The Pack: Rule Number 1 - No Mates

The Pack: Rule Number 1–No Mates

Chapter Forty–Seven

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Sitting on the edge of Koda’s bed, is an absolutely gorgeous, totally soaked, trembling young woman. She is delicately hule, with super king white–blend luir straight as straight can be. It falls like a curtain over her tan face and dank on eyes. Her chorls er streaked with dirt and her clothes are ripped in places that proral a little more than she’s probably comfortable with. My eyes dart in where Koda is standing, looking desperate and mortable. The cave?” I ask.

He nods. “I kept an eye on it last night, but I could bring her in until Damond left

Ljerk, “Why not?”

Koda merely thengs, tossing arter and sweats toward the girl on the best. “She’s all yours, I have to get to the mainland.

“Wait!” I sputter: “What do you mean, she’s all mine I shap. No offense,” I say to the it, who simply nods, “What–I–you-”

have to get to work,” Kodi says deadpan, then leaves,

the stairs

“When will you be back? I claim, but he ignores me and I growl. “Excuse me for it one tiny litle second, I tell her before racing down the stars.

1 catch up with Koda as he is putting on his raincoat near the front doo

He sighs heavily when he sees me. “What?”

“What?” I laugh “Seriously? I don’t understand what’s going on. I

Koda shoots a look toward the kitchen meeting Quinn’s eyes for a long moment. “She’s been staying in that cave for three days. According to her, she was abandoned here by somebody, but she won’t tell me who

“The girl?” Quinn quips and I glare. She has that smell,” he says, meeting Koda’s ever “You know the one.

Kod face turn almost beet red. His eyebrows furrow and his gaze diets toward

Quinn stares at him quizzically. “Couldn’t you smell it?

Koda shrugs, swallowing thickly. “The rain must have hidden it from me,”

glare at Quinn, “You knew about her too

He shakes his head. ‘Not until after Domonic lett. She’s cute. I’ll help you with her. We can feed her and groom her, it’ll be fun. She can be our pet.”

I snipe and he laughs,

whispering into my ear. “Something happened to her I can tell. Something I think she’d be way more comfortable talking about to a

be back later and I was spare work today!

opens the front door. “Judging by

face heating, “Shut the hell up, I’m

night = I’d have to say, ”

to the danger our newest inmates present back on the land, the bar is closed until after the next full moon.

you guys and

Then he is

the open doorway. Just want you to know

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Chapter Forty–Seven

but I don’t miss the way his eyes scan the trees befier shooting toward his third

lightning flashes set the water. Tell Quinto scout

fed them lock the door and figs it off. Then I turn

go

go and see about our guest. Then I groan, “He didn’t even give me

DOMONIC

Hopefully you won’t die before I can get my ame be a shame because I promised someone very important to me that she would get to have a few words with you”

The

of his body. I’ve had to live into him tedly to keep him from changing. Onor tranquil hhaman rm. As opposed to the doctor, who I had to weaken with blood

chains along his wrists Battling. “Oh yes, beautiful

can feel my fangs shit out and my class begin to

die? I ask through a mouthful of

grows, To

that piece of in the other cell into a shifter? What the lack was the purpose in that? You must have

small moment, the doctor trembles. ‘No. I don’t.” His dark brown eyes lih to none. They were bunted

you’re a fucken orphan. Who

smarts, “I was raised by the very man who killed my parents. He kept me as his pet until I grew too strong for him. Then he

slice him a lle der with my nie. “So what? Couldn’t you have picked a more worthy human

genes. I tried my work on many others before him. Good people. People who didn’t have long to live. People who had enough money to pay for the formula manufacturing costs. None of them had the right make–up. Then I found Leo and Marcus. They not only had the money, but the genetic mutation was there as well. It lay dormant He laughs again, his eyes bright. “I simply

this bullshit about Draven’s mother being

her for the gene. She did have it, but not in the

her,” I

it did. I told Marcus as much but he didn’t want to listen. He truly in love with the chit. I think he intends to transfer those feelings onto

determine whether or not I allow Deven to speak to