Free The Alpha's Mail Order Mate: A Paranormal Shifter Romance by Jade White

Night had been practically ordered to choose her as his mate, maybe she would back off a bit.
    “All right, you guys keep working on the sorting, and I’m going to check on the batteries I’ve been charging all night. They should be fully charged by now if the wheel is working as expected.”
    “What if they aren’t?” asked Boris with a smirk.
    “Then I suppose I’ll have even more work to do,” Rick pointed out. Then he disappeared into the building in question and wasn’t seen again for several hours. When he emerged he stepped right over to Night and handed him a cell phone.
    “You charged it?” he inquired.
    “Yes, it’s fully charged, and you’ve got a call from Julian,” he said. “I told him what I could, so you need not discuss anything out here, but you could always take it somewhere else, I suppose.”
    “Oh, all right,” said Night, blushing slightly. “So he already knows what we—well, yeah.”
    “He knows,” Rick smirked. “He is quite pleased.”
    Night nodded as he took the phone. “Julian? Hey, Rick is a godsend,” he said into the phone. “He’s figured out how to generate enough power to charge this phone, for one thing, and he’s already designing a most unusual city for us. It’ll take a while to build, of course, but—“
    “How is Chastity doing?” Julian asked. “She’s not upset?”
    “She’s a very pragmatic girl,” Night said with a laugh. “Very pretty, too.”
    “I thought you would approve,” said Julian with a laugh. “Keep me updated on that, will you?”
    “Yes, by all means,” he agreed. “We really need to catch up sometime, my friend. Maybe I should call you back when it’s just me and Chastity. It might be a bit easier to talk then.”
    “Yeah, I look forward to it,” he agreed. “Tell Chastity I said hello, will you? Things seem a bit dull without her brilliant ideas and even brighter smile around here.”
    “You’re not regretting anything, are you?” asked Night worriedly.
    “Not at all,” he laughed. “If anything, I regret ever letting you leave me, but you know that all caregivers have to let go of their charges sometime. I was very glad to hear about how well you’ve done for yourself. I’d been thinking about you the last few years, wondering where you’d gotten off to; for Chastity’s sake, of course. I’d planned this quite a few years ago and always figured you’d return.”
    “So then what you and my mother told me—“
    “Was mostly true,” he cut him off. “The only real difference was that you were born after her arrival. It was her wish that you not be told. She didn’t want you to grow up thinking you were different. And you’ve turned out well, just as Chastity has done. I look forward to seeing what comes of our next generation, as I’m sure she is as well.”
    “We should probably talk later, as I said,” Night replied. “Perhaps later tonight?”
    “You want me to interrupt your alone time during the night?” Julian smirked.
    “We don’t necessarily have to talk to you all night,” said Night with a smirk back at him “Talk to you soon, old man.”
    “You too,” he replied, and Night pressed the end button.
    The power cell indicator on the screen was completely green. “This is nice,” he said. “The car battery usually takes much longer to get the job done. Have you managed to get a working outlet?”
    “Yeah, that’s what I’ve been working on all this time,” Rick told him. “You’ll be pleased to know we can actually plug in up to four things and still have the juice to refill the batteries as well.”
    “That’s wonderful,” said Night with a smile. “At this rate, you’ll be needing to add a few wheels in no time.”
    “As to that, now would be a good time to figure out the next step,” Rick agreed.
    “Later, Rick, now it’s time to eat, and then Chastity and I will retire for the evening.”
    “Of course you will,” Rick agreed. “I’m surprised the two of you