The Baby Of The White Tiger (BWWM Shifter Romance) (7 page)

Chapter7

“
How are you doing?” Gregor asked; his voice was filled with concerned. He had just heard about her fight with the vampire on the road.

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I’m doing as well as can be expected.” Dom sighed (she’d been doing that a lot lately).

“
I’ll be with you soon. My flight leaves in three hours. I should be in Oklahoma within ten hours.”

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I know. I’ll make it there.”

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I hope so. Have you been followed since then?”

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I don’t think so.” Dom looked behind her, her nerves already frayed.

“
I’m going to stay on the phone with you for a while.” Gregor told her.

Dom put him on speaker and laid the phone down on the seat next to her. “I would like that very much.” She admitted the fact even though she didn’t want to.

“I’m so sorry that this is happening to you.”

“
It’s not your fault.”

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In some ways it is.” Gregor sighed, frustrated. He wanted to be there. He didn’t think it was right that she should have to suffer through this alone.

“
No, you didn’t make these people attack. Blaming yourself is only blaming one of the victims. It’s ridiculous.” Dom was chastising him and her voice was growing louder, but she didn’t care. She was alone in the car and there was no one on this road to hear her.

“
Dominique, I’ll get to you as soon as I can.” He promised her, changing the subject back to more important matters. “You won’t be alone for long. I promise.”

“
Don’t promise things like that. We still have a long time where things can go wrong.”

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Don’t remind me of it.” Gregor’s voice held doom.

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I’ll make it. I don’t break that easy.” Dom’s voice was resolute. She knew that she had to be strong to finish this, but she would be with Gregor in a matter of hours.

“
You are an exceptional woman, but these hours are going to feel like an eternity.”

Dom sighed, “I know.”

“I wish you would be some place safe. Do you think that you could get to an airport?”

“
I think that staying on the road would be the safest thing for me. I’ve changed my route in order to hide a little better.”

“
I know.”

“
We keeping telling each other things that we know. Why do we keep doing that?” Dom was getting tired of acknowledging information that they already had. It felt wrong somehow.

“
I don’t know.”

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Finally, something that we don’t know.” Dom’s joke wasn’t lost on Gregor.

She could hear the smile in the tiger’s voice. “I’m glad you made it through that fight.”

“I almost didn’t. I got lucky and managed to get him right in the heart with the stake that they had left in my purse.”

“
They left a stake in your purse?” The question was posed with disbelief. “They really wanted you prepared for anything.”

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I don’t think that I’m prepared for everything, but there is a duffel bag that I haven’t completely searched yet.” She was honest about it. She had a feeling that the surprises that she was going to find weren’t over yet.

Dom continued to drive in her stolen mustang. Her nerves kept her awake as she counted the miles to her destination. It was taking too long for her to get where she needed to go. She was impatient, she had no idea what was going to happen and prayed, hoping not to get pulled over and be arrested for driving a stolen car.

She continued to drive, in silence, unwilling to let her guard down for another several hours before she had to stop for gas. She stepped into the gas station and walked immediately to the restroom. Looking in the mirror she could see the exhaustion starting to show in her eyes. “I hope I’m going to make it.” She talked to herself, trying to keep going, she had to keep moving, but she didn’t know how she was going to do it. She relieved herself and splashed water on her face before she spent a few minutes strolling through the aisles.

Her stomach growled as she passed the warmed hot dogs rolling on the rack. She knew that she had to get something to eat or she wasn’t going to finish the trip. Ignoring the hot dogs she walked to the drink refrigerator to peer inside. “Do I want something cold or hot?” She asked herself, trying to decide about her choice in caffeine. She knew that it wasn’t good to drink caffeinated drinks while pregnant, but at this point she didn’t think that one or two energy drinks was going to hurt her as much as falling asleep behind the wheel. “Cold, I think, cold would keep me awake more.”

She reached into the fridge and pulled out two icy cold bottles of soda and a can full of an energy drink. She sighed as she started to walk through the aisles again. She wanted to find something to eat, but nothing looked really appetizing. She forced herself to pick out a bag of chips and a microwave bean burrito. “They never have anything good for vegetarians.” She sighed as she put her burrito on the counter. “Where’s the microwave?” She asked the clerk.

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Over there.” The clerk looked upset with her question. She had obviously been very busy lately, watching whatever was going on with the small screen of the phone in her hand. Dom didn’t respond, paid for her purchases and walked over to put the burrito in to heat up. She opened one end to heat it up when the door jangled open. Dom jumped and looked over to see someone that didn’t look familiar. She watched the newcomer only to realize that it was just another person out driving in the middle of the night. The microwave beeped and she pulled out her meal. It didn’t smell very appetizing, but she climbed into the car with it anyway.

She opened up the duffel bag in the light and started to search through the clothes. Interspersed within the clothes she found several hundred more dollars, shoved into pockets of the pants. She smiled. The shifters were still looking after her and it meant a lot to her. She found a flashlight and another cell phone while she was searching. There was also a prepaid credit card with a post it note containing a pin number and a balance of a thousand dollars. It felt a little strange to look at these clothes, that were so different from what she usually wore, knowing that someone had shopped for items for her.

“On the road again.” She was talking to herself. “If I don’t stop this, people are going to think I’m going crazy.” She sighed and turned on the engine, not looking forward to the trip, even though she was already a third of the way through it. “Only seven more hours on the road.” She glanced down at the phone that was set to give her directions. She was in Clovis already and had no idea how she had gotten that far. “Oh right, I need gas.” She pulled to a pump and went back inside to pay for her gas.

