Page 2 of Sylas's Captivating Mate

“I wouldn’t mind going sometime. A friend of mine went with a wolf shifter, she said it was pretty wild.”

“I’m sure it is,” he said. His phone buzzed and he excused himself before Jenny’s hints got any bigger and he’d be forced to tell her he didn’t casually date because he was waiting for his truemate.

“This is Sylas,” he said.

“It’s Alaric. Can you pop into the office?”

“Sure thing.”

Sylas left the lobby and walked down the hall to the head of security’s office. He knocked on the open door and Alaric waved him in, then hung up the desk phone. "How’s it going?” Alaric asked.

“Good. You?”

“Well, Aubrey’s having some wild cravings that I’m having trouble keeping up with, I mean have you ever had to find tiramisu at one a.m.?”

Sylas chuckled. “No, did you find it?”

“Eventually. It wasn’t easy. Anyway, I called you in here because I wanted to ask if you’d like a change of pace.”

“From being a security guard? I just started like two weeks ago.”

“Not from being a guard, but being somewhere else. After the toxic incident at the club, one of the things we suggested is that there should be shifters guarding the kiss’s office during the daytime. We’ve been relying on the cameras to keep an eye on things during the daytime, but we need to have people actually there. The kiss handles security overnight since they can be outside during that time, but they need people from dawn to sunset.”

Curious, Sylas took a seat in one of the chairs across from the desk. Alaric explained the job, which was very similar to what he was currently doing, except he’d be patrolling an empty office building during the daytime.

“I don’t want you to think that this is some kind of demotion,” Alaric said.

Sylas frowned. “Why would I think that?”

“Well, I brought in one of the wolves and he thought guarding an empty office building was a waste of his talent,” Alaric said, his upper lip curling as he air-quoted waste of his talent.

“It pays the same, right?” Sylas asked.

“It actually pays more,” Alaric said. “There are cleaning people and some office staff who work for the kiss, but they’re fully vetted like anyone who works there or at the club. You could work four twelve-hour days, six am to six pm, which would cover sunrise to sunset, give or take a few minutes depending on the time of year.”

Sylas hummed. “Sounds like a good deal to me,” he said. “I don’t think of it as a demotion, I mean the kiss needs to be protected and the offices are just as vulnerable as any other business. When would you like me to start?”

“Tomorrow,” he said. He handed him a keycard to clip onto his belt. “Can you report around four a.m., just so you can get the tour from Nash, Caleb’s right-hand male, and get acclimated before sunrise?”

“Sure, no problem.”

“Awesome, thank you,” Alaric said, extending his hand. “I’m glad you guys came to town, truly. We really needed some more people to add to the security team, and the wolves can be temperamental.”

“How so?” he asked.

“Well, the two packs won’t work together, so we’ve got the northern pack at the hotel, and the southern pack at the club during the daytime. It’s kind of a pain in the ass.”

“I’m glad we’re here, especially since my brother and sister found their truemates, and I hope to hell I’ll find mine soon too. Belle Terra seems to be good luck for love.”

“I said the same thing when we came here,” he said. “Our family all had their truemates within the first week, Galen’s was the last one since Serena was out of town. Maybe your truemate’s out of town, and that’s why your dreams aren’t showing you anything.”

“That’s what I’m hoping for. But either way, I’m glad to be here and be helpful as long as I can be. If the time comes that I need to leave because my truemate hasn’t shown up, I won’t leave you hanging.”

“No worries. Let me know if you need anything.”

“Just a good night’s rest and my truemate.”

He left Alaric’s office and stopped in the restaurant to visit with his siblings, who were enjoying dinner. He grabbed his dinner to go after he explained his new job.

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