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  Ezra’s cat had looked at Eli’s. Silence, but communication, as it always had been between the twins. They each regretted, each hated, each felt the boiling dark anger taking its rightful place inside them.

  It was the same, this haunting memory. Each time it came, it left Eli breathless and sad from the continued streak it had created in his life. And yet, she had entered and taken her place in his destiny without him noticing, without him being able to stop her.

  Nivea’s cat stood outside the hut when Eli’s cat exited in the dream this time, as if she’d been waiting for him all along. Again. Only this time when Eli went to her, when he let down his guard and gave in to the mating he felt inexplicably drawn to, Nivea turned to run away and before she could get far, she was captured. Grabbed at the base of her skull by a bigger, deadlier jaguar that was hell-bent on revenge.

  Primal Heat

  By A.C. Arthur

  A four-part serial in The Shadow Shifters Series

  Primal Heat, Part 1

  Primal Heat, Part 2

  Primal Heat, Part 3

  Primal Heat, Part 4

  www.ACArthur.net

  A.C. Arthur was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, where she currently lives with her husband and three children. An active imagination and a love for reading encouraged her to begin writing in high school and she hasn’t stopped since. Her debut novel Object of His Desire was written when a picture of an Italian villa sparked the idea of an African-American/Italian hero. Determined to bring a new edge to romance, she continues to develop intriguing plots, sensual love scenes, racy characters, and fresh dialogue—thus keeping the readers on their toes! Visit her at: www.acarthur.net. Or sign up for email updates here.

  Want more Shadow Shifters? Check out the following by A.C. Arthur!

  TEMPTATION RISING

  SEDUCTION’S SHIFT

  PASSION’S PREY

  SHIFTER’S CLAIM

  HUNGER’S MATE

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  Contents

  Title Page

  Copyright Notice

  Glossary of Terms

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  About the Author

  Also by A. C. Arthur

  Copyright

  This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

  “Primal Heat: Part 2” copyright © 2015 by A.C. Arthur.

  All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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  Author photo © Lisa Fleet Photography

  Cover art © Patricia Schmitt (Picky Me)

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  eISBN 9781466855403

  First eBook Edition: July 2015