Page 34 of Broken Wolf

“I’m too busy and just throw on what’s in front of me.” I held up my hand to them. “We have too much to do, and Carter can’t process it all at once, so we have to break this up.”

I fed from four while Felix massaged my hips and then gave their power to Carter… Who then dropped to his knees and moved his head under my skirt. I moaned as he ate me out right there for all of them to watch.

And I fucking loved it.

“You were dripping,” he defended when he was done. “Transferring power gets you keyed up, and as the man you gave it to and your lover, I should absolutely take care of you, darling.”

Plus, make it clear to the men there that I was his and he would end them if they disrespected me. Fine, fine.

I let him get away with it, loving the attention and intense looks. Hell, I moved his hand to my ass while we were working on everything.

Basically, we were going over the original houses I’d bought to fix up and the progress. Who was already in them with contracts, or a few had to be completely gutted.

Then it was who wanted the same deal and the houses we had now. People would get a choice—of course, they would—but we weren’t going to give a single person first crack at a house over a family. There was coordinating to do and who could afford what. Some of them I needed to give them a few months before they could start paying.

“I’m ready for more,” Carter told me.

I studied him. “Not yet. You’re pushing too hard because you’re horny. Chill out.”

“Yes, Mistress.”

We went over the businesses the pack had, and honestly they’d had like nothing. I’d bought a failing turkey farm, and with the help of the elves we’d brought in that needed protecting, now it was thriving. I gave permission to expand since we got our organic certification and blah, blah, and blah.

“You want to have an authentic Austrian restaurant?” I hedged, glancing between the men.

“We know it probably won’t be popular or a money maker,” Felix admitted. “We want it for us. I don’t have time to make our real dishes, but I don’t want my children to miss that or the taste. It won’t be in restaurants here like at home or every bakery to turn around.”

I held my hands up in surrender. “Done. I just was missing the context. Hell, I’m a huge fan of Austrian food, so we’ll buy trays to deliver with blood shipments and back and forth. I also want to open a sort of supe grocery store to sell the cheese from Milwaukee plus their iced apple and mulberry wine. We can have other items too.”

“I would have thought that would be a problem, but some restaurants have approached us quietly about buying from the greenhouses,” Felix admitted.

“They have in Chicago too, and now we sell to some we trust,” I told him. “Everything is just too expensive and people need smaller bottom lines. They don’t want to get involved, but if they’re willing to be friends and not fuck with us, fine. That’s your call. We can also expand it. I want to definitely expand the turkey farm and get more options. Everything is turkey this and that.”

I was glad when people agreed because it would also mean a lot of jobs. Like a lot.

Fine, turkey slaughtering and processing wasn’t glamours or fun, but it was a fucking stable and steady job a lot of people would pray for.

And wouldn’t bug a lot of wolves.

Not this wolf, but most wolves.

“I know people have been asking about a seafood farm but no,” I told them, shaking my head when people seemed unhappy. “That is privately-owned with a deal I made and I’m not undermining it. We can maybe sell some here or at least to pack when they expand again. Plus, fishing is top three of the economy of this state. We’re not pissing them off—”

“That will not endear us to the locals,” Felix sighed, others nodding in agreement. “Yes, smart. We didn’t know that. Clearly, we need to learn our new area more before we suggest other ideas. I apologize, and we will do that in the future.”

I was glad they were taking that attitude and being contrite they didn’t do their homework better instead of doubling down. That made me feel better about working with them in the future.

I fed more and boosted my power along with Carter’s and my other ancients since there was a lot of power to have in the room. They should help us given how much we were helping them.

It wasn’t lost on me that I’d lost my bra and panties in the process though. I gave Felix and Carter dry looks as they misbehaved.

Men.

Once we were all done with the meeting, I decided to make one thing exceptionally clear. I whipped off my dress and knelt before Carter.

“I might have fucked your Felix for fun, but let me make it clear where my loyalty lies,” I said bluntly as I moved my hands up and down Carter’s thighs. “He is about to become mine and is my right hand. All of you need to understand that what he says is basically from my mouth. If he calls you, it’s from me and fucking listen.

“I don’t tolerate dissension in my ranks, and I don’t care if you have issues with vampires or pettiness. Get over it. We don’t have that in my packs and family. If you make problems for any of the men sirened to me, especially my coven leader, it will be your head. So always keep that in your mind because he protects me and all of us.”

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