Tiger’s Gambit by Minette Moreau

Author:Minette Moreau [Moreau, Minette]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Rakon

I’d always tried to be adult enough to admit when I’d made a mistake. Everything had gone perfectly well until… well, more than perfectly well. I’d never come so hard in my life as I did with my beautiful genetic mate. We’d gotten a little carried away, but what could it hurt?

Bite now, or later? I’d decided now was better. Get it over with, rip off the med dressing, take that step into the future. Renata had been right. Devastatingly right, but I’m not sure it would have been a good experience on Ximera, either. One minute, we were conversing. We were talking about…

I didn’t remember. All I remembered was being attacked from the inside by something that wanted out, and that my neck ached like someone had set fire to it. I remembered Renata yelling at me.

Us. Our mate yelled at us because you’re slow.

I stiffened at the alien voice speaking in my head. “Who are you?”

I am what you sought. I am tiger.

“Did you come from Renata?” I wasn’t sure why I was conversing with the thing, but he seemed to know more than I did. It chuckled at my thought, and I realized it was indeed sharing space in my head, just like Renata described.

No, from you. She just helped me get out.

The creature paced for a moment, and I got a glimpse of amber eyes and black-and-orange stripes before it disappeared into the recesses of my skull. I would never get a straight answer from the beast.

I looked down at Renata. She lay curled up on her side with her hands tucked under her chin. I wanted to wake her so we could talk, but I needed time to adjust. My vision had changed, as well as my sense of smell and hearing. Though colors were muted, I saw details that I’d never noticed before.

The skin of Renata’s face was velvety soft. I saw the fine-grained pores, and she had tiny freckles. Her breath whispered softly from her parted lips and I heard her heart beat strong in her chest.

And the scent of her. It was a mix of our sex and her own personal perfume. I knew I’d never forget that delicious fragrance. I smelled her general health. She wasn’t in peak condition, but she was better than she’d been when I’d found her.

I held out a hand and tried to extend my claws as I’d seen her do in medical.

Our claws. Ask and I might help.

“Would you…”

Just think about it, lesser male. I can hear very well.

I grimaced and pictured what I wanted. A few seconds later, my right hand bore six-inch claws sharp enough to tear through a stasis container. But my tiger was an insolent beast, and I knew I’d have to teach him better manners.

I’d like to teach you to be smarter, but I doubt either of us will get what we want, lesser male.

“Infuriating creature.”

As our mate said, cowboy up and deal with your shit. You asked for a tiger.

I was not going to win this fight.

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