Hunted by the Jaguar by Bonnie Vanak

Author:Bonnie Vanak
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-12-02T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

The darkness had risen with her climax, and Daimon pounced on it like a starving cat. A small smile curved his sensual mouth. The smile of the jaguar who’d lapped up all the cream.

“Not all of it.” Daimon leaned forward, a teasing glint in his eyes. “Just enough to get a taste of your sweet honey.”

Ariana put hands on her heated cheeks and sat up. “Stop reading my mind, dammit.”

“Sorry, sunshine. Hard not to read you, now that you’re mine.”

“That’s what this was about, Daimon? Claiming me so Jarrett couldn’t have me? No, you already had me in your bed. It was just my powers you desired.”

He watched her warily, the fierce glow fading from his eyes.

“Your demon struggled to be free, Ariana. Your passion coaxed it out. Sex became a conduit, and I plugged myself in, so to speak.”

As if she were an electrical socket. “Is that all it was, Daimon? Sex, to get your way. Nothing more?”

Hadn’t he felt the connection, the sense that they flowed seamlessly into each other? She’d stared into his eyes and seen the joy dancing there, felt the sensuality of his cat stroke over her.

Yet now he was distant and cold as winter.

“Don’t you feel what’s happened between us?” she whispered.

“I can’t give you what you desire most, Ariana.” He went quiet, tension riding his big shoulders. “What you need most. It’s not in me to love. I’ll protect you, give my life to keep you safe. But don’t ask that of me.”

I can’t ask anything less.

Ariana swung her legs over the bed’s side. “You have my demon strength now, Daimon. You got what you needed. Enjoy it. I need to clear my head. I’m going for a walk.”

She reached for her clothing.

“Ariana, please, you must understand, this is for the best.” His face flushed as his jaw tightened. “It’s not solely for them. Not anymore. If you won’t use your dark strength, then I will. I won’t let anything happen to you.”

Anger surged through her, filling her body with rapier-sharp awareness. “Not like what happened to your men? What did happen here, Daimon? Why are you shutting yourself away with them when you can walk out of here any time you please?”

His expression shuttered. Daimon avoided her gaze. “Enjoy your walk. Stick to the path in the woods. Don’t veer off it and disturb my men.”

“I’ll be quiet and won’t interrupt their sleep,” she muttered.

Pain shadowed his face. “They don’t sleep. They can’t. Haven’t, for a long while now.”

Then he turned his back, as if regretting sharing that fact.

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