Free Caging the Bengal Tiger by Trinity Blacio

past Isaac, but he yanked her to him, holding her against his body.
    "You're getting a little excited over nothing. Didn’t I tell you we would work with you? Haven’t I gone out of my way to make you happy?" he asked, but not raising his voice. But Lacey knew he was mad. All three of them had done everything she had asked.
    Resting her forehead on his chest, tears slipped down her cheeks as she stared down at the floor. "I'm sorry Isaac. I know you are trying and thank you for making this possible, but the only thing that I'm good at is this. It's all I've known since I was 16. I'll always be looking for others."
    He placed his hand under her chin and applied a little pressure till she looked up. "We already know this. That’s why I've asked the king permission for us to live here. We will be coordinating our troops that are on Earth from here, while we, yes that includes you, search for others of your kind. Now stop crying and tell us what you have."
     
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    Even though the women had shared the picnic baskets of food Anthony had supplied, Isaac knew Lacey was still starving. He lifted her into his arms and proceeded down the halls. "We had a few men run to your nearest store to buy a few things. You are going to eat what Anthony prepares for you and you can tell us then what you have. We'll work this out together." He kissed the top of her head and stepped into her quarters seeing all the food sitting in bags on the table.
    "Why don't you go get those papers while we clear the table? Anthony can cook and we can go over what you’ve found." He lowered her to the ground and she smiled up at him.
    "Thank you. This means the world to me." She went to the back of her room where there was a desk and pulled out three plastic bags from beside it.
    "Steaks?" Anthony asked him and he nodded as did Dan. They proceeded to put away things they wouldn't need, but when Anthony looked around, he shook his head. "We can't cook in here. Lacey, where do you cook?" he asked, turning to her.
    She laughed, coming over, caring the bags and a notebook. "Bring what you want to cook with and follow me. Any big meals we cook in the large kitchen. Plus there will be more room at the table there to go through these." She held up the bags, and they nodded. "Dan, behind you are my slippers. Could you grab them? I get cold running in the tunnels."
    Dan held up a pair of tiger slippers. He couldn't help it, he laughed so hard Isaac was holding his side. "That is too cute," he finally said, following her.
    She rolled her eyes, but put the slippers on her feet. "Agatha gave them to me last Christmas. She said they reminded her of me, the blue eyes and the white fur. Come on." She cleared her throat and started down the hall.
    "Well, she was right." He picked up one of the bags of groceries and headed down the hall, following her. "Maybe we should put carpet in the hall now that we'll be staying here for a while. I'm sure your sisters would like that, too." He tried to make small talk as they approached the kitchen.
    Turning her back to face him, Lacey pushed open the swinging the door with her ass, smiling. "We were going to do that this summer, but never got around to it. Here we are." She placed her bags on the table and went to the industrial-sized fridge. "I think we should maybe make a list and have one of the girls hit the big market. We always like to keep extra food on hand after we change. We burn up so many calories."
    "I'll do that," Anthony said, picking her up and holding her up in the air, making her laugh.
    "Put me down, Anthony,” she squealed and tried to get out his arms, but he twirled her around, making her laugh some more.
    "That's what I like to hear. I love to cook, Lacey, so unless you want to, I expect you to allow me to handle the kitchen." Anthony said putting her down so she could wrap her arms around his neck, kissing him.
    "Well, shit," she said looking him in the face, all serious. "If I would have known I would have