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”

around myself to force the sudden

Im not going to

then hazel “Well then, I guess theres only one thing

shade swatch to the beautiful nursery and deny whomever may be

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

My head jeti

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

and we only just dropped them off. They

only a threat

Busy?” Tardora chuckles.

1 say. “But Bart. He can come over. He may

not

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a fresh smile breaking through my worry. Absolutely.”

DOMONIC

sure it will take us longer to arrive on Crown Mountain if you get arrested for Reckless Driving,” Gryffin saya belandly. wanted to by you only needed ask. We

you crash, slide across the asphalt, and can’t bad. You should be glad you

bring that up, did you? Asshole.”

I

doctor of yours can help. Gryflin comments sadly,

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

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

head snaps up, my gaze narrowing.

something like

what you would feel

she would feel if I

finally realized that. Took you long enough.”

– fuck off.”

himself. It took

“And what if you are becoming human. What if we cant

for this, I refuse to accept that my lion is gone.

UNKNOWN

morto? The bastard Marcus is

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

And what of the