Tiger by the Tail: A Midnight Liaisons Novella by Jessica Sims Page B

fear. She’d spent those days in utter confusion, frightened by what was happening to her body. He’d left her to dangle, too, not explaining anything to her until he was sure she’d turned.
    And even as she thought about it, she knew Adrian would never do the same to her. So she smoothed her hands over his gorgeous chest and thought. “Will it hurt?” she finally asked.
    “Shouldn’t.”
    “Any side effects I should be aware of? Turning into a super-tiger or something?”
    He chuckled against her throat and licked at her skin again, and her nipples tightened in response. “No super tiger-ing. Just a bite that shows that you’re mine.”
    “Then let’s do it,” she told him. Before she lost her nerve.
    She didn’t even have time to be nervous – his teeth sank into her skin, and she felt his tongue flick against the bite a moment later. And instead of pain, she felt…aroused. Really, really damn aroused. A loud moan escaped her, and she clutched at him.
    “Now you’re mine,” he told her in that sultry, purring voice, and then he adjusted his weight against her, and thrust deep.
    “Yours,” she told him breathlessly, clinging to his back even as she wrapped her legs around him, squeezing him against her tighter. The friction he was creating between them was delicious, and before she knew what was happening, she was climaxing all over again, her sex clenching tight around him as he pumped into her.
    Adrian growled her name and his strokes became more erratic, wild, and then he was coming too. He collapsed on top of her a few moments later, wrapped his arms around her body, and then rolled them so she was on top of him.
    “That…went faster than I anticipated,” Adrian murmured, playing with a lock of her hair. “Next time, I’ll take longer. You were just too beautiful and I lost control.”
    Her cheek rested against his chest, and she lay draped over him feeling wonderful and boneless and very, very content. “Clearly we have a few things to work on if you’re going to keep me happy.”
    “Oh?” He mused, twining one of her curls around his finger lazily. “What’s that?”
    “Well, for one, I need a scratching post,” she teased.
    He laughed. “I’m sure I can find you something.”
    Her hand smoothed along his arm. She just loved touching him. Loved feeling his warm, spicy skin under hers. Being a tiger made sex different, she realized. There was an entirely new layer of scents that aroused…and she couldn’t forget about the purring. Even now, she was blushing thinking about the purring. “What about Vic and the others?” she asked. “Are they going to be upset that we mated?”
    “Nope,” Adrian said. “Vic will just be happy that you’re no longer fighting your tiger side.”
    She smiled and kissed one of his nipples. “How can I, when it comes with such delicious benefits? All I needed was a little sample.”
    He trailed one hand down her back. “Guess I should have shown you earlier, huh?”
    Maybe so. And maybe if she hadn’t been so stubborn and set on being ‘free’, she would have noticed the handsome Adrian on her own. “I suppose things always work out the way they’re supposed to.”
    And for the first time, she was glad for her tail.

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