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  Caging the Bengal Tiger

  Book Three: Masters of the Cats Series © 2014 by Trinity Blacio

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  Chapter One

  The grove was packed. The children were all home as the adults witnessed the crowning of the king and the introduction to the Queen, her best friend's daughter, Dee. Out of all of the cats, Lacey had a life somewhat like Dee's. She was always looking over her shoulder for the men who'd destroyed her life, and they were still out there. But it was only a matter of time before she found the pack of rouge shifters, her father being one of them.

  Lacey scanned the crowd. All the female cats were here for the party except for Abby. It was still hard to believe that Abby's sister was dead, but then again Lacey had seen many of her kind murdered over the last 30 years.

  At the age of 50, young for a tiger-shifter, Lacey was battered and bruised. She only trusted a few, one of which stood next to her. Maya had become her best friend, like the sister she'd lost 20 years ago when her father and his friends raped and murdered her family. Four sisters, two brothers, and her mother were all dead.

  Oh, her mother had fought as hard all of them, but only Lacey had survived after she'd crawled away as one of the bear shifters had passed out. She shivered, drawing Akaos’ attention.

  A wrap appeared out of thin air and he pulled it around her. "If that is not warm enough, you let me know. Maya told me you had the flu. You should have informed me too."

  "I'm fine, but thank you. This helps." She grinned at his over-protectiveness to all the women. When he'd first appeared, Lacey had been so ready to hate him, but after watching him with Maya, she could see the love in his eyes.

  Hearing Maya snarl, Lacey was instantly on alert. Three women, down two rows, were commenting on Dee's appearance and Momma cat did not like it one bit, but either was she. Akaos whispered something into Maya's ear trying to calm her, but that didn't stop Lacey. She slowly stalked toward her prey, working herself behind the women in question.

  "Can you believe the King is stuck with that human? I heard they had to sanitize the spa after she’d been there. Then the creature had the nerve to bring shifter children with her. What was the King thinking? Birds," the one lady sneered.

  Fur rippled just beneath the surface. Lacey was a white Bengal Tiger, rare for her kind. "Do you know it's rude to talk behind someone's back? I can introduce you to the Queen. I'm sure she'd love to hear all about how you believe she was stinky, but then again your stench can be noticed all the way in the back." Strong hands landed on her shoulders and yanked her back into a hard male chest.

  "Ladies, please excuse my meru here. See, she is very good friends with the Queen and very protective. So you'll understand why your comments would upset her," Akaos' older brother, Isaac stated behind her, still keeping a firm but gentle hold on her. "Oh, and you might also want to remember the King hears everything."

  Isaac had enough gall to scoop her up and carry her out of the grove. "What the hell are you doing? How dare you touch me and lie to that woman!" She snarled and tried to get out of his arms, but stopped when Lacey noticed Anthony and her friend Edwards leaning against the wall in one of the tunnels watching them.

  She hadn't seen Edwards since the attack a few days ago. He was a head taller than she remembered and his gaze traveled over her body as Isaac lowered her down, which had her nipples hardening. "Dan, we were worried about you." Using, first name to ease the tension, Lacey yanked out of Isaac's arms and stumbled into Dan.

  Raising her head, Lacey stared into his big brown eyes as his hands rested on her hips, holding her in place. "I've been very busy. You're looking good, Lady Cat." His nickname for her came out as a husky growl. That's when she felt something below hard and long rub against her lower stomach.

  "Oh,umm,sorry." She stepped back. "So why did you bring me here?" Lacey turned her attention back to Isaac. She'd been watching him and Anthony for the past four days. Once she'd even seen them appear to be fighting, but then after about five minutes Isaac had pinned Anthony.

  But what she still couldn't get out of her head was what happened next. It had been brutal, but yet beautiful as Isaac took Anthony from behind, all the while stroking Anthony's cock. Both of them coming at the same time.

  "Hmm, what was just running through that little mind, pretty kitty? Your heart rate jumped, your skin is flushed and those nipples are as hard as candy drops." Isaac stepped in closer to her and took a deep breath. "If you taste as good as you smell, I have a feeling I'll be spending many nights between those legs."

  She retreated a step, but bumped into Anthony's hard chest. "And who said you're going to be in between my legs? You have some damn nerve. First, you stop me from ripping those bitches' heads off, and then you call me your mate. I don’t think so, buddy. You don't have the balls to take me on," Lacey challenged him and knew instantly her mistake when she heard Anthony and Dan laugh.

  "Wrong thing to say, Lady Cat," Dan almost purred.

  "Hey, Lacey, come on. Akaos is going to take us back so we can check on Abby." Opal yelled from the entrance to the tunnel, saving her ass big time. Big hug for Opal later on, Lacey thought as she slid by Isaac, hearing him laugh.

  "Soon, my tiger, I'll have you at my feet," he promised. As she disappeared around the corner, Lacey shivered knowing it was time to hit the road.

