The Shadow Enforcer: The Shadow Enforcer Series Book One by N.M. Thorn

Author:N.M. Thorn [Thorn, N.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-01-16T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

~ Cole Adams ~

The InvictusGame Studio Corp. was positioned in one of the multiple business centers of Phoenix. With a public golf course on one side and a small two-lane road on the other, the building stood alone, isolated from numerous business units located on the other plazas of the center.

Cole liked the privacy of this building, and from the first moment he laid his eyes on it, he stopped searching, even though his real estate agent was against it, suggesting checking out other options before making the final decision. He had made the offer the same day and had never regretted his choice.

His software company occupied the entire building, and he loved that all his teams were located on the same floor, allowing for better collaboration between the groups and individual team members. Being a creative and artistic person by nature, he enjoyed participating in product development and design meetings, inspiring and encouraging the productive atmosphere and freedom of creativity.

All his employees were human, but he had never had a problem controlling his thirst. Being over a thousand years old, he no longer needed as much blood as a younger vampire would need to sustain the appropriate energy level and keep the thirst from overwhelming his mind. The employees of the company loved him and finding the right workforce was never an issue for him as he kept them happy with a generous pay and the best benefits package a private business could offer.

The source of his problems lay on the other side of his complicated existence—the one he led in the shadows, doing everything he could to keep it from spilling into his nearly normal day-life. He knew the Queen of Arizona would love to have a lion’s share of his corporation—if not all of it—and he was doing everything in his power to keep his business as far away from her grabby hands as possible.

Ancient, money-hungry, and insidious, Roxana was a true threat to the lifestyle he had worked so hard to build in Arizona. The Queen loved the thrill of the hunt, the sound of screams and the smell of fear, and using the blood banks and willing humans wasn’t her style. While she didn’t stop Cole from his business endeavors on either the human or vampire side of his life, she kept close tabs on him, making sure to remind him any chance she had that he was nothing but her servant and she had the power to destroy him at any time.

The Queen’s opposition quietly supported Cole’s attempts at finding easier and legal ways to satisfy the need for blood without killing humans or exposing the World of Magic. Nevertheless, Cole had no illusions—the only reason Roxana hadn’t killed him so far was his generous monetary donations to the Vampire Court. She wasn’t sure any of her other subjects were capable of running a software company, so she needed him to do it. Besides, as she had pointed out numerous times, she enjoyed having him in her bed.

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