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She pulled his pants down past his hips and along his legs.
Tor stepped out of them and kicked them aside. If she kept hungrily staring at
his dick, he was liable to embarrass himself and come before she even touched
him.

Kenna wrapped her hand around his cock and slowly pumped it
up and down. “You’re going to feel so good inside me. But first I want to have
you filling my mouth.”

Tor fisted his hands at his sides to stop himself from taking
hold of Kenna, pulling her under him on the floor and sinking his shaft between
her legs. When she talked dirty, it just cranked him up even more.

She leaned forward and licked him like a lollipop until her
tongue had swept across every inch of his cock. But then she opened her mouth
and sucked him inside. Tor groaned and looked down to watch his shaft sliding
in and out between her lips. She sucked on him hard. He rocked his hips, unable
to hold himself still any longer. It felt too damn good.

Kenna kept her hand wrapped around the base of his cock
while she pleasured him. Her other dropped and fondled his balls, giving them a
gentle tug. Tor lost himself to the sensations swamping him. His whole being
centered on the feel of her sucking him in and out. His shaft grew harder and
his balls rose closer to his body as he felt the point of no return creeping
ever nearer.

“Kenna, you’re going to make me come,” he half growled.

She only pulled back long enough to say, “I want you to.
Give it to me.”

This time he couldn’t hold back the animalistic-sounding
growl that punched out of him as she once again wrapped her lips around his
cock. She sucked harder, stroking what she couldn’t take with her hand. He
couldn’t keep his release at bay any longer.

Just before he came, Tor felt a burning sensation in his
gums. He ran his tongue over his eyeteeth to find they had dropped, become
sharper, much as they did once he’d shifted into his half-human and half-jackal
form. Along with that change came the almost overpowering need to bite Kenna
where her shoulder and neck met. He stared at that spot, badly wanting to sink
his teeth into it.

But then she sucked him almost to the back of her throat and
Tor’s orgasm rushed up to meet him. He threw back his head and moaned, his hands
in her hair as his cock pulsed, giving her everything he had. After it was
over, he pulled her to her feet and picked her up. He kissed her and maneuvered
them both so he sat on the couch with her across his lap, her head cradled on
his shoulder. With his release, his teeth had gone back to normal and the urge
to bite had left him.

Tor held her close as he fought to regain his breath. He now
knew exactly what Anubis had meant about the change coming over Tor and the
urge that went along with it when it came to Tor’s mate. There was no question
in Tor’s mind that Kenna was his.

Chapter Four

Kenna liked exactly where she was, cuddled up with Tor while
the two of them were completely naked. She breathed in the scent of his
aftershave and one that was uniquely his own. She could get used to having his
strong arms wrapped around her, holding her close.

She ran a hand along Tor’s well-muscled chest, stopping at
the tattoo on the left side, right over his heart. It was ancient Egyptian in
style and done in black. Inside a cartouche was a picture of Anubis with a
jackal’s head. In one hand he held an ankh while in the other was a flail.
Kenna traced it with a fingertip. Seeing it, and thinking about Tor’s dark good
looks, tanned skin and slight accent, it made her wonder if he was Egyptian.

Lifting her head off his shoulder, Kenna sat up straight.
“How much longer do we have before you have to leave for work?”

Tor brought her lips down to his for a thorough kiss before
he pulled away. “Only enough time for us to finish our beers. And not enough
for me to do what I want to do with you. We could have a quickie, but I want to
take my time, savor every minute of it. We’ll have to continue this tomorrow.”

Kenna sighed with regret, but nodded. “It will have to be
after I finish my shift again. But the next two days after that I’m off for the
weekend.”

“I can take those days off as well. We’ll spend them
together.”

She smiled. “I like that.” Kenna ran her hand over Tor’s
chest again. “I guess we’d better get dressed. For me, sitting here like this
with you, it’s only going to make me want you again. And since there isn’t any
time for that, I’d rather have your delicious body covered before I get any
ideas about getting you to change your mind about going into work.”

Tor chuckled. “I agree. I find you just as tempting.”

Kenna slid off his lap and took one last good look at him,
running her gaze over his hard, muscled body and landing on his cock that
appeared semi-hard. Oh, all the things
she
wanted to do to him. At least
they were off to a good start. The oral sex had been the best she’d ever had.
And pleasuring Tor had been just as good. She could foresee herself using the
majority of the weekend to explore every inch of him, finding out what really
turned his crank.

She gathered up her clothes before she pulled them on. Once
they were both dressed, they sat on the couch with beers in hand to watch more
of the movie that still played on the television. It was nice sitting there
with Tor, the heat from his body sinking into hers as he held her against his
side.

They finished their beers and Tor put the empty bottles on
the coffee table before he turned to face her and swept her up into his arms
once again. He kissed her with enough heat to have her body burning for his.
Kenna almost begged him to stay, but stopped herself. She didn’t want to come
across as too needy. They were still too new for that. He had to work, just as
she had to the following morning.

