The Pack: Rule Number 1 - No Mates

Chapter Twenty–Six

DOMONIC

Are you kidding me?” Rainier hisses, his body going completely still with the news I just laid on him aout Draven’s stepfather being a

shifter.

All twelve of us are sitting around my living room while Draven sleeps upstairs. It is half past three a.m. and I am beginning to think I might never sleep again.

“So that feral scent that she carries when she first got here – it was him Grant aknowledges. “Smelled the same around the condo yesterday after the incident – but I didn’t mention it because I thought it was hers.”

I nod, my eyes going to the dark of the second story landing every couple of minutes. The last thing I want is for Draven to catch us discussing her again. I would have taken this conversation elsewhere if thought that she would be safe here alone, but the fact was – she wouldn’t be.

“Well, it’s not hers. It’s his,” I’state in a whisper.

Quinn steps toward the front windows – which I unshaded when they first arrived – and glares out at the darkness beyond. “You know what that means, right Domonic? Her carrying his scent?”

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“Yes, I growl, anger surging through me with the thought of what had been done to Draven. I grip the body of the beer bottle in my bands and attempt to contain my fury.

‘Christ, all those bruises she had,” Bartlett comments, shaking his head as if to scatter the images of his little bartender being assaulted. “I can’t unsee them. No matter how hard I try.”

survey each of my brothers. “I want the bastard found. Now that we know his scent, we

follow it.”

strong as it was yesterday unless he’s been around. What are the chances he knows what we are?”

a chance to do any research on it yet, but Timmons, I want you to go home and research all jungle cats that can be found in the U.S. Pay particular attention to the ones that can be found in

nods, getting up to leave. “Done. I’ll get back to

what then?” Andrew says, standing near the door to follow Timmons. “I mean I

to ask is-”

“What Andrew?”

lang blond hair falling forward as he lowers his head. “When

safe…”

you,” i snap, getting up. “Every one of you already knows the answer to that question. Please don’t make me repeat muyself. It’s hard

that our little meeting is coming to an end. “It doesn’t have to be

out. Logan and Rainier will start the scouting tonight, then tomorrow morning you two will

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been given permission to get violent. His dark blue eyes go feral, “If I and him. Feant promise there will be much left by the time you all get word.

of us – Koda is the least contained and the most troublesome. His temper borders on dangerous which is part of the reason we made him join law enforcement. He sometimes needs more rules than the rest of us do

like his father did.

the kill for me and that is

mind all he needed to do for me was leave the fucker breathing. That didn’t mean the bastard would have all his parts when I showed up. Koda is ruthless that way. A fearless killer with near psychotic tendancies. It is part of why he is always so quiet… so reserved. Because when he does lose it? Nothing short of a miracle can stop him. My mother and his father had been best friends.

with the exception of Quinn – leave without

up tight. “Go get some sleep

than thrilled to be sliding into bed next to Draven for the