Mine for Eternity [Council Enforcers] (Siren Publishing Classic)

to catch up.” Mitch laughed. “Does this mean you aren’t scared of me?”
    Tessa took her time answering. She didn’t know what it was about Mitch, but she felt drawn to him. There was a connection between them that had been growing stronger the more she was around him. She had a feeling that her answer to his question would not only change her and Nico’s life, but his as well. “I’m not afraid of you. In fact, I feel safest when I’m with you.”
    The smile that lit up Mitch’s face made him go from handsome to drop-dead gorgeous. Tessa had the urge to straddle his lap and kiss him at that moment. She could feel her panties dampening just thinking about rubbing herself all over his erection. She had caught a glimpse of his soft cock right before she had passed out, and it had been pretty big even flaccid. She had no doubt that, when he was hard, it would be huge. She held back a groan at the thought.
    Mitch cleared his throat, catching her attention. Dear lord, I was staring at the man’s crotch. She could feel her cheeks heating as she looked up at him. Mitch gave her a knowing smirk before shifting Nico to lay him on the couch. Her son had fallen asleep in his arms. If that didn’t prove that he wasn’t frightened of Mitch, then nothing would.
    “To answer your first question, which is why I was scared to tell you about myself, a rogue is a shifter that has, in simple terms, gone bad. Just like humans are good and bad, so are shifters. When a shifter turns rogue, they let their animal take over to the point that they are no longer human. They are all animal with the same instincts of their beast. They hunt and kill when they are hungry or feel threatened and are very territorial.”
    “So that’s what’s after me? How do I stop it, and why is it still following me?” Tessa thought about the poor woman in the park with her chest and stomach ripped open. She wondered if that was going to be her fate.
    “I’m not exactly sure why the rogue is after you. Like I said, they don’t think rationally. My best guess is that he picked up on your scent. Maybe your fear and it triggered something in him. It could be that you just simply smell like prey and the more you run, the more he is willing to chase you. Predatory animals love a good chase, and all shifters are definitely predatory.
    “You don’t have to worry though,” Mitch said as he walked across the room to sit next to her. He took her hand and squeezed. “Remember when I told you I was sort of a policeman?”
    Tessa nodded.
    “What I meant was I am a council enforcer which is basically shifter police. It is my job to catch rogues and keep humans from finding out the truth about us. It’s my job to protect you and Nico and keep you safe. I have wanted to tell you so bad to keep you from thinking you weren’t safe here.”
    Tessa leaned into Mitch’s side. Everything he told her was a lot to take in, and she still had hundreds of questions floating in her head that she wanted to ask him. Her stomach decided to growl at that moment, and Tessa was glad. She wanted their conversation to continue, but she needed a moment to absorb what he had already told her. There was another whole world out there that existed right alongside hers, and humans were walking around without a clue. It was enough to make a person go insane just thinking about it.
    “Come on.” Mitch stood and pulled her up with him. “I set you some lunch aside. We can finish talking while you eat.”
    She followed him into the kitchen and sat at the table while Mitch warmed her lunch in the microwave. Tessa stayed silent just thinking about everything he had already told her. She believed him about there being good and bad shifters. Most humans weren’t exactly model citizens, so she had no room to judge his race. Is race the right word, or should I say species? Either way, Mitch couldn’t expect her to be politically correct at the moment.
    As she began to eat the food he sat in front of her, something Mitch said popped in her head. “You said it was part of your job to keep shifters a secret from humans, right?” After he nodded his head, she continued, “Will you get in trouble for telling me all of this?” The thought of him being hurt or worse because he shared too much information with her made her stomach turn.
    “No, as long as you don’t go running to the media or shouting it in the streets that shifters exist, then we should be fine.”
    Tessa laughed.