so much more. He was one of the shifter leaders, a strong one handpicked by the Assembly. He took his job seriously, hunting Rogues with a fierce calmness that scared even the most studious of Sabar’s soldiers. Darel wasn’t afraid, he just wanted to be prepared when the son of a bitch Faction Leader was on the prowl.
“Because we were all too busy scenting her, ” Chi added, his usual laughing voice echoing throughout the interior of the jeep. “And damn, she smelled good.”
None of them denied that. She had smelled good, aroused and primed. The scent had hit them each at the same time, drawing them to her like metal to magnets. Darel had instantly grown hard, his dick pressing painfully against his thigh each time he inhaled. They could take her together, he’d thought, before turning her over to Sabar. They’d done it before and it was so good. In fact, the three of them preferred it that way. Working together for the last few years had made them as close as brothers, bonding them in ways that weren’t normal or acceptable in the eyes of humans. But they didn’t live by human rules or moral codes. They didn’t live by those of the Assembly, either. They were on their own, as Sabar told them often. They were the true leaders of this earth, so whatever they did had no consequences; it was their right to live above all other life-forms.
Darel had no problem adapting to that way of thinking. If he was hard for that little trick Sabar wanted, so be it. He’d have her. Then she’d go to Sabar.
“You get her address yet?” he asked Chavez, who was pushing buttons on the iPad he kept in the glove compartment.
Chavez was a computer geek, hacking his way into any and every system to get whatever the Rogues needed. That’s why Sabar kept him around. Otherwise the beefy, slightly confused shifter had no real purpose.
“Got it!” He smiled at Darel.
“Fine. Put it in the GPS and let’s go.”
“Yeeee hawwwww!” Chi yelled from the backseat. “We’re gonna party tonight!”
They were gonna party all right, Darel thought to himself. And Kalina Harper was going to be the main attraction.
* * *
There was something about Kalina Harper.
As Nick sat in the backseat of the limo parked at the top of her street, he watched Rome climbing out of the back of the truck, cradling the woman in his arms as if she were an infant and not a full-grown, exceptionally attractive woman.
He’d been surprised to see her at the function, even more surprised to see Rome shuttling her out of the ballroom with a look of pure rage on his face. From what he could surmise there’d been some kind of trouble. The stench of Rogues in the building gave him a partial indication of what that trouble was.
But Kalina Harper was an anomaly.
What was she doing there? And why was Rome hovering over her like she was to be protected at all costs?
* * *
Opening the door himself, he waved off Eli as he attempted to get out to see what he wanted. Nick didn’t need the guard, he just wanted to stand here, to look at the building where Rome had taken Kalina inside. There was something going on here, something in the air that had him and his cat on instant alert.
Nick walked slowly, feeling the bunch of muscles just beneath his skin. He wanted to shift, to run through the night and find his prey. But he wasn’t in the jungle, hadn’t been there in far too long. Memories from his past picked at his brain, and he fought them back. Nick didn’t go back. He’d promised himself a long time ago that there was nothing in the past worth traveling backward for.
But tonight, the sounds of the city street, the lingering danger and scent of female arousal in the air, had him wondering if that promise was really meant to be broken.
* * *
“How did you know where I lived?” she asked the moment she slipped her key into the door and he entered her apartment behind her.
“You work for me, remember?” He
“Because we were all too busy scenting her, ” Chi added, his usual laughing voice echoing throughout the interior of the jeep. “And damn, she smelled good.”
None of them denied that. She had smelled good, aroused and primed. The scent had hit them each at the same time, drawing them to her like metal to magnets. Darel had instantly grown hard, his dick pressing painfully against his thigh each time he inhaled. They could take her together, he’d thought, before turning her over to Sabar. They’d done it before and it was so good. In fact, the three of them preferred it that way. Working together for the last few years had made them as close as brothers, bonding them in ways that weren’t normal or acceptable in the eyes of humans. But they didn’t live by human rules or moral codes. They didn’t live by those of the Assembly, either. They were on their own, as Sabar told them often. They were the true leaders of this earth, so whatever they did had no consequences; it was their right to live above all other life-forms.
Darel had no problem adapting to that way of thinking. If he was hard for that little trick Sabar wanted, so be it. He’d have her. Then she’d go to Sabar.
“You get her address yet?” he asked Chavez, who was pushing buttons on the iPad he kept in the glove compartment.
Chavez was a computer geek, hacking his way into any and every system to get whatever the Rogues needed. That’s why Sabar kept him around. Otherwise the beefy, slightly confused shifter had no real purpose.
“Got it!” He smiled at Darel.
“Fine. Put it in the GPS and let’s go.”
“Yeeee hawwwww!” Chi yelled from the backseat. “We’re gonna party tonight!”
They were gonna party all right, Darel thought to himself. And Kalina Harper was going to be the main attraction.
* * *
There was something about Kalina Harper.
As Nick sat in the backseat of the limo parked at the top of her street, he watched Rome climbing out of the back of the truck, cradling the woman in his arms as if she were an infant and not a full-grown, exceptionally attractive woman.
He’d been surprised to see her at the function, even more surprised to see Rome shuttling her out of the ballroom with a look of pure rage on his face. From what he could surmise there’d been some kind of trouble. The stench of Rogues in the building gave him a partial indication of what that trouble was.
But Kalina Harper was an anomaly.
What was she doing there? And why was Rome hovering over her like she was to be protected at all costs?
* * *
Opening the door himself, he waved off Eli as he attempted to get out to see what he wanted. Nick didn’t need the guard, he just wanted to stand here, to look at the building where Rome had taken Kalina inside. There was something going on here, something in the air that had him and his cat on instant alert.
Nick walked slowly, feeling the bunch of muscles just beneath his skin. He wanted to shift, to run through the night and find his prey. But he wasn’t in the jungle, hadn’t been there in far too long. Memories from his past picked at his brain, and he fought them back. Nick didn’t go back. He’d promised himself a long time ago that there was nothing in the past worth traveling backward for.
But tonight, the sounds of the city street, the lingering danger and scent of female arousal in the air, had him wondering if that promise was really meant to be broken.
* * *
“How did you know where I lived?” she asked the moment she slipped her key into the door and he entered her apartment behind her.
“You work for me, remember?” He
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