His top lip again lifting in warning, as the cat began losing patience with her. He wanted his mate now, and the female before him was keeping him from what he'd been waiting for. The large, angry cat slapped the grass near her feet, with a quick sharp movement. The threat made her squeal in fright, as she hastily pulled her legs up, trying to scoot back and away.
    The cat took another step forward, intimidating her, and Maya's eyes slit in anger. Her nostrils flared as she stared back at the huge, black cat before her.
    "Jaden, I'm telling you now, cut this shit out." She snapped at him, her voice wavering with a mix of frustration and fear.
    The cat's front end lowered, keeping eye contact as his top lip again lifted, showing her his teeth; the ones still stained with her own blood.
    That was it, Maya went from scared, to completely pissed off in a flash. Her body began vibrating with her barely leashed anger. Her shaking increased as something else tried to rise and take over, her cat was obviously trying to protect her. Maya didn't fight, she just let go, and allowed it forward. Revelling in the feeling of freedom given by just being able to mentally step back, and letting the change happen.
    She felt her bones crack, as they began to reshape. No pain, just peace, as the midnight black fur with lighter rosettes sprouted from where skin had once