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,

“Omigod,” Emily whimpers

to. Antonius is a shiter that changes from but to man, and he

“Jesus Christ,” This

fine as hell,” Gayle chuckles. Too bad Gryffran him

snaps. “You’re crazy. That man was way more into

going to have to

1. tried to mark me

up. My head is on a swivel at I look back and forth between

laugh, her eyes falling toward my throat. “Oh that’s right, I almost forgot,” she

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

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

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whispers. The one and

starehe, tiling my head in obedouin skepticism,

often called a soodsate/

grims, “My grandma had a ton of werewolf books in her house. I used to read them all the time.

some massey, İ really thought you’d be more disturbed by this,

He tried to eat

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

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

1 snort. “What

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

two mates. Gloria had him and my mother, Dana, had mr. We’re half siblings

nodded. ‘I thought so.”

“Our mamas hated each other.

pops her lips.

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 say, wouldn’t

the start?

of, Gayle says with a frown. “But I guess

over the ocean.

turning away

doesn’t,” Taedora says. These dudes are weird about mates. The Red Wolf Pack is the only pack of Wolf shifters left

I

her 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 else entirely for either of to speak on the inner workings of a

met my 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 wants

complain. “You never finished explaining

us fullow her into the living room and she heads straight for the bar.

think about it. That’s probably where some of those human horror stories probably come

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