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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man was bach for pleasure,

“Omigod,” Emily whimpers

from but to man, and he does in fact have

“Jesus Christ,” This

bad Gryffran him off. He and

“You’re crazy. That man was way more

to have to accept the truth. He wanted

1. He even tried to

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

almost forgot,” she clicks her tongue.

of my throat and her eyes sparkle, “but I

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

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head in obedouin skepticism,

often called

in her house. I used to read them all the time.

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

glowers. He tried to eat

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,

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

1 snort. “What

can mark anyone they want to, but the mate 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 of problems in a pride.”

dad had two mates. Gloria had him

‘I

hated each other. Still do.”

Gayle pops her

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

the

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

over the ocean.

a mate, Emily whispers, turning away from us to stare out the rain ov

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 way differently than most packs do.”

so?” I ast

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

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 allies. I don’t want to mess it

“Tar,” Gayle hisses.

Taedora groans. “Enough about shifters. Who

complain. “You never

us fullow her into the living

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

a pint of tequila from behind the bar and taking a drep drink directly from the