Awakening (Kiss of the Jaguar Series Book 1) Read Online Free

which might’ve been the reason why he found her. However, he needed to find her again, no matter what his father might think. He locked inside her. It was his sign he had found his mate, his match, the one he will breed with. Only now, he had to find her again, and didn’t have a clue where she might be.
     
    Pushing away from the table slowly, Jonah decided to go back up to his room and try to take a little nap. There was much to do this afternoon before their guests arrived. He hadn’t really slept well lately and could feel it in his bones. As he walked up the stairs, his mind once more thought about her. Long black hair, his hands and fingers itched to wrap around. He wondered who she was visiting. What family she might belong to? She had to be here visiting someone, which meant she’d only be here for a short amount of time then gone. So, after dinner tonight he’d go hunting for her. That should make his father happy.
     
    * * * *
     
    Alesha sat straight up in bed, gasping for air, sweat covering her face and body. She looked around in a panic, trying to figure out where she was, not really recognizing the room or the bed. Her heart pounded in her chest, and strangely enough, in her clit. She jumped when she heard a bang coming from the hallway, then it all came back to her. The move to their new home, and what happened to her in the woods last night. With a groan she dropped back down on the bed and tried to get her mind to not remember it or even think about it.
     
    Another bang. “Is this where you want it?” Her uncle’s loud voice rang through the walls.
     
    Alesha tossed the messy sheet off her legs and got out of bed. Her body protested the movement strongly. Soreness everywhere, which meant she wasn’t going to forget it very easily. Alesha headed into the bathroom, turned the shower on, and stepped into the cool water. She washed, brushed her teeth and dressed, then started to French braid her hair. She had the long strands down to her neck when she opened the door and luckily her mother was coming up with a large box in hand.
     
    “Can you help me with this?” Alesha asked, showing her mother the unfinished braid.
     
    Ashley smiled, put the box down and went over to her. She took the braid and finished what Alesha started. “How’d you sleep?”
     
    “Okay,” Alesha shrugged. “Forgot where I was when I woke up.”
     
    “I bet.”
     
    “So I see you got the old buffet up here,” Alesha looked at the piece of furniture her mother refused to sell. It now rested up against the wall between their bedroom doors.
     
    “You’re uncle brought it up for me. Do you want one of the chairs in your room?”
     
    “Sure, if you don’t have any other place for it.”
     
    “Oh, we’re having all the boxes just put up here for now. We can unpack as we go, but it won’t be much tonight.”
     
    “Why not?” Alesha went over to a box labeled pictures. She opened it up and brought out one of the framed photos of her family, when she was a little girl.
     
    “I always loved that photo,” her mother said from behind her shoulder. “Why don’t you put it in your room?”
     
    Alesha nodded and placed her picture to the side.
     
    “Oh, you need to unpack your clothes. We’ve been summoned to the Devanta family tonight. You should put on one of your good dresses.”
     
    “Summoned, for what?” Alesha frowned.
     
    “He wants to have a look at you.”
     
    Ashley looked very uncomfortable, as if she might be holding something back. “We’ve been gone for a long time, honey. He just wants to see you and formally accept me back into the Five .”
     
    “Sounds a bit strange to me.”
     
    “I know, but in time you’ll understand and know all the ways here.”
     
    Alesha didn’t think she would ever understand anything. She placed her photo next to her bed then left again, this time to head down to the first floor. She made her way into the kitchen for something to eat. Standing next