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 pleasure, Taedora sight.

“Omigod,” Emily whimpers

that changes from but to man, and he does in fact have

“Jesus Christ,” This

Too bad Gryffran him off. He and I had

That man was way more into

these day The, youre going to have to accept

1. He even tried to mark

look back and forth between the two lionesses.

almost forgot,” she clicks her tongue. “Dum did you dirty as hell. Biting into you and

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

“With shapeshifters, a mate is one’s

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Chapter Sixty–Five

The one

tiling my head in obedouin

is often called a

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

you’d be more disturbed by this,

tried to eat

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

interrupts, sending her female companion an obonus look of disapproval. “Were you aware that

1 snort. “What

bood is special. It is that way for a reason. And, as I said before, some lion’s can have more than one mate. Which can cause at

had him and my mother,

nodded. ‘I thought so.”

hated each

pops

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. As is it these girls could be wrong. They’re lion Shifters, not wolf shifters. If I am Domonics mate like they

the start?

with a frown. “But I guess anything

over the ocean.

turning away from us to

weird about mates. The Red Wolf Pack is the only pack of Wolf shifters left in the Northwest and they

so?” I

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 else entirely for either of to speak on

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

“Tar,” Gayle hisses.

about shifters. Who wants

I complain. “You never

as the rest of us fullow her into the living room and she heads straight for the

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

shifters are natives 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