Huntress: A Ragoru Beginnings Romance by S.J. Sanders

Author:S.J. Sanders [Sanders, S.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-31T16:00:00+00:00

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Gund’s breath punched out of him in shock when Heidi stepped out from behind the enclosure, and he still found it easy to forget to breathe even hours later whenever he glanced upon her as they sat among the Atlavans. He’d been fighting his protective instincts when it concerned her and the tug of desire he felt in her presence. Her strong personality that had been so irritating had gradually charmed him.

He couldn’t even pinpoint when it happened, only the moment of clarity when he realized it. When he discovered that Tah had been with her, the feeling that had come over him had been one of burning anger. But not for reasons that the other male suspected.

He couldn’t care less about being first to mate. It was he, as lead, who was the only one breeding among their triad, and among their culture it granted certain rights… but he had never cared about such things. Not when all their revolutions together had been a matter of survival and fighting side-by-side without territory or den.

No. He hadn’t been angry about not being first.

He’d been angry at being left out. That Tah had disobeyed his direct orders to bond with a female without him and in complete secrecy. It had felt like… a betrayal. He doubted that Tah saw it that way. The male had been so casual speaking of pursuing what he desired and flaunting tradition that he didn’t realize just how much that Gund had wanted to punish his brother for being so careless with a female. In that moment, he had wanted to bind Heidi to him so much that Tah’s actions ate at him. His anger hadn’t truly been assuaged, even after his brother yielded, until the other male admitted that he had been unable to go through with it.

After that, he had been unable to get it out of his mind, and his protective instincts rose to the fore even more aggressively. Now, looking at Heidi, her skin bared and her demeanor relaxed as she smiled and talked to the females who eagerly came to sit with her, Gund was aware of the territorial nature beating within his breast. It was only thanks to an iron will that he kept himself from bristling and snapping at the males who stopped to greet them. Instead, he sat stiffly, managing to nod at the bright males while Tah seemed to struggle with his self-control too. It got to the point that Heidi had taken to practically sitting on the male, stroking her hands through his fur to soothe him when a male approached. She was currently scratching the male’s cheek while Tah wore an expression of utter bliss.

Gund wished he’d thought of garnering her attention in such a way. A soft giggle drew his gaze to an almost yellow Atlavan female. She grinned at him and shifted forward with a bowl filled with meat. He took it gratefully. Perhaps food would get him over his foul mood. He watched the female from his secondary eye but he kept his attention on Heidi.

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