Vision Revealed (19 page)

himself, feeling the stories come out of him easier the more he shared with her. “I came

up with an honorable excuse as to why I needed to be that hunter.”

“Came up with?”

“I told you I’m not perfect.”

“Very few leopards are,” she grunted, shifting on the bed, moving her ass in a way that

snagged his attention and made it impossible to continue with his socks once his boots

were off.

For a moment everything he was ready to tell her slipped from his mind. Instead of his

socks, he reached for her, tugging on the button to undo her jeans at her waist. When he

brushed knuckles over her stomach, her smooth flesh seared his hand, branding him with

the intensity of lust that radiated from her and sunk deep inside him. Kane growled, damn

near yanking her off the bed as he pulled down her zipper and lifted her to drag her jeans

down her legs.

“Why did you need to come up with a reason to make seeking out the title of hunter an

honorable thing?”

“I knew I needed to find you somewhere other than in the cabin where you keep your

sire. Because if I found you there and killed him, it would be a fight to mate with you.

And I swore to myself years ago I would never fight with my mate.”

Jin’s eyes grew large as panic mixed with fear and she jerked to a sitting position then

fought to scurry off the bed away from him. Kane moved faster though, prepared for her

reaction and flew over the bed, grabbing her and landing on top of her, pinning her

underneath him.

“What?” she gasped, her eyes glowing with terror. “You don’t know what you’re saying.

My sire isn’t in any cabin.”

“Don’t ever lie to me, Jin.”

“Let me go. God, Kane, let me go. Who in the hell are you to make such accusations?”

She tried scratching him, suddenly fighting with everything she had to be free from his

grip.

Kane was stronger, larger and just as determined. “I’m the only living male on this

planet who loves you,” he growled, and seized her mouth, kissing her until she relaxed

and groaned.

Jin wouldn’t allow him to smell the saltiness of her sadness. It wasn’t hard to drown it

out with her sweeter emotion, being both turned-on and happy over his words. No male

had ever told her he loved her, not even her sire.

As much as she knew Kane was in love with an idea, with visions he’d had of her and

not the real her, hearing him say he loved her created a heat that surrounded her heart and

damn near burned her alive. She arched her back, moving her body against his and

feeling the seam of her jeans rub against her clit. The fire inside her ignited, soaking her

crotch. At the same time she breathed in the rich scent of her desire.

“Kane, I can’t believe,” she began, knowing the words she should return to him were

nowhere inside her. Maybe she didn’t know how to love. Either way, hurting this male

was something she couldn’t do. His wrath would be unbearable and his pain would eat

her alive. “In two days,” she started again, immediately wondering why she cared at all

what he felt after knowing him such a short time.

Kane shifted his weight, sliding off her and resting his head on his hand as he gazed

down at her with silver-laced blue eyes. There was a day’s growth on his chin, adding to

his sex appeal. He touched his finger to her lips and then dragged it down the middle of

her body.

“We’ll forget about the visions for now,” he told her, his expression hard and

unreadable.

He was pissed over her reaction to his words. Or maybe even embarrassed they slipped

out. Something told her Kane didn’t do much by accident or chance though. He was a

male with convictions, a rogue with more control than any she’d ever known.

“That won’t be hard for me.” She made a face at him, although her heart wouldn’t quit

thumping too fast in her chest. A hard run sounded awesome, but she doubted she’d be

able to leave the motel without Tore or his males on her tail immediately. Fucking the

shit out of Kane would work just as well in burning off her penned-up energy. She rolled

into him, fighting to get his words about her sire out of her head as well as his declaration

of love so she could enjoy the physical release she needed.

“I want you to go to sleep, Jin.”

His words took forever to sink in, and she stared at him, aware of her jeans undone and

riding low on her hips. He’d taken off his boots and her boots, and she knew damn good

and well it wasn’t so they could sleep better.

“But,” she began, suddenly hating the situation. He was hurt because she didn’t declare

her feelings for him. But saying anything now, offering any explanation for the smell of

her own emotions would make the words shallow. It would appear she growled how she

felt simply so she could fuck him. And that wouldn’t be the case. “You want me.”

“More than you know.” He took her hand, bringing it between them, and pressed her

palm against his steel cock. It throbbed eagerly when she touched it. “We’ve shared

enough for tonight though. Sleep. Tomorrow is your day to howl to the hunters and

you’re going to be ready for it.”

“Damn it,” she hissed, yanking her hand away from the scalding heat and his hard, thick

cock. She almost fell off the bed when she turned from him, hurrying as fast as she could

to put distance between that feral body and her cravings. “Fuck you, Kane. I don’t like

you controlling my life.”

She stormed into the bathroom, glaring at her reflection and waited for him to appear in

the doorway. When he didn’t, she scowled even more. It would serve him right if she ran

out of the room. Let the hunters capture her. She needed to talk to them anyway.

Although then it wouldn’t be on her terms either.

Jin had spent a lifetime being manipulated and controlled by other leopards. It was a life

she hated and one she’d put behind her. There was no way in hell this male would put her

right back in that position when she’d come here to set her life on the right path.

Stripping out of her clothes, she left them on the bathroom floor and stalked back into

the room naked. Kane lay under the covers, the lamp that was on next to the bed a

moment ago was now off. His bare shoulders indicated he’d stripped as quickly as she

had. She was about to find out.

Releasing a bit of the adrenaline rushing through her veins took no effort. Her spine

snapped as electrical charges surged up her vertebrae, offering a sweet pain she embraced

as she crawled onto the bed. Jin made a show of pulling back the covers and climbing in

on her side. Kane didn’t move. He made no effort to raise his arm and pull her in

alongside him. Instead he continued lying there, his eyes closed, his expression relaxed as

if he were truly already asleep.

