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inside of them. There was no reasoning with a shifter that had turned rogue, and it was Mitch’s job as an enforcer to track them and put them down. It sounded brutal, but it was for the good of their race. Rogues were killing machines, not caring of the disasters they left in their wake, and they threatened exposure for their kind. Mitch’s job was to keep that from happening. Now, it seemed shifters were going rogue all over the country and nothing was being done about it.
    When he was finished explaining the purpose of his call, there was complete silence on the line. He didn’t have to explain how serious the situation was. Kenneth, Benjamin, and Ryan all understood that. “If it’s possible, I need you guys to come here so we can figure out how to approach the council with this information. I have a feeling someone on the council or an enforcer is involved, so we need to figure out who we can trust.”
    After getting their agreement, Mitch hung up and sighed. He pinched the bridge of his nose trying to fight off a tension headache. It was rare that shifters got sick, but for him personally, the headaches seemed to come with the stress of the job. It was the reason he lived in seclusion and not part of a pride. He had tried once, but Mitch had enough to deal with. He didn’t need to add the stress of all the available females and their literal cat fights over him. It seemed that while he was a feared enforcer, in the eyes of the females in his former pride, he was a wild lion that they thought they could tame.
    Mitch snorted. As if anyone thought they could tame his mighty beast. Not true, I would happily roll over and purr for our mate. His lion spoke, and his purr filled Mitch’s head. He had to adjust himself as his lion sent him images of exactly what Tessa could do to make him purr.
    Mitch laughed. “I have a feeling she could turn you into a house cat and you would be happy.”
    His lion scoffed. Please, have you seen me? There is no way our mate can mistake me for one of those puny, little things. She has already seen my mighty mane, and she even groomed yours herself. She’s already in love with us.
    Mitch couldn’t help but laugh at his lion. He didn’t think he had ever met anyone more arrogant. If only it were that easy to make Tessa love them. He had a feeling it was going to be damn near impossible considering what she had already been through. She was already running from one of his kind. He was scared to tell her what he was, but Mitch refused to claim her without her knowing everything. He wanted her to choose him because she was in love with him and wanted to spend her life with him. Not because the mating bond forced her. Shifters lived a long life. They weren’t immortal, but they could live forever barring a tragic accident or someone killing them. Once the mating bond was in place, his mate’s life span would change to fit his. An eternity of Tessa hating him because he had forced a decision on her was something he couldn’t even consider. The decision had to be hers, Mitch just had to be delicate about the situation and make her see that not all shifters were bad before he revealed himself to her.
    In order to do that, he had to get Tessa to open up and tell him everything she saw that night. She had to trust him so that they could move forward. A knock at the door interrupted his thoughts. Tessa was standing there looking flushed from playing outside with Nico. He had to hold back his grimace as he adjusted himself under his desk. What he wouldn’t give to sniff her at that moment. He bet she smelled like sunshine. It was his favorite scent, but combined with his mate’s scent, he bet it smelled heavenly.
    He didn’t realize he hadn’t answered Tessa’s knock until she frowned. “Yes.” He cleared his throat, unable to say more than that.
    Tessa hesitated. “Uh, I didn’t mean to interrupt, but Nico got a little hungry. I was wondering if it would be okay if I could fix him