The Pack: Rule Number 1 - No Mates

Chapter One Hundred–Eighteen

DOMONIC

I leave Gryffin in the interrogation room with Gabriel and wind up the airs in search of my father. The baby is yet. The recepti probably went out to lunch. A quick glance around tells me that evergae must be and I pull ret my phone to call my dad, keter 1 finish dialing a new text message pops onto my screen.

Rainier-

Have you spoken to Drasen yet this afternoon?

No. Why? What’s happened?

Rainier-

I can’t believe they havent told you about it yet.

Haven’t told me about what? What happened?

Rainier

Something is going on. Koda called asking me to sift through the security footage around the Sheriff Station – something about the ring you gave her. Apparently it wasn’t in the box.

I nearly drop my phone. The ring wasn’t in the box? What the fuck? But who could have – who would have taken it? Son–of–a–bitch. Maybe someone saw me hide it that day in the woods. There aren’t many homeless people in Port Orchard, but there are plenty of hikers that go through those mountains and a lot of them are broke. Maybe one of them saw me when I buried it and dug it up after I left. But then…. why rebury the box? No… it doesn’t make sense. My phone pings again and I gase down at another message from Rainier.

Rainier-

I swear to you Domonic. I didn’t take it. I never even opened it.

Me-

on the cameras?

I know that brother. I believe you. Did you find anything on

Rainier-

Is t

taking a while to skim through a month’s worth of tape. But so far nothing unless you count rabbits and birds and shit. But there’s still a lot to go through.

Okay. I be heading back soon. We’ll figure this out when I get home. Thanks for letting me know.

someone took my girls ring out of the

Shit. What the fuck is going on now? I’m not in a panic, not yet, but maybe I should be. I mean bo!!! A box I only told her to open if she was ready to say yes. And that’s when it hits me and the stupidest of uncontrollable grins stretches across my face.

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– wwww we going to say yes.

maure, wople be only wanted to hours looked like, of how my coats it was. The maybe she just wanted to ensure it was bigge

Not what I prder to do is that she saw the usery and then decided in marry me.

avaa telacan my alad steps back in the front along dili Roda’s little brother Ryder in tow. The storm in his eyes tells

It is. Ryder is sporting a black eye and a busted lip. He’s

an beats again and the age that ups in nu causes langs to

to grab the boy in

Shill

trail onto my shoulder

are in a gom line, his eyes Hashing as he gazes down at j. “I haven’t seen Darryl yet.

passenger. Probably a professional escort from the city.

laaya libis picked up. Too much of a distraction

you like to come back

mate! He left here

shifter eyes for a moment. The doesn’t want me! He only wants his mate soing goodliye. The promissut to

can come stay with me instead. We can go out on the boat and go haling

you’d come and look out for her,

head like he knows what I’m up to, but he smiles anyway nodding his head. “Okay. I guess

that out after we get there.”

you have any

I do. We’ll have a blast. Have a seat right over there until it’s time to

notices for the first time that Gryffin is nowhere to be found. “Where’s the lion?”

to my father about what Gabriel said and 1 need to do it away from here. Where he cannot run away or hide behind

dad’s gaze narrows, his gaze shooting toward Ryder. “You’re going to ride back to

That’s why you are coming with us. You and Ryder will follow in your

if I’m

stern look.

helped. Besides,

would love to see

&

else on my mind. His eyes flit toward the stairwell entrance and freeze there for a moment, the gray of his irises dimming in resignation. “Fine, I

do,” I admit. “And maybe it’s better if we’re nowhere near

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BRAVEN

baby. Em my

on

was quick, folve any of life’s great

What about you? Anything going on? Anything I should know about? Any new decisions you might have made? Or epiphanies you

Nope. Not thing…

Domonic

But know this… If I find that you are lying to me, I get to spank your perfect ass the moment I get

lying

Domonic-

is Koda around by any

over to keep me company. And so did Bart, but he’s gone now. And of course you already

Domonic-

I can practically feel my hand on

Me-

until you

Domonic-

to stop at the club first,

it will me that spanks

Koda from across

“No. I didn’t. Why? Does he know?”