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transformation. The sweats were bought in bulk to be disposable.
    Then, she’d slipped from his house like a thief in the night.
    Talon had allowed her escape.
    He wanted to know where the hell she was going and who she was meeting.
    Now it was clear that she’d been serious when she’d said she intended to go home.
    With a silent burst of speed, Talon was circling around her, hidden by the thick vegetation. He felt a brief flare of confusion when he caught sight of her pale face and the hand pressed to her lips as if she was struggling against the urge to vomit.
    She was far sicker than she had been at his house.
    And for some stupid reason the realization sent a stab of fury through his heart. As if the thought of her in distress was painful to him.
    With a low growl he crushed the unwelcome suspicion, instead pouncing forward, concentrating on his shift from cat to human as he carefully knocked Isi to the mossy ground.
    An explosion of magic burst through his body, making him shudder as his bones and muscle realigned.
    An exhilarating sensation.
    But not nearly so exhilarating as the feel of her slender curves pressed beneath him.
    “Going somewhere, darling?” he drawled, running a searching gaze down her body to make certain she hadn’t been hurt in the fall.
    Not that he should care, he fiercely told himself.
    He’d warned her what would happen if she tried to flee.
    Still, he couldn’t entirely shake his aggravating aversion to seeing her in pain.
    Isi’s eyes widened in fear before she realized exactly who was pinning her to the ground. Immediately her fear altered to pure fury.
    “Shit.” She wriggled beneath him, her face losing its pasty shade of green as his musk began to fill the air. “Stop leaping on top of me.”
    Sweet sparks of arousal tingled through his blood as she writhed against his swelling cock, the intensity of his pleasure wrenching a low growl from his throat.
    Lowering his head, he pressed his nose to the curve of her throat, breathing deep of her magnolia scent.
    “I wouldn’t twitch a single muscle if I were you,” he warned.
    Her muscles tensed, her heart pounding so loud he could hear the frantic beats. “Why?”
    “Because chasing you has turned me on.” Unable to resist temptation, Talon sank his teeth into her silken flesh, not hard enough to draw blood, but enough to satisfy the cat inside him who abruptly wanted a taste of this female. Lust thundered through him. “Do you want to run some more?”
    She slammed her fist against his back, her entire body trembling. But not with fear. Or anger.
    “I just want you to leave me alone,” she rasped.
    “Liar.” His voice thickened as the intoxicating scent of her cream teased at his senses. Her pussy was already wet and ready for him to penetrate. His cock twitched, anxious to fulfill her need. “I excite you.”
    Another blow to his back. “You’re pissing me off, fur boy.”
    He licked a path down her throat, his cat prowling just below the surface, as if unnerved by the intoxicating flavor of her skin.
    “Then why do you smell like sex?” he demanded.
    “Because you’re delusional,” she muttered, making another bid for freedom.
    “Dammit,” he snarled, lifting his head to glare into her wide eyes. It was one thing to taunt her with his awareness of her arousal. It was another to realize that he was perilously close to ripping off her clothes and fucking her right there. He might be a Pantera, but he wasn’t an animal. “I told you to stay still.”
    “I don’t take orders from you…” Her words trailed away as he pressed a hand to her forehead, his gaze searching her pale face. “What are you doing?”
    “You were sick,” he said in abrupt tones, temporarily distracted from his potent lust.
    She frowned. “This whole place makes me sick.”
    “Now you’re better.”
    Something flickered in her eyes. Something she was trying to hide from him.
    “We’re close to border.”
    “No.” He gave a slow