She Can't Be Your Mate novel Chapter 26

"Alpha, there's been a few sightings of vampires." I almost stopped breathing, but Zane wrapped his arm around my shoulder and squeezed it.

"Where at? On my territory?" He growled out making me tense.

"Yes, Alpha." One of the men replied. "We were able to chase them away but, obviously we couldn't catch them." I quirked a brow and the man smirked. "Vampires are faster than us," he started to explain as Zane pulled me closer to him. "But we're bigger." He added and laughed.

"Okay, thanks, Kyle," Zane said with a warning tone in his voice. "Is that all?" He asked and Kyle shook his head.

"We have reason to believe that they want something here. That they're looking for something." Zane cursed under his breath again and tightened his grip on me.

"Place more guards on the boundary line and keep looking for them. If you can, catch one so I can question them." Everyone nodded and Zane thanked them. "Ready?" He whispered in my ear and I nodded, standing up. "Let's go." A few people stopped to say hi, and being my shy self, I just buried myself in his chest. "Alright I think we're gonna go. You'll get to say hi later." He told everyone and ushered me out of the room.

"What's going to happen?" I worriedly asked but he just smiled and shook his head.

"They won't be able to get in. Nothing's going to happen to you. I promise." I nodded and continued walking. "I was thinking maybe we could stay in the town tonight?" I eagerly nodded my head and smiled.

"I still don't really know that much about all this." I laughed. "I want to though. I want to learn more." Zane stopped walking and grabbed my hands, covering them with his.

"You will. You'll learn everything." He assured me and lead me outside to his Audi. "Do you want to take this one or a different one?" He asked and I grinned.

"What all do you have?" I shyly smiled as he took a step towards me.

"What do you want?" I rolled my eyes and slapped his shoulder, but before I could make contact, he grabbed it with his hand and pulled me into his chest. I gasped and tried to pull away but he was holding on too tightly. "What do you want?" He repeated and my cheeks flushed.

"The Bugatti..?" I asked and he grinned.

"When you get your drivers license, we'll have to get you one of these." He said as he zoned off into space.

"No, we won't." I laughed but Zane didn't respond. "Zane?" I asked as I waved my hand in front of his face. Nothing. "Zane?" I tried again but he still didn't respond. My heart started to race. "Zane!" I shook his shoulders trying to get him back to reality. "Zane wake up!" My voice cracked, but this time it worked. He snapped out of whatever happened and looked at me with wide eyes. A tear escaped my eye and slid down my face. "I don't know why I'm crying." I laughed and wiped it away.