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

back at the buck, debating a sudden move, something stupid that


will give her the kill, but whatever she sees in Tau’s hard gaze


stops her from doing anything foolish. Turning on her heel, she


flips her long blonde ponytail over one shoulder and mutters under


her breath, “Asshole. I better be able to catch up with that doe or


nothing. He simply waits until she exits the alley, then waits a


moment longer until he hears her hurry off into the night. Behind


him comes a skittish sound like hoofs scraping over brick and he


can feel the buck’s heartbeat flutter in the palm of his hand. It


excites him, stirring his blood, his libido, but still he waits.


When he’s sure they are alone, thenhe turns, savoring the


buck’s handsome face—high cheekbones, pale green eyes, brown hair


thick below curved antlers. In the close darkness of the alley he


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