Shifted Fate (Amy)

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I watched his face go through a barrage of emotions and settled on anger. "Neither the pack nor Shannon can tell me who I can or can't mate with." He grabbed my face. "I want you, Amy." He kissed me again and I had to hold myself back from puking. I couldn't hold in the shudder, which made Brandon smile. He thought it was from need and not utter disgust. "You will be my

mate. Promise me you will give me time to fix it."

I looked off to the side. "You have less than two weeks." I turned back. "If

Shannon hasn't retracted everything...if she hasn't

stepped back, then she can take my place. I won't be second place in my bond." I slid out from in front of him and walked to the

door. "Until then, I don't want to be put in a situation where I would be considered the other woman."

Brandon watched me from behind y desk before he finally nodded and then walked back towards me at the door. "I respect that."

He leaned over and kissed me again. "I'll handle it. Give me some time."

I just nodded and took a deep breath when he turned to leave. Nix snorted. You are really selling the idea that you want him. I

smiled, and Brandon thought it was for him.

I have to. His ego won't accept anything other than devotion. Which works in our favor.

"Okay." I nodded at him. "But..."

He hesitated. "What?"

"Don't hurt Shannon too much. I don't want her to hate me. We have become so close these last few months and I don't want to

lose her."

Brandon smiled, but I saw the look in his eyes. He thought he could figure out a way to keep us both. Shannon just had to play

along. At least until I give birth and he could use our pup to drain me of my power. "Of course. Shannon is my best friend too. I

never want to hurt her."noveldrama

"Good." I smiled and looked out at Alannah, who was hovering at her desk, unsure of what to do. "Did you need something?"

Alannah bowed. "Sorry to interrupt, but there is an issue on one firewall. There was a breech, and Rick still isn't in. I didn't want

to interrupt your conversation, but it's protocol." She tried to smile but her eyes danced to Brandon,

Brandon smiled. "I'll let you get back to work." He kissed me once again and I shivered again. "I'll call you later."

I nodded. "I have a call at nine, so if you don't call before that, I won't be able to answer."

His eyes flickered for a moment, but then he nodded. "Of course." Then he left. I turned to Alannah.

"There was a breach?"

She nodded and sat back down. "I sent the alarm to your desktop. Protocol is to go to Rick, but he's not here."

"All good." I went back to my desk and I clicked on the alert in the system. An alarm popped up, notifying me that someone had

breached the first firewall from outside. "Interesting." Was all I said and then I got to work. In minutes, I had shored up the

breech and traced the attack to the college IP address. Interesting.

Alannah came in and smiled. "The alert went away, so I'm assuming that you fixed

it."

I nodded. "It took me a minute because I hadn't been in the firewalls for a few months. But I got it done."

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Alannah smiled and shot me a thumbs up. "Rick told me to tall you to finish the list

and then focus on the last task. He really

drilled it into my head. He said it was the most important."

I smiled at her and winked. "Will do." I turned back to my desk and saw the cold coffee. "Alannah?"

"Yeah?" She looked up from her own screen.

"With the conversation and the breech...my coffee went cold. Do you mind ordering me another? Have a kitchen omega bring it to

1. me. Tell them I need you here to watch for alerts, and the order came from me." I wanted a fresh coffee, but there was no way I would ask Alannah to watch around. I needed to keep her in my line of sight the entire time. No one was going to find out she was

pregnant. At least not for another week.

She nodded as she picked up the phone. "Will do." I turned back to my desk and got to work.

I finished the task sheet in an hour. Then I went to work on the trojan. "Hey Alannah?" I called out.

She showed up at my door. "Yeah?"

"I'm getting to work on the last task. Can you tell me if there are any alerts for a breech while I work?"

Alannah nodded, and I saw understanding on her face. "Of course."