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fire, her voice rising.
“So, screw your invisible force or whatever it is that brought me
here. Screw your prophecy. Screw anyone or anything that tells me
who I’m going to be with. I’ll make that decision, thank you very—”
She turned and came nose to chest with Torrent, the end of her
sentence dying in her throat.
    “You can
question our spirituality and curse our ways, you can condemn the
prophecy, but never question we were meant to be together.”
His husky, emotion filled voice rolled over her, lifting every hair
on her body. Then he pulled her up against his chest and covered
her mouth with his.
     

Chapter
Three
     
    She jerked,
then melted as his lips skated over hers, exploring every crease
and smooth surface before leisurely slanting over and pressing his
tongue deep within. Shivers ran over her body at the heat of him
melting into her and the masterful way he possessed her mouth.
Every single female part of her sat up and took notice.
    He broke the
kiss and she staggered back away from him on shaking legs. “Holy
shit!” Then she clapped a hand over her mouth. Had she just said
that out loud?
    Torrent was
stalking back around the fire. “We leave in five minutes.” He
sounded pissed. Was he mad because she’d dared doubt their link?
Well, he’d need to get over that. Not even the best kiss in the
world—and that definitely had been—would be enough for her to
decide to spend her life with a man right after she’d met him. Not
even if that man was a guy like Torrent. Not even if his life was
fated to be short.
    She rubbed her
mouth with her hand. That kiss…..
    “Are you
ready?”
    She gave a bark
of laughter. She was so not ready for any of this. “Am I
ready for you to transform into a giant wolf and ride you through
the forest?”
    “Yes.”
    She laughed
again. She couldn’t think of any other response. “But I’m supposed
to be a dire wolf, too, right?”
    “You could be
one of many different things, a bear, a hawk, a—”
    “Well, let’s
find out what I am, shall we? It would be easier for me to travel
as an animal, wouldn’t it?”
    Torrent looked
doubtful. “Caroline, normally the mate bond needs to be fully
forged for a mostly-human to shift to her animal.”
    “Is it always that way?”
    Torrent
shrugged one shoulder. “Most always, yes.”
    “Well, you
don’t know me very well yet, Torrent. I can be pretty
determined.”
    “I suspected,”
he answered wryly.
    She stood,
shaking her arms and bouncing on the balls of her feet. “Okay, what
do I?”
    “It’s not
something you do . It’s something you feel. Close your eyes
and feel your beast. Let it rise to the surface.”
    “That sounds
easy, but I bet it’s hard.”
    “Try it.” His
tone of voice clearly let her know that he expected failure. He
crossed his muscled arms across his massive chest.
    She closed her
eyes and dug deep; entering the unfathomable stream of
consciousness she dived into while she meditated at home. In her
mind, images of animals flitted. A rabbit, a cougar, a bear, an
eagle…a dire wolf with dark fur.
    The dire wolf
stood in the middle of a clearing, staring at her with
caramel-colored eyes. She felt close to this animal, a deep
bond.
    Tingling began
in her arms and legs. The sensation intensified, radiating out
through her body and enveloping her. She let out a surprised cry,
as her body stretched, growing smaller and then larger. A flash of
pain bowed her spine.
    She blacked out
and woke closer to the ground. Had she collapsed? No…wait…. She
stood at an abnormal height. She opened her mouth to speak and a
low growl came out.
    Stepping
backward, she looked down and saw she had paws instead of feet.
    Holy
hell! She was a dire wolf! By the looks of it, she’d
transformed into the dark wolf she’d seen in her vision.
    Looking up, she
saw Torrent staring at her with an amazed expression on his face.
His mouth broke into a smile—a rare occurrence, she suspected.
    “You