With the hunters driven away by Tinder and Oak, Kyle was free to lay back with Kira against the couch, holding her in his arms. She had found some old books in one of the rooms, and was quietly reading one of them.

He glanced out the window in time to see the sun setting and shifted while she rested against him, unable to help twitching and grunting in pain as fur sunk into his skin, his bones and muscles realigning. He had grown used to the pain at this point- it was only a minor annoyance.

"Does it hurt still?" Kira asked, looking up at him when his eyes focused again.

"Yeah, I think it always will." Kyle shrugged in his human form, sighing happily and holding her tighter against him.

"Sometimes I feel bad for not being a shifter." She whispered, glancing up at him. "Does that bother you at all that I'm human?"

Kyle couldn't help but chuckle in amusement, shaking his head. "No, not at all, babe. That's one thing you'll never have to worry about. I'm more concerned that you don't like the fur."

She giggled and shrugged. "Well the fur is definitely different, I'll admit. It's not anything bad, though. It's just… part of you." She set a hand on his chest gently, making his heart beat faster. "Like Jasa is part of you, and like you're part of Jasa."

Kyle smiled warmly, taking her hand in his own and raising it to his mouth, kissing her knuckles gently. "So… you're fine with two guys in the same body? I thought you'd think it's strange… and annoying. Some women would say one man is enough stress."

Kira laughed, her cheeks flushing at his kiss. "Well, it's a little strange, but I'd say you two are more like two halves of the same person."

Kyle nodded, though it was an odd way to think of himself. Before his death he had been a single person in his own body… and now he had to share it with an immortal leopard.

Fate loved to throw curve balls, apparently.

"Well, I'm glad you're not grossed out by it or anything." He chuckled before bending his head down to kiss her neck. "Because that would suck."

Kira giggled and turned around in his grip, leaning up to kiss him as she set the book down beside them. "How can I be grossed out by someone so cute?" She smiled impishly up to him.

Kyle flushed, but couldn't think of anything else to do other than shrug. He had never thought of himself as… 'cute'. Not even handsome, really. He was an average guy from a big town. Not much special about him, and the only thing unique he had going for him had been that he was an artist.

"C-cute?" He stammered uneasily.

"Oh yeah." Kira sat up further in his grip, pushing him back against the couch with a grin. "That adorable blond hair, and these muscles." She let out a low moan and bent down to kiss him deeply. "Every time I touch you I feel that magic run through me. Sometimes I'm not sure if it's the bond or something else."

"Not everything is magic, babe. Sometimes things are a lot more simple." He smiled warmly up to her.

KIra smiled, her eyes heating as she leaned down to continue kissing him. She was soft, gentle and so sincere in her touch that it made his heart throb painfully. He knew now that this was love- there was no other way to describe it, and nothing else that could make him feel this bone deep emotion coursing through him. He just prayed to God she felt the same. Please let her feel the same.

She let out a low sound of affection as she kissed down his neck, keeping him pinned down on the couch as she pulled off his shirt, having him raise his arms to help her. She continued her path down, gasping against his bare skin until he shuddered and let out a rattling breath of pleasure. God, this woman was going to kill him…

His thoughts flew out of his head as she grabbed for his erection beneath his pants, making the breath whoosh out of his lungs as heat and lust burst through him at the feeling of her palm against him. Even through the fabric separating them he could feel the heat of her hand as she squeezed him and damn he wanted more than that.

She seemed to as well, tugging off her own shirt and pushing him down when he tried to sit up. She grinned down at him mischievously and started working at his pants, tugging them down his legs so that he was naked beneath her. Her kissing continued down his body, down his chest and past his stomach until he was all but shaking with anticipation. Oh, his wild woman was planning on…

Oh my. He was going to have a difficult time holding onto the last shred of control he had.

Her mouth on him made him let out a loud groan, his hands fisting in her hair uncontrollably. She did things that he couldn't even describe, making him pulse and shudder with pleasure, making his blood run hot in his veins. Just when he thought he was going to lose all sanity she stopped, leaving him heaving for breath and his mind spinning.

He looked down to see her smiling up at him, a new knowledge in her eyes that he was somewhat terrified of. She seemed to like driving him wild like this.

God save him.

She stood up quickly to shuck her own pants, leaving her bare as well as she climbed back onto him. "I want to try it this way." She whispered as she mounted on top of him, making them both cry out as his length rubbed against her core. She moved back and forth over him, her hips grinding down on him so that he felt the pleasure rising again, wanting nothing else in the world but to be in her.

She granted him his wish, lifting up and spearing herself on him so that they both stilled for a moment, shaking and gasping for control. He didn't want to end it too soon. He wanted this to last and to see her scream above him, pleasure lighting her features in the moonlight.

She started moving against him, trying different angles until she found one that suited them both, making him moan low and deep as she arched her back. He met her swiveling hips with his own thrusts, unable to help himself as he reached up to grab her hips, guiding her to move at the right time, to start slow.

Soon it was impossible to control them, though. His breath started quickening as his mind fogged, their movements growing faster and faster until they were both wild, taking pleasure from each other and giving it back tenfold. Kyle felt her release first, gripping him so that he let out a loud shout of triumph and clenching her against him as he came as well, one last thrust sending him deep.

They both gasped for breath as they spiraled down from the peak, Kyle grinning up at her as he tried to calm.

"That was wild." He sat up to hold her in his arms against his chest, kissing at her neck and shoulders gently.

"We're only just getting started." Kira said, giving his skin a small bite that made him jump and his clouded mind saw stars for a moment.

"Jesus, woman, you're going to kill me." He rasped against her skin.

"Shut up and take me to bed, Kyle." She looked up at him and nipped him again. "What I have in mind next needs more cushion than this."

His eyes widened at the prospect and he smiled, hooking his arms under her legs to lift the small woman, carrying her from the room.