Once a month, the Hunt begins ... Hartley and his sister are cervidae, human in form with deer-like features. They're coming home from a late movie and only have a few moments before midnight strikes. When the Hunt starts. Hartley knows he's tempting fate and urges Giselle to run. Almost silent in the darkness, a pair of felidae -- half-human, half-lion -- stalk their prey. The lioness, Leanna, chases after Hartley, closing in for the kill, while her cousin Tau races behind her, eager to catch the buck first. But something more than bloodlust runs through his veins tonight. He's hungry for Hartley, yes, but Tau desires him for more than just a quick meal. He wants to claim the buck as his own. Can the shadowed alleys of downtown Richmond hide this forbidden animal attraction?

Hunted

he hears her skitter off in the right direction. Then he bolts down


Ellwood, making as much noise as he can, crashing through manicured


lawns, leaping overgrown bushes, and bounding off trees lining the


street. Praying the carnivores follow him instead of her.


dogs,Tau Jensen thinks as the buck takes flight. Leave it to


the canidae to startle their prey early and spook them into


running. Cats are silent predators—he was almost right up on the


two deer-folk, this close…when midnight struck, he could’ve


gone in for the kill. But no. A chorus of howls and they’re


fierce leonine roar that crackles into the night like lightning and


gives chase. He ignores the female—she means nothing to him, her


thin perfume an annoyance drifting away on the wind as she hurries


away. He leaves her for Leanna. The buck is his.


crosses Ellwood before the long, sleek shadow of a lioness brushes


Chapter 2