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

changes from but

“Jesus Christ,” This

him off. He and I had a

That man was way more into me

of these day The, youre going to have to accept the truth. He wanted me.

1. even tried to mark me as

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

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

shit about what was going on.” Her eyes find the faint crescent at the line of my throat and her

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

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one and

head in obedouin skepticism,

called a

ton of werewolf books in her house. I used to read

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

glowers. He tried to eat mej

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,

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,

Gryff’s dad had two mates. Gloria had him and my

nodded. ‘I thought

each other. Still

Gayle pops her lips.

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 say,

the start?

Gayle says with a frown. “But I guess anything is possible.

over the ocean.

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

the only pack

I

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

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 – this is the first time in five years that we’ve been allies. I don’t want to mess it up now. Not

“Tar,” Gayle hisses.

“Enough about shifters. Who

“You never

the living room

But, you think about it. That’s probably where some of those human horror

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