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  Isaac watched her skitter around him going towards her friend. Her time was coming, but right now was not the moment to stake his claim. Their kith was still not settled. He turned to Dan. "Well?"

  "The signs are there, she is ours." Dan pushed away from the wall and turned to walk away.

  "Where are you going?" Isaac asked, placing his hand on his shoulder. At once Dan stiffened still not used to a man's touch, but soon enough he would be asking for it. No matter what species, the bond in the kith was strong among each member, including the males. Already he and Anthony had already started their bonding.

  "Back to my room," he snarled once, too much for his liking.

  Yanking Dan around, Isaac forced him up against the wall. They stood nose to nose, their cocks rubbing up against each other. "I will only take so much Dan. I know this is all new to you, but you are part of us and we can't function as a family till this issue of yours is settled." He stepped back a little.

  "I have talked with Akaos and Talhrn and both agree with your background that the rest of your training can be done on Earth. But you have to stop fighting the bond or it will not only harm you, but us as well. Do you want Lacey to be unprotected? To know she would go without her kith, because we can't function as a team, as a family?" He let out a deep breath and ran his hand over the top of his head.

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p; "I know this is hard for you, Dan. I'm trying to be as patient as I can. I know your society sees two men as wrong, but look at it this way. When we are in battle, and we will be in battle together, our actions will only complement each other. Do you think my brother could get along without Warden or Tesuss?" Dan shook his head and relaxed against the wall.

  "Each member of our kith is part of the whole. Separate we are nothing. Together we are a unit no one can destroy." Knowing no one would be coming down this entrance any time soon, Isaac dropped to his knees before Dan.

  "I do this for you. You are part of me, my weru, you are just as important to me as our Lady Cat is." He took Edward's cock out of his pants, all the while he held Dan's gaze.

  Being the orak of a kith was a huge responsibility and one he took seriously. Where Akaos had always been the joker of the family, it was his job as the oldest to make sure every child and women were protected when his fathers were not around. Going down on Edward's cock, Isaac loosened the muscles in the back of his throat taking him all the way, deep throating as some humans would say.

  His weru moaned and grabbed onto his shoulders as Isaac started to pump Edward's cock in and out of his mouth. "Let it go Dan. Love us all and we'll give you everything."

  "I've tried to fight it...but I won't put our lady in danger anymore," Dan grunted, releasing all the pent up tension he had all at once. His seed shot down Isaac's throat, as Isaac massaged his balls.

  With his eyes still on him, Isaac tucked Dan's cock back into his styes.

  "I got word from my cousin Sundown. It seems our woman has not had it easy, but then again most of the females haven't." He took the hand that Dan held out, helping him up.

  "Thank you. It seems that Lacey's family was murdered by her father and his bunch of rouge shifters, not Koti. We don't know if they are working together. For this reason, I've had extra men watching her. She's moved to the far corner of the castle, away from everyone, but she's also been to this club that Dee was at for the last two nights," Isaac announced.

  The three of them moved towards the grove again. Dan nodded his head. "I've always known inside that the man who tried to control Lacey would need a cage, literally. Not only have I seen her take the whip, but our woman will not tolerate a man who can't dominate her. Before we even confront her, the three of us must not falter once. Whereas Dee and Maya are submissive, our Lady Cat needs to be a slave to her passions."

  A large cheer went up and he smiled, as Talhrn came into view. He had his meru bent backwards, kissing her senseless while his hand dove under her thora. "Seems our queen must have tested Talhrn's patience."

  "I can't believe he's doing that to her in front of everyone," Maya snarled and pointed her finger into Akaos' chest. "He's your friend, you better tell him to behave. Thank God you don't...Akaos!" Maya yelled as he bent his woman back and did the same thing.

  "You were saying? I don't think you are in any position to tell me to do anything and I don't know what all the fuss is about. You're soaking wet, my cat. It seems you like to be played with in public. Very, very interesting. We'll have to follow this up, but first I need to speak with my brother.

  Warden, take our meru and strap her up in the playroom and make sure you gag her. You know how loud she gets when I take that ass and we don't want to wake the girls." His brother pulled his fingers out of her pussy and cleaned them with his tongue.

  His woman said nothing, as Maya's legs gave out. Warden swept her up into his arms. "Come on, pet, seems you're going to have a long night after all." He laughed, throwing her over his shoulder and making sure her ass was on display.

  "Warden, pull down my thoras!" she screeched, but was rewarded with a smack to her ass. "Be still, I'm proud of this fine ass and I want to show it off."

  Before they disappeared from site, Maya lifted up and saw Dan standing there laughing at her. She screamed louder, more embarrassed that her friend had seen her.

  "It's going to take a long time to break her of this embarrassment, but what fun we are going to have doing it." Akaos shook Dan's hand and hugged him. "We have kept your family protected, but we have said nothing to them. Since they knew about Maya, I truly believe they will be able to handle your new status, since we already consider you family, I've ordered Anthony to move his clan closer to your home. They will personally protect them." Akaos slapped his brother on the shoulder.

