Series: Pryde Shifter Series Book
1
Author: Giovanna Reaves
Publisher: Independent
Release Date: June 30th 2017
Heat Level: 3 - Some Sex
Pairing: Male/Male
Length: 83K
Genre: Romance, Science Fiction,
Mpreg, Paranormal Romance
Synopsis
All
he did was apply for a job and then his world was turned upside down.
Thrust
into the world he had no idea about, Jordan Sutton’s only goal was to get a job
working for Duncan Pryde of Pryde Industries. He thought werewolves, vampires,
and faes belonged in fairy tales, not in the real world. What will he do when
he finds out that there’s more than meets the eye to his boss and his family?
Duncan
Pryde had too much going on in his life. He became the sole guardian of his
twin niece and nephew along with the addition of his pack and company. He had
no time to think about a mate when trouble came to his front door. What happens
when the man he hired for one job turns out to be his destined mate? Does he
deny what he feels or embrace it?
Excerpt
Chapter
One
Jordan
Jordan
pulled up to the address he was directed to by his GPS. His mouth fell open in
complete shock at the mansion looking back at him. He was applying for a
position to work for the CEO of Pryde Industries. The handsome and jaw-dropping
Duncan Pryde. The position was as his personal assistant. Unless people had
been living under a rock, everyone knew exactly who Duncan Pryde was. A
self-made billionaire who had his fingers in everything from computer software
to fashion design. The man was
intelligent, wealthy, and drop-dead gorgeous and didn’t look a day over forty.
Simply put, everything Jordan could want in a man. But with one snag—the man
was completely straight according to all the magazines he’d read.
When
he heard there was a position opening up at Pryde Industries and it would be
working for the CEO, Jordan researched everything he could about Duncan Pryde.
One thing was evident, Pryde was never without some slim, beautiful female
model or actress hanging off his arm. Other than his attraction, Jordan admired
Duncan Pryde from afar, since he started tracking his success.
It
was only by chance Jordan found out about the job opening and jumped at the
opportunity. He admitted to himself that he had a selfish reason for wanting to
work for Pryde Industries. It was the opening Jordan needed to get his foot in
the door in the business world. Even if he was starting out as a personal
assistant. Jordan would be foolish to pass up the chance. Being rich was not
his primary goal, success and recognition for what he could do were what he was
after. Call him ambitious, but Jordan learned a long time ago that success
didn’t come easily. You have to step over a few people to get where you want to
be in life. He practically bit his nails
down to the knuckle the day he sent off his résumé. It was not a job at the corner store, but
working for a CEO with a major Fortune 500 company.
The
minute Jordan got the call for the interview, he did a more in-depth research
on Duncan Pryde, that was available on Duncan, and his businesses. There was
not a lot. He could find little on Duncan’s personal life, but there was more
than enough information on Pryde Industries. It frustrated Jordan, to the point
of obsession, that he could not learn more about the man he wanted to work for.
The only personal information he could find was that a tragedy had occurred in
his life six months earlier.
He
had turned the running of the business over to the hands of his vice president
until he was able to return. No matter how much he searched, Jordan was not
able to find out what had happened. Duncan Pryde had also withdrawn from public
life. No one seemed to know what
happened. Wild speculations swirled around that he had been severely injured in
a car accident and his company was covering it up. Some reported that he was
bound to a wheelchair and would never walk again.
Taking
a deep breath, Jordan looked at the file sitting in the passenger seat next to
him. It was his résumé and work experience. There wasn’t a lot to go on, but
Jordan had glowing letters of recommendation from previous employers along with
those of volunteering administrators. He was ready, and he was pretty confident
that the job belonged to him and no one else.
No
need to keep sitting here, the job’s not going to come to me this way. Jordan
nervously got out of the car closing the door.
Checking
his suit to make sure that everything was pristine, he smoothed out invisible
wrinkles and lint while praying to the gods that he wouldn’t come off as an
idiot in his interview. He wanted to
make a good impression the first time meeting Mr. Pryde, who was conducting the
interview himself. Jordan squared his shoulders, and looked at the large white
painted mansion with black window trim in front of him. The lawn was well
manicured with shrubbery and trees on both sides of the walkway leading up to
the door.