The car rewarded her for filling up the tank with the roaring sound of the engine. She started to drive again, crossing into Texas with ease and staying on the highway all the way until she reached Amarillo. By the time she saw the city light she realized that she had needed to go to the bathroom for quite a while. She sighed and pulled into the closest gas station. Looking next to her in the seat she saw her empty bag of chips and the empty soda bottles rolling around on the floor. She gathered up the garbage and the uneaten burrito and dumped it into the trash can by the gas pump. She walked in and repeated her rounds from the convenience store in Clovis. It didn’t take her long to get back on the road with another bag of chips and a few more drinks beside her. Looking at the map she figured that her next stop was going to be in a small town half way to Oklahoma City, but she didn’t see any large places on the map. She sighed and kept driving.

The last five hours of her journey passed fairly uneventfully. She fought to remain awake in the tremendous boring of the Texas highway, but managed to drive there safely. Pulling into the airport in Oklahoma City she felt a large amount of relief. She pulled into short-term parking and stopped in a spot near the entrance. She felt lucky because another car had pulled out just as she came to the spot.

She sat behind the wheel, looking at the grand building. She knew that it would be safer for her to go inside, but was waiting, tired from her trip. Actually if she were willing to admit it to herself she was at a point beyond exhaustion. She needed to rest, but had no idea how much time it was going to take. She checked her phone, looking at the text with Gregor’s flight information. His plane was supposed to land in half an hour.

Her stomach growled for a hot meal and she decided that it was time to go inside. She checked the board and noticed that his flight was delayed. She sighed again, that same old tired sound, and walked into one of the restaurants to order something to eat and wait.

The meal was hot and fresh and helped her aching stomach to feel better. She waited; it felt like an eternity for Gregor’s plane to land, but it was only an hour. She finished eating and went to the reception area to wait for his arrival. She was tapping her foot as he came down, out of the terminal.

Gregor rushed to her, wanting to hold her. “Dominique.” He was so happy to see her. “Were you hurt?”

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My arm hurts from being yanked on twice, but other than that I’m doing fine.” She confessed it to him, knowing that he wasn’t going to be happy about it.

He examined her arm. “Are you hungry?”

“I’m sorry, I ate while I waited.”

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That’s fine; I’ll pick something up on the way out of town.”

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Let’s get moving, but I have to do something about the car.”

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I’ve already called someone. They’re coming to pick up the car. We’re going to drive to El Paso in a few hours.”

“
Why are we going to drive?”

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I think that it would give them some time to get the vampires under control. I’m not a warrior.” Dominique yawned. Her exhaustion was starting to kick in. “We should get a room so that you can get some sleep.”

“
Are you sure?”

“
You need to rest.” Gregor walked over to the rental agency and arranged to get a vehicle then picked up his luggage. They got into the vehicle and drove to the closest hotel. He booked a room without saying a word to Dominique. She wasn’t going to have much choice in this.

When they got up to the room Dom could feel the exhausted gratefulness seep into her bones. The room was beautiful with a magnificent large hot tub situated in a side room. Dom gasped. “This is huge. We don’t need this much space.”

“I thought that you could use a soak to ease your aching muscles.” Gregor smiled, happy that he could do this small thing for her. He filled up the tub and she climbed in, eager to feel the warmth penetrating her body. Gregor made a phone call in another room then came in to join her and Dom hung her head back, taking in the relaxing moment. “I’ve called them. They’re going to start to clean things up. They’re still figuring things out and asked that we take some time to get back down to El Paso.

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OK” It was all Dom could say. She was sitting right in front of a jet and it was pounding out the muscles in her back.

Gregor scooted closer to her and lowered his lips to hers. “I missed you so much. I was afraid that I would never see you again.”

“I was too.” Dom admitted it and it felt good. Gregor’s hands touched her arms, running down from the shoulders to her wrists. She moaned against his lips and he knew what she meant. His body responded to her touch, growing harder as he moved closer. Dom felt him brushing her leg and reached down to wrap her hands around his manhood. It was his turn to groan at the touch. He kissed her again, enveloping her entire being with his tender touches. His hands roamed over her body, touching her everywhere.

Her body responded to his caress, pushing against him. It didn’t take long for her needs to take over the moment. She straddled his lap and with one smooth stroke she took him into her. His eyes widened in pleasure. The warm water flowed around them as he took in the sensation of her body letting him enter. They stayed still for a long moment, locked in a kiss that seemed to last for an eternity. They were as close as two people could be.

She started to move, gently bouncing up and down. He groaned again, a gentle growling sound in her ear. She loved that sound and it encouraged her to increase her pace a little. Gregor’s hands moved to her hips, helping to guide her pace. They were moving in unison, hoping to reach a peak soon. Gregor loved the touch of her body. He told her so, a rushed whisper, rough and needing. She responded, wordlessly, but with the movement of her body encouraging his words, speeding up and slowing down regularly, trying to make their physical love as long as possible.

They fell into the moment. Their movements started to speed up. They were getting closer to the edge of their passion, and they needed the coming release. It had been only a day since they had seen each other, but it didn’t change the fact that the past day had been one of the most eventful of their lives. They needed this and they both knew it as the moment grew closer and closer.

Dom gasped as her orgasm crested. The moans that escaped from her mouth set Gregor’s passion off. He released himself into her, giving into his needs as he spilled his seed into her body. It felt like it took forever for their mutual releases to finish.