The Pack: Rule Number 1 - No Mates

Chapter Sixty–Two

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DONONIC

Looking around at my brothers sitting around the hat, I can feel their disappointment. They wanted Draven to stay and although I acted like I was never going to let that happen – I wanted it too. But now, with Marcus death and the

which he was killed, we all understand it will be safer for her if she Innti.

“This is bullshit,” koda hisses.

Okay, maybe not all.

“We can’t protect her from what we can’t see, Rainier says. The ice of

• of reason as usual,

“I think we can,” Bartlett whispers,

“Enough,” I snap “verything is set for her to get on a plane tomonow and go to Mian

“What about Emily?” Quinn asks and my eyes go straight for him. “She’s homeless.”

“Whatever she does is what she does,” I say. “She’s in no danger that Em are of any of you wants to provide her with a

place to stry-

Koda’s sharp chuckle cuts me off. “I don’t think so.” He shakes his head. “She and Draven he become quick friends. I’m pretty sure where Draven goes, she will

“You don’t know that, sigh. “But it doesn’t matter either. In fact it might be better she does.”

koda smirks, but says nothing, Crossing his arms over his chest, he glares at the four broodingly.

“What about tonight?” Quinn prompts. “Who’s gonna watch the part

Goose and Gryffin will take over for us tonight, I inform, meeting the surprised starts of every wolf in the room.

“Wait a minute,” Grant hisses. “So we’ve decided jest to trust them now? Since when did we start leaning on them?”

“Yeah,” Logan chimes in. “What happened to no allies‘?”

I grit my teeth sighing heavily as Paul, who has been uncharacteristically silent for the past two hours, finally jumps in. The entire Blackjack Pride put their lives on the line to help us take care of the threat that followed Draven here from Miami. They’ve proven themselves.” He swipes at his chin. “Caylin even lost his ability to shift that night.”

“Speaking of Gryffin,” I say as four motorbikes come racing up the street. I called them in on this meeting.”

“What?” Andrew.complains

i’ve got to be kidding me!” Lief shouts.

“Hey!” I yell, putting the boom of authority into my voice. “Em the Alpha here. Rember?” I sigh. “Now I know for the past few years we’ve been doing things by a more diplomatic system than tradition demands, but the fact is I still make all the foil decisions. And I say they can be trusted.” Then, as four lion shimmers enter the bar, I add. The fact is we need their support.”

“And we’re happy to give it, Gayle says, sauntering in with a sway of her hips. Goose Tardora, and Gryffin follow close behind her. Each of them standing as a united front against the back wall.

“How are you doing?” I ask, my eyes going to Gryttin questioningly. “Any change?”

He shakes his lyrail, his eyes fired. “No.”

I nod, “I think I may have a theory on that,”

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Gaytlin seyn, walking Rusher into the th

porm grips, wird, the mwcaption of the

Paul hins said that was the thing you wing to

back?

me lefore booking meay, let he says nothing. No, his mind seems to be alpendare and 14. what he

everything we

alenat mutes and the seems the drugs in a whisper, his eyes

pop shifts

the bar. “You think the fine took my room,” be concludes hommingly

that’s what he was harvesting to change his humans into shifters. And I think thats why you haven’t been able to

Grant Kisses. That makes a weird

then,” Gryffin starts, fingering his chin. “In theory,

it should come fuck on its own enough time or if I find

shrug. She can mark you and heal

fucken brilliant, Conse

don’t have a

she is. The last one of us that

calen” Gayle chimes. “We will

Lask,

“We burned

raid. If the venuts

gone now.”

feel like? Fada’s voice floats forward, softer than

“what” feel like? Lask.

He neys, kiu eyes glued

memory of last night diving heat up every nerve in my body. “Really, real fucking gol,” I admit, “I

marked her?” “Tardora doqulies, a strange smile playing over her

det her eyes

into a purse of disapproval. “That’s just sening on an

one asked you to approve,” | sey sweetly. “We only asked you to pound her.”

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in submission. Understood. Not my business,” she says with a shake of her head that sends her tightly beaded braids

physically aware of Deaven waking up. Fuck, I snap. I marvel at how much of her emotions. I can feel from

can

nod, doing my best to shake the strange sense of displaced rage that is now burning in the back

snorts. “You left her a fucking note after

her off and turn to Paul, Take Gayle and Taedora to the island. Take the speedboat

you sure you want to do it that way?” He asks.

not leaving anyone stranded there

my

shes mad about?”

shrug. Then in true Draven fan my phone rings in my pocket and

I hiss and the entire room

DRAVEN

lokkenbor

tim scar, – every little imperfection that I have ever had, including the rip in my ear lobe that Leo put there yesterday – is gone.

in the actual

a damn miracle. So of course, I forget to

when I peek out into the hall in search of Domonie, or

So I flip

boats are

a

left me here! Alone??? Why? Because of the full

up the stairs toward Koda’s

they took her with them 10-

sleepy Emily stumbles out. She’s wearing one of Kodas shirts and I can’t help but smile at how adorable she looks rubbing the sleep from her eyes.

that she was able to talk to him the way

“He never came back to the