What
he could not understand was why the interview was at a mansion and not at the
head office located downtown. Jordan shrugged his shoulders, again. As long as
Jordan got the job he did not care where the interview was held. Wealthy and
influential people had their quirks, it wasn’t for him to judge. Determined
that he was ready to meet the man he was hoping to work for, Jordan walked to
the red painted front door and cleared his throat, he raised his hand, ready to
knock on the door when it was flung open for him. A ragged-looking woman burst
through the door.
“I
don’t care how much you pay me; I will not take care of those hellions!” she
yelled, walking or rather running down the driveway and got in the car parked
next to his, speeding off like a bat out of hell.
Well,
that’s interesting.
Jordan
quickly stepped to the side holding his folder to his chest, not sure if
someone or something else was going to come flying out of the house and hit
him. His heart was pounding in his chest. Instead of feeling nervous he was
starting to get scared out of his fucking mind. The little voice in the back of
his head told him to cut his losses and get his ass back in his car and go
home, and let someone else be terrorized by Duncan Pryde. He ignored the voice
and waited a few minutes before he decided that nothing else was going to come
flying in his direction. Peeking his head through the door, not seeing anyone,
Jordan stepped forward and walked in the foyer looking around for someone to
ask for directions. The place was just as large on the inside as it was on the
outside.
Shouldn’t
there be a maid or a butler to answer the door? Jordan heard voices coming from
down the hall and followed it. His previous apprehension went away as his
curiosity took over.
“You
guys, know that I have meetings to attend, I might not go into the office, but
I cannot stay with you pups all day long.”
“We
know, Uncle Duncan,” a cute, tiny little voice said.
“But
she was so mean,” another small voice added.
“She
promised if we behaved she would let us have ice cream,” they chimed in
together.
Kids,
nothing I read said that Duncan Pryde had kids.
“And
we were especially good,” one of the kids said.
From
the tone, Jordan assumed it was a little boy. He stood outside the door
listening shamelessly to their conversation. He found it adorable how the kids
finished each other’s sentences.
“Be
that as it may, you were both wrong for putting mud in her shoes and lizards in
her pockets.” Duncan Pryde’s voice sounded quiet but stern, not frightening
considering the conversation with the kids.
“We’re
sorry,” they chorused together.
“What
am I going to do with you both?” Duncan Pryde asked.
“Please,
don’t be mad at us, Uncle Duncan,” one of the tiny little voices said. To
Jordan, it sounded like a little girl. The pleading and the sniffle at the end
broke Jordan’s heart, he was so tempted to go into the room and comfort the
little one himself and call Duncan Pryde out for being mean to his kids.
“I’m
not angry. But, guys, I need to be able to go back to work.” The room was quiet for a few seconds before
Duncan Pryde spoke again. “Promise me you will give the other nanny a chance.”
“We
promise, Uncle Duncan,” they said together.
“Okay,
now let’s hug it out.”
Jordan
heard an oof sound and then peals of laughter. He stood in the hall a bit
longer letting the small family enjoy their time together before he
interrupted. Pulling himself off the wall, he walked the short few steps and
stood at the entrance to the room and knocked on the door.
“Come
in,” Duncan Pryde’s voice echoed strongly from the other side of the door.
Jordan
took a deep breath, letting it out slowly before opening the door and stepping
over the threshold and stopped, he had to hold back the gasp that threatened to
escape. Magazines and television did not do Duncan Pryde justice because
standing in front of Jordan was one of the sexiest men he’d ever laid eyes on.
Nope,
Duncan Pryde is not wheelchair bound, he doesn’t even look as if he has a
scratch on his perfect muscled body.
The
only disappointment, in Jordan’s opinion, was the confused expression on the
man’s handsome face. Duncan Pryde stood about six feet four inches. Wide
muscled shoulders and arms that looked like they could bench press the two kids
in one hand and him in the other without breaking a sweat.
