One True Mate 2: Dragon's Heat by Ladew Lisa

Author:Ladew, Lisa [Ladew, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
Publisher: Heat Publishing LLC
Published: 2016-10-30T07:00:00+00:00

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Thirty minutes later, the lights of the ASPCA vehicle came smoothly down the path, lighting up the forest behind Graeme and Heather. Graeme had told Wade to cancel backup but have them wait close-by, just in case. They’d left the cats in the spider webs but stayed close-by and checked frequently to keep any spiders off them. Even Graeme shuddered to think of the size of the spider who must have spun those webs.

As the white, covered pickup truck pulled close, Graeme read the words on the side. Serenity ASPCA.

Heather saw him looking. “American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,” she said. “They mostly deal with dogs and cats but will try to find help for any animal.” Heather waved as the truck pulled past them and she saw her friend in the front seat.

Graeme looked on, thinking of the woman’s name. “How do you know her?”

“Oh I don’t know. We just became friends over the years, I guess. The ASPCA calls me when they need help with more, ah, exotic animals. I foster them sometimes.”

Graeme half-smiled. “Reptiles.”

Heather fiddled with the kitten’s ears and shot him another look.

He shrugged. “Naught but a guess.”

The woman in the truck got out and slammed the door, looked over her shoulder, then ran up to them. Heather gave her a one-armed hug, introduced her to Graeme, and explained what was going on. While they were talking, Graeme looked her over. She could be twenty-five. She was young and fresh-looking in the same way Heather was, with long brown hair that framed her face and intense, haunted eyes. Graeme stepped away from the two of them, not wanting to catch the woman’s scent. If she was someone’s one true mate, he didn’t want to know if she was a virgin or not.

Dahlia shone her high-powered flashlight jerkily into the forest, then swung around and shone it straight in Graeme’s face. “Are they all bobcats?”

“What?”

Dahlia nodded at the kitten in Heather’s arms. “That’s a bobcat. See the tufts on its ear points and how short its tail is?”

Heather froze and looked at Graeme with wide eyes.

He tried to soothe her. “Shh, don’t worry. It’s not dangerous. If mom were around, we would know it.”

Dahlia looked at both of them, then swung her flashlight around in a wide arc, then stopped, seemingly completely unsure of what to do. “Ok, I’ll head in, then,” she said, her eyes bottomless.

Graeme started forward. “We’ll go with you.” She was a nervous little thing, always looking over her shoulder like someone was coming after her, and he wasn’t going to make her go into the forest alone. But he wasn’t leaving Heather alone either.

Graeme grabbed two cat kennels from the back of Dahlia’s truck in each hand, Dahlia grabbed two, and they headed into the forest.

Dahlia screamed at the first sight of the spiders. “Oh! OH! Sorry. I couldn’t imagine there could possibly be so many.”

“You and me both,” Heather muttered, staying far away from them. “I’m just glad they seem to stay in one place.

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