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”

wrapping my arms around myself to force the sudden chill

bones. Im not going to let

eyes flashing yellow then hazel “Well then, I guess theres only one thing for us

with anger as I flip the shade swatch to the beautiful nursery and deny whomever may be watching the pleasure of looking in on my unborn

“We figure it out ourselves. And we get a couple more shifters down here to keep

My head jeti

I nibble my

still early and we only just dropped them off. They might be…”

only a threat to me. It’s a threat

Busy?” Tardora chuckles.

Bart. He can come over. He may have an idea where to start looking

not to say anything?

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Chapter One Hundred–Fifteen

smile breaking through my

DOMONIC

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

Just imagine… you crash, slide across the asphalt, and can’t bad. You should be glad you have a seatbelt on. This car quite a distance before

had to bring that up,

I say mockingly.

hope this doctor of yours can help. Gryflin

Personally, I think he’s kind of a moron, but Draven likes him. She trusts him. Besides, are not the only on we need to speak with,” I say, thinking of Gabriel who is presently locked away in the dungeon of Town Hall. The plan cemains to banish him, but with Jason still out there, we decided it wasn’t yet safe to set him free. A good thing too, because as much as I lute to admit it. Gabriel might provide more useful to Gryffin’s problem than Benjamin. After all, Gabriel

But… I hadn’t realized how interior until When it first happened. I was sure I was dying. I felt so tired

my gaze narrowing. “What? Why would

something like

to imagine what you would feel like without

it would be tough and I would definitely feel lost, but… trail off thinking of Draven and how she would feel if I wanted to die because I couldn’t

that you finally realized that. Took

fuck

grimaces, stukig himself. It took some time before I

becoming human. What if we cant find help for you? Will that be so bad?

“I don’t know, I guess.. I just have to believ will find an answer for this, I

UNKNOWN

morto? The bastard Marcus is dead?

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

della ragazza? Draven? And what of the girl? Draven?