Instinct by LeTeisha Newton Read Free Book Online

her again. She may very well have surpassed the initial impression of her level.
    “I could kill you. Is your life worth more than hers to you?” Xavier asked coldly. He didn’t want his mate in any danger from this man. Enough fear, and Dirk would be sure to keep their secret between them. “And to ensure that you do nothing silly now…”
    Xavier turned away and tucked Siren under his arm. She fit there as she was meant to, dressed in jeans and a T-shirt. She was priceless to him. She was his mate, the future mother of his children, and his light. He may not be okay with the arrangement, but it was what it was. He pulled her away as Dirk started screaming.
    “What—”
    “Don’t look, Siren. Leia is just making sure that he’ll be too afraid to talk…Well, he won’t be able to talk.”
    “Xavier, I—”
    “Say it again.”
    “What?”
    “My name, say it again.”
    “Xavier, I don’t want someone to get hurt because of me.”
    “He’s getting hurt so that he’ll never be able to hurt us again. If we don’t do this, you’ll never be safe. We’ll never be safe. I don’t ever want you hurt again.”
    “Xavier,” Siren whispered, letting him take her away from the hell that had been her life. He would have enough to prove to her when they got home.

Chapter Eleven
    She wasn’t sure exactly how she’d gotten into a limo surrounded by Sensers, but here she was. A female across from her, Leia, Xavier had called her, watched her silently. She sat next to a blue-eyed man—Oron, if she remembered correctly—who was nearly as sexy as her mate beside her. The limo was speeding away from Posh, and Siren wasn’t positive what was going to happen next. Xavier may have protected her, but she wouldn’t fool herself into believing that he could give up years of hatred just because they’d mated and he’d heard her story. He couldn’t help his protective instincts any more than she could help her want of him.
    Neo New York, as the Sensers called their city, sprawled before her through the windows. Freedom. She was free. It may have come at the price of being claimed by a human-hating Senser, but she was free. She knew enough about mates to know that Xavier couldn’t harm her, but it did little to ease her trepidation. She was bound to him, irrevocably, and her senses were calling to him. Intellectually she knew it was the draw of mates, something that biologically she couldn’t help, but it still didn’t make it any better.
    Out of the frying pan and into the fire , she thought to herself.
    Tall skyscrapers made of glass and steel towered over the limo as they drove down the busy street. Life, for the Sensers outside of Posh, was going on like normal. She didn’t know how to be normal, didn’t even know what it was. For three years, her life had been nothing but dancing, money, and her codec unit. To think that Dirk had known all along that she was human and still kept her left a bitter taste in her mouth. He could have let her go so long ago, but had kept her. It pained her to know that she had thought him thinking she was a Senser had kept her marginally safe. He had skillfully played her like a fiddle. She shuddered at the thought.
    “Are you cold?” Xavier asked, and she shook her head. He sighed and pulled her into his embrace.
    If she felt safer there next to him, she wouldn’t admit it. She let his warmth seep into her bones, closing her eyes to combat the feeling, but that only made it worse. Her eyes snapped open, and she stiffened in his embrace.
    “We will be home soon,” he whispered to her.
    A few minutes later, they arrived at a high-rise building, and Xavier helped her out of the car. People bowed as he strode past with Leia and Oron behind them. The interior was decorated in warm brown and gold. Those who milled about spoke quietly in the lobby, drinking at a bar or sitting in a common area. Siren tried her best to be invisible next to Xavier. She could feel eyes on her, and it was