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  “How the fuck did you find us so fast?” The general recovered from his shock quick however. “You can’t get away from all of us.”

  “Don’t have to. Let her go.”

  Cee Cee opened her eyes again but couldn’t sit up because she was strapped to the table.

  “No way. You bit her. I’m hoping some of your perverse shifter genes will be in her and we can use them to make super soldiers. There was so much potential in you but you refused any and all tests. Although it will be interesting to see what she turns into as we ran her blood and I see wolf in there.”

  He knew it. More rage pulsed at the thought of her being a science experiment. “I’m not a military weapon and neither is she. Let. Her. Go.”

  He shook his head. “No. They’ll kill you.”

  “Not before I kill you and like all good soldiers, they know they aren’t supposed to risk your life for theirs. So, to keep you alive, they will lower their weapons and release her. Now!”

  Two men jumped to do his bidding. The general barked a refusal but they ignored it.

  Cee Cee got off the gurney and stood there, unsure of what to do.

  From the tall grasses strolled a large group of cheetah. Each one stood before a human, growling and ready to attack. The two young males wove around her, pushing her back away from the danger. The men were all pushed into the large building and the general was the last to go.

  Before he released him, Kent put the device he’d pulled off the truck on him. “Run,” he ordered.

  Cee Cee and the other cats took off.

  Kent secured the door. He didn’t want to do this but the man knew his secret and he wasn’t about to risk his mate’s life further. He shifted and bounded after them. To his sensitive ears, he picked up on the whine of the impending explosion and lunged for her, shifting to human as he took them down, rolling so he landed first, then pushing so she was beneath him.

  The area was rocked by the explosion and he could feel the heat from the blast as the wave blew over them. He didn’t move until the world had settled around them. Only then, did he draw back and stare at the woman beneath him.

  She blinked and watched him with those amazing green eyes.

  He nearly held his breath as he waited for her to say something. Anything.

  “I suppose you’re going to tell me you’re the king cheetah from the trap?”

  Gods, he loved this woman. Nodding, he lowered his head until their lips were a hairsbreadth apart. “I am.”

  “And what’s happening to me?” She moved her gaze to his lips and back up. “They talked about you and what you are a lot.”

  “You’re changing into a shifter like me.”

  “Will I be a king cheetah? Or a wolf?”

  “I’m not sure but you will be beautiful and my mate for the rest of our lives.”

  “But my uncle knew.”

  He nodded. “He did. For a long time, I had trusted him with my secret. Now, I find he was planning to use me but when you were bit, he figured you would be an easier target.”

  “What if he told someone?”

  “His secret died with him. If it didn’t, we will face it when the time comes. Together.”

  The two young males showed back up, butted their heads against both of them and lay down a distance away.

  “Family.”

  Pride filled him at her word. He claimed her mouth, allowing their souls to reunite and become one, once more. He didn’t care at all what she would shift into, wolf or cheetah, she was his and he, hers. This was the beginning of the rest of their lives.

  About the Author:

  Aliyah Burke is an avid reader and is never far from pen and paper (or the computer). She loves to hear from her readers and can be reached here. She can also be found on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest. You can follow her on her Amazon Author page, Book Bub author page, or at Goodreads.

  She is married to a career military man. They are owned by four Borzoi. She spends her days sharing time between work, writing, and dog training.

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  Additional books by Aliyah Burke:

  Sensual Romance Publishing

  If You Dare

  Holiday Surprise: Unwrapped

  His Purrfect Mate

  Raw Exposure

  A Knight’s Vow

  Lion of Midnight

  Megalodon Team

  Kincade’s Rose

  Harrier’s Healer

  Connelly’s Flame

  Greeley’s Spyce

  Vittano’s Willow

  Dimitri’s Moon

  O’Shea’s Love

  Chayton’s Tempest

  Haikon

  A Love for Lera

  Rakes & Rogues

  What the Earl Desires

  Her Reluctant Viscount

  Her Pirate Rogue

  Cottonwood Falls

  Relentless

  Fracture

  Ravish

  Spark

  Savor

  Intensity

  Inferno

  Snake’s Salvation

  Operation Ball N’ Chain (Cottonwood Falls short in Labor of Love anthology)

