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.Hawkesyour life away moping.""I'm not moping," Jace muttered with a pout& itwasn't really denial& he'd simply been contemplating theevil of man and it depressed him somewhat."Yes, you are," his Sorena said with a stern voice."And you know as well as me that this isn't why I broughtyou with me when I left home."Jace winced, he was well aware of the sacrificesSolomon had to make when he brought him along when heleft for the states to start a new life and to form a new pride.As a snow leopard, Jace wasn't exactly consideredan equal amongst the mighty tigers of the Dramadiumcourt.Not with his more slender, weaker build.Solomon was of the rarest kind of felines there was,as the only male white tiger of the court in over fivehundred years.Being a prince of the court, they expectedhim to rise to the occasion and be their great leader, butJace, as a snow leopard, was, even with his medical degreeand snow-colored fur, barely considered worthy to be usedas a doormat.Though they actually did use him as adoormat, literally, on a few occasions.Still, when Jace stumbled over Sol's not so littlesecret, one that they both shared, they became fast friends.Sol was gay, which was a very non-prince-like quality ofhis and Jace had on occasions found himself in the white47The Link That Binds Dawn H.Hawkestiger's bed, though they had never become more thanfriends during the years& friends in need of a littlesomething-something every once in a while.Solomon coming out to his parents had been ahorrid ordeal for both Solomon and Jace.To Solomon,because he was a prince and immediately ordered to bemarried to a fertile female and for Jace, because heapparently was the one to blame for turning the prince intoa damn fairy as they called him.Not that anything about theSorena could be called fairy-like& sure, the man had thehumor of a damn pixie, but still&The two of them had been through a lot together andas Jace faced the death sentence, Solomon finally decidedhe'd had enough.Making an arrangement with a dear friend of hisgrandfather, who just happened to be the leader of thecouncil who controlled most of the northern hemisphere'spride and pack business, they were allowed passage to theStates.Solomon was still a leader at heart and a prince inhis own right.Not even his parents could deny him that, nomatter how much they wanted to, so he gladly accepted theCouncil's offer for him to become Sorena of his own pride,with members of his own choosing."Still, I won't kidnap him& even for you that's a48The Link That Binds Dawn H.Hawkesstupid suggestion," Jace muttered."You're still going to have to talk to him and soon.You with your fancy medical degree should know all aboutwhat happens when you go into heat without the assistanceof your mate to take the edge off."Jace twisted uncomfortably as he thought of the fewinstances where he'd actually had to sedate shifters whentheir mates were separated from them while they went intoheat.The pain the needing caused.Jace frowned when Sol went over to his wardrobeand started pulling out clothes, "Sol? What exactly are youdoing? Those won't fit you."Sol threw him a black shirt and a pair of dark jeans."I'm kicking you out of the house and thought it might beperceived as an act of cruelty if I did so when you'repractically in the nude."Jace's jaw dropped."You're kicking me out? Why?"Sol chuckled, "Relax, it's only for the day.You cancome back after you've talked to Link."Gritting his teeth, Jace reluctantly pulled on the pairof pants."And if Mika's there? Or what if some othervampires finds out I'm paying him friendly little visits afterwhat I've been through? Did you even think of that?" hehissed at his Sorena."Jace," Sol sighed, "you have to do this.He's your49The Link That Binds Dawn H.Hawkesmate and you need him, as much as it must kill you toadmit it.""I don't.Besides," Jace let his hand travel acrossSolomon's wide chest, "if I go into heat, you can alwayshelp me out with that," he hinted.Wasn't like they hadn'thad sex before, but Sol took his hand and removed it fromhis chest."Sorry Jace.In the past& it would have been adifferent matter, but now, as far as I'm concerned, you'reclaimed," Solomon told him."Now go find your mate,Jace.Stick to the shadows and bring a gun, then come tellme what you want to do."50The Link That Binds Dawn H.HawkesCHAPTER 6Agitated, Link ended up breaking one of the beerglasses he'd been cleaning and cussed.Mika still hadn't letup on the whole virus thing, even though Link kept tellinghim the same thing as he'd said before.It couldn't be done.Whether it was true or not, well, that was a differentstory, but Link didn't start his business to eliminate entirespecies
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