  "Well, it seems soon you will be joining the rank of a bonded warrior, congrats. Just beware Mom wants more grandbabies and if she finds out about Lacey, there will be no stopping her. But on a serious matter, the gang that you told me about, they're headed towards California. Seems Lacey has set herself up. Letting her father know she was alive."

  "She did what?" Isaac knew the first time he'd seen Lacey that she would be trouble, but he was ready. "Thank you for letting us take over Dee's home. I think it will be perfect to start our claim, but you're right, we're going to have to cage our cat before she ends up getting herself killed. Come, it's time to plan." Isaac nodded to his brother and turned, leaving the crowd heading towards their destination. He just hopped that Dan's fears wouldn't come back to bite them.

  Usually it took years to build a kith, but time wasn't on their side.

  Chapter Two

  With her bag packed, Lacey looked back at her room. There wasn't much she was leaving behind, since Lacey knew to keep personal belongings to a minimum in case she would need to take off, like she was right now. Looking at the letter on the stand, Lacey wiped the tears from her face and shifted. The white tiger slipped into the dark tunnel, where there was barely enough room for the tiger, but Lacey crawled with her backpack in her mouth to the escape tunnel she had started to dig months ago knowing someday she might need to leave.

  Her best friend now had the family she deserved and so did her daughter. The orphans were being protected at the castle and Abby was slowly dealing with the death of her sister. Now was the perfect time to set her trap for her father. She knew he was coming, but Lacey also wanted to make sure he and his group of thugs was far away from her sisters.

  The monster known as her father, Teddy Samuel, would not harm anyone around here. Stopping, Lacey scanned her surroundings finally coming up about two miles from the castle and the grounds. She was far enough that guards were not a problem. She looked to the pile of brush and smiled. Her jeep was filled with gas, food and supplies she would need.

  It would take her four hours to drive to the place Lacey would lay her trap. Her father wouldn't be there for another couple of days so she had plenty of time to prepare. Not taking any chances, Lacey slowly crawled to her jeep.

  Bones crunched and muscles stretched as Lacey shifted at once getting to work on removing the branches from her car. When all was cleared, she pulled out her clothes dressing in a hurry before climbing into the jeep. She looked towards Maya's home and sighed. "Love you, Maya, but this has to be taken care of." She turned on the jeep and took of listening to Rihanna's S&M song.

  It would be a while before Lacey got to the club again, but then again there hadn't been anyone there who could really control her tiger or her. Looking into the rear-view mirror, Lacey checked to make sure no one was following her as she turned onto the highway moving further away from her family and the men who claimed to be hers. She shivered, remembering Isaac's words.

  Yes, the three of them just might be what she needed, but there was no place in her life for them now. Lacey had promised long ago that she would never settle down until her father and the goons he ran around with were destroyed.

  "I promise, Momma. Every one of them will die for hurting you," she whispered and grasped the steering wheel tighter thinking of that fateful night so long ago.

  Growls and screams had woken Lacey up that night before her bedroom door was thrown open and her father stood in the doorway naked. "It's time, Princess," he stroked his cock and stepped into her bedroom, but her blessed mother jumped on his back raking her now clawed paw across his stomach.
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  "You'll not touch my baby! Run, Lacey, hide!" her mother ordered jerking her into motion she jumped out of the bed. But her father threw her Mother off him and reached for her, grabbing Lacey by her braid and yanking her into his bloody arms.

  At the age of sixteen, Lacey fought with all that she had, knowing her father had gone crazy. She bit down on his arm as he ripped her nightgown off her body.

  "You little hell cat. I'll teach you to bite your master," those were the last words Lacey heard as she slipped away from him, shifting as she went head first through the bedroom window. She'd run dashing around trees till she hid behind their shed. Shouts and screams filled the night as fifteen strange men moved around what used to be her house.

  A horn honked and Lacey put her foot on the gas, taking off as the light turned green and her hands shook. "Get a grip girl, you can do this." She reached over and grabbed one of the bottles of Starbucks coffee's she had in the passenger seat. Her one addiction, Starbucks.

  Taking a drink of the vanilla Frappuccino, she glanced over at the ringing cell phone. Dee's cell number came up, but she knew who it was and there was no way Lacey was going to answer it. She picked up the phone and turned off the ringer before throwing it back on the seat. Turning up the music, Lacey let the music ease the tension out of her.

  Three hours later she turned off the highway and headed for the grocery store close enough to her destination. She needed to pick up enough food for the next week before going to the abandoned home she had bought long ago. There would be no time to do shopping later.

  At 10:00 in the evening, the store was dead. Pulling into the parking lot, she grabbed her money and headed inside, locking the car. She didn't need anyone snooping into the vehicle with a trunk loaded with weapons and ammo.