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forest. He reached for the door. Before he could open it the wind brought a fresh wave of the smell to him. She was certainly female and a panther. He raced to find the source, finding a woman standing next to a tree.
    He watched her for a moment while she hesitated at the tree line. Her red hair tumbled halfway down her back and was obviously dyed, but he didn’t care. From there her slender waist gave way to lusciously curved hips that led to skinny, yet toned, legs. Athletic and sexy as hell. The panther he sought had blonde hair and blue eyes, but same body shape. He wouldn’t know if it was her until she turned around. Holding his breath he watched her. He studied how her entire body seemed tense and something inside him stirred. His panther. After years of working on control the beast acted as if it had a mind of its own. Rubbing his chest he sighed and took a step towards the woman.
    Giving in to the want inside himself he ran towards the woman while his beast growled with delight.
    Kass ran her hand against one of the evergreen trees that dominated Lucius’ mountainside property. Snow still dusted the peaks above the tree line, forming a nice white cap. The sounds of wild life running about the land graced her ears and called to her panther, but she was forbidden from shifting. Some type of metaphysical block had been placed so she could feel her panther but not call it to the surface herself. Her beast even leaned against it, fought against it, but nothing worked. She cursed Lucius and took a deep breath. Cold mountain air cleared her lungs, easing her anger as the crisp smell of spring leaves and another panther filled her senses. Her heart skipped a beat. Impossible. With another breath she knew there was no mistaking the scent.
    Footsteps echoing behind her, she spun in time to see a blur fly towards her and knock her to the ground. Air rushed from her lungs, but she managed to recover and rolled. Pinning the stranger to the ground with a hand to his throat, she met his gaze, sky blue eyes set in a soft face. The almost-too-delicate-for-a-male jaw line was sun kissed, and that amazing tan continued to the chiseled line of his abs and the delicious view disappeared into a pair of faded blue jeans. Kass licked her lips as the idea of tracing her tongue up his chest crossed her mind.
    “Hey princess, eyes are up here.” He grumbled, putting an arm between them and pushing her off.
    She didn’t fight him as she backed off and raised her eyes to meet his again. Now his shaggy light brown hair, a tad too dark to call blond, shadowed them, making the blue look darker. The panther in her urged Kass to nuzzle the stranger in front of her as they recognized the scent. “You’re a panther.”
    “Just like you.” He nodded giving her a slow, sexy grin that showed just a hint of teeth with enough attitude to make a woman melt. “Do you pin every cat you meet to the ground?”
    She snorted and looked away, toying with a strand of her hair. “Only the ones who pounce me first.”
    He sat up and leaned in close to her. “I was just excited to see a female cat. Lucius said that there were none.”
    Her cat tried to rush to the surface and caused Kass to stiffen as it hit the block in her. “He apparently had no intentions of us meeting, because he never mentioned you either.”
    “I’m Jaxon.” He leaned in and nuzzled her neck in a classic greeting. She sighed against him, taking in his scent and missing the type of contact he offered.
    She returned the greeting, rubbing against him. “Kassity.” The longer she touched him the more her beast hesitated against the block in her; calming and edging back to wherever it hid inside her.
    “My beast rises to your touch.” He whispered with his lips against her cheek.
    Heat tinted her face red. “And yours calms mine.” Panic crept up on her as she struggled to breathe, his scent overwhelming her. She scooted away from him, the wet grass soaking through her pants.