The Pack: Rule Number 1 - No Mates

The Pack: Rule Number 1 – No Mates

Chapter One Hundred–Fifteen

DRAVEN

My eyes darken, my body shivering as I read the scrap of a message over and over again.

What is this? Why would Domonic give me something like this?

“What is it?” Tandora asks. “What’s wrong?”

My hands are trembling as I snap

the

box closed without answering. “I–I’m not sure… I

“What is it, Draven? What’s in the box?”

I meet her hazel gaze with worried eyes and she curses, ripping the box from my hands and opening it. I gaze around at the beautiful nursery for a long moment, my presence in the room feeling suddenly alien and somewhat out of place. I think of Domonic’s happy face. The way he looked before he left me in the driveway. Does he know what’s in the box? How can he not?

“Oh… fuck,” Tardora murmurs, shaking her head and placing the now closed box back in my hands. “Someone else did this. We have to call Domonic

Suddenly the memory of Domonic shoveling me to safety burns into my mind and I snap, “No!”

Tandora pauses, her fingers posed over the dial pad of her phone as she studies me. “No?”

I take a deep breath in an attempt to control my nerves as I gaze out the window toward the beauty of the woods and whatever might be watching there. “No,” I repeat, my eyes lighting with ange don’t know what it means but I do know this – Dumonic would not have put

tell him about it he il only get upset. He’ll want to be careful. Hell-”

sat message in there for me. Someone else did. And if

“-send you away,” she finishes

as our gazes clash and I shove the amned jewelry box hack in my pocket. She nods at me in understanding. “And you’re sure he didn’t put it in there?”

My eyes are wildly. “What?”

She giggles, shrugging, “I had to ask.” She sighs, “I know all about the No Mates thing. We all do. And I agree with you. Domonic wouldn’t

have done this”

my arms around myself to force the

bones. Im not going to let

hazel “Well then, I guess

to the beautiful nursery

And we get a couple more

My head jeti

jerks up. “What about Emily and Koda? I nibble my lip as 1 realize this

we only

no longer only a threat to me.

Busy?” Tardora chuckles.

can come over. He may have an idea

you trust him not

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a fresh smile breaking through my

DOMONIC

Crown Mountain if you get arrested for Reckless Driving,” Gryffin saya belandly. wanted to by

until you get Tion back. Just imagine… you crash,

had to bring that

I say mockingly.

yours can help.

in the dungeon of Town Hall. The plan cemains to banish him, but with

humans are, I mean I knew they were inferior. But… I hadn’t realized how interior until When it first happened. I was sure I was dying. I felt so tired all of the time. I really began to beline that one day I was going to steep and simply stay that way. He chuckles, Tactually started to look forward

narrowing. “What? Why would

say something like that?”

what you would feel like

trail off thinking of Draven and how she would feel if I wanted to die because I couldn’t shift. “But it wouldn’t matter as much

you finally realized that.

– fuck off.”

cuts out with a frown “never mind.” He grimaces, stukig himself. It took some time before I realized what I was feeling was not that

what if you are becoming human. What if we

have to believ will find an answer for this, I refuse to accept that

UNKNOWN

Marcus è morto? The bastard Marcus

stato ucciso prima che ci scagliassimo contro di lui.” He is sir.

And what