Moon Sworn (The Bound Series Book 1) by JF Holland Read Free Book Online Page A

her.  Turning she was in time to see Jaden clear her 6-foot fence, landing in a crouch in her garden.  Her mouth dropped open in shock.
    "I'm truly not impressed with this game Maya," he hissed as he stood in one lithe movement.  He began moving towards her, and she turned tail and ran the last few feet to her back door.
    "I told you not to run," he hissed.  "I warned you that you wouldn't like the consequences," he ground out.  Just as she got the door open, she was pushed inside and the door was slammed shut.  Locking them both in her now tiny, dark kitchen.  Maya turned around, about to give Jaden a piece of her mind but she stopped, her mouth dropping open again as he pulled his t-shirt over his head and threw it behind him.  She couldn't help it, his chest rippled with his movements and her eyes dropped over the naked skin now revealed.  He had a couple of what looked like claw marks visible on his side, and she frowned as she looked back up and noticed his eyes gleaming, like that of a predator and swallowed.  She began backing further into the room.  Heading towards the hallway and front door, another possible escape route.  Her car was in the drive, maybe she could grab her keys off the tray on the table by the side of the front door and get in her car before he was on her.
    "Don't," he spat out as he took a menacing step towards her.  His words rumbling from his throat, the sound had a gravelly quality to it that she'd not heard from him before.  He hunched slightly and changed his stance as if about to pounce, top lip lifted and she got a look at what looked like a sharp canine visible and froze.
    "See now Jaden," she said, visible shaking as her hands came up.  She held them out in front of her to warn him off.  "Come on now be reasonable.  You can't just come into my house without an invitation, that's very impolite." She told him as she took another step back.  A growl erupted from his throat and she froze again, like a deer caught in the headlights of a speeding vehicle. 
    Maya swallowed, what the hell was going on?  He didn't even look human at that moment and she paused, then something inside seemed to rise up as her own hackles rose.  She was furious to find herself trapped in her own home by a man that had been haunting her dreams and threatening her in her head for longer than she cared to remember.  Her shoulders straightened and her own top lip lifted, a growl rising up from her throat and she hissed at him.
     
    Jaden halted, shaking off the thrall of his cat as he took a good look at his mate.  Her human canines were showing, her eyes gleaming, and her human hands had come up, in clawing positions, as if she were going to swipe at him.  He burst out laughing, it was like he was being threatened by a kitten, a human one. I mean the whole idea was absolutely preposterous.
    "Are you intending to you use those?" he asked, leaning his hip on her sink counter top by the side of the door as he absently turned the key in the back door.  Then he crossed his arms over his chest as if he was completely harmless, never once breaking eye contact as he worked out his next move.  He watched the confusion cross her face as she looked down towards her hands.  She seemed perplexed at their clawing pose and dropped them, clearing her throat and then resting those same hands on her rounded hips.  His eyes now trailed down her body, taking in her shape.  He'd been stuck on her eyes earlier, and the way her nipples pressed against her bra.  Now he was doing a full body visual on what was before him.  She wasn't slim, but she also wasn't big either.  She was well shaped, solid and curvy and his eyes were once again drawn to those hips.  He unfolded his arms and took a step towards her, and her eyes slit again, glinting at him, staring without blinking.
    "I really hope you are prepared to lose a body part because I'll tell you now, come one step closer and you will definitely lose something."