Mirror Image Seduction (Feline Shifters of Down Under Book 1) Read Online Free Page B

brother.
    “What the fuck?”
    Felines did not like their faces to get wet. Ever. Dylan took a menacing step toward his twin. His animal instincts on high alert, he seemed to be fighting off attacks from all angles. Ryan quickly dropped the hose and put his hands up as if he were surrendering.
    “Easy, Dylan. It was the quickest way I could think of to get you two to quit laying into each other.”
    Dylan glanced over his shoulder to see Luke storming out the front door. Once more he curled his lip with a growl as the bastard ran away. Typical. Always started the damn fight, never hung around for the ending. That’s what happened to males who counted on their females to provide everything. Bloody lions and their “pride”. Cheetah males looked after themselves, their mates, and offspring. As it should be.
    When Dylan spun back to give his twin a mouthful of abuse, his body began tingling. He froze and took a deep breath. There was a scent on the air. One he’d not smelt before, but would know anywhere. He turned to Ryan, who was pulling the same shocked silent routine as he was. Relief flowed through him. Their mother had been right when she assured him he would share his mate with his twin.
    “You smell it, too?”
    “Of course I do. Wait, you doubted we’d share a mate?”
    “I’d hoped we would share one, but couldn’t be certain. Fate can be twisted with its sense of humor.”
    Their mate was here in the pub. The thought hit him as his heart began to pound against his ribs. Since hitting puberty, Dylan had waited to smell that scent, and it was the sweetest moment of his life.
    The flash of color as Trent tossed a towel had him snapping back to reality just in time to snatch it from mid air. Dylan wiped his face and hair with it before dropping it on the bar.
    “Sorry, Trent. Didn’t mean to start shit in the bar.”
    “Yeah, I know, mate. But you and Luke need to sort your shit out. You’re not teenagers anymore.”
    Tell that to Luke, Dylan thought. Dropping all thoughts about the aggravating lion, he sat on the stool next to Ryan and casually turned to face away from the bar. He had much more pressing—and important—things to deal with. Like locating his mate.
    “Where is she?”
    “No idea, the air con has her scent circulating around so I can’t pinpoint it.”
    “We can’t leave until we find her. Shit, my blood is pounding through my veins already.”
    “Mine too. It’s the Calling. Don’t worry, Dylan. She’ll be feeling something, too. We’ll find her.”
    Dylan took a deep breath as he rearranged himself on the stool. Damn, he hoped they found her tonight. His body was going to be strung tighter than a bow until they claimed her.
    ****
    Lacey pressed her spine against the warm, worn leather of the booth, and her cheeks felt flushed as her mind raced a million miles a minute. That big guy had called the identical twins he’d been fighting with Ryan and Dylan. Could they really be the guys that she’d been searching for? The two who had helped Cameron?
    They certainly looked strong enough to climb down a cliff and rescue a small boy. She’d found herself mesmerized earlier when she caught sight of how their shoulder muscles bulged as they moved. Their tight white t-shirts along with form fitting blue jeans disguised nothing about how sleek their physiques were.
    Was that what they’d been fighting with that other man over? Cameron’s rescue? She’d heard the loud one say something about getting the job done. That had been before they’d gotten into a fist fight of course. Bloody men.
    She wrapped her suddenly sweaty palms around her frosty drink, trying to calm her overheated body. She didn’t know what was wrong with her, but her body was having a major overreaction to the pair of hot guys currently seated at the bar. Sure, they were beautiful male specimens, but she’d seen good looking men before and never had her belly tightened or her lady bits throbbed with need in