White Tiger (A Shifter's Unbound Novel) Read Online Free PDF

denomination, as far as she could see,was
100
. “I don’t want your money. Besides if I showed up at an airline counter looking like this and tried to pay for a ticket with
that
, they’d call security.”
    His lowered brows told her he had no idea why. He took her hand and pressed the roll of money into it. “However you go, take it. Buy a new car.” Kendrick’s glance at the vehicle behind her was full of skepticism that she’d reach anywhere in it. “Go far, Addison. Don’t go home.”
    Addie’s heart burned. Ivy would be up waiting, worried about what had happened at the diner. Tomorrow it was Addie’s turn to drive Tori and Josh to school after Ivy made breakfast, and Addie had planned to look some more into signing up for college classes before heading in to work. A normal day in Loneview.
    Kendrick closed Addie’s hand around the cash, the warmth of his fingers coming through the cool leather of the glove. “I thank you, Addison. Truly.”
    The words told her more certainly than anything that she’d never see him again. He’d ride off down the road and disappear, his cubs with him. Addie would have to find a new job—she needed the money too much to wait for Bo to put the diner to rights, if he ever did. There would be police reports and insurance . . . insurance could take forever.
    Kendrick would become a memory, his strange hair, his intense green gaze, the powerful way he moved, his voice deep and resonating, the way he was so careful with the little boys. He’d fade into her past and become a strange, confusing, heart-pounding memory.
    “Oh, what the hell,” Addie said softly.
    She closed the space between them, flung her arms around Kendrick’s neck, and pulled him down to kiss him fully on the lips.

CHAPTER FOUR

    A ddie felt Kendrick’s body move in surprise under her kiss, then he went very still. She expected him to not respond, to freeze until she stepped back, embarrassed and apologetic.
    Then Kendrick growled low in his throat. He wrapped his arms all the way around her, and Addie went breathless at his strength, his warmth. He cradled her in the darkness, shutting out everything terrible, all the fear and horror of the last hour.
    He eased away from her first kiss, only to bring his mouth back down on hers. His body was a place of heat as he kissed Addie slowly, his lips parting, his tongue tangling hers with a bite of spice.
    Kendrick’s arms were hard on her back, crushing her against the solid power of him. Addie felt every inch of his body through her thin polyester dress that ended at her knees, the heat of him against her bare legs.
    She held on to him as the kiss strengthened, the two of them seared together in the cool of the Texas night. His breath was hot on her cheek as he pulled her closer still, his strength astonishing. He kissed with aching intensity, thehunger she’d seen his eyes in the diner manifesting in this savage, amazing kiss.
    Another growl, and Kendrick abruptly released her. Addie staggered back, fighting for breath. She put out her hand, but found nothing to steady herself on. She had to back away until she bumped into her car.
    Kendrick said nothing. He didn’t reach for her again, didn’t apologize, didn’t do anything. He simply looked at Addie for a long moment as she struggled to stay upright.
    Another sound came from him, like a snarl in the darkness. “Go,” he said, his voice fierce. “
Now.
Stay away from me.”
    Addie’s throat didn’t work, nothing emerging in answer. Kendrick watched her a moment longer, his chest rising in a sharp breath, then he turned away and mounted his motorcycle.
    Moonlight flashed on his sword as he kicked the bike to life. He didn’t look around at her, didn’t say a word. Addie supported herself on the ledge of the driver’s open window while Kendrick eased the bike forward, then out of the abandoned parking lot.
    Robbie was the only one who looked back, his small head covered in a helmet, as Kendrick