The Pack: Rule Number 1 - No Mates

Chapter One Hundred–Fifty–Seven

DELILAHI

I wake up in the cold of a foggy morning to the crazy sounds of my brother Cane and his dumbass friend Charlie packing up the pickup truck so we can head back to Oregon.

“If we get there now and tell them what we saw, they have to let us in Cane is saying as I drag my ass up off the couch.

“What the hell? I snap, noticing that the pair of them are covered in blond and scratches. That’s when I remember the wolf from last night and I have to wonder what it is they caught last night.

“D! We have to head home to TEF Headquarters. The cabin is paid for a week, so you’ll have to stay here until we get back,” Cane says, grabbing his keys off the table.

“What?” I screech. Fuck that! “Oh hello no! No! I’m not staying here! And what did you guys catch last night? When did you come back?”

Cane takes a deep stupefying breath and sits next to me, his face deadly serious. “What we caught last night, we can’t talk about to you. Not here. Not yet. We have to take our discovery to The Elite Few. They’re gonna wanna know about this shit.”

I snort. “You’re fucking loopy. They don’t give a fuck about you idiot! They hardly gave a fuck about dad! And what the hell do you mean, discovery? You two falling into a bramble is hardly breaking news. Let me guess, you thought you caught a wolf, but it turned into a fairy and snaked right out of your grasp.”

He shakes his head, his eyes lighting with excitement. “We caught a lion he hisses, and Charlie whoops into the air. “But it wasn’t a lion when we got to her. She turned into a woman.”

Where’s a can of soup when you need one?

“You better hope you’re lying, Cane. Because what it sounds like to me, is you set an illegal trap and caught a human, I grumble, leaping, up from my place on the couch.

and… she was a girl!” Charlie says and I simply hold my hand up in his

whirling with images of my brother being carted off to prison

trying to tell you, D. She got away! After we shot the lion It…. I dunno… shifted into a naked girl! Then, when we released the

from my throat. “Just how much did you drink last night before

he and Charlie snap at the same time. “We just had some

So there is nobody, then. No lion.

says suddenly, his eyes

the first time that I’m covered in blood. Oh shit. The wolfpled all over me. “It’s nothing. I just…

his dumb ass says, not thinking anymore about it. “Crazy. It looks

with a clean outfit from my bag. “Don’t you idiots

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the Headquarters with your crary story. They’ll have you committed

the Great Earl used to tell me stories about Shifters in these woods. Why did you think it was thuit 1 always wanted to hunt

“Dad and the Great Earl said lots of things

I’m stupid, D. But I’m not. I know what the fuck

rich psychopaths that have nothing better to do for fun than skin defenseless animals!” I shout. “You are my brother and I’ll be damned if you

from me and out toward the window. “You just don’t understand. You weren’t part of it.

way to get it released early, because we can’t

Cane says in agreement, “I