Free ROMANCE: The Lion's Chosen Mate (Paranormal Lion Shapeshifter New Adult Contemporary Romance) (Shapeshifter Mystery Alpha Lion Romance) by Ann Evans

working as far as getting to flirt and finally win her over was concerned. And just like that, from never getting a text message from anyone, she made sure that she was getting a text message from virtually every single person that she encountered.
     
    At first, it seemed as though Joyce was a little bit flattered. But in the end, it seemed as though it was rather difficult considering the fact that most of the guys who were hitting on her were old guys who didn’t really care to have a relationship with her, just a good night. Most of them were old, grumpy and married.
     
    And even if Joyce was longing for a relationship, she wasn’t that desperate. And that said, she was left with no other choice but to make a pass at them since they weren’t her type, with all due respect of course. But deep down, she knew that somehow someone who was the right match was going to come by without a doubt. 
     
    And when that happened, then she was going to make sure that everything was happening the right way. The good thing about Joyce was that she always followed her instinct and that said, she decided to get a little patient.
     
    Relationships aside, she had also managed to move out of her father’s apartment and on top of that, also managed to send him some cash at the end of the month, which made him one happy man. But that wasn’t all, he still demanded that Joyce got him a son in law since he was getting a little too old and he had goals to see her grandchildren.
     
    Peter, Joyce’s employer was more than happy with the way the business was picking up and all of this was happening because of her. Besides, it seemed as though people liked Joyce and were talking so much about her to their friends who also made a point of visiting his joint. But what most people didn’t know was that peter wasn’t about the money. He had all the money in the world since he used to deal with mike back in the day and had his investments intact.
     
    All he cared about at that moment was seeing people happy because, just like mike, he wasn’t interested in showing humans just how superior he was, unlike some vampires. He took a sip of that chilled B+ blood which was his favorite and made sure that he was keeping an eye on Joyce since in as much as she was entertaining all the new customers, she was his responsibility and he wasn’t going to let anyone try and mess with her.
     
    And as far as Joyce was concerned, she was having the time of her life and for a moment almost kicked herself in the face for not having found that job much earlier. For the first time, she was starting to have some fun and she really was looking forward to having a very long future in that place. And that explained why several hours had passed without her even noticing that her shift was almost coming to an end.
     
    And then as she was almost done with her shift that Friday, Joyce looked up to the door and stared for a moment. The man who walked in wasn’t just a handsome man with incredibly fitting clothes, but he looked like an alpha in flesh and blood. Joyce always loved dangerous men and that said, she couldn’t help but ogle as the hot, mysterious man stepped into the club.
     
     
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    Every Friday night, mike made a habit of visiting an old friend, who was also a vampire who was passing off as a bar owner. He and a couple of vampires went there to drink some chilled blood pass off as a drink and talked about politics and all the other normal topics that humans talked about when they were out on a Friday enjoying a drink or two.
     
    But that particular Friday, it seemed as though things were going to feel very different and for a moment, mike wondered just what the heck was going to happen eventually. Thankfully, it didn’t take long for him to figure out what was about to go down.
     
    Instead of peter, his bar owner friend, he had in his place a pretty young waitress. And for a very long time, mike had been looking for a woman who would make