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”

arms around myself to force the sudden

not going to let

I

I whisper, my mind clouding 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

get a couple more shifters down here to keep you

My head jeti

Koda? I nibble my lip as 1 realize this

and we only

only a threat to me. It’s

Busy?” Tardora chuckles.

1 say. “But Bart. He can come over. He may have an idea where

not to

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smile breaking through

DOMONIC

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

until you get Tion back. Just imagine… you crash, slide across the asphalt, and can’t bad. You should be glad you

“Just had to bring

did.” I say

yours can

is presently locked away in the dungeon of Town Hall. The plan cemains to banish him, but with Jason still

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

head snaps up, my gaze narrowing. “What? Why would

say something like

what you

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

that you finally realized that. Took you long

fuck off.”

with a frown “never mind.” He grimaces, stukig himself. It took some time before I realized

I reply. “And what if you are becoming human. What if we

eyes now a muted brown, dimming sadly. “I don’t know, I guess.. I just have to believ will find an answer for this, I refuse to accept that my lion is gone. I was born a lion and I will die one. One way or another

UNKNOWN

è morto? The bastard

lui.” He is sir. He was killed before we set upon him.

ragazza? Draven? And what of the