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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for

“Omigod,” Emily whimpers

Antonius is a shiter that changes from but to man, and he does in fact have

“Jesus Christ,” This

Gryffran him off. He and I had

was way more into

going to have to accept

1. He even tried to mark me

up. My head is on a swivel at I look back and forth between the two lionesses. “Mark you

right, I almost forgot,”

throat and her eyes sparkle, “but I assume he had his reasons.” Her eves Butter graciously. “You are his mate aber all,”

my complete and utter surprise. Emily is the one who answers me. “With shapeshifters, a mate is one’s other half. A perfect match

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whispers. The one and

tiling my head in obedouin skepticism,

called a

a ton of werewolf books in

İ really thought you’d be more disturbed by this, You called Drenoide

He tried to eat

is amate, 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 multiple connection. Which is why

mate yet!” Tardona interrupts, sending her female companion an obonus look of disapproval. “Were you aware that because you are mate – you never have

1 snort. “What

It is that way for a reason. And, as I said before, some lion’s can have more than

dad had two mates. Gloria had him and my mother,

nodded. ‘I thought so.”

“Our mamas hated each

Gayle pops her lips.

was the one telling me these things. I definitely would

from the

with a frown. “But I guess anything is possible.

over the ocean.

whispers, turning away from us to stare

These dudes are weird about mates. The Red Wolf Pack is the only pack of Wolf shifters left in the Northwest and they run things way differently than most packs

I ast

thing for us to tell you about our rules and the basic

mean – this is the first time in five years that we’ve been allies.

“Tar,” Gayle hisses.

“Enough about shifters. Who

“You never finished

her into the

sweet Antonio. Her eyes twinkle. “Not vampires. Hat shifters. But, you think about it. That’s

of Transylvania. It’s the only place beautiful enough for thou winged beasts. Gaple ways 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 toginated