Free PrimalHunger by Dawn Montgomery Page A

swept her
hair to the side. He stroked her back in gentle caresses, wishing for bare skin
instead of the cloth he was touching.
    “Will this last?”
    “For me, it did. But just imagine…” He touched her cheek and
she tilted her head to gaze at him. The depth of emotion in her eyes touched
his heart. She was such a treasure. “Think about all the advantages. No one
would ever be able to sneak up on you again.”
    Her eyes closed to slits, and he could see an edge that just
might make this easier for her. For them both.
    “How so?”
    “I move quietly.”
    She gave an unladylike snort. “More like sneak.”
    He gave her a mock glare. “A Valorian Prime doesn’t sneak,
he is a fierce hunter.”
    “So you admit to stalking.” Her impish smile transformed her
to a mischievous minx.
    He arched an eyebrow. “As I was saying…when adrenaline is
pumping, I move quietly because a soft scuff of my boot is like a ricochet in
my ears. My sense of smell is so keen, I can tell where someone stands, any
injuries they have, and what their base thoughts are.”
    “What does smell have to do with thoughts?” She put her hand
beneath her chin and watched him with avid attention. His cock twitched, and
her smile grew wicked. She wriggled enticingly against him.
    He grabbed her ass to keep her still. “Quit that, you minx.”
    Her smile, if anything, grew wider. “Please do continue.” He
wasn’t buying the innocent expression she sported.
    “Inhale deeply.”
    She slowly drew in a breath and closed her eyes.
    “By using taste and scent, you can determine my emotions, my
body’s responses. Lust. Fear. Anger. Hatred. Love. Joy. Open your eyes for me.”
He pulled her up until their eyes locked in a gaze. “What do I taste like?” He
gripped his fingers in her hair. Pure pleasure echoed in her expression.
    “Your scent gets stronger when you’re hard. You taste like
liquid sex to me.”
    He groaned, taking her lips in a kiss that shattered his
thoughts. It was sweet and decadent. She nipped his bottom lip and tugged
gently. Her tongue soothed and teased.
    They broke the kiss and dragged in shaky breaths. He pressed
his forehead to hers. “I love the way you taste.”
    She nuzzled his cheek. “Same here.”
    “Imagine, Kendra. Imagine the edge you would have over an
enemy in hand-to-hand combat. Their anger, their fear, their lust for power
would give them away before they could touch you.” It was that edge alone that
had kept him alive this long.
    Her hands clenched in fists against his chest. She cleared
her throat. “Keep talking.”
    “You could hear their movements on the sand, in the air. No
one would ever be able to sneak up on you again.”
    “So you keep saying, but this is still temporary.” Her lips
lifted in a half-smile.
    “Right.” He didn’t know why that irritated him. “Temporary.”
He nipped at her lips. “Of course, you may get to keep some of these little
side effects. We both lost our lust for one another after a time in my first
mating. You never know—”
    She growled and kissed him with a fierce passion that sent
him reeling. So she didn’t like hearing about his previous mating, did she?
Their tongues dueled for possession, stroking, teasing. She ended the kiss with
a satisfied smile and he just stared up at her. Her hair was a curtain of fire
around them. The silky length tumbled down her shoulders and back, curling
against her skin and clothes where he’d splashed water earlier.
    “The extra senses have never left me. The only way we can know
how you’ll be affected is by tracking your chemical and hormonal changes.”
    “Will I still have these abilities when you’re gone?”
    His throat tightened, and he wondered if he’d be able to
walk away this time. The last choice had been taken from him, and it had taken
years for his need for Alicia to wane. “I just don’t know.”
    “What happened to your first mate?”
    “She found a new one when they thought I’d died in