Alpha Male Incorporated Under Your Protection

172 Pages·2011·1.82 MB·English

by  Rochelle Marie

Alpha Male Incorporated:
Under Your Protection
A novel of erotic romance by

Marie Rochelle
Published by Phaze Books
Also by Marie Rochelle

A Taste of Love: Richard
Closer to You: Lee
My Deepest Love: Zack
All the Fixin’
Caught
Caught 2: Anja’s Return
Closer to You: Lee
My Deepest Love: Zack
Crossing the Railroad
Desire
The Men of CCD: Loving True
The Men of CCD: Tempting Turner
The Men of CCD: Slow Seduction
The Men of CCD: Help Wanted
Lucky Charms
So Much Better
Taken by Storm
Roped Into You

This is an explicit and erotic novel intended for the enjoyment
of adult readers. Please keep
out of the hands of children.
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Alpha Male Incorporated: Under Your Protection Copyright © 2011 by Marie Rochelle ALL RIGHTS
RESERVED.
Edited by Judy Bagshaw
Cover Art © 2011 by Trish Schmitt First Edition February 2011
ISBN-13: 978-1-60659-590-9

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Dedication

Until you spread your wings, you will
never know your full potential.
Marie
Chapter One

Jax Irizarry leaned back in the leather chair and stared at the mortal in front
of him.
“You have to protect her,” Frank demanded as he slammed his hand down on
the desk. “You’re the best bodyguard in town. I’ll be willing to pay you extra if I
have to, but I won’t accept no as an answer. With all of your powers, you’re the
best and most capable person for the job. I don’t want anyone else looking after
my goddaughter but you.”
Frank leaned in and pointed his index finger. “You owe me. For years, I’ve
kept your secret about being a vampire because we’re friends. I would never
betray your trust like that.
“I understand that you don’t advertise your ‘special’ nature and skills. I
wonder what your other clients’ reactions would be if the truth got out. I mean, I
know not to believe in the Hollywood hype about vampires because you’ve told
me numerous times all of those aren’t accurate accounts of real vampires, but do
you think your other cliental would so be understanding and not run from you
screaming in fear?”
Jax glared at his closest human friend. “Is that a threat?”
Frank flopped into a chair and wiped the perspiration off his brow. “I’m
desperate. Come on, Jax. Man, do this for me as a favor? It’s not like I think
you’re going to harm Sahara or anything. You’ve told me you don’t feed off of
humans for food and I believe you. So, what is it going to be?”
Jax Irizarry had been a vampire for over three hundred years and Frank
Chantel had been his friend for the last fifteen plus years. Granted, he hadn’t
seen much of his friend while he’d been overseas, and certainly all the time he’d
been spending building his business since returning had kept him from being
overly social. And Frank was as much to blame with his frequent business trips
and his focus on his goddaughter’s budding career. But Jax would do anything
for his buddy, just not this. He was retired for a reason and he was going to stay
that way. It didn’t matter how much Frank wanted his help. He wasn’t going to
do it. There was nothing Frank could tell him that would make him change his
mind. The last time he was hired to be a bodyguard someone very close to him
got hurt and he wasn’t going to allow his job to put another person he cared
about in danger.
“Frank, you know I think of you like a brother, but I haven’t been a personal
bodyguard for over five years. I like working behind the desk now. I’d be more
than happy to recommend some other excellent bodyguards that could do the job
as well as me. Hell, I think they might even be better since I’ve been out of the
field so long.”
“I can’t believe you won’t help me after everything we have been through
with each other,” Frank snapped as he jumped up from his seat. “Some psycho is
threatening to kill my goddaughter, and I thought my best friend wouldn’t think
twice about helping me out. But, I can see that I was wrong. Never mind. I’ll
take care of it myself.” Storming away from the desk, Frank went out the door
slamming it shut behind him.
“Frank. Wait one damn minute. You don’t have a clue how to be a
bodyguard!”
Jax jumped up from his chair to go after his friend but ended up sitting back
down. He wasn’t going to bother Frank now—not while he was so pissed off at
him. Later on he’d stop by Frank’s house on his way home and talk to him about
finding another bodyguard for his goddaughter. Hopefully, Frank would have
cooled down by then and be more open to taking his advice. He would never
recommend anyone that he didn’t think could handle protecting Frank’s family
member. He only hired the best at Alpha Male Incorporated.
Honestly, sometimes a part of Jax hated that Frank knew about his secret
because he liked it better when his friend had only thought of him as human.
Frank found out quite by accident. He had invited Frank over to his house to
watch a football game and during half time Frank asked him for something to
drink. Before he could give it to him Zander had called him on the phone about a
business problem and when he left the room to talk to his brother, Frank
wandered into the kitchen to get the drink himself. When he opened the fridge he
found human food along with the bags of blood that Jax bought from a vampire
owned business that supplied it to vampires who no longer wanted to feed off
humans. .
It was Frank’s terrified screams that had alerted Jax to the problem. God, it
had taken almost all of his strength to hold Frank down when he tried to leave
the house while he explained why he had the bags of blood inside his fridge.
Against all odds, Frank finally accepted the truth about Jax and his strange
family, and that acceptance had cemented their friendship.
Jax shook his head. It was hard to say no to Frank, but he had to stay firm.
Was that Frank I saw leaving like he was furious at everyone in the world?
What in the hell is wrong with him? He’s usually in such a good mood. The
words touched Jax’s mind about two minutes after Frank left his office.
Swinging his eyes over to the open doorway, Jax found his younger brother
Zander standing there with his shoulder braced against the door jam. He hated
how his brother could ease up on him without making a sound; it was one of
Zander’s vampire powers that his sibling was very proud of and constantly did to
bother the hell out of him.
“Yeah, we had a disagreement and he’s mad at me. I’ll go to his house later
on and apologize,” Jax answered. “Also, can you stop talking to me
telepathically when no one else is around? You know that I like having a real
conversation whenever possible because it makes me feel a little more human.
“Fine, I hear you about the telepathic thing. I might stop. I might not. You
never know with me. Care to tell me what he wanted you to do?” Zander came
into the room and took a seat in front of his desk. “Frank isn’t the type of guy to
ask for help unless it was something very important.”
Running his fingers through his blond hair; Jax fell back in his chair thinking
about what Zander was telling him. He hated to admit it, but his baby brother
was right. In all of the years that he’d known Frank, he’d really never asked him
for any kind of help. And the one time that Frank had, he blew him off like it
wasn’t important enough.
“His goddaughter is getting threatening emails and letters from a crazed fan,”
Jax said as he thought back to the conversation with Frank.
“Yeah, she’s a singer or something, right?” Zander said.
“Right. He wanted to hire me as her personal bodyguard, but I told him no,
that I was no longer in that line of business. I suggested I would be more than
happy to recommend someone else who was as good as me.”
“You have to realize because Frank knows you’re a vampire that he believes
you have the ability to protect her better than anyone else. He’s right. You’re the
best man for the job and you know it too. You shouldn’t have been so quick to
blow him off. I think you should take it him up on his offer. All you do is spend
most of the day behind that desk telling other people what to do. Was that really
your vision when you started Alpha Male Incorporated ten years ago?
“Didn’t Thorsten and I both sell our own places of businesses and relocate
here with you, so we could have a family business under one roof?” Zander
questioned. “We wanted you to achieve your dream just like we did ours. At
first, it was a huge change for us but we worked it out and everything runs
smoothly now.”