Talons: Caged Desire
Chapter One
Taking her chances, she gripped the bars and pulled hard. The cage was heavy,
but without too much trouble-and without the bird making a move for her
fingers-she dragged it free of the crate. With every step around the cage, her
curiosity grew, her eyes never straying from the creature that turned its head
to follow her.
Was this some late April Fool's present? Seeing as Kyle had once sent her a
snake as a joke, she wouldn't put it past him. He could be sitting in some South
American bar right now, laughing his ass off as he pictured her reaction to his
gift.
Inside the cage the eagle-which was her best guess-inched down the horizontal
bar, its talons curling tighter. She wouldn't have thought birds this large
existed anymore. Obviously rare. Which made it all the more strange Kyle sent it
to her in the first place.
The creature's golden eyes surveyed her carefully, as though it sized her up the
same way she assessed a potential threat.
"You're certainly beautiful, aren't you?" Eve whispered.
The eagle squawked at her.
Still puzzled, Eve moved un ... read full excerpt from: Talons: Caged Desire ebook