“Who
are you?” Duncan Pryde demanded and stepped in front of the kids, shielding
them from Jordan’s view. To Jordan, it had sounded as if he growled his words
rather than spoke them.
“Y…your
front door was open, and I heard voices so I…” Jordan stuttered through his
response.
“You
didn’t answer my question, who the hell are you and what are you doing in my
house?” he demanded again, placing the children entirely behind him.
Jordan
was about to walk further into the room, but paused at the man’s deep voice and
hoped he did not let on just how much Duncan Pryde’s very presence was
affecting him in a few short seconds. With his pale complexion, he was probably
blushing from the tips of his ears to his toes.
Fuck,
the man’s tall.
Jordan
took a deep breath, finally he was able to string a few sentences together.
“I’m sorry, my name is Jordan Sutton. I was told to meet you here for an
interview.”
Duncan
Pryde stared at Jordan as if he’d lost his head. His blue eyes widened as if he
just remembered their meeting.
“Oh
shit,” he said, and the kids gasped.
“Uncle
Duncan, you said a bad word,” the little girl said looking up at her uncle.
“Now
you gotta put money in the bad word jar,” the little boy added to the
conversation.
The
kids are adorable.
“You’re
right, guys,” Duncan Pryde said, he still had his eyes trained on Jordan, but
his tone was gentle when he spoke to the kids. “I’m sorry, I completely forgot,
things got a bit out of control this morning,” he apologized to Jordan.
“That’s
okay,” Jordan assured him with a shrug of his shoulders.
Jordan
watched as Duncan turned and kneeled in front of the kids who looked so much
like him. The twins had the same dark brown hair with sprinkles of silver
highlights. His curiosity was piqued, wondering if it was a family trait kind
of thing.
“Okay,
my little pups, here is what I need you to do for me.” The twins nodded,
looking up at him. “I need to meet with Mr....” He turned and looked at Jordan.
“Sutton,”
Jordan answered for him.
The
twins were staring at him, and Jordan knew why. He always got the same look
everywhere he went. It used to bother him when he was a kid growing up, but he
wasn’t bothered by it anymore. There had to be other people in the world with
white hair and red eyes. Many thought he dyed his hair and wore contacts simply
to freak them out or was being rebellious and balked when he told them that he
was born this way.
“Thank
you,” he said to Jordan then looked back at the twins. “I need to speak with
Mr. Sutton for a few minutes. I need you both to go to your rooms and play with
your toys. I promise I won’t be that long.
Afterward, we can do anything you guys want to do.” Their heads bobbed
at the same time nodding, before hugging their uncle then walked out of the
room, whispering to each other and looking back at him. Jordan smiled and
waved.
“Did
you see his eyes?” the little boy asked.
“Yeah,
and his hair,” the little girl said. “I want my hair like his.”
Duncan
got up from his position and looked at Jordan. “I say we have a good twenty
minutes before they get bored, and I will have to think of something to bribe
them with,” Duncan told Jordan with a smile.
“In
that case, how about we cut to the chase, then,” Jordan said. “And I just lay
out why I’m the perfect candidate for the job as your assistant, you hire me,
and I can start working immediately.”
“Bossy,
demanding, and confident, I like that. But, let’s go through with the
formalities and see how you do.”
Jordan
tried not to smile, but the sudden change in Duncan Pryde’s demeanor put him
completely at ease.
Duncan
walked over to his desk and sat down. He looked over to the young man standing
in front of him. He was properly dressed, which impressed him. He only hoped he
continued to impress him during their short interview. He wasn’t kidding when
he told Mr. Sutton that they had twenty minutes, Maddison and Benjamin were a
handful. Duncan could not believe the morning he’d had, and it wasn’t even
noon. He’d planned on going into the office, but had to shift his schedule
around by doing the interview at his home. Because the twins begged him to stay
home with them, and he gave in with the promise they would behave for
Charlotte. That didn’t work out so well since they decided to terrorize
Charlotte, who was nanny number, hell if he knew, he went through them quicker
than it took him to blink an eye. At times the twins reminded him more of him
and Mari than he would like to acknowledge.
