Brayden’s Mate—Chapter 28

At one o’clock in the morning, Taylor slipped from her bed and padded to her home office. She had too much energy to sleep right now. She opened her computer and began deleting emails. She stopped, the mouse hovering over a message from . Her hands trembled as she clicked on the message.

OMG. It was a job offer. She read it quickly, then read it again, slowly. No!

Not now. Right now everything was perfect just like it was. She hit print and read the printed version.

She’d gotten what she wanted. A job at the Weather Channel.

In Atlanta.

That meant giving up everything here.

The irony was not lost on her.

When she’d applied for the job in Atlanta, she’d been prepared to move. To put ambition above all else. To leave her family, her home.

But now… things were different.

The ambition was still there, but something had been added to the equation. Someone actually. Brayden. He was all she thought about.

She was hooked.

They said shifters had fated mates. Soul mates. Maybe he was hers. Or she was his. However it worked. It had to be reciprocal. Her brow furrowed. Didn’t it?

She laid the paper down on her desk and went to the kitchen to get a drink of water.

As she closed the refrigerator with a bottle of water in hand, Brayden grabbed her around the waist from behind. She squealed.

“There you are.” He nuzzled her neck. “I woke up and you were gone.”

“I just needed some water.”

“And I need you.” He swept her off her feet and carried her back to bed.