The Pack: Rule Number 1 - No Mates

The Pack: Rule Number 1- No Mates

Chapter Forty–Eight

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“So tell me this” I start, taking a seat on the white leather ottoman in front of the toda. “What’s the big secret behind the full moon!

Quinn sighs, glancing up at the ceiling as if worried about the girl, Emily, bearing in “You trally should ask Domonic.

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I groan, feeling the urge to pull out my hair. “Imaking you And if you to wanted about the girl, don the. Shes soaking in a hath that I ran for her myself. Like some kind of fucken mother hen.‘ I roll my eyel

Quinn smiles, “You know. If you were to stick around here and he with Demand? That’s exactly what you would be

I slant my eyes at him, curious, “What do you mean if I stick around here? I sure as hell don’t plan to leave. I like this place. In you prys. 1., bie Why would I leave

His dark eyes lower, filling with something akin to sadness. “I don’t know. It’s just

sucks in a deep breath and glances out the window–Dom

Tucker heartless sometimes. He does things to protect himself that I think will end up doing him more harm than good.”

My eyes arts. “What Linds of things?”

Im trished” Emily’s voice flits down the stairs and the soft thudding of her dainty et follow

1.” Phias, pointing at him. “We are not finished talking about this.

He nods, standing up to lock eyes with our guest. “Hello Emily, I’m Quinn,”

She smiles, “Hi” Her eyes scan the room, then fall on the lone plate of boron and as the dining table. “Is that-”

“For you.” I answer. “Yes. Yes it is. He yourself. We ate while you were in the back

“Thank you,” she says softly, taking a seat at the dining table and shoveling the food to her mouth.

“Get her some jaire,” This at Quinn who is openly staring at her.

||| think I’m in love,” he whispers.

0h for Pets sake! I slap

up his arm. Juice. Now before the chokes!”

He nods and walk into the dining area contemplating on how best to approach the ject Roda mentioned to me before he left. By the time I seat myself next to her, she’s already done. More?” ask with a laugh.

“Please?” She grins, thanking Quinn as he sets a full tumbler of orange juice next to her plate.

“She’d like more Quinn,” I say. Then, “After you serve her seconds would you mind take care of that chore in the woods you promised to get done?

feels like an

sat

repeat. “You know, Checking the trees for I smile at Emily “Heave

oh

“Thanks “Plaky,” Blaugh

pips, then flips me off while heading into the kitchen

wrong with the

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too precunes. “Hopefully nothing.” That’s all I can say.

something hiding in

then smiles as Quinn sets her plate down in front of her, full of food one. “Ihe hock

head out the door in

in the main like that?” Ensily snickers, “Want he get cold?”

not the brightest,‘ I say, lnghing to myself at the absurdness of my tema

sigh, before digging into her fool this time with rice

what I can see of her body. wrists have a couple of lang scratches and there

wanted to

eyebrows raising sky high. “Didn’t you just meet him

head no. I met him about a month ago when I was camping in the hills near Port Orchard. I had a pretty crazy fire going and

say “A month ago?”

illegally camped in a No he zone. He was a real jerk about it. But when I told him I didst have anywhere to go and trung to keep warm,

chest and glare, “Then what did he

a test, sleeping bag. and a

And she fucken grateful??? She’s like a pure, innocent, imbecilic angel. Or maybe she’s one those girls who has been treated like shit her entire life and has no idea what shes seth And what happened

extremely long lashes. I met this pry, said he’d take care of me. He said-” She sheets.that we could be friends. But that was

he the one that put those bruises on neck?” I ask

eyes, nods. “Yeah,

hand out for her to hold and am surprised

nods K L

team, 1-1 told him to stop. I b–bered

her, sighing. “I don’t need

wiping her tears with the luck of her

letle lamb.

“Yes?”

are you?”

a week.”

don’t mind any asking –

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