Free The Great Disapurrance: BBW Shapeshifter Surprise Pregnancy Romance (Chicago Catastrophe) by Anya Nowlan, Rory Dale Page B

at the table. They spent the better part of an hour looking over the list, adding any snippets of conversations she overheard to the appropriate names.
    Keeping the pesky notion of being able to get used to this out of his head as he sat so close to her was a constant struggle.
    They had almost two pages filled when they were done. Most of the information meant little to Arlen, but the intelligence department had been gathering data about the Crimson Claws for a while now. He could make better sense of it with the background intel they had gathered.
    Best of all, Arlen finally got a description of Holland. Blond-haired, curly hair, wide, angular face, thin lips and deep-set eyes with a birthmark above one of his eyebrows. He was fairly sure he’d recognize the man now, if he ever managed to get close enough to him.
    Not a lot of guys running around who could come close to that description.
    “This could be very helpful,” he remarked, looking the list over. “You have an excellent memory.”
    “I figured it paid to keep my eyes and ears open,” she shrugged, but he could tell she felt proud.
    Sienna stood up and moved to stand by the window, staring out at the city with a small sigh. She had to be feeling all sorts of cooped up. First stuck at Holland’s and now having to hide out at his place.
    Arlen felt irrationally guilty for it. It didn’t matter that it was his job to do this and that he’d picked up more than one hostage in his time. He simply couldn’t look at Sienna like just collateral to the job at hand.
    The reasons for that were painfully obvious at this point.
    “Hey, you want to see something cool?” he asked, hoping to cheer her up.
    “What, you going to show me your knife collection or something?” she teased, glancing back at him.
    “Nah, I left most of them back home. Come on and grab your jacket.”
    “Isn’t going outside a bit dangerous for me right now?”
    “We’re not going outside, exactly,” he answered, grinning and pulling her along.
    Sienna giggled as he pulled her out of the apartment and up the stairs, forgetting about his strict rules of conduct for a moment. He climbed the steps slowly, giving her plenty of time to catch up.
    “Are we going to the roof?” she asked, excited and slightly out of breath.
    “Yup,” he answered as they reached the last flight of stairs.
    Sienna looked at the padlock on the door leading to the rooftop.
    “I don’t think we’re supposed to be here,” she commented quietly, looking around. “And I don’t see a key on you.”
    “I may have done this before.”
    Arlen yanked at the bottom of the lock. It released easily and he removed it from the door, slipping it into his pocket.
    “And I may have tampered with the lock,” he added conspiratorially, giving her a wink.
    He pushed the door open and they stepped outside, wind whipping at their clothes. The day was cool, but sunny, and the skyscrapers glimmered in the light. Sienna walked closer to the edge before sitting down on an air vent, eyes glued to the view.
    “It’s beautiful,” she murmured.
    Arlen took a seat down next to her, wrapping an arm around her shoulders. It was an immediate move and only when he’d done it did he stop and wonder how that could have registered as okay in his head. But it did and he had to roll with it.
    “I still prefer Texas, but I guess it isn’t that bad,” he commented.
    They sat there for a while, Sienna looking at the view and he looking at her. She rested her head against his shoulder and took a deep breath, as if breathing the moment in. The city unfolded in front of them, thousands upon thousands of people just going on with their everyday lives.
    Sometimes Arlen wished he had a normal life, as silly as that seemed.
    He was a tiger. Sooner or later he would grow bored of a regular nine to five and miss getting to rip throats out for a living. He was good at his job and The Firm was good to him. They’d taken him in when he was lost and