“Have
a seat,” he instructed. “I assume that
you have a résumé in that folder you’re clutching tightly to your chest?”
Duncan
extended his hand, waiting for the young man to give him the folder. After
sitting down, the young man gave the folder to him. Duncan got comfortable as
he flipped it open and began reading through Sutton’s qualifications. An
indescribable sweet scent wafted under his nose, but Duncan ignored it. As a
lykosian, or a werewolf, he was sensitive to certain smells.
Duncan
felt his skin prickle, and the scent got stronger. Pulling on his restraints,
he ignored the way his body was reacting and concentrated on the reason the
young man was there in the first place. Even in the height of protecting the
twins Duncan couldn’t help but stare the first moment he saw the young man
standing in front of him. He was entranced by his glistening ruby jeweled eyes
and his silver white hair. If the kids' fingernails were not digging into his
skin, Duncan would have surely forgotten they were in the room.
Not
many humans that he’d seen were born with such exotic appearances, it made
Duncan wonder if he was something other than human. If he weren't sure that
there was a male standing in front of him, Duncan would have mistaken Jordan
for a woman with his delicate features. Duncan tried to distract his wandering
thoughts by looking through the file in his hands. He already read a few things
he liked. Duncan was a very busy man and needed someone who could keep up with
him. He was organized and by his references he seemed to be more than qualified
for the position as his personal assistant.
This
was the part Duncan hated, he’d gone through six assistants in the past
year. All women and all under the
illusion that he would fall in love with them. There were three lykosian
females from his pack that tried to trap him into mating with them. They were
immediately fired from the company and banished from the pack. There were
consequences for such actions. Trying to manipulate a member of the pack into a
mating when they were not mates would result in the member being banished from
the pack for ten years. Duncan hated doing it, but he had no other choice.
Duncan
was the pack leader of one of the largest lykosian packs of Cypress Prince
Island. Cypress Prince was much more than an island; it was a bustling city
filled with all walks of life. Duncan looked up from the file in his hands and
stared at Jordan for a few seconds assessing him before a thought popped into
his head. He was in need of an assistant and a new nanny, why not interview for
both positions and see which candidate would fit perfectly for either position.
“Tell
me, Mr. Sutton, why do you want to be my personal assistant?”
Duncan
watched as a worried expression crossed over Jordan’s face before he answered.
“Do you want me to be honest or give you the placated version that would make
sure you hire me on the spot?”
Duncan
chuckled, he liked the kid. He was also glad that the timidness he saw a few
seconds earlier was no longer in his posture. “If you do get the job, what you
need to know about me is that above all things, I value honesty from my
employees.”
“I
really need a job,” Jordan started. “I’m pretty close to moving back in with my
parents and my little baby parked in your exquisite driveway is being held
together by luck, hope, and Gods know a lot of prayers.” Jordan finished with a
sigh. Duncan could tell he was trying not to sound desperate about needing a
job, but he did ask the man for honesty. “I’m also inexperienced in the sense
that I have never worked in the world of business, but I have admired you and
your drive to succeed. I feel working for your company, or you specifically,
will help me achieve my goals.”
He
smelled the honesty coming from the young man. “Are you trying to butter me up,
Mr. Sutton?” Duncan asked raising an eyebrow.
“Only
if it’s working,” Jordan countered back with a smile that had Duncan thinking
thoughts he really shouldn’t about the applicant.
Duncan
chuckled at their natural banter, it had been a while since he smiled so much
in an interview. He spent a few more minutes asking Jordan questions. Duncan
liked what he was hearing from the young man with each answer he gave to the
questions posed. He had a few more applicants to interview by the end of the
week, but he was positive that Jordan would be a value to his company. Twenty
minutes on the dot Duncan’s keen hearing heard the pitter patter of little feet
heading in their direction. He stood to his feet as did Jordan. Duncan extended
his hand wrapping up their meeting. He would have loved to sit and speak with
the young man a few minutes more but knew that wasn’t possible. Not with the
twins seconds away from his office door.
