Taming the Night (Creatures of the Night Book 1) by Tisha Wilson Read Free Book Online Page B

as she breathed hard.
    There, at the edge of the woods. There shouldn’t have been another creature around for miles, at least not for months. Her heart nearly beat out of her chest when she saw what was about to happen. Russell, fool that he was, was striding towards the woods, toward the creature, with a shotgun up on his shoulder aimed at the creature. Damn it. She had drawn it here and now an innocent was going to die. She should have been long gone, especially this close to sundown. She knew better than to be around humans at sun down.
    She turned to see Officer Cayman standing there dazed, touching his lips. She rolled her eyes and clicked her tongue. “That’s all the action you’re going to get out of me lover,” she snapped at him as she pulled the door open and left in a mock furry.
    She knew that shooting him do wn would leave him confused. It would cause the men in the room to give him some good natured prodding as they tried to bring him back in the fold so he could lick his wounds. She prayed that the door would stay closed behind her and that he wouldn’t follow her. She was hoping for too much. She should have known better. God had abandoned her long ago. Why would he do her any favors now?
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    Jerry looked after her for a moment, barely able to believe what had just happened. Most of the thoughts fled from his head at the memory of the touch of her lips against his own. He tried to bring himself out of the stupor but the press of her taught little body against his... She had allowed herself to be flush against him and she smelled of vanilla and lavender, and night air, and delicious things, and she tasted of danger as well. It wasn’t until the patron’s of the bar started to rib him and offer to buy him a drink that he came out of it.
    He went after her.
    “She said you aint gettin’ nothin’ else tonight Tiger,” someone teased behind him and the others laughed. He didn’t pay any attention to them. He was beginning to come back to himself now. He grabbed at the buried memories as they surfaced. What was it that had made him go after her in the first place? What had he been about to say when he saw the strange color of her eyes?
    Wolves, forest, and… her eyes. Suddenly it snapped into focus and all he saw was her ahead of him striding towards her motorcycle. He picked up his own pace until he was nearly on top of her.
    “What the hell was that bullshit kiss all about! Who the hell are you?” he yelled at her back.
    Without warning she turned an d he was laid flat out before he knew what was happening to him. With one punch she had cleaned his clock. Put him straight on his back. He had to wonder if the birds he saw over head were real or a result of the punch she had laid on him. People came running out to the bar and some knelt by him while others stood back laughing their asses off.
    He heard her bike roar to life and speed off before he was able to sit up. Unsteadily he got to his feet and began to run for his truck. Someone stopped him and his head spun nearly off of his shoulders.
    “She said she don’t want no more company Jer. Maybe it be best that you just-”
    “ Dell. I think she has something to do with the accident that left me with this broken arm,” he said to the bartender who had come out with a well used baseball bat.
    “Then wh y the hell were you kissing her?” the bartender asked looking confused.
    “I didn’t kiss her. She kissed me,” Jerry replied.
    “That’s not the way I saw it. She may have started it but you sure finished it. I mean not that I blame you but-”
    “I don’t give a shit what it looked like to you Dell,” Jerry said as he pushed his friend out of the way to make his way to the truck. He realized then that he’d left his cell phone at the office. He turned back. “Call the station and tell them that I am going to be in pursuit of the suspect in my personal vehicle and get the rest of these people back inside. She’s to be believed