Free The Baby Of The White Tiger (BWWM Shifter Romance) by JJ Jones

about the shifters? How many people did they lose?”
    “ I haven’t heard anything yet, but I’ll call when we finish eating.”
    Dom didn’t respond, instead she focused on devouring her meal. The woman was obviously very hungry. She devoured the salad and the pasta that she had been served, eager to wolf down every bite now that she had gotten to someplace safe with someone who could keep her safe. When they finished their meal and paid they strolled back across the parking lot, still tired. Once they were safe back in their room Gregor called back to the base.
    “Hello, this is Gregor.”
    The voice on the other end of the line immediately recognized him. “We’ve managed to stop the attacks.”
    “That’s great. Have they found who’s responsible?”
    “ Not yet, but we’re close.” The answer was a matter-of-fact response to his question. Dom listened in silence. The voices were very professional, unworried about the situation. Dom looked from Gregor to the phone that was in his hand as he set it onto the bed. The woman was speaking, not realizing that she was on speaker phone. Dom held her breath.
    “ Do you have any news? Is it safe to get down there?”
    “ Take your time getting back here. We’ll have the perpetrator captured soon.” The voice was confident in that fact. It brought Dominique some comfort to hear even though she didn’t say it. Behind that confidence, however was a tiny doubt. What if they were lying? What if it didn’t look as good as she said it did? Would they tell them? Dom didn’t know the answer to any of those questions, at least, not from the vampire division, but she had used those tactics before when dealing with unruly spirits, it helped leave her clients at ease.
    “ Don’t kill them if you can avoid it. I’d like to get them involved in the talks.”
    “ Understood, when are you leaving?” The lady from the office seemed to be taking notes.
    “ We will leave in the morning. We’ll be driving, taking the scenic route.”
    “ Don’t tell me any more we don’t want you two being found.” She sighed and paused. “We don’t need two more dead bodies on our hands. Is Dom with you?”
    “ Yes, she is. We’ll see you in a couple of days.” Gregor signed off of the call. “Let’s get some more sleep and then we can leave in the morning after breakfast. We don’t need to get in a hurry and we can take some extra time to make the trip a little easier.” He touched her arm gently, hoping that she would be able to recover from this.
    “ You don’t want to hide?” Dom couldn’t believe that he was willing to walk back into a war-zone
    “ I can’t hide, not from something this serious. The shifters have to see us; the vampires have to see us. They have to know that we’re not going to hide.” Gregor was resolute, Dom knew that he was right, they had to put an end to this before it got any worse, but it wasn’t going to be easy. She thought about it for a while, trying to find a way to keep everyone safe and not have to put themselves in the middle of a war. Gregor waited for a moment before he continued. “I will keep you safe, but if we start hiding now, we’ll be hiding forever. I don’t want that life for my child.”
    Dom nodded in agreement. She thought that she understood, but wasn’t sure. Instead of answering, she crawled back under the bed and covered herself. She slept in her clothes that night, and didn’t notice until she woke the next morning. The pair made idle conversation as they showered, changed, checked out of the room and ate breakfast. It didn’t take them long to get on the road, heading back south. They decided to travel down, straight south into Texas and then travel down I-10 to El Paso. It would take longer, but it would be worth it, it would give them two or three days together on the road to get to know each other a little better.
    They started on the highway, carefully following directions. Dom had slept so much that she