“I
will have someone contact you by the end of the week to let you know if you
have the job.”
Jordan
shook his hand as they walked to the door. “Thank you for taking the time to
see me.” A spark of electricity ran down his spine, but again Duncan ignored
it. Maybe he would examine what was going on later if he was still bothered by
it.
When
he opened the door, the twins were standing at the entrance with an innocent
expression on their tiny faces that Duncan did not believe for a second. The
twins were so much like he and his twin sister, Mari, were when they were their
age. A sad feeling settled in the bottom of his stomach.
“Are
you ready now, Uncle Duncan?” they asked together.
“Yes,”
he answered. “Let me walk Mr. Sutton to the door and I’m all yours for the rest
of the day.”
They
nodded and followed behind him and Jordan. Duncan opened the door for the young
man. He watched as the younger man walked to his car, or what resembled a car.
The kid wasn’t lying; Duncan was not sure how much longer that car was going to
last. Once the kid drove off, Duncan turned around and focused his attention to
the twins who were starting to get that impatient look on their faces.
“Okay,
my little munchkins, I canceled all my other appointments to spend the day with
you. So, what will it be?” he asked them. They smiled, and he knew exactly what
he would be spending the rest of the day doing, and there was no way he could
get out of it.
Later
that week, Duncan was found slouched on the sofa, a drink in his hand and three
applicants’ files sitting in his lap. He’d spent the rest of the week taking
care of the twins and truth be told he was exhausted. Duncan needed someone
quickly. He loved having and taking care of Maddison and Benjamin, but he had a
pack and a company to run, he never thought he’d miss getting up and going to
work so badly. Six months earlier, when he told his sister, Mari, that he would
watch the kids while she and her husband, Ben, went on their second honeymoon,
Duncan did not expect that it would be for the rest of his life. The private
jet that Mari and Ben were on crashed on their way back from Paris. Duncan was
devastated and had no idea what he was going to do. He had to bury his sister
and his brother-in-law.
He
had a hard time trying to explain to his five-year-old niece and nephew that
their mom and dad would never be coming home again. Duncan had to change his
life drastically to accommodate the twins. He’d gone from a doting uncle who
saw them when he missed them, to a father figure in the span of months. He’d
also gone through about the same number of nannies as he had personal
assistants in the past few months. Duncan was a perfectionist and wanted things
done his way. Mari used to tease him that he needed to loosen up a bit and give
people a chance to make mistakes.
Mari
and Duncan were twins, but the public had no knowledge of her existence. As
wealthy and well-known as he was, Duncan respected Mari’s wish to keep her away
from the public. So not to be recognized as his twin in public, Mari dyed her
hair and grew it out to the middle of her back. It was her choice to live a
modest life and taught at the school that Duncan had built when he took over as
Alpha of his pack. The same way he
protected Mari he did with his pack, keeping their existence a secret.
It
had not been easy, but Duncan felt it was better to hide in plain sight. The employees that worked in his company were
both pack members and humans who had no idea that they were working with
lykosians. Duncan thought about hiring other creatures, but since the great
war, each sect had lived separate lives. The thought of intermingling was
considered blasphemous. He was not under the naïve impression that his pack was
the only living among them. There were a few other shifter clan leaders that
Duncan had known since childhood whom he had relied on over the years. There
were even sanguine, or vampire, covens on the other side of the island.
The
world was filled with many other sects. Many believed that lykosians were the
first beasts formed. It was written that the gods—that once roamed the
earth—wanted more than human worshipers and decided to create beasts and
creatures who would not only protect their providence but be their warriors.
The mistress of the moon, created the lykosians. In the beginning many beasts
mated with humans before realizing they could also mate with their own kind.
