Claimed by Alpha Talon

ew she should step back, create distance between herself and this stranger

without flinching. "If you're dangerous," she said

his body going rig

en them felt charged, humming with a strange ene

name?" she

forearms flexed, and she had the distinct feeling t

d, his voice ro

'd always known but never spoken aloud. She had heard it in her dre

her she was a threat or a puzzle he couldn't solve. His gol

to go home

the sound of her

here," he repeated, his voice tight. "This

e forced herself to hold

if he regretted s

itched. "How do y

hand through his dark hair in fru

, but she fought to keep her expre

cked onto h

uld have been terrified, should have turned and run the moment he

er, if he wasn't hu

moved like a predator-controlled, graceful, deadly. The moonlight outlined the s

need to forget you ever saw me," he murmu

lowed hard.

tensed

whispered. "I saw this-us

cked. "What the hell a

now. "I have visions," she admitted. "Dreams. An

she caught it-a flicker of recognition, of something d

s softer now, but there was some

he could speak, a sudden, sharp sound split the night-

tire body

etched high into the sky, their branches clawing to

growl. Clos

kle ran dow

reath. "Damn it," he mut

lse skyrock

er wrist. His grip was firm, but not pai

, voice low. "We n

ocess the words before he wa