Page 24 of The Hunt

She screamed until her voice cracked.

The voice wasn’t as gravely but it sounded nearly identical to the monster who tormented her the night before.

Colt cradled her against him. “It’s going to be okay, Kaliah. These are my brothers.”

She buried her face in his chest. Only moments ago she was sacred of this man but now she was seeking his protection.

“Look at me,” her tormentor commanded.

She shook her head and squeezed her eyes shut.

“Look at me!” he barked.

An intangible force Kaliah couldn’t explain, compelled her to raise her head and look at the man directly.

He moved closer and she froze and her breath caught in her throat. He didn’t look like a monster. Besides, the thickness of his eyebrows and the stubble covering the lower half of his face, he wasn’t as hairy as he’d appeared the night before. Had she imagined everything?

Like his brother Colt, he was attractive with wavy hair that fell just below a square jawline, sharp nose and plump lips. Her gaze remained on those lips for an uncomfortably long time untilthey curled into a wide smile. His canine teeth were longer than normal giving him an almost sexy vampire like appearance.

He brushed her cheek with the back of his hand. She flinched. Not from fright but because of some electric sensation that coursed down her spine when he touched her. There was something connecting her to this man and she didn’t understand it.

She started to shiver. “What’s…happening to me?” she whispered when their eyes locked.

“You feel it too don’t you? When I marked you last night, I established a bond between us.”

“Bond?” she repeated the word not understanding any of this.

“Yes. As they say in Serenity Falls, you are the perfect piece of meat and I’ve been waiting for you for a very long time.” The intensity of Leland’s stare held her captive and she couldn’t look away if she wanted to.

Colt bent down and ran his tongue along her earlobe. “We all are.”

The big guy who had been standing in the background, cleared his throat and stepped forward. “I need her. I’m not waiting any longer.”

His ominous words broke the trance Kaliah was in and she looked in his direction. This giant of a man was even bigger than Colt and Leland. What the hell did they feed the men in Serenity Falls?

Colt and Leland were handsome, no doubt but this giant of a man was…beautiful. Kaliah couldn’t describe him any other way. His long black hair hung past his shoulders. His plush red lips were formed into a natural pout and his cheekbones were prominent. His bright green eyes were framed by the longest, curliest lashes she’d ever seen on a man. His dark brows werethick but finely arched, almost as if they were manicured in a salon.

But one look at him and Kaliah could tell this wasn’t the kind of man who would step foot in one. His features were almost femininely beautiful but everything about him was all male. He was a gorgeous contradiction.

“Easy, Zeke. You don’t want to frighten her,” Colt said.

“I need to mark her,” Zeke replied in a gruff baritone.

“As do I,” Colt replied.

“In my opinion,” Leland, paused and stared pointedly at Kaliah’s body. There’s no need for that towel.” Without further warning, he plucked it away and tossed it on the ground.

“No!” She shook her head and squirmed in Colt’s arms in an attempt to make herself smaller.

“We’ll take her back to my room.” Colt turned with her in his arms as if she didn’t say anything.

“Don’t care, as long as I get a taste,” Leland responded.

“You guys don’t want to do this! We don’t even know each other. Wouldn’t you rather I be willing?” She tried to reason with them. She didn’t care how good looking they were. There were still so many unanswered questions, like what happened to the monsters and what did they mean by marking her.

“Relax, little rabbit. I’ll make sure you enjoy it.” Leland chuckled.

Colt carried her down the hallway and entered a room that was sparsely decorated. The only furniture inside was a wooden night stand, one dresser drawer and a large bed in the corner of the room.

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