Feral Instincts (The Feral Series) by Erin Ashley Read Free Book Online

exhaustion, she slid to her hands and knees crawling over to
him at the side of the bed. Teagan froze in confusion as she did the last thing
he expected her to do. Swaying a little she slowly knelt in front of him. She
cautiously laid a hand on his chest like she was trying to decide if he was
real. She gasped in surprise when her hand met warm skin instead of floating
through the illusion she was sure her mind had created.
    Unaware
of her newly heightened senses Ava drew in his scent. God he smelled so good. A
strange ache began to tingle in her canine teeth. She was drawn to the heat
coming from his skin and she craved it. Ava had been so cold and this creature
was radiating warmth.
    Giving
into the urge to touch his hot skin, she slowly caressed his muscled chest. He
was one of the most terrifying creatures she had ever seen, but somehow she was
drawn to him just the same. She had never seen anything like him. He was huge
and scary but he didn’t feel dark and evil like the others that had brought her
here.
    “Have
you come to kill me?” Ava asked, calmly looking at the huge knife he held in
his hand.
    Her
sweet voice rasped in a husky whisper into the dimly lit room. Teagan didn’t
know how to answer her. Was she a rogue? They hadn’t come across any female
rogues yet. Salvatore had only been turning strong males for his army.
    “What
are you?” the angel asked him in wonder.
    Teagan
hesitated a moment before answering her. “I am Lykan.” He answered her with a
voice gone rough from the beast within him. It was always hard to speak in his
beast form. He was shocked that this little slip a girl had dared to touch him.
The muscles on his chest flexed in response to her gentle touch, and he
resisted the urge to lean into her wondering hand.
    Looking
down at the hand on his chest he growled, “What are you?” He breathed deeply of
her scent, trying to figure it out. She smelled like a vampire but also of
human and soft female and something else… Teagan tensed, she also had a male
vampire’s scent all over her. Could it be Salvatore’s scent? Was she some sort
of new rogue hybrid? Gods he hoped not. He didn’t want to destroy her.
    The
look of wonder on her face disappeared as a look of utter despair filled her
eyes. She struggled to find the words to answer his question. “I… I… don’t know
what I am.” Tears began to slide down her cheeks. She leaned her forehead into
his chest, softly crying. Looking down at her in confusion, he cautiously
wrapped his arm around her holding her to his chest. Clenching his fist he
resisted moving his hand to rub the soft skin of her back in comfort.
    “I…
I’m a monster.” Her soft voice came to him in a quiet shame filled whisper.
“Like him… he… he did this to me. He infected me. Please… I can’t be a monster.
I don’t want to hurt anyone. Please… I think… you have to kill me.”
    Teagan
held his breath and froze, his beast growling in protest to her words. His
instincts were telling him to protect, not destroy. He didn’t know what she was
but he sensed an innocence about her, he knew she was no monster.
    “Please.
I don’t think I can’t take any more. He is coming back for me. There’s no time.
You have to do it now.” Ava lifted her tear stained face to look into the
beast’s eyes. She would rather die than be a monster like Salvatore, or worse,
slave to him for eternity. “This is why you came here isn’t it! Please… end
this… kill me!”
    Teagan
looked down into her eyes for a moment as he processed everything. What was
Salvatore’s connection to her? Why was she here? Finally he let out a deep
breath and placed his knife in the sheath at his waist. Ava watched him in
confusion until he gently slid both hands around her neck. The tension inside
of her eased in response. So, he had decided to kill her after all. Ava’s
overwhelmed mind was beginning to crack. Of course, surely a broken neck would
be less painful than being