A Kitty in the Lion's Den (13 page)

“I love you, Maverick.”

He licked his mark long and slow several more times, acting just like the big cat he housed inside of him. His purr was low and loud, mixing with hers, but far more masculine and wild. He lifted his head and stared into her eyes. The blackness of his irises flashed to gold as his animal now watched her. They were one and the same, but they were also two separate entities.

“And I love you, Kettah, so fucking much, and there isn’t anything in this world that is going to take you away from me, not ever.” He buried his face in the crook of her neck again and growled out, “And I’m more than willing to snap necks to make that point known.” His words were dark and cold, but she couldn’t help but smile and hold him tighter. For as caring and gentle as he could be only with her, he was also her fierce protector, her lion and the male she loved. Through a world of pain, degradation, and murder, Kettah had finally found the one light at the end of that dark tunnel. The source of the end of that light may be riddled with scars and have a tough exterior, but it was loving and warm, and showed her that through the thickness of shadows a new world can be born. Maverick Storm was that source, and she was thankful every day that she had made that decision to leave her father’s house. Sometimes the things that are most frightening turn out to be that one thing a person is searching for the most.

The End

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