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”

to force

Im not going to let him

hazel “Well then, I guess theres only

swatch to the beautiful nursery and deny

ourselves. And we get a couple more shifters down here to keep

My head jeti

Koda? I nibble my lip as 1 realize this

we only just

is no longer only a threat to

Busy?” Tardora chuckles.

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

him not to say

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Chapter One Hundred–Fifteen

smile breaking through my worry. Absolutely.”

DOMONIC

arrive on Crown Mountain if you get arrested for Reckless Driving,” Gryffin saya belandly. wanted to by you only needed ask. We could have taken

like my Hummer better. Besides, you still havent shifted in over a month. Maybe you shouldn’t be riding until you get Tion back. 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, did you?

I say mockingly.

hope this doctor of yours can help. Gryflin comments sadly,

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

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,

narrowing.

something like that?”

the truth. Try to imagine what you would feel like

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 shift. “But it wouldn’t matter as much to me to lose my wolf as it would to lose

that you finally realized that. Took you long enough.”

– fuck off.”

mine 1–he 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 I was dying. It

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

know, I guess.. I just have to believ will find an answer for this, I

UNKNOWN

bastardo Marcus è morto? The

scagliassimo contro di lui.” He is sir. He was killed before

che dire della ragazza? Draven? And what