Christine Feehan - Dark 14 - Dark Hunger by Dark Hunger

Author:Dark Hunger
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

"I need blood, Juliette. The night is slipping away from us. We must return to your

family at full strength. I would love to spend the rest of my days here, making love to you

and discovering the secrets of my lifemate, but I must have sustenance to renew my

strength." Riordan waded out of the pool and held out his hand to her.

Juliette took her time, her eyes taking her fill of him. "I swore I would never have

anything to do with a man. The men I've known have no knowledge of caring." She looked

down at the ground. "It's a terrible thing to grow up being ashamed of what you are,

knowing you might give birth to a male of the species and no matter what you do, how

much you love him, how you raise him, his nature will always prevent him from loving you

back."

His fingers settled around her wrist and he drew her to him. "I have lived many years and

have found that each species has both strengths and weaknesses. The males of the jaguar

race are wanderers, but the ones I encountered cared about their women. They could not

settle down and the continual drive to perpetuate their race became their downfall. They

would not stay with one female, though I believe many of them tried and were very distressed that they could not." He drew her into his arms to comfort her. "The rain forest

here in South America is very large and there are no borders in the jungle. We settled in

Brazil, on the edge of the forest, but we travel from country to country to insure the safety

of the inhabitants. In our travels we often encounter the males. They are all solitary creatures. We had been instructed by our prince to avoid them if possible, but often we

spoke with them. Jaguars, like our species, are on the verge of extinction. They are intelligent and know they contributed to their own extinction, yet they still could not stop

what nature dictated." And a part of him felt very much as if they deserved their fate when

they refused to treasure their women and children.

"You're saying it's not their fault." Juliette pulled out of his arms, turning her face away

from him as she gathered her clothes with shaking hands. She stepped into her jeans and

dragged them up over her bare skin, blinking back tears. That was twice she'd nearly cried

in front of him. She didn't cry. Not because of a man.

"We are not talking about the rogue males, the ones out of control and doing harm to

their women. They should be brought to justice, not allowed to be kidnapping and raping

women with the idea of creating baby machines." He took the shirt from her hands and

turned her around to face him, tipping up her chin so she had to meet his dark gaze. "I may

be rough, Juliette, and I will admit I have long ago forgotten how to be gentle, but I would

never harm a woman unless she threatened my life or my people. It is not done.

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