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Where are your glasses, Abby? As absent-minded as he often appeared, leave it to Professor
Mueller to be the one to call her out on not wearing her glasses.
I don t need them anymore.
Contacts? I never thought you d get them.
She shook her head. Since Tah and I have been together, my vision is better. I don t need them
anymore.
Damn, that s some powerful semen you have there. We ll need to get you to fill a few cups
with it. Run some tests on it.
Tah growled again.
Easy there. You can have Abby help you get it. No saliva mixed in though, Abby, he told her,
making her blush bright red.
Dad, you re embarrassing Abby, Jess informed him as she moved over to them.
Oh. He glanced at Abby and blinked as if bringing her into focus. I m sorry, dear. I m just
so excited. You ve found your lion! The Professor practically bounced with excitement. And Jess
has her wolves. I ve never been so happy. Not since Jess was born and they placed her in my arms.
His eyes grew a little misty as he wrapped his arm around Jess and tugged her close to his side.
So much to learn. He glanced at Jess. I ll have to stay here for a while now. Abby and her mate
need me more than you and your mates do. I ll stay and help Diane until we have a better idea. We
need someone like Cody, someone who knows about the shifting process, but we ll just have to wait
for this one to get a move on and shift.
Professor Mueller glanced at Tah who still stood there glaring.
You re not getting my semen.
Not like you ll miss it, Professor Mueller argued. Besides, don t you want to find out why
Abby s changing as well?
Tah flushed. I think that has more to do with my saliva than my semen.
Saliva? Professor Mueller was eyeing Tah s mouth once more and showed every sign of
stepping forward and pulling at Tah s lips again.
I think it s more about where he bit me, Abby interrupted, distracting him like she d hoped.
He bit you? Logan asked. Damn, Tah.
Abby turned and tugged her T-shirt aside to reveal the bite mark Tah had placed on her skin.
She glanced up in time to see Professor Mueller reaching a hand out to touch it when Tah stepped
between them with a low roar.
You will not touch it.
Now listen here, boy, Professor Mueller started to argue when Tah threw his head back and
let out a primal roar that brought all three of the wolves in the room to their feet, growls spilling from
their lips. Interesting, the Professor murmured, obviously taking mental notes again.
Tah. She turned, moving against his chest and cuddling close. His arms wrapped around her,
tugging her closer as he held her.
I don t want anyone touching you there. I can t explain it, but I can t allow it.
The lion s mark on her. Your beast isn t as secure yet. Must be afraid I ll do something to try
and remove it, the Professor said. I won t, by the way. Looking at it, I doubt it will ever leave her
skin. But you re going to have to pull it together, young man. According to Jess, you have a baby on
the way, and we need answers before that little one gets here. So you need to go outside and figure
out how to shift. Embrace your inner kitty and get it done. I need those samples, and I need them
now. He was mumbling to himself as he left the room.
Abby figured he was probably headed toward the lab and Diane.
Embrace your inner kitty, Logan repeated with a snicker. I always knew you were a pussy.
Logan only laughed harder as Tah growled in annoyance.
You do need to work on it, Jess said as she glanced at them. Dad brought some papers with
him. He has his own contacts in Africa and he s found more about the legend of the paka watu. You
need to read this.
What is it? Abby turned from Tah and walked over to help Jess pick the fallen papers off the
floor. Before she could sit, Tah was there pulling her down beside him, keeping her firmly at his side.
What has he found?
What do you know about the legend of the paka watu, Tah? Jess asked.
Just what Abby has told me, Tah answered. And the little I could find about them on the
phone I purchased when we stopped. It seems to be a fairly obscure legend. Lots of discrepancies in
it.
Jess nodded. I think as with most things that are founded in truth, those involved try to
diminish them by planting false stories, by embellishing or changing them in some way.
Truth hidden amongst lies, Abby said.
Exactly. Jess nodded. The bushmen we spoke with in Africa had more insight into the story,
but we never thought to ask what if.
What if? Tah asked.
What if she found you? What if the great Tau of the cat people awoke?
What does it say? Abby pulled papers toward her and started skimming over them. Oh, my
God.
What? Tah demanded.
Abby glanced up at him. It says that when the Great Creator smiles down on the chosen
descendent of the alpha lion, he will send someone to wake the beast and bring his people forth once
more.
So you were sent to me. Tah smiled down at her as his fingers toyed with her hair. I like the
sound of that.
There s more here, Tah. It says that once you accept who you are, all of who you are and the
beast is allowed to fully awaken, others will follow.
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