Fantasy Lynxed [Teeth, Nails and Tails] - Brynn Paulin
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The roar of a plane’s engine cut through Bar’s consciousness. It was too close and getting closer. He and the other men, all still in lynx form, had ceased their dancing a while ago and now reclined in three groups around the dwindling fire. Worried, he leapt to his feet. From habit, he shifted back to human form and rushed for his jeans. He was already running when he heard the explosive impact. The force of it shook the earth, and Bar’s blood turned cold. Planes crashed in the mountainous wilderness from time to time, and few people survived. He’d never witnessed one of the accidents but had come across the wreckage once or twice. It was always ugly. As black smoke billowed in the distance, he prayed there were survivors and he’d get there in time—that they’d get there in time. The other men were fast on his heels. “This way,” Mika called, pointing toward some tall brush. Pushing through it, they saw the twisted remnants of a plane in the middle of an open stretch of field, its wing some distance away, having been sheared off by an outcropping of rock. A jagged gash in the side of the cabin showed at least two slumped-over passengers. A female pilot was bleeding in the cockpit. Her head lolled to the side, and red hair streamed over her bloodied shoulder. Bar’s feline enhanced hearing picked up her moan. At least one of the plane’s occupants had survived! “We’ll get her,” Xathan called as he and his partners, Zeb and Vastan, moved past the others on their way to the pilot. Xathan was one of the few men of their tribe to share with not one, but two other men. Whatever woman ended up with them would have to be a hardy, feisty sort. Bar and Mika moved to the cabin. The other pair of men, Aron and Kane, followed. “Do you think they survived?” Mika asked. “They had to have,” Kane injected before Bar could answer. “Look. Three women. Sent from the sky by the gods. Just what we begged for.” Bar wanted to scoff, especially since he and Mika had been prepared to go looking for their woman as soon as they were able, but the evidence here was immutable. Well, unless one called it coincidence, but if it were a coincidence, it was fortuitous timing indeed.
For a moment, Bar was torn as to which woman in the cabin to approach, but he was almost immediately drawn to the dark-haired girl on the far side. The one with the braids, Mika said into Bar’s head, confirming the choice. Bar crouched in front of her and lifted her chin. Blood streamed down the side of her face from where she must have slammed her head into the wall, but it didn’t detract from her flawless ivory skin. She had a pixie-like face with dainty features. He’d bet when she opened her eyes, they’d be as green as spring leaves. He smiled as she moaned and tried to move her head away. Alive, thank the gods. Carefully, he unfastened her seatbelt. He and Mika caught her as she fell forward. They cradled her between their bodies. She was so cold, probably in shock. They had to get her to shelter. Breathing deeply, Bar drew her essence into himself…and he knew. She was his mate. The gods had provided. As the connection clicked inside him, he lifted his gaze to Mika. Without a word, his friend nodded. Gently, Bar lifted a hand to her cheek and smoothed his thumb along the downy soft flesh. “We’ve got you,” he murmured. “We’re taking you home.”
You wanna dance with the devil, you gotta live with it when he sets you on fire.
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