The Pack: Rule Number 1 - No Mates

The Pack: Rule Number 1–No Mates

Chapter Forty–Seven

TRAVEN

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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.”

and

“Something happened to her I can tell. Something I think she’d be way more comfortable

back later and I was spare work today! When am I getting out of here?

opens the front door. “Judging by everything heard

shoulder, my face heating, “Shut

I’d have to

present back on the land, the bar is closed until after the next full moon. According to Demonic, you’ll

“What is with you guys and

smiles. “Ask Quinn. He can explain.” Then he is out the door and

hate your” I shout at him through the open doorway. Just want you to know that

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Chapter Forty–Seven

me won, but I don’t miss the way his eyes scan the trees befier shooting toward

flashes set the

Then I turn amund and fare Quin. I assume

nods. 17 go right

three. I’m going to go and see about our guest. Then I groan,

DOMONIC

I can get my ame be a shame because I promised someone very important

The

him tedly to keep him from changing. Onor tranquil hhaman rm. As opposed to the doctor, who I

along his wrists Battling. “Oh yes, beautiful Drawn truly meet place of meat”

fangs shit out

to die? I ask through

To

lach out. “What is your deal? Why change that piece of in the other cell into a shifter? What the lack was the purpose in that? You must have a family somewhere. Others like you?

dark brown eyes lih to none. They

snap. “So you’re a

by the very man who killed my parents. He kept me as his pet until I grew too strong for him. Then he attacked me in my sleep and I

to laugh at that, sing him to grow in anger and me to slice him a lle der with my nie. “So what? Couldn’t you have picked a more worthy human ba bestow your gift

the right 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

bullshit about Draven’s

tested her for the gene. She did have it,

her,” I say

with the chit. I think he intends

I allow