Alpha Nocurne's Contracted Mate

Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell

Chapter 26 It’s My Job

“No, thank you! I have to work!” Ann squeaked suddenly, shaking her head voraciously as she backed away.

Maeve roared at her furiously and Ann angrily shut her out as Adam watched her every movement, as if he wanted to devour every inch of her. She was struggling to think straight under this amount of pressure.

“I can make my own way to work, Adam, I don’t want to inconvenience you,” Ann announced, trying and failing to keep the tremor from her voice.

Adam chuckled.

“It’s no inconvenience. I insist on being the one to take you to work. I won’t have my Luna wandering around with her arousal so easily recognized.” He answered firmly, almost possessively

Ann shuddered. This was not how her morning was supposed to have started.

As Ann shut the car door behind her and she watched Adam speed off, she let out a sigh of relief.

The journey had been almost unbearable because of the s*e*xual tension between them both.

Maeve had made things even more difficult with her lewd suggestions for scratching that itch and Ann had resigned herself to the fact that her wolf was insatiable and it was something that she was going to have to learn how to deal with.

had shut her out in irritation and was still seething when she entered the company headquarters. Ann swiped her key card and

patiently for the elevator to arrive that would take her up to the 18th

and renovating them, before selling them on for a profit. Her predecessor had focused only on commercial properties or acquiring failing businesses before s*tri*pping them down and selling their

and other shifters, new nests of Vampires or established nests that had been f0rced to move, there was a

form a close relationship with the Vampire Council and let them know in advance of any properties that would be available in the coming months, they too, kept Ann aware of their need for locations and they shared

stepped out of the elevator as it reached her floor and swiped her keycard at the

a*s*sistant Eva, looked up in surprise and hurried

are you?! I wasn’t expecting you in this early …if at all actually considering everything that’s happened recently…” Eva

Ann chuckled.

all, Eva. Besides, you know I’d rather be busy with something productive rather than

looked at her seriously and seemed to hesitate

I think you deserve better… I always have. You’ve raised this failing department up to one of the most successful and

rise to her cheeks in embarra*s*sment. She had never been good at

care of too and taken on completely inexperienced members of the packs who

Ann laughed.

shouldn’t limit what you can achieve. By the time I’m too old to run this, I hope that I’ll have children who share the same ethics as I do, otherwise, I’ll put one of my own

smiled warmly at

things up too much for you Ann. You deserve better than what that rotten step -family

that my life was such a hot topic of gossip,”