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 pleasure, Taedora

“Omigod,” Emily whimpers

that changes from but to

“Jesus Christ,” This

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

was way more

youre going to have to

1. He even tried to mark me as hist

at I look back and forth between the two lionesses. “Mark you as

that’s right, I almost forgot,” she clicks

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

surprise. Emily is the one who answers me. “With shapeshifters, a mate is one’s other half. A

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whispers. The one and

in obedouin

often called a

of werewolf books in her house. I used to read them all the

you’d be more disturbed by this, You called

tried to eat

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 it is so

look of disapproval. “Were you aware that because you are mate – you never have to worry about him getting another gil

1 snort. “What

they can mark anyone they want to, but the mate bood is special. It is that way

“For instance, Gryff’s dad had two mates. Gloria had him and my

‘I thought so.”

hated each other. Still do.”

Gayle pops her lips.

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. As

from the start?

that we know of, Gayle says with a frown. “But I guess anything is

over the ocean.

Koda has a mate, Emily whispers, turning

Red Wolf Pack is the only pack of

so?” I

about that. It’s one thing for us to tell you about our rules

want to upset anybody. I mean – this is the first time in five years that we’ve been allies. I don’t want to mess it up now. Not with what Gryffin’s going through with his lon“,

“Tar,” Gayle hisses.

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

never

us fullow her into the living room and she heads

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

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 from there, but I don’t believe