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actually allowing me to keep this case?”
    Isis narrowed her eyes at the implication of his words.  Ms. Kitty was not going to like what she was about to say.   “What do you think the odds are that the LLPD won’t just throw the case at us because they can’t be bothered to investigate it?”
    Raf’s lips tightened in annoyance.  “Now hang on…”
    “No, you hang on!”  Not her best come back, but she was dealing with a howling tiger that kept sending her the word mate.  “You’re implying that we steal your cases.  The truth is, the moment the word shifter pops up in an investigation, you guys can’t send us the case fast enough.  As for this case, no one’s been hurt, and no one’s been murdered.  So far all that’s happened is that the corpse of a shifter has been defiled – I can’t see your superiors giving a flying fuck about that.  And as for spending money and wasting resources on this?  Forget it, the LLPD will decide that because it’s weird, it’ll just be a freaky shifter thing, and they’ll slide it on over to us.”
    He folded his arms and jutted his chin, and despite her ire she wanted to bite and lick every inch of him.  Yes, yes, his angry side was delightfully sexy .  “We’ll see.  I’ll take this to my superior.”
    “As will I,” she breathed, half way between fury and flirting.  Hey, it was furious flirting.  If there weren’t about ten people all gawking at them, listening in on their conversation, she might have already dragged him to the ground and shown him how furious her lust can be.  Because, hell almighty, the shuddering warmth ripping though her body wasn’t just because of her oncoming heat.
    “It was nice meeting you,” he said in a hard yet sincere voice.
    “And you,” she growled in return before stalking away.
    Isis was actually quite pleased with how well that went.  Considering her other dealings with LLPD officers, that had ended remarkably well.  But then Detective Rafael Silva wasn’t just another LLPD officer.  No, he was her mate.
    Ms. Kitty roared in delight while Isis cringed.  No, there was to be no mating of any kind, so her damn cat could get that idea out of her thick head straight away.  Okay, yes, he appealed to her more than any other male he had ever met.  And yes, he just happened to be the sexiest creature ever to walk the earth – it wasn’t like she’d seen the whole earth, but she had a good feeling that it was true.  Plus, he actually seemed like a decent guy, unlike the other LLPD dopes.  But that was no reason to lose her head and do something drastic like – cue, ominous music – allow him into her life as something more than a quick fuck or even a lengthy fuck. 
    She also had to remember the fact that he was a human.  She didn’t exactly have a problem with humans per se.  Although in her experience they tended to either be scared of her or hate her for what she was.  But, he wouldn’t have a shifter’s strength, or speed, or their healing ability.  Humans were breakable – too breakable.  She’d never actually been with a human.  Vampire - yes, shifters of numerous variety – yes, but human?  No, just no.  Having met Detective Rafael Silva, she was starting to wonder why.  And of course, she couldn’t forget the fragile male ego.  Would a human even want to be with a woman who could bench press double the amount he could?  In her experience men didn’t like that sort of thing.  However, how would she know what a human wanted or what he was like in bed until she took one for a spin?  One who happened to be a sexy detective who purrs at her to call him Raf… Yes, she could see herself howling that name as he filled her over and over.  That is, if she got the chance to see him again.
    Her tiger mewled pitifully at the thought of never seeing the gorgeous detective again, and Isis couldn’t help but soothe her love-struck beast.  She said she wasn’t interested in mating him, she