Primal Heat 2 (10 page)
Authors: A. C. Arthur
Acacia had just rotated her hips on his dick, sucking him deep into her pussy. Then she’d reached back and the next thing Eli saw was her arm arching over him, the glint of the knife she held in her hand clear as day.
Ezra roared, ripped free of his shackles, and grabbed Acacia by the back of her neck. At Eli’s angry growl his twin dropped Acacia to the floor. But in seconds her minions were on them and the next thing Eli knew, he’d shifted and he was killing them. Murdering them all, including Acacia. Only minutes ago, he and Ezra had walked into the hut with three other shifters. Now, the two cats paced around the dead carcasses of three shifters, blood and flesh littering the ground, the acrid stench rising quickly in the air.
Ezra’s cat had looked at Eli’s. Silence, but communication, as it always had been between the twins. They each regretted, each hated, each felt the boiling dark anger taking its rightful place inside them.
It was the same, this haunting memory. Each time it came, it left Eli breathless and sad from the continued streak it had created in his life. And yet, she had entered and taken her place in his destiny without him noticing, without him being able to stop her.
Nivea’s cat stood outside the hut when Eli’s cat exited in the dream this time, as if she’d been waiting for him all along. Again. Only this time when Eli went to her, when he let down his guard and gave in to the mating he felt inexplicably drawn to, Nivea turned to run away and before she could get far, she was captured. Grabbed at the base of her skull by a bigger, deadlier jaguar that was hell-bent on revenge.
Primal Heat
A four-part serial in
The Shadow Shifters Series
Primal Heat, Part 1
Primal Heat, Part 2
Primal Heat, Part 3
Primal Heat, Part 4
A.C. Arthur
was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, where she currently lives with her husband and three children. An active imagination and a love for reading encouraged her to begin writing in high school and she hasn’t stopped since. Her debut novel
Object of His Desire
was written when a picture of an Italian villa sparked the idea of an African-American/Italian hero. Determined to bring a new edge to romance, she continues to develop intriguing plots, sensual love scenes, racy characters, and fresh dialogue—thus keeping the readers on their toes! Visit her at:
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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
“Primal Heat: Part 2” copyright © 2015 by A.C. Arthur.
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Cover art © Patricia Schmitt (Picky Me)
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eISBN 9781466855403
First eBook Edition: July 2015
