Mike told Claire Vicki was on her way to talk to her about some phone calls. The look on Claire's face told Mike she was not being completely honest with him.

"Look, Mike, I've kept a few things from you but nothing that would change the outcome of your case or affect it in anyway," Claire told him softly.

"Claire, why has Haven been calling you?" he asked briskly.

"She has some medical issues, I've been helping her, nothing more," Claire told him.

"Okay, her husband, panther man.." Claire interrupted him, "His name is Slade," Mike rolled his eyes and said, "Slade is looking for her, you," he pointed, "have had contact with her and yet, she's still hidden, what the hell is going on?"

Claire sat beside Mike and put her hand on his knee, her eyes pierced him and she said firmly, "She's pregnant."

Mike threw his hands up, "Damn but you're a fertile group!"

"Mike," she said firmly, "she's pregnant but he doesn't want the child. He doesn't want to pass on any genetic traits."

Mike suddenly understood, "She's hiding from him."

Claire nodded, "Yes, she is. She loves him, he loves her but he hates what he is. He's never been able to accept what he is and that's why he's with a human."

"Haven is not a shifter?"

"No, she's human and he thought they would never have children. Haven was taking birth control," Claire sighed and looked down at her own stomach, "but as you can see, that's not always the fool proof. Mike," Claire's eyes watered, "I'm so sorry. Please don't feel you have to stay just because I'm pregnant."

"What?" Mike was horrified, "Is that what you think? That I'm only staying with you because of the baby? No, that's not true. Claire," Mike pulled her into his arms, "I love you. I never thought I'd fall in love this fast or be this deeply in love with someone but," he pushed her away and kissed her softly, "I do. I love you, baby or not, I'm here."

Claire smiled and sniffed, "Well, I love you too, baby or not."

"But, back to this situation, what are his plans if he finds Haven?"

Claire's eyes clouded over, "I don't want to say but I'm sure you get the jist of it."

Mike nodded and swallowed hard, "Then we must protect her."

"That's why I haven't told anyone she's been calling. I've been giving her family medical advice and sending packages but…."

Mike cut her off, "You're sending packages? Holy shit," he shook his head.

"What? Did I do something wrong?" her brow furrowed.

"Not intentionally," Mike told her then added, "but, they can track that. If he's as good as I suspect, he can track the packages."

Just then Vicki's knock signaled her arrival, "Come in," Claire called out.

"Claire! What if it isn't Vicki and Henry?"

Claire wrinkled her nose, "I can smell them, they just had sex."

Mike covered his face with his hands, "Oh Lord, I just had to ask."

"Ask what?" Vicki looked between the two.

"Never mind, private joke," Mike smirked. Claire's face was painted with a sheepish grin and Vicki narrowed her eyes at both of them.

Pointing to Mike, Vicki mouthed 'later' and sat on the coffee table in front of them.

"Fill me in," Vicki said and they did.

When Claire and Mike finished, taking turns to add things to the story, Vicki shook her head.

"Well fuck," she muttered.

"Nice, Vicki, nice," Mike mumbled.

"Slade is up to something else," Vicki announced.

"Why do you say that?"

"Slade wouldn't just want to get rid of his own child because it might be a shifter," Vicki told her.

"How do you know that? I know my own people better than any of you in here. Would you want your children to have traits you consider bad or imperfect? He feels his shifting abilities make him imperfect."

"I would believe that except for one thing," Vicki told them.

"What?" They said in unison.

"Upon investigating Slade, I found he has a very exclusive set of friends," Vicki pulled out a few photos, "you know them?" she pointed and handed the stack to Claire.

Claire's eyes widened, "Yes, yes I do. Some of these are from the high council and he," she pointed and showed Vicki and Mike, "he is a doctor at the hospital I work at."

"We'd better get to Haven and hope like hell they haven't gotten to her first," Vicki shoved the photos back into her pocket.

"Henry, we need your special skills of persuasion," Vicki told him.

"How the hell is he going to get to a shifter without them smelling him?" Mike asked.

"We're not, you are and then we'll corner them," Vicki poked Mike in the chest.

Mike groaned, this was not going to be fun…