A Taste for a Mate by Carrie Ann Ryan

Author:Carrie Ann Ryan [Ryan, Carrie Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781620500897
Amazon: B0073WA12K
Published: 2012-01-30T05:00:00+00:00

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The soil sifted between his paws as Jasper sniffed the ground. He shouldn’t have sent Willow off. Why had he done that? He shook his head, trying to clear out the cloudiness. Something dug into his brain, not letting him think.

When he’d first inhaled that tangy scent with Willow, he needed to get distance from her. Like in a trance, he yelled at her to leave him and not stay by his side where he could protect her. No, he had told her to run away alone, with no help. A command that he in his normal thinking self, he would never have made. Something urged him to let her go off on her own with a threat around them and run the opposite direction. When she ran, he’d shifted, bones rearranging, muscles tearing, and after that Jasper had followed the tangy scent into the forest, away from his mate. He howled at the power suppressing his mind

“Magic.”

Finally. His wolf hadn’t spoken to him since he’d begun his walk with Willow. Someone had laid a magical trap for him and her, and they’d walked right into it. Damn it. He howled again, a pain=filled howl. Why the hell would someone try to trap them?

As a wolf, his senses were sharper, more attuned to the Earth. Though before he’d felt the need to be in this part of ~vYook the territory, he knew now that nothing would be found here. He’d been duped, and so had his wolf. By magic.

A scream pierced the silence. Willow.

On four paws, he ran through the overgrowth of the natural forest, not caring that branches tugged at his fur. His mate’s scream sent dread through him. Once he found her, oh and he would, he would kill the sick fuck that separated them.

Maddox might be the one who would kill quickly and effectively to avoid feeling the pain and fear. But, like Adam, Jasper would torture. Before he gutted them, they would suffer.

His heart thudded in his ears as he followed their mate-bond to his Willow. Thank God they’d completed the connections so he could always find her, barring outside forces.

Willow screamed again just as he jumped over a rotted log. She stood over a lifeless body, her face pale in shock. Her brown hair fell lank in her face, over her wide, frightened eyes. When she caught sight of his wolf, she visibly exhaled in relief. Jasper lowered his head and pulled his magic to turn back into a man. Though it hurt slightly, his age dampened the pain of transformation.

Naked, he knelt and took Willow into his arms. Her body felt cool against his overheated, sweat-slick chest.

“Shh, Wil, it’s okay. I’m here.” But he almost hadn’t been. Some outside force had pulled at them, edging them apart, trying to put chinks in their armor.

“Jasper.” A soft whisper. “Why did I leave? Why did I come here?”

“I don’t know exactly. But we’ll find out.” And those responsible would pay.

With Willow still in his arms, her breath still raspy against his chest, he finally looked down at the corpse at their feet.

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