  Born to Fly

  Landing in Love

  You Save Me

  Wild As The Wind

  Zulu Spectre

  Hearth, Holly, & Honor (3 in 1)

  It Could Happen Again

  Tungsten Protective Services

  Down Range

  All In (Kindleworlds Hot SEALs/Tungsten Protective Services crossover novella)

  Twisted E-Publsihing

  Under the Mask

  Graham Family

  Justice Is Always Ready

  And We’ve Come Full Circle

  Denim & Spurs

  With This Ring

  Dream Lover

  You Don’t Know Jack

  Maddox Family

  The Detective’s Lover

  Quad Series

  A Little Taste of Home

  Too Dangerous To Love

  Someday My Prince Good Ol’ Boy Will Come

  Black Queen

  Totally Bound

  Preconception

  Seducing Damian

  Through the Fire

  Serial

  Keeper of the Stars Pt. 1

  Keeper of the Stars Pt. 2

  Keeper of the Stars Pt. 3

  Keeper of the Stars Pt. 4

  Keeper of the Stars Pt. 5

  Astral Guardians

  Chasing the Storm

  Highlands at Dawn

  Fields of Thunder

  Branded by Frost

  Driven by Night

  Moon of Fire

  Interludes

  Temporary Home

  Alone with You

  Till We Ain’t Strangers Anymore

  In Aeternum

  Casanova in Training

  Harbour of Refuge

  Protected by Shadows

  Polar Opposites

  Code of Honour

  A Marriage of Convenience

  The Lieutenant’s Ex-Wife

  A Man Like No Other

  When Stars Collide

  Theta Corps

  Restitution

  Contrition

  Vindication

  The Edge

  Called Home to The Edge

  Straying to The Edger />
  Returning to The Edge

  Cuffed at The Edge

  Entangled

  Code Name: Papa

  Kindleworld

  Delay of Game (Game of Love Kindleworld series)

  The Wedding Snafu (Four Weddings & A Fiasco Kindleworld series)

  Watching You (Lone Star Burn Kindleworld series)

  Icy Dare (Dare to Love Kindleworld series)

  Daring the Hard Man (Dare to Love Kindleworld series

  All In (Hot SEALs/Tungsten Protective Services Kindleworld series crossover)

  Fire Devil (Dallas Fire & Rescue Kindleworld series)

  Embers of Lust (Dallas Fire & Rescue Kindleworld series)

  His Rysk to Take (Omega Team Kindleworld series)

  The Billionaire’s Code (Billionaire Universe Kindleworld series)

  His Pryze to Claim (Omega Team Kindleworld series)

  Autumn Frost (Brotherhood Protectors Kindleworld series)

  Standalone

  Dutch & Lobo (in In the Trenches collection)

  On the High Seas (in What White Boyz Desire collection)

  Love Under the Endless African Sky

  Co-written with Taige Crenshaw

  Unbreakable Bonds

  Kemet Uncovered:

  Talios

  Devi

  Linc

  Saffron

  Taber

  Ashia

  Co-written with McKenna Jeffries

  McKingley:

  All the Wright Moves

  The Best Thing Yet

  Risky Pleasures

  Pure Harmony

  Irresistible Forces

  Seductions Dance

  Other Books in the Sassy Ever After series by Milly Taiden

  Book 1: Scent of a Mate

  Book 2: A Mate’s Bite

  Book 3: Unexpectedly Mated

  Book 3.7: A Sassy Wedding

  Book 4: The Mate Challenge

  Book 4.3: Sassy in Diapers

  Book 5: Fighting for Her Mate

  Book 6: A Fang in the Sass

  Here’s a link where you can find the rest of the kindle world books in this series by numerous other authors.

  Milly Taiden’s Sassy Ever After Kindle World

  I hope you enjoy these stories!

  Happy Reading!!