Bad Love: An Alpha's Regret (Leah and Aaron) novel Chapter 334

“Like I said,” the vampire replies, crossing his arms, not realizing all of his buddies have backed all the way off now. “I have my orders.”

“Suit yourself,” I reply with a shrug, giving him a moment of false security before leaping forward.

Midair, I pull a wooden stake from a concealed holster beneath my jacket and plunge it down even as I land almost on top of the vampire.

Vampires might be supernaturally fast, but I’m faster.

He barely realized what’s happening before he died.

I let him fall at my feet, the body quickly disintegrating to dust.

“Who else wants to hold this ground?” I ask the vampires, and all of them frantically shake their heads.

As they start to scurry away, I grab one before it can disappear with the rest.

“Tell your bosses—”

“That if you catch us hanging around, you’ll send us back in a box. Got it,” the vampire rushes to say.

Well, at least they’re not all morons.

I turn back to Aaron’s men who’ve been watching on silently.

“Leave a couple of guys here to watch them and make sure they actually leave, then report back,” I tell William, who sends me a confident nod, a spark of respect in his gaze.

I leave them to it and steer the SUV back toward the mansion.

Now that the minor vampire issue has been dealt with, my mind immediately turns to other, more prickly issues I don’t want to face.

Like Emily.

I’m starting to think if she pushes me much further, I’m going to break.

And goddess help both of us if that happens.

Back at the mansion, I go to the underground facility to talk with Aaron’s other senior wolves about increasing patrols and security measures, and double check there hasn’t been any breaches or unusual activity in the last day or so that otherwise might have been missed by regular security checks.

Vampires can be wily bastards, circumventing even the most sophisticated human security systems. While Aaron has left the safety of his pack to me, I’m not taking any chances, even if it means I have to do twice the work myself.

By the time I’m satisfied the Rathborn pack and territory are safe and secure, several hours have gone by and it’s early afternoon.

Obviously, Emily has told her best friend something, and I wonder if it’s everything, or just the bits where I lock her up or restrain her.