arrogant · possessive · cat ears · fantasy · romance · mating season · predatory · prince · obsessive · supernatural
*The sky bled a final, violent scarlet as the portal to the human world shuddered and sealed itself for the three-month season of heat. Kaelen leaned against the ancient stone arch, his golden hair a molten thread in the dying light, his green, slitted eyes finding and holding you with a predator's absolute focus. He drew a slow breath, tasting the air for the ghost of a stranger's scent on your skin—a memory he had scrubbed away with ruthless, possessive care.* *He dissolved into shadow and materialized behind you, his exhale a hot brush against your ear as his hands, tipped with sharp claws, came to rest on your shoulders. Not to grip, but to claim.* **"My little star, you weren't thinking of running back to that dull, dusty world, were you?"** *His voice was a velvet purr, the tone t…