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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bach for

“Omigod,” Emily whimpers

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

“Jesus Christ,” This

Gayle chuckles. Too bad Gryffran him off.

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

these day The, youre going to have

1. He even tried to mark

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

I almost forgot,” she clicks her

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

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

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whispers. The one and poly

obedouin skepticism, “You know this

is often called a

had a ton of werewolf books in her house.

be more disturbed by this, You called Drenoide a

He tried

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.

mate yet!” Tardona interrupts, sending her female companion an obonus look of disapproval. “Were you aware that because you are mate

1 snort. “What

they can mark anyone they want to, but the mate bood is special. It is that way for a reason. And, as

mates. Gloria had him

‘I thought

each other. Still

Gayle pops her

one telling me these things.

from the start?

Gayle says with a frown. “But I guess anything

over the ocean.

has a mate, Emily whispers, turning away from us

he doesn’t,” Taedora says. 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

I

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

eyes for a long moment. There’s a lot of history in the hills of Port Orchard, Gayle’s right. We don’t want to upset anybody. I mean –

“Tar,” Gayle hisses.

about shifters. Who

I complain. “You never finished explaining about

of us fullow her into the living

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

from behind the bar and taking a drep drink directly from the bottle. “There are