He wouldn’t be sleeping in the next moment.

Jin allowed her fingernails to extend, feeling them press against her human flesh and the

weight of them forcing her to pay attention to where she moved her hands. She grabbed

his neck, feeling his blood pump through his jugular as she pressed her sharp nail against

the vein.

Kane’s eyes snapped open.

“You are not going to tell me what to do,” she growled. “You’re not my master or my

keeper.”

He made no attempt to move other than raising one eyebrow, giving him the appearance

of being rather amused. Kane could be as entertained as he wanted. She would still take

what she wanted. And she wanted him.

“You’re going to fuck me. Then we can sleep.” Jin moved her free hand under the

blankets, his coarse body hair tickling her palm as she ran it down his body until she

found his cock. It was harder than steel, throbbing and thick in her hand. She damn near

drooled when she wrapped her fingers around it. “You’re not going to argue with me or

dish out ultimatums,” she informed him when his body lurched against her touch.

Kane opened his mouth to speak and she pressed the tip of her fingernail into the vein,

pushing it and feeling his blood surge underneath her fingertip as his gaze shot to hers

and silver lashed out over his blue irises. She could so easily puncture his skin and he

would bleed out. Jin wouldn’t do it and she didn’t doubt for a second he knew she

wouldn’t. But he stilled, watching her without speaking.

“That’s a good male,” she purred as her heart raced in her chest. She was seconds from

pushing him too far. But seconds was all she needed.

Jin shoved the covers off him. The moment she took her hand from his neck, pulling the

change back inside her so her fingernails receded to their normal length, Kane came off

the bed. He reached for her but she rushed to her goal. Scooting down the bed, she held

on to his cock and then wrapped her lips around it.

Kane roared, leaping off the bed and almost sending her flying backward. Jin held on to

his cock with her hand, unwilling to release her prize. When he was in a sitting position,

she once again wrapped her mouth around him. Her lips tingled as they stretched around

the width of his cock. As she slid her mouth down, taking him deep, Kane let out a fierce

growl and grabbed her head.

Jin braced herself, knowing taking him off guard like this could end up in her being

tossed across the room. But Kane didn’t throw her. His hands tangled in her hair and he

held her head in place, his low rumbling the most incredible sound she’d ever heard.

But there was something about how he tasted. Jin scurried to her hands and knees,

continuing to hold on to his shaft while running her tongue around the width of him. The

musky, aromatic ripeness that she licked from his cock created a throbbing between her

legs she could barely stand.

Giving a male head never appealed to her that much. They offered nothing in return and

quite often made it seem they were doing her a favor by allowing her to suck on them.

Yet she’d fought to take him into her mouth. She swelled with pleasure and satisfaction

when he roared from what she did to him. And as he dragged his hand through her hair,

continuing to growl his approval, pride swelled inside her and she ached to get him off.

“I never had a vision of this,” he informed her.

Jin moved her hand from his cock and pressed her palm over his thigh. Roped muscle

twitched under her touch, letting her know how much restraint he applied to enjoy what

she offered. For some reason, his admission gave her even more satisfaction. She took

him deep into her mouth, stretching open as far as she could and working to taste as much

of him as possible. It dawned on her until now, telling her about the visions he had of her

put her on the defensive. It wasn’t intentional, but a female needed control. She had to

gain the upper edge with a rogue male or there would be no taming him. Kane entering

into her life with knowledge of her when she knew nothing of him put her at a

disadvantage.

She’d made the right move and she saw that now. His scent ripened, grew muskier as

pre-come dripped into her mouth. Jin lapped it up, loving how he tasted. His scent was an

aphrodisiac, compelling and demanding. But Jin wouldn’t be controlled. Not by him. Not

by the hunters. And never, ever again by her sire. Taking her stand, howling her

demands, allowed her to control her destiny.

“God damn, little cat. You’re amazing,” he growled, yanking on her hair yet not trying to

pull her away. “Fucking amazing.”

Singing her praises didn’t make her want to continue. It didn’t hurt hearing that she was

so good at doing something she’d never particularly enjoyed before. But she craved

taking him into her mouth, feeling his thickness against her lips as he slid in and out of

her, because she maintained control.

It hit her then that she needed that power. It wasn’t something Kane could give to her. If

he did, she would still be submitting to him and running within his prearranged

limitations. It was something Jin needed to take. And she had taken it. Kane chased her

down because he knew her from his visions. He’d already established in his mind what

would happen between the two of them.

Jin would now establish the path she would run. She would take what she wanted. And it

might just be Kane. But she would make that decision. It wouldn’t be based on how they

combined their scents and the aroma drove her wild. Jin wouldn’t choose a path because

a male decided she was the one. She would take her time, learn what she needed to know

about him and find out how easily he could be tamed and controlled. There would never

be a male in her life again who ran the way he saw fit and demanded she remained by his

side. That male would run by her side because she chose him, and he would take the

direction she decided.

Jin shifted her weight, kneeling next to him, and dragged her nails up his cock as she

slowly let him slide out of her mouth. Her vision blurred momentarily when she glanced

at Kane. His face was hard, lined with concentration while his glazed eyes stared at her.

When she ran her tongue over the tip of him, pulling yet more tantalizing cream into her

mouth, Kane’s eyes widened and his lips parted.

He hissed when he drew in a breath and she saw his teeth were slightly longer than

normal. The pointed ends pressed against his lower lip. His day’s growth on his jaw was