Kenna walked Tor to the apartment door. “Do you want to meet
here tomorrow after my shift?”

He nodded. “Sure. Then you can come to my place. I’ll make
you dinner.”

She smiled. “I’d like that. I’ve never had a man cook for me
before. Are you any good?”

Tor laughed and shook his head. “I promise you I’m an
excellent cook. I like to eat, so I learned a long time ago how to make meals
I’d enjoy.”

“Then I’ll look forward to it.”

With one last kiss that made her knees weak, Tor left. Kenna
closed and locked the door behind him. Her social life had definitely taken a
turn for the better. Nick would be proud of her.

* * * * *

Tor didn’t bother to go home to change his clothes before he
went out on a night of hunting evildoers. He drove to a section of the city
that he’d chosen earlier and parked his car. He found it was easier to hunt
down his prey if he walked the streets. In a seedier section of Las Vegas,
there was no shortage of mortals who committed evil acts.

It didn’t take long before he felt the familiar pull. Tor
followed where it led, catching the unmistakable odor of evil tainting the air.
He found his prey hunched over in a dark corner of an alley, counting money
he’d taken out of the purse he held. Obviously, it wasn’t his.

The change took over Tor as he walked closer. He gritted his
teeth as the pain that went along with the shift tore through him. Once it was
complete, he growled, drawing the evildoer’s attention. The man took one look
at Tor’s half-human and half-jackal furred form and bolted. Tor managed to
easily catch him before he could get very far.

He flung his prey against a brick wall hard enough for the
man to have the wind knocked out of him. Tor moved in and grabbed him by the
throat as he looked the evildoer in the eyes, forcing his way into the man’s
mind. What he saw there, feeling the pain and fear of all his prey’s victims,
Tor knew without a doubt the man was guilty.

“Time to pay for all the crimes you committed,” Tor said in
a voice that was gruff and deep.

Willing his gold dagger into his hand, Tor held his prey
still. The man babbled, pleading for his life. Tor struck fast and true,
slicing the blade across the man’s chest through to the skin. His prey uttered
one last cry of alarm as he slowly faded out of sight.

Tor willed the dagger away and headed for the entrance to
the alley. As he walked he shifted back to his human form. He could expect to
experience that pain at least a couple more times before he called it quits for
the night.

Before he reached the street side of the alley, Tor felt a
pain inside his head unlike anything he’d felt in the past. It was even worse
than what he experienced with a shift. He dropped to his knees gasping, holding
his head as the sensation hit him full force, as if something burrowed its way
inside his brain. His eyesight faded to black a couple of times. Tor was pretty
sure he was on the verge of passing out when the pain suddenly stopped. He took
stock of himself before he stood on legs that shook a little. He seemed okay,
his head just throbbed a bit with what felt like a normal headache.

He’d gone two steps when a disembodied male voice said,
“You’re mine now, warrior of Anubis.”

Tor stiffened. Thanks to the god of the underworld’s
warning, he had a feeling he knew who the voice belonged to. “Show yourself,
demon. Let’s put an end to this now. Unless you’re too afraid to face me.”

Laughter seemed to bounce off the alley’s brick walls. “All
in due time.”

No matter how many times Tor bellowed for the demon, the
creature didn’t respond. Tor continued on his way. If the demon had tried to
use the spell that had been used on the other of Anubis’ warriors, it mustn’t
have worked on Tor. He was still in his human form, not trapped in his other.
Maybe this demon wasn’t as skilled with spells as the other had been.

Tor walked down the street and rubbed his forehead. All this
demon had managed to do was give him one hell of a headache. He snorted. If
that was all the creature was capable of, it would take a lot more than that to
bring Tor down.

* * * * *

Kenna couldn’t believe how slow the day seemed to pass.
Normally, she didn’t mind being at work. That wasn’t the case now. All she kept
thinking about was that she’d see Tor again once her shift ended. What they’d
done the night before had been good, but she craved more of Tor. Wanted to have
his cock buried deep inside her. She figured sex would be good with him. The
way he’d touched, stroked and licked just about every inch of her last night
showed he wasn’t the selfish type of lover some men could be.

During their lunch break, Nick had barraged her with
questions about Tor and how her evening with him had gone. She’d only told her
friend that she and Tor had worked out well enough and that she would see Tor
after work, then spend the weekend with him. Nick had been very impressed with
how fast she moved with her new man.

After her shift finally ended, Kenna hurried out of the
hotel and to the parking lot. Once again she had that same unsettling feeling
she got whenever she came there at the end of her workday. This time she was
able to ignore it better as she hurried over to her car.

Kenna headed straight for her bedroom to change out of her
work clothes once inside her apartment. Figuring eating dinner at Tor’s place
would be casual, she pulled on a pair of blue jeans and a turquoise t-shirt.
Having worn heels all day, she opted for wearing a pair of runners.

