Leopard Moon by Jeanette Battista

Author:Jeanette Battista [Battista, Jeanette]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Fantasy, Young Adult, paranormal romance, cookie429, Kat, Extratorrents, teen, YA, shapeshifters, Supernatural
ISBN: 2940014514774
Publisher: Jeanette Battista
Published: 2012-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Kess was beginning to regret having said yes when Cormac asked if he could pick her up for their next date. It was only their second real date and Kess wondered if she would survive it. Up until tonight she'd only driven with him in town, and he was a fine driver on regular roads. He'd taken her to a quiet little restaurant the next town over—to avoid uninvited family interruptions, he said—which had been great. The food was delicious and plentiful and it was a quiet place that allowed them to talk and joke with each other.

After the meal was cleared, Kess wasn't in any hurry to leave, but eventually the place closed, forcing them to find somewhere else to go. Only now she was seriously rethinking her decision to go back to Cormac's place. It wasn't that she didn't want to go, it was just that she wasn't sure if she would actually make it there in one piece.

The drive up the side of the mountain had been breathtaking, but not in the good way that people always meant. Switchback turns and steep grades made Kess grab onto the door handle on any number of occasions, especially considering Cormac's definitive unconcern with things like actually watching the road or keeping both hands on the wheel. He had spun the wheel with two fingers and slammed the Jeep into a lower gear as they turned down a small gravel road. Kess gritted her teeth, trying in vain to appear relaxed, reminding herself that Cormac knew these roads blindfolded and had lived here all his life. It wasn't helping. She was grateful when he pulled up in front of a small log cabin.

He got out, which gave Kess a few seconds to get her nerves together. She came from a place of flat expanses and few hairpin turns. There weren't hills in Miami. And there certainly weren't roads that would drop you off the side of a mountain and down a ravine to end in a fiery crash. She wiped her palms on her jeans before accepting his hand as he helped her down from the Jeep. He led her to the cabin beneath the slivered moon.

"Come on in," Cormac said, unlocking the front door to his place and throwing it wide. "Welcome to Chez McNeil."

Kess went in a few steps, letting her eyes adjust to the dimness inside before walking in further. No sense in bumping into a table or falling over the back of the couch. She heard Cormac close the door and turn the lock before he clicked on the lights in the room. "Give me your coat," he said as he shucked off his and threw it over the back of a leather recliner. She shrugged out of her jacket and he draped it over his.

She looked around as he went to get them something to drink. The cabin had a high ceiling, rough beams exposed throughout. This room was the living room. On one wall was a huge stone fireplace with a large hearth that anchored the room.

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