The Alpha's Other Woman by Vielle Nye (read a book .txt) 📗

Then I turned to my patiently waiting mate. “There’s a vampire.”

Her forehead furrowed. “Vampire? What do they want?”

“To talk to me, apparently.”

She stared me down. “I’m coming with you.”

Of course she thought that, and of course I hated the idea. But it didn’t surprise me. I already knew her well enough to know that she wasn’t the reserved sort of female who would sit back and look pretty while I did everything for the pack. I wasn’t complaining, since I liked her as she was, but contrarily my wolf also wanted to lock her up somewhere nice and safe. But those protective instincts would just get me into trouble with her again, so I kept my mouth firmly shut.

She pulled on her shirt.

“Are you sure you wouldn’t rather stay here?” I could only hope.

“Absolutely not.”

I sighed. I wasn’t surprised.

She paused and met my eyes. “I used to be a scout, I can handle myself in a fight.”

If there wasn’t a vampire threat on my territory, I would have paused to appreciate that she had finally told me something about her pack life before she lived surrounded by humans, but I’d think about that later.

For now, I had to deal with an invading bloodsucker.

Randy gave me directions, and my mate and I headed out the door.