She’d just tied the last lace on her shoes when the phone
rang with a double ring to let her know someone buzzed up to the apartment from
the secured front entrance. Kenna grabbed the cordless phone that sat on the
nightstand next to her bed and answered it. Hearing Tor’s deep, slightly
accented voice on the other end, she pushed the numbers to unlock the door at
the lobby for him.

Kenna waited at the door with purse in hand for Tor to
arrive. Once he did, she opened it and smiled. “Hi.”

“Hi back.” He put his arms around her and kissed her as if
he hadn’t seen her in a year. He had her clutching him when he finally let her
up for air. “I’ve done nothing but think of having you in my arms again.”

Trying to think clearly while arousal heated her blood
proved more than a little difficult. Kenna pulled her wits about her and
smiled. “I did the same thing, think about you that is.”

Tor released her. “We should go. I have food in the oven.”

As if on cue, Kenna’s stomach rumbled. She gave him a half
smile. “Sorry. I didn’t have a very big lunch. I wanted to make sure I was good
and hungry. You did promise me a good meal.”

He chuckled. “Don’t apologize. Let’s go.”

Kenna locked the door behind them, then placed her hand in
Tor’s when he held it out to her. They rode the elevator down to the lobby and
went outside to the visitors parking. He helped her into his car before going
around to the driver’s side.

She wasn’t surprised when they drove to the MacDonald
Highlands community. Tor had money. He’d of course live where the wealthy did.
The house at the end of the drive he finally pulled into was huge. The large
two-story edifice looked as if a movie star lived there. The front lawn had
been professionally landscaped, just adding to the grandeur of the property.

Tor parked in front of the four-car attached garage and shut
off the engine. “Welcome to my home,” he said before he opened his door and got
out.

Kenna joined him, still looking at the huge house. “It’s
beautiful,” she said. “And massive. Don’t you get lonely living here all by
yourself?”

He chuckled. “No. I’m what you’d call a bit of a loner.”

Tor took her hand and walked her to the front door. He
unlocked it and stepped aside for her to go in ahead of him. Kenna was pretty
sure her eyes popped out of her head and her jaw was on the floor. The inside
was just as gorgeous as the outside. It was also spotlessly clean from what she
could see of it in the huge foyer.

She turned and looked at Tor. “If you tell me you do all the
housecleaning here on top of knowing how to cook, don’t be surprised if I get
down on one knee and ask you to marry me.”

He caught her around the waist and pulled her close. “What?
You only would want to marry me for my domestic skills? You can’t think of
anything else I have going for me?”

Kenna lifted her arms and wrapped them around his neck.
“Well, now that you mention it, you do have a killer body.” She took a deep
breath. The smell of something heavy with spices and utterly delicious filled
her nose. Her stomach growled again. “Whatever you have cooking in your kitchen
smells to die for.”

“Come on,” Tor said, then released her. “I better feed you
before you pass out from lack of food.”

She followed him past the two curved staircases that led to
the upper floor and to the spacious kitchen. All the appliances were
stainless-steel. The oven was gas and looked to be chef quality. Obviously, Tor
took his cooking very seriously. And what he had in the oven made her mouth
water.

“Take a seat at the island,” he directed. “I thought we’d
have our first course here. That way I can keep an eye on the other food while
we eat.”

Kenna took a seat on one of the tall stools at the
marble-topped island. Tor placed a plate of pita bread cut into triangles along
with another filled with hummus in front of her. She loved the chickpea dip.
She picked up a piece of the flat bread and dipped into the hummus. It made her
taste buds sing.

Once she swallowed, she said, “This is really good. Did you
make it from scratch?”

Tor nodded. “Of course. I also made the Egyptian-spiced
chicken that is in the oven from scratch as well.”

She looked at him. “You’re Egyptian, aren’t you?”

“Yes, but I haven’t lived there for a great many years.”

“I thought maybe you were, especially after seeing the
tattoo on your chest. I wasn’t sure of your accent, though.”

“My accent has faded a bit the longer I’ve stayed away from
the land of my birth. Plus, I don’t speak my native language much.”

“Have you ever gone back for a visit?”

“No. I haven’t found the time.”

“I’ve always wanted to go to Egypt.” She smiled. “I think
part of the reason why I chose to apply for a job at the Luxor was because of
the pyramid and Sphinx. But don’t tell anyone that. They’ll think I’m just
being silly.”

Tor leaned toward her. “If you think that’s silly, you’ll
think this is even worse. I have purposely driven by the hotel for that same
reason. They remind me of home.”

“I guess we have that in common.”

“Yes, and our love of beer,” he said with a wink. “Eat up.
The main course will be done shortly.”

Kenna had more hummus than she should have, but enjoyed it
so much she had a hard time stopping. That course done, Tor led her to a
spacious dining room just off the kitchen. It was already set with plates and
cutlery. Once he seated her, he returned to the other room and came back with a
platter of chicken and roasted potatoes. In a large serving bowl were steamed
mixed vegetables.