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Authors: Marissa Dobson
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living in it.” Tabitha frowned.
“Someone is hiding out in that room?” The sound of Connor’s fingers typing on the keyboard stopped, leaving an eerie silence over the phone.
“I saw it in Victor’s thoughts. It didn’t make sense then. Hurry, Connor, I can’t explain why, but I know urgency is a must.” Tabitha squeezed her eyes shut.
“I will. I’ll get Lukas in here to look into Boston so I can focus on the house in Virginia. I’ll contact you as soon as I find anything.” Connor ended the call.
“Tabby, what is it?” Ty wrapped his arm around the back of his mate.
“I can’t put my finger on it. I just know we have to hurry. I need time to put all the pieces together. Everything I saw in Victor’s head is a jumbled mess in my head now.” She leaned her head against Ty’s shoulder.
“I’m going to take Tabitha back to our quarters.” Ty rose, holding Tabitha’s hand. “Robin, if you think of anything, please let us know. Adam, meet me in my quarters eight tonight. If Connor finds information before then, we’ll contact you.” Ty and Tabitha left the room, Felix falling into step behind them.
Bethany rose from her chair and walked to Robin and Adam. “I’m not sure if you remember me or not. I’m Bethany Thompson, now Bethany Harrison. I was a few years ahead of you in school. I knew Bobby. I’m sorry for your loss and for everything you’re dealing with. I know you’re scared to be here, surrounded by so many shifters, but it is the safest place for you.”
“I remember seeing you around school. How did you end up here? Are you…?”
“No, I’m not a shifter. Raja rescued me from the clutches of one of Pierce’s men. I’m mated to Raja and this is my home now.” Bethany slid her arm around Raja’s waist, avoiding the gun sitting in his shoulder holster.
“What about your family? Surely they don’t approve of you being with a shifter. Or aren’t they allowed to know about his second nature?” The astonishment was clear in Robin’s voice.
“Pierce killed my parents and my younger sister, Jamie. If they were alive, they would want me happy, and Raja makes me happy. Being a shifter isn’t something to be ashamed of, or for others to think less of them. I’m proud to have a shifter mate. He stands up for those who can’t. It doesn’t matter if they are shifters or human, Raja and the rest of the Alaskan Tigers will fight for them. I couldn’t have asked for a better man to have by my side.” Bethany smiled at her mate. The love they shared was clear.
Adam had told her that Bethany’s family was one of Pierce’s victims, her words had been heartless. If Robin could get Bethany to see through whatever spell it was that Raja had on her, maybe it wasn’t too late to save her. “What about your future? You’re willing to give up children? A normal life? Everything?”
With Robin’s questions, Adam’s body tensed. He quickly realized she wasn’t accepting their mating as he had hoped. She might only be accepting his touch because of the comfort it brought her, not because she was acknowledging their mating. “You don’t have to give up anything just because you’re mated to a shifter,” Adam explained. “You can still have children. With only one shifter parent, they’d have a fifty-fifty shot of being a shifter. Being mated to a shifter doesn’t mean you can’t have a normal life, or even better than what you consider normal.”
Robin turned to face Adam, anger coloring her green eyes. “Normal? How can you consider your world anywhere near normal? Normal isn’t living in a compound with fences and barbwire around the top, guards on patrol at all times, and you sure as hell don’t have meetings to discuss murdering someone.”
“The barbwire and guards are not to keep us in, but to keep people out who would like to see us dead. There are humans who have discovered our kind and they would rather see us dead than to breathe the same air they do.
“Someone is hiding out in that room?” The sound of Connor’s fingers typing on the keyboard stopped, leaving an eerie silence over the phone.
“I saw it in Victor’s thoughts. It didn’t make sense then. Hurry, Connor, I can’t explain why, but I know urgency is a must.” Tabitha squeezed her eyes shut.
“I will. I’ll get Lukas in here to look into Boston so I can focus on the house in Virginia. I’ll contact you as soon as I find anything.” Connor ended the call.
“Tabby, what is it?” Ty wrapped his arm around the back of his mate.
“I can’t put my finger on it. I just know we have to hurry. I need time to put all the pieces together. Everything I saw in Victor’s head is a jumbled mess in my head now.” She leaned her head against Ty’s shoulder.
“I’m going to take Tabitha back to our quarters.” Ty rose, holding Tabitha’s hand. “Robin, if you think of anything, please let us know. Adam, meet me in my quarters eight tonight. If Connor finds information before then, we’ll contact you.” Ty and Tabitha left the room, Felix falling into step behind them.
Bethany rose from her chair and walked to Robin and Adam. “I’m not sure if you remember me or not. I’m Bethany Thompson, now Bethany Harrison. I was a few years ahead of you in school. I knew Bobby. I’m sorry for your loss and for everything you’re dealing with. I know you’re scared to be here, surrounded by so many shifters, but it is the safest place for you.”
“I remember seeing you around school. How did you end up here? Are you…?”
“No, I’m not a shifter. Raja rescued me from the clutches of one of Pierce’s men. I’m mated to Raja and this is my home now.” Bethany slid her arm around Raja’s waist, avoiding the gun sitting in his shoulder holster.
“What about your family? Surely they don’t approve of you being with a shifter. Or aren’t they allowed to know about his second nature?” The astonishment was clear in Robin’s voice.
“Pierce killed my parents and my younger sister, Jamie. If they were alive, they would want me happy, and Raja makes me happy. Being a shifter isn’t something to be ashamed of, or for others to think less of them. I’m proud to have a shifter mate. He stands up for those who can’t. It doesn’t matter if they are shifters or human, Raja and the rest of the Alaskan Tigers will fight for them. I couldn’t have asked for a better man to have by my side.” Bethany smiled at her mate. The love they shared was clear.
Adam had told her that Bethany’s family was one of Pierce’s victims, her words had been heartless. If Robin could get Bethany to see through whatever spell it was that Raja had on her, maybe it wasn’t too late to save her. “What about your future? You’re willing to give up children? A normal life? Everything?”
With Robin’s questions, Adam’s body tensed. He quickly realized she wasn’t accepting their mating as he had hoped. She might only be accepting his touch because of the comfort it brought her, not because she was acknowledging their mating. “You don’t have to give up anything just because you’re mated to a shifter,” Adam explained. “You can still have children. With only one shifter parent, they’d have a fifty-fifty shot of being a shifter. Being mated to a shifter doesn’t mean you can’t have a normal life, or even better than what you consider normal.”
Robin turned to face Adam, anger coloring her green eyes. “Normal? How can you consider your world anywhere near normal? Normal isn’t living in a compound with fences and barbwire around the top, guards on patrol at all times, and you sure as hell don’t have meetings to discuss murdering someone.”
“The barbwire and guards are not to keep us in, but to keep people out who would like to see us dead. There are humans who have discovered our kind and they would rather see us dead than to breathe the same air they do.
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