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didn’t want that for Dom, though.
    Walking from her room, she found her son making a sandwich in the kitchen.  “I have an idea.”
    “Uh oh,” he said, laughing.
    She chuckled.  “No, really.  How would you feel about moving up to Canada?”
    “Um, why?”  He looked at her with one eyebrow raised and took a big bite of the sandwich.
    She told him about her desire to see him able to live a freer life.  “There are places up there where the people don’t care what a person can shift into. And I thought, too, that we might call ourselves something besides panthers.  Maybe a rare breed of white leopard.  I don’t know of any leopard pards in North America, so we should be able to claim that without anyone questioning us. “
    He swallowed the bite of food and put his sandwich down on a plate.  “Why?”
    “Don’t you want to have a girlfriend who can see your hair?”  She reached up and tugged a lock of his silky, white hair.
    He made a face, but then sighed.  “Are you lonely, Ma?”
    “Never.”
    “Be honest.”
    It was her turn to sigh.  She was lonely, but it wasn’t about her, it was about him.  “Honey, I don’t want you to live a solitary life because of what we are.”
    He stared at her silently in the way that told her he was trying to figure out what was really bothering her.  Finally, he said, “Canada’s cool.  The craft site is international, and I heard that shipping is cheaper up there, so it’ll save my customers money.”
    She could have cried right then.  He was so sweet and caring.  “Honey, you’re the best son a mom could dream of.”
    He bent his six-foot-one frame and hugged her, resting his cheek on her shoulder.  “You’re the best mom.”
    Fighting back the sudden tears, she patted his back and said, “Canada?”
    “You bet.”
    He kissed her cheek, straightened, and then picked up his plate.  “Have a good night at work, Ma.”
    “I will, hon.  Don’t stay up too late.”
    He rolled his eyes with a smile and walked toward his room.
    As she headed to work, she started to make plans for heading to Canada.  She had enough money to get them there, and Titus had an old van that she could probably trade her car for so they didn’t need to worry about renting a truck for their belongings.  During the years, she had never bought any furniture because clothes could be packed in a jiffy, but not large items.  She’d be sorry to leave the area, but she was certain it was the right thing for her and Dom.
    She parked behind the bar and walked through the employee entrance at the back of the building.  Stopping to stow her purse in Titus’ desk drawer, she was about to walk out of his office when Titus appeared in the doorway.
    His serious face made her stop short, and as he shut the office door and turned to face her, everything inside her went still with worry.
    “Rue, you know that I’ve never asked you anything about your history or what type of shifter you are. I’m a business man, and you’re a great employee and that’s all that has ever mattered to me.”  He paused and she felt the weight of his eyes on her, as her worry spiked in spite of her attempts to stop it.  “There are two males and two females in the bar tonight.  They came in about a half hour ago.  They’re some kind of cat shifter, and I thought it would be best if you maybe didn’t work tonight.  Unless you’re not a cat shifter.”
    He glanced at her hair briefly, the brunette wig suddenly feeling very heavy, and she exhaled the breath she’d been holding and said, “I am, but I don’t think I should tell you any more than that.”
    “All right,” he nodded.  “If you want to come out to the bar to take a peek at them, you can hide behind me so you won’t be seen.  Then you can take off if you feel like you need to, and I’ll still pay you for the night.”
    She smiled up at him.  “You don’t have to do that, Titus.”
    “It’s not your fault that you