a text message letting you know? Maybe a phone call? Email perhaps? How exactly is it you would automatically know?”
Gracie glared at him and with her hand in front of his face she pinched her thumb and finger together. “I am this close to checking how sharp my knife is on your hide. This close!” She waved her hand closer. “I am not pregnant! Besides, werewolves aren’t human completely different species therefore not compatible with humans.”
“And suddenly she is a werewolf expert.” Halo shook his head and turned away. “I am going to find something to eat. You coming?”
“I don’t really feel well. I think I will lay down awhile.” Gracie dropped to the bed, the fire from moments before gone from her voice. Hand trembling she touched her stomach when she looked up at Halo her eyes shimmered with tears. “I can’t be pregnant. I can’t. I can’t give birth to a monster.”
“And you can’t kill an unborn child before he or she has a fighting chance. I know.” Halo sat beside her on the bed and pulled her into his arms. “We will figure something out. Maybe it was something you ate.”
“I didn’t eat today.” Her voice was muffled against his chest but the words were clear.
“Maybe you are sick because you didn’t eat. You should come with me and get something in your stomach. You will feel better.”
“No, I won’t. I can’t be pregnant.”
“Shh, girlfriend, don’t cry, you are going to make me look bad. If I go to dinner without you they will wonder what kind of relationship we have that I leave my darling wife behind on our vacation. If you go out with that face they will think I abuse you terribly. Come on now, dry your tears. You are not turning into one of them and you are not spawning the next generation of them. Think about it, the military would make a soldier like that sterile. They wouldn’t want them to breed and spread and take over.”
“I saw Jurassic Park. They made the dinosaurs sterile and they still found a way to breed.” She sobbed.
“Jurassic Park is a movie about real creatures that went extinct a bajillion years ago. This is real life and oh, you know what, never mind, I forgot where I was going with that. Stop panicking. You are not pregnant. It is nerves. Dry your tears and come on. I am starving. At least watch my back for me while I eat.”
“Alright. Since you put it like that let me get my shoes on. When we get done we can go for a walk around the place and see what else we might find out.”
A tap on the door sounded just as Halo reached for the knob. A questioning look toward Gracie had her reaching for the edge of the curtain and peering through the crack. “It is Sara with something in her hands. Maybe she brought food to us?”
But it wasn’t food Sara had, it was a package. “Forgot to give you this earlier. Came for you a few days ago in a supply run.” She handed the package to Halo and started away from the door. “Dinner will start in a few minutes, you do not want to be late.”
Gracie pushed the door closed and eyed the package. “Did you send us something without telling me?”
Halo shook his head and set the package on the small table. Backing away he looked at his partner. “Who knew where we were coming?”
“Telu probably traced our research and figured it out. Return address?”
“Don’t know.” He tilted his head to the side. A smile twitched at his mouth. “Well, good news. It is either a bomb or something to help us. Says Crystal Shields on the box.”
“Oh good. Weapons or bomb. We are either being helped or eliminated. My bet is on elimination. Telu had us doing a lot of paperwork in the office before this vacation.”
“Not really. He had us sitting and doing a whole lot of nothing for over a week. A week where he could access our research if that was what he wanted to do.” Halo’s voice was thoughtful as he pulled his memories together from the past two weeks. “I think the chances are half and half. But I also think he wouldn’t leave anything to chance. If he knew where we were going, and that box says he knew then he had the chance to eliminate us days before we left. He let us