The Alpha Wolf's Mate: Bad Alpha Dads (The Necklace Chronicles Book 4) by R. E. Butler

Author:R. E. Butler [Butler, R. E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: vampire mating, vampire, Vampire Romance, alpha wolf, shifter romance, vampire wolf mating
Published: 2018-02-12T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Ryde was worried. He knew he was putting on a brave, unworried face for Dominique, but he had no idea how his people would react. Many had lost family members in the war and harbored a deep hate toward the vampires.

He glanced at his mate. She looked delicious enough to eat in the leggings and long top that accentuated her curves. The top was low cut and showed off the pendant perfectly.

He smoothed her hair back off her shoulders and touched the mating mark on her neck. Being close to her, touching her, settled some of the rioting emotions within him.

“We’re going out together. No matter what, stay with me.”

“I had no intention of going anywhere without you.”

“Good.”

He kissed her briefly and then reached for the door. The eight males he’d called for were waiting in the yard, their faces a mixture of curiosity and sleepiness. He and Dominique stepped out onto the back deck and stopped at the top of the stairs that led down to the grass. The sky was dark, but the outside floodlights lit up the yard like it was noon.

“I called you all here this morning because the mating necklace spell brought my true mate to me.” He paused for a moment and then continued, “She’s a vampire, and her name is Dominique Tremaine. Her sister is the mistress of the city of Arbor.”

For what felt like an eternity, the males didn’t so much as twitch an eyelid, and then they growled. The four high-ranked males pushed the elders behind their backs and bared their fangs and claws. He could scent their fear, an acrid taste that sat bitter at the back of his mouth.

“You will stand down!” he ordered. When the males didn’t back down from their defensive postures, he called on his wolf and roared out his fury.

And then something amazing happened.

Beside him, Dominique bared her fangs and howled, too, her voice joining his in a sound of pure power. The males were overcome with the authority of their joint positions, and although Ryde could tell they weren’t thrilled, all eight males dropped to their knees and bared their necks in submission.

“The fuck?” Dominique whispered.

He picked up her hand and kissed the top. “We’ll talk later.”

She nodded sharply and they faced the males once more. “If you’re done acting like assholes, I called you here for a reason. You don’t have to like that my true mate is a vampire, but you do need to be respectful. Am I clear?”

Finn lifted his head and nodded. He didn’t look happy, but at least he wasn’t all fangs and claws. Ryde liked the male. He didn’t want to have to fight him, especially not when there was much more at stake than the fact that his mate was an immortal.

“What do you need, Alpha?” Finn asked.

The males relaxed slightly and rose to their feet. They didn’t seem defensive, but they did still look wary.

“I was going to wait until tonight to bring Dominique before the pack, then step forward for a mating-by-combat.

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