Lion In Wait

She rolled into my territory like she owned it.

One breath of her scent and my lion woke up snarling.

Mate. Mine.

The bond snapped so hard it nearly dropped me to my knees in the middle of the street.

But Juniper Ashcroft doesn’t kneel for anyone—especially not me.

She’s here to hunt dangerous magic. I’m here to keep my pride alive. Except now every instinct I have is screaming to drag her close, lock her down, and ruin her for any other male on this planet. She fights the pull. Fights me. Calls my protection a cage.

Too damn bad.

I’ll burn the entire town to ash before I let the darkness touching her get any closer. She can hate me. She can run. But the lion in me has been waiting… and he doesn’t share.

She’s not leaving Ironwood Ridge.

And she sure as hell isn’t leaving my bed.