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won’t do anything to ruin it. But I’m not leaving you.” His tone came out determined,
     protective. “I’ll be careful. They won’t realize it’s me.”
    “Yes they will. What about them knowing you’re a shifter don’t you get?”
    He stared at her a long second before speaking. “So they’re smarter than you, huh?”
    She tightened her eyes at him. “What’s that mean?”
    “You didn’t know I was there last night. You saw me twice.”
    She studied him, feeling puzzled. “I don’t…”
    “I was your neighbor’s dog and then I was the kitten. If a shifter is careful what
     they become, we blend into the environment and are never suspected. Why do you think
     we’re one of the most powerful of the supernaturals?”
    First, they really weren’t one of the most powerful supernaturals, vampires were,
     not that this was a competition. Then all of a sudden her chest tightened and her
     face heated remembering her short interaction with the neighbor’s dog. Hadn’t she
     said something about him not smelling her crotch?
    “Don’t do that to me anymore.” She stood up, went to the door, and glanced back over
     her shoulder. “It’s time to go.”
    *   *   *
    Della and Steve landed in the designated spot of the state park five minutes later.
     A clearing, secluded from any road or human life, and surrounded by trees. A place
     where anything could happen and there’d be no witnesses. Della scanned the area, seeing
     only tall pines mixed with a few oaks and tons of thorny underbrush.
    She didn’t like it.
    From just looking, one would think the area was abandoned. Only a few stars lit up
     the night sky. But one good nose of air told her the truth. They were here.
    Hidden.
    Waiting.
    But for what?
    To attack?
    And while her nose couldn’t count, she sensed there were more than three of them.
    Did the gang somehow know Della and Steve were assisting the FRU? Or was this just
     the way the gang welcomed all potential new members?
    A sense of danger brushed over her skin. As exciting as it was, fear crowded her chest.
     She remembered the pictures of those who had died at the hands of suspected vampire
     gangs. A mother and a child. An elderly woman. If this was the gang advocating murder
     for initiation, who had taken innocent lives, they needed to be stopped and the risk
     was worth it. Sure, Burnett didn’t believe this was the gang, but he had to have doubts
     or he wouldn’t have sent them on this mission.
    “They’re here,” Steve whispered.
    “I know,” Della said.
    A stirring of underbrush sounded to their right and then one to the left. And then
     behind them. Della spotted another vamp coming out from the trees right at them.
    Friggin’ great.
    They were surrounded.
     
    Chapter Four
    “What a warm welcome,” Della said, refusing to acknowledge her fear.
    “She’s sassy,” said someone behind her.
    “We can beat that out of her,” said the vamp walking toward her as he eyed her up
     and down.
    “I wouldn’t try,” Della said.
    “I second that,” Steve added, his voice deep and filled with warning.
    The rogue tightened his gaze to check their patterns. “So you brought your pet with
     you, huh?”
    Della heard Steve inhale and she reached over and touched his arm. Surely, he knew
     to let her deal with this.
    “He’s not my pet,” she growled, offended for him more than she realized.
    “Ah, I see,” the lead rogue said, a filthy twinkle in his eyes. “So you’re giving
     it up to this joker?”
    “We’ve swapped bodily fluids if that’s what you’re asking,” she countered, confident,
     and suddenly grateful they’d exchanged spit last night during that hot kiss.
    The vamp grinned. “I like your spunk. Maybe you and I can swap some bodily fluid sometime.”
    Steve tensed beside her. “I wouldn’t count on it,” he said.
    “And I’ll second that,” Della said.
    The vamp frowned as if disappointed he couldn’t intimidate them. “You do realize