The Pack: Rule Number 1 - No Mates

Chapter Sixty–Five

DRAVEN

Surprisingly enough, Emily took the news better than I thought she would. 1 expected her to faint, or scream, or run from me, but she did none of the things Instead, she simply nodded, the quirkiest of smiles on her face and a look of near disbelief in her eyes.

“Emily,” I prompt. “Do you understand what I just told you? Koda is a wolf”

“Yeah–no–yeah, I get it. I mean, I understand what you do Lionesses eat?”

at you said of

coure Id“:

Surma around, putting her back to me. “What should I make for lunch? 1 mean = |

I glare at her rigid backside, wondering if maybe she’s in shock couldn’t say. Maybe we should ask them.”

“We eat what you guys eat,” Gayle

she enters from the backdoor and steps past the pantry. At least we do when we’re human.”

My eyes find hers and I grin. Im guessing your hearing is more exceptional

She nods. That’s an understatement. However, wolves have the trophy on

in that one as far as shifters go.

Wrong! Tardira disagrees, entering from the front

• house.”“”“You’re forgetting about Astonoo! Wir met him last year when he flew in on vacation.”

“Oh yea,” deyle chirps. That man was hot. Never thought bats were sexy until him.” Rie Laces me and nods. His hearing is second to none.”

I rap at the same time I’mily spins around

ever told as a child. “Are you telling mir that

taway I start thinking about Dracula and vampires and all the scary stories

Tardora chuckles. I mean · I guess you could call

“The also mjoys draining Hood

ing blood fro

Wh what? Emily ch

“But not for food,” Gayle winks. “Just for pleasure”

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was bach for pleasure,

“Omigod,” Emily whimpers

shiter that changes from but to man,

“Jesus Christ,” This

fine as hell,” Gayle chuckles. Too bad Gryffran him off. He

Tardora snaps. “You’re crazy. That man was way more

have to

1. He even tried to mark me

on a swivel at I look back and forth between the two lionesses. “Mark you as his?

my throat. “Oh that’s right, I almost forgot,” she clicks her tongue.

crescent at the line of my throat and her eyes sparkle, “but I assume he had his reasons.” Her eves Butter

“With shapeshifters, a mate is one’s other half. A perfect match gifted by some higher

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Chapter Sixty–Five

The one and poly

my head in obedouin skepticism, “You know

called a soodsate/

grandma had a ton of werewolf books in her house. I

some massey, İ really thought you’d be more disturbed by this, You called Drenoide a monster‘

glowers. He tried to eat mej

Gayle cuts in. “Some is not,” the sighs, neslding levand Tandura. “For linn shifters, the mate bond in different. The miles been known to posess more than one mate, be it mule nt female. But for wolves, then it only one.” She shrugs, “Actually, not difters are like that. But for some reason, lion shifters are not. We can have

of disapproval. “Were you aware that because you are

1 snort. “What

It is that way

had two mates. Gloria had him and

nodded. ‘I

hated each other. Still do.”

Gayle pops

ever?” I inquire, not completely sure how much of this information might be true. I mean – I’m su know what they’re taking about – but I would just feel better if Demonic was the one telling me these things. I definitely would be more inclined to believe it if that were the case.

the start?

we know of, Gayle says with a frown. “But

over the ocean.

turning away from us to stare out

The Red Wolf Pack is the only pack of Wolf shifters left in the Northwest and they run things

I ast

a warning glance and a shake of her head. “You really ought to ask Dumonic about that. It’s one thing for us to tell you about our rules and the basic rules of shifters in general, but it’s something

Gayle’s right. We don’t want to upset anybody. I mean –

“Tar,” Gayle hisses.

sorry.” Taedora groans. “Enough about shifters. Who wants a drink?”

never

as the rest of us fullow her into the living

“Not vampires. Hat shifters. But, you think about it. That’s probably where some of those human

taking a pint of tequila from behind the bar and taking a drep drink directly from the bottle. “There are stories that claim all shiters