Lykosians and other shifted sects were given unmanageable strength and the
ability to change from man to beast. Other sects were also given special
abilities, some known and some not. The nyxian sect was known for their beauty
and mysterious abilities. The elfkins, or elves, who were just as mysterious as
the nyxians, were close in relation with their appearance. Both sects were
created by the gods of the sun and given abilities to defend themselves.
There
were many other sects that had hidden their people away and had remained a
secret even to him. One sect Duncan was sure they had died out centuries ago,
were the draconem. They were hunted and killed for their blood and heart. Men
and beasts were attracted to the idea of a long life. By eating the heart of a
draconem a person could live up to one hundred years plus. It was also written
that draconems were quite powerful and possess magic liken to that of witches
and warlocks, it was how they controlled their fire that dwelled deep inside of
them while in their human form.
Duncan
had always wondered how a sect as powerful as the draconems could have failed
to protect themselves and died out. Some died during and after the war. After the great war, a treaty was signed by
the leaders of each sect. No matter how much he researched, Duncan could not
find the reason why or who started the war in the first place. The only thing
that was apparent was that many died senselessly. In the end, each sect decided
it was better that they all lived their lives and didn’t intermingle. Duncan
and a few other lykosian alphas had worked together to keep the peace with
other packs and shifter clans across the globe.
As
with humans, there was always a bad apple in with a bunch of perfectly good
ones. Duncan would never deny how
competitive he was and the lengths he’d gone through to ensure his pack’s
safety. One of his primary goals was to make sure that his members would have
the best life possible. He was quite young when he took the pack over after
challenging—and killing—his uncle for leadership. Duncan hated the way his uncle
used and abused his power as Alpha of the pack. Women were being used for his
sole pleasure, couples were not allowed to mate until the Alpha had his way
with the females first. Some tried to run away but were caught before they
could leave the island.
Some
were killed in front of the rest of the pack as an embellished way to keep the
members in line. On the full moon, the pack was not allowed to shift and run
together. According to his uncle, that pleasure belonged to him alone. Duncan’s
uncle told the pack that the previous Alpha was weak, which was why he was
easily defeated by their enemies. He put more fear in the pack members telling
them the goddess of the moon saw fit to bless him with her strength and
considered the members weak and needed him to guide them.
Duncan
was a child when his father, Thorin, was killed. He was not aware the role his
uncle, Bradley, played in Thorin’s death. There were two things his uncle
wanted: Galicia, who was Duncan’s mother, and the pack. Duncan couldn’t believe
his uncle held such jealousy in his heart to kill his own brother. No one spoke
of how his father died. It was forbidden, punishable by death to even mention
his name. After Thorin’s death, Bradley approached Galicia and offered to be
her mate, but Galicia turned him down. Bradley became furious and punished the
pack instead.
When
he got older and found out what happened to his father, and that his uncle was
the one that killed him, Duncan acted by challenging his uncle. He was only
eighteen when he took over the pack.
Galicia who was still depressed because of her mate’s death moved to
Virginia to live with her sister. She was too heartbroken at the loss of his
father to stay in the pack. His mom looked happy when he saw her a few months
before Mari died. Duncan and Mari were ecstatic when she announced that she had
opened her heart again to the possibility of love and finding a new mate. Her
mate was gone, but there was nothing wrong with having someone to love again in
her life.
After
taking over the pack, Duncan was ridiculed by the same pack members he saved
from his uncle’s tyrannical rule. That was so long ago, but at times it still
felt as if it were yesterday. It took him quite a while to gain the trust of
his pack members. Duncan was one hundred and fifty years old but looked like a
man in his late thirties. After taking over the pack, he appointed his best
friend, Ryland Burnett, as his Beta. Ryland’s father was also killed by his
uncle for being an opposition to his uncle’s tyranny and for the color of his
skin. He and his mother were allowed to remain in the pack because she was the
right color and his uncle was not afraid of a weak-minded woman.
Duncan
also named Ryland’s three cousins, Parker, Charlie, and Sebastian, as his
enforcers of the pack. They had been more than just his Beta and enforcers;
they had become his family. Duncan worked hard on building up his pack and
changing their image. He attended community college and studied business and
finance. He used his smarts and invested money into the pack and ultimately his
company.
