Moon Shifter 02 - Primal Possession

possible.
    That need to protect would never go away. It was so deeply ingrained in him it was part of who he was. Despite the fact that there was now one person—and soon two—in the world he couldn’t live without, it was worth being tied to December in a way he’d never have with anyone else. Bonding with her made him feel intrinsically whole. He hadn’t even known something had been missing until she’d filled that gap inside him. Whatever the future held, as long as she was by his side and he got to wake up to her face every morning, he knew there wasn’t much they couldn’t handle.
    Almost as if she’d sensed his mood, December’s soft voice cut through his thoughts using their bondmate link.
I love you, Liam.
    As his brother continued talking about their plans to follow and watch known APL members and keep an ear to the ground about vamp blood usage, Liam had to bite back a smile as he communicated with his mate.
Right back at you, Red.

Acknowledgments
    A great big thank-you to Jill Marsal for being a fantastic agent and sounding board! I’m so blessed to work with you. To my amazing editor, Danielle Perez, thank you for all your help in making the Moon Shifter world shine. To the rest of the team at NAL who work so hard: Michele Alpern, Rosalind Parry, Kathleen Cook, Erin Galloway, and the very talented designer Anthony Ramondo. Everything you do is so appreciated.
    Thank you to Dara Edmondson and Kari Walker a million times over. You two are amazing and I don’t know what I’d do without you. I’m lucky to call you my friends. Caridad Piñeiro, thank you so much for all your support. Laura Wright, you are the ultimate voice of reason. Our weekly phone calls keep me sane, and I treasure our friendship more than you know!
    To my parents and sister, you guys are like anchors in a storm. I’m so blessed to always have your support. To my husband and son, I love you both more than anything and am so grateful for your never-ending patience when I’m on deadline.
    For my readers, thank you for all your support of the Moon Shifter world! I wouldn’t be here without you. And last but definitely not least, to God for all the opportunities he’s given me.

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    J ayce Kazan parked his Harley in front of December McIntyre’s house. The feisty pregnant redhead wouldn’t be there because she now lived on the Armstrong ranch with her mate and the rest of the lupine shifter pack who made their home in Fontana, North Carolina.
    But Kat would be home.
    Or she should be. Even after December moved, Kat had stayed there instead of moving to the ranch. She’d been brutally attacked by the radical Antiparanormal League (APL) a month ago, and then had been turned into a lupine shifter. Just like him. The only difference between them was he’d been born that way almost five hundred years ago, and she’d been bitten and turned by one of the Armstrong pack members to save her life. Well, that wasn’t the only difference. He was a crass, roughneck enforcer who’d killed more beings than he could ever hope to count and she was…fucking perfection.
    At least to him.
    Right now she wasn’t returning his calls. Not that he blamed her. He hadn’t been there for her when she’d needed him most and he wanted to rip his own heart outbecause of it. At least then maybe he’d be able to assuage some of his guilt. She’d only had a one percent chance of surviving the change, and even though Jayce was grateful that Aiden had saved her, a dark part of him hated that bastard.
    He hated the fact that he hadn’t been the one to save her. That someone else had had the honor of taking what was his. His human side knew he’d never planned to change Kat—it would have turned her into a walking target overnight if anyone discovered how deep his feelings for her ran—but his animal side didn’t give a shit. No one should have ever touched what was his.
    Though she really wasn’t his, was she? Not anymore anyway. Hadn’t been for almost a year. At one time she had been. He’d kissed and teased every inch of her naked body and she’d done the same to him. Things had never been particularly
easy
between them—not with their strong personalities—but with the exception of his MIA brother, she was the only person on the planet he’d ever let his guard down around. She brought out the best