Snippet #2479901

The hand groping her ass had quickly become a familiar sensation, one she feared she would get used to enough to permit it without a negative reaction. Swatting his hand away Kat turned to smirk at him, only she realized he was naked and her cheeks flushed.

He was naked!

Okay, seriously, he was naked last night too. Why do I care? She wondered rolling her eyes and leaving the room. Slipping back into her brother’s room she dressed in a pair of dark grey track pants and tight lavender sports bra. Humidity was thick the air today, she didn’t want to overheat.

Hopping out of the window she walked around back and stretched waiting for the Tiger to emerge. The sun was warm on her bare skin, a feeling she revelled in. When he appeared she grinned at him.

Other lycan males had milled in to try to fight for their claim but they gave the two space. After the battle yesterday they wanted to see how their alpha would fare today. She knew she’d have to beat him to keep her hold on being alpha. Brandon could have it when he was whole again for all she cared, but she couldn’t let him win in this state.

“Are you ready, Kitten?” he asked, smirking when she bristled at the nickname. Gold glittered in his eyes and she felt her heart flutter in her chest. The easy confidence he carried made her stomach clench delightfully.

Kateri bared her teeth at him in a wide grin. He was a challenger, a real one. She couldn’t deny that she liked that. “You bet. But I have a condition. I want to fight your human side this time. I’ve seen how the tiger handles himself, let’s see how the man fights,” she challenged.

“Very well,” he replied blinking with a shiver then looked back at her. His eyes darkened and his strong stance wavered in the slightest degree. The doctor wasn’t used to fighting. He hadn’t fought in the three years he’d kept the tiger caged. That wasn’t to say that he didn’t know how – he’d been fighting before then for sure – but it had been a long time.

The fight wasn’t as long this time, though it was considerably still brutal. Kateri finished the battle with Brandon in a rear naked choke submission hold, an obvious win, but not without it’s pains. Brandon had used his knowledge of the human body to his advantage. Kat’s hip was dislocated, her shoulder joint popped out and she could swear he did something to her neck.

When he finally gave in Kat sagged against him, panting into his back. They were both damp with sweat and out of breath. Kateri couldn’t stop thinking about other reasons they could achieve such excellent exhaustion.

“I change my mind, I don’t want a cheesecake,” she purred in a whisper only he would hear. “I think I’d like a date myself, seeing as the last one was so much fun.”

She smirked watching the back of his neck colour rouge. The human side was blessedly as easy to rile as she was. She could almost tell the moment he let the tiger take control again, escaping the awkward tension. The man rolled over then, trapping her beneath him.

“Oh really?” he growled back smirking as she grunted at his weight on her. “You wanted to dance after all?”

“I don’t know yet, I’ll have to think about it,” she admitted wincing. “You’ll have to bring the good doctor back though. I think he was trying to paralyze me. I don’t think I’m getting up on my own. Take me inside so you gentlemen can patch me up without onlookers.”

“Oh but having you paralyzed could be so much…fun,” he growled playfully, a devilish smirk making her turn red from head to toe. Then she jabbed him between the ribs with the joint of her finger and getting a grunt out of him.

“Call me a romantic, but I’d like to be able to participate in our first time,” Kat shot back rolling her eyes. “Now fix me or I’ll make us do something really boring for our date. Like learning to crochet with the elder lycans or reorganizing my paperwork.”