Before Duncan took over, the women in the
pack were not even allowed to better themselves, such as attending school. The
men were considered the authority apart from the Alpha. Little things were seen
as punishable offenses, such as associating with humans. Duncan had done a lot
to change the image of his pack. He felt the more the pack stayed hidden, the
easier it would be for them to be found out.
They had a target on their backs, no matter if they stayed hidden or
not. Duncan wanted his pack to live in the light instead of staying hidden.
There
are other organizations like the Blackburn hunters who would stop at nothing to
try and eradicate his pack and others like him. However, they are not as
organized or well-funded as the Blackburn Organization. Duncan felt hiding
would bring more suspicion. Living in the spotlight also has its disadvantages,
one would be his appearance. Duncan reinvented his image so that it would not
draw too much attention or questions from reporters. Duncan had lived a long
time, and if others looked close enough, there would be questions as to why he
hadn’t aged in his early thirties and how he was able to keep his youthful
appearance.
To the humans of this world, he was Duncan
Pryde, the fourth who took over his father’s company after the man died. No one
seemed to question why he looked almost the same as his father. The easy answer
was the strong genetics that ran in their family. The Pryde pack had come a
long way. He had to work hard to get over the emotional scar that continued to
hang over the pack. Duncan prided himself, knowing that his pack was more
accepting than others. A few years after he took over, the pack started to
grow. Members were finding their mates and having pups. Duncan prided himself
on being an open-minded Alpha and allowed his members to voice their likes and
dislikes with respect. He practically bought the entire island of Cypress, so
that his pack could expand and his members could live in peace.
Coming
back to the present, Duncan looked down at the files resting on his lap. He needed someone he could trust to take care
of the twins when he had to travel out of town or when he had to work late at
the office. Duncan knew he had to be selective. It would be easier to choose
one of the female lykosians from his pack. But in the past, he realized they
were using the pups to get close to him. Being the mate of the Alpha came with
a lot of privilege. The pups they would have would be powerful, and the next to
become the Alpha of the pack, no matter the gender. Duncan was not above naming
a female as the Alpha of his pack. Strength came from how an Alpha cared for
the members of its pack and not how well they could thrash his or her opponent
in a match.
As
old as he was, Duncan was not ready to settle down with a mate; which was why
he was not looking or pining for one. Duncan was aware of his obligation to
provide Alpha pups for the pack. As crazy as it might sound to others, he
wanted to be in love and not be forced to sleep with a female lykosian because
of the needs of the pack. Love mattered to him. He wanted what Mari and Ben
had. He saw and felt the love between them, and at times it made him jealous.
But he was also happy for them.
Duncan
sighed as he flipped through the file of Jordan Sutton and Samantha Jones. Both
candidates answered his questions truthfully, he did not smell any deceit
coming from them. Also, their references checked out, as well as their
background check came back clean. Decision made, Duncan made specific notes on
each folder as to who was hired for what position. The next morning, he would
send the documents off to his human resources department and have someone
contact both applicants, informing them they got the job.
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Meet the Author
Giovanna (Gia) Reaves is my alter ego,
who is a dreamer. I spend my days and nights dreaming and thinking of the
worlds I want to create with words. I started writing about three years ago,
when I was introduced to the world of fan fiction. I loved the idea of creating
a new world around characters that people already knew about. And ones that are
original of my own making. I have written two novels and a few free stories.
I am a mother, wife, and a military
veteran. I enjoy trying new things such as traveling, cooking, and reading. I
try to incorporate some of the things I have experienced into my books.
Currently living in Newport, RI with my
two favorite men. If I am not hidden in my cave writing, I love to read and
spend time with my hubby and son. I love listening to R and B along with neo
soul when I am writing. When I'm not writing, I am trying to perfect my baking
and decorating skills or try to pick up something new. I love spending time
with my husband and son playing video games and traveling.
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