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fear and confusion. His heart broke for her. He knew she probably thought that she was going crazy, but given Hayden’s visit earlier and the Purist’s aggressive behavior, he didn’t have the luxury of a lengthy courtship.
    Now that she was here, the only way to keep her safe was to make her understand, and in order to do that, he’d have to show her everything.
    Her eyes fluttered open, and she stared at him from beneath a fan of dark blonde lashes. “Am I crazy, or did you just…?” She trailed off, unable or unwilling to say it.
    You aren’t crazy. He touched her mind with his, and to his great delight, a wide grin cracked her oval face. He brushed his thumb along her jawline, and his stomach clenched with need as she pressed her slim body against him. “You are, however, spectacularly beautiful.”
    On a silent prayer, he allowed his eyes to shift into the glowing yellow eyes of his clan as he held her in his grasp.
    “Far fucking out!” She made a sound of awe and disbelief. “You’re the beautiful one.” Lillian removed a hand from his and brushed his hair off his face before cupping her palm against his cheek. “Your eyes are like the tiger from my dreams.”
    A low purr rumbled in his chest as she held his face. The feminine scent of roses filled his head, and in a blur of speed, he captured her lips and claimed her.
    She tasted like apples and honey—fresh and sweet.
    Lillian opened and moaned as she linked her arms around his neck and pulled him closer. He suckled from her lips and reveled in the touch of her tongue against his. He tilted her head, angling for more, wanting to taste every inch.
    She tangled her fingers in his hair and held him, deepening the kiss. One hand ran down her slim back and slipped beneath the waistband of her pajama pants. He groaned as his fingers brushed her ass, and his cock twitched as she teased his lips with her talented tongue.
    “Well, well. Look at what we have here.” Hayden’s smug voice cut through the fog of lust and sent Boris’s heart into his throat.
    He spun around, pushing Lillian behind him protectively as his eyes burned brightly in the darkness of the courtyard.
    Hayden stood on the other side, the glowing eyes of his clan glaring at Lillian and full of hatred.
    Lillian clutched Boris’s arms for dear life and peered around him. Isn’t that the guy you threw at me today? Her frightened voice touched his mind and loosened the knot of fear in his stomach. If they got out of this alive, he’d congratulate her later on being a quick study. His eyes are creepy as shit. They’re freaking black, but they glow like yours—sort of.
    “I knew you were lying, and my suspicions went into high gear when I bumped into this human .” His eyes glowed brighter as he sneered. “Pathetic.”
    Boris pushed Lillian farther behind him. “Get back, Lillian,” he growled as the instinctive urge to shift flickered along his skin.
    Hayden leered. “After I kill you, I think I’ll go ahead and fuck her.”
    ***
    Lillian backed away from the volatile situation as the cold hand of fear grabbed her by the throat. Looking into Hayden’s stony eyes, she knew he meant what he said—he’d rape her if he got the chance. She felt like she was in the middle of a bizarre nightmare.
    Her gaze flicked to Boris. He stood in a wide stance, ready for battle, as his hands balled into fists at his side. His tall, muscular body hummed with power, and the ropy muscles of his arms flexed with tension.
    “ Verto ,” he roared the unfamiliar word, and Lillian watched with pure awe and genuine fascination. For a split second, a wave of static electricity filled the air. Boris looked as if he was underwater, and in a blinding flash, his body erupted into the massive, striped body of a Bengal tiger.
    She clapped a hand over her mouth and backed into the cool stone wall of the courtyard as the mind-blowing scene played out. Even on all fours, he had to be taller than she was—far