


“I don’t know what you’re thinking right now, but no. He purred and stretched under my hands then leaned forward to kiss me. I got some shampoo and started massaging it into his scalp. “I didn’t mean to forget about the clothes.”

“Sorry, baby,” I said, kissing his cheek. I stepped into the shower and wrapped my arms around him. “Are you coming in or not, oh mighty hunter?”Īnnoyed but not pissed. He opened his eyes and looked straight at me. No matter what shape I was, watching water and soap rush over all that lovely skin and muscle was an indulgence not to be missed. I sat on the bath matt, strategically placing myself so that I could peek around the edge of the shower curtain he hadn’t closed all the way. He wasn’t immediately visible, but I could hear water running in the master bath so I headed that way. He’d left the bedroom door open for me, so he couldn’t be that pissed off. I really had meant to I had just gotten excited and forgot to wait. I probably should have remembered about his work clothes, though. One of the best screams I’d gotten out of him yet. I sat on the linoleum and groomed my paw. Again.” He stomped out of the kitchen and down the hall to the bedroom. I’m going to shower and try to wash away the memory of screaming like a five-year-old and falling on my ass. “You almost ruined another pair of slacks, you asshole.” “Goddammit, Jasper, we talked about this! No sneak attacks until after I change.” I found myself moving through the air until I hung, limp, in front of my prey’s annoyed face. My sharp teeth tore viciously into my prey’s leg. I wrapped my front legs around him and kicked with my back feet. My prey shrieked and tried to run, but I had him firmly in my grasp.

With a bloodcurdling scream I launched myself around the corner and across the small space separating us. I gathered myself against the ground, angling my body and bracing my feet just so. I slunk forward, peering around the corner. I listened closely, calculating exactly where my prey was.
