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

wird, the mwcaption of the Bona atvs simply andile .

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back?

steel at be glares at me lefore booking meay, let he says nothing. No, his mind

everything we

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

pop shifts through the space,

think the fine took my room,” be concludes

fight. “I think that’s what he was harvesting to change his humans into shifters. And I think

a bitch,” Grant Kisses. That

starts, fingering his chin. “In

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

can mark you and heal

a fucken brilliant, Conse chirps.

Gryffin smiles grimly. ‘I don’t have

is where she is. The last one of us that found a mate was two

the calen” Gayle chimes. “We

sedans? Lask, “What

“We burned them

If the venuts

it’s gone

Fada’s voice floats forward, softer

feel

your mate?”. He neys, kiu eyes glued to the window at my !

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

you’ve marked her?” “Tardora doqulies,

det her eyes

purse of disapproval. “That’s just sening on an many levels.”

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

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lowers her head in submission. Understood. Not my business,” she says with a shake

snap. I marvel at how much of

can feel

in the back of my mind somewhere.

after biting her with your sharp ass

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

do it that way?”

yeah, I’m not leaving anyone

my yacht.”

what shes mad about?”

and

I hiss and the entire room laughs.

DRAVEN

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every little imperfection that I have ever had, including the rip in my ear lobe that Leo put there yesterday – is gone. All that remains is a tiny hint of a crescent shaped abrasion on my

the

miracle. So of course, I forget to put

peek out into the hall in search of Domonie, or at the very

be here. So I flip the window shades open and look

are

be a worry as bitch.

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

up the

if they

one of Kodas shirts and I can’t help but

in there with your 1 Equity, hoping that she was able to talk to him the way she has been wanting

never came back to the room last night. He