The Pack: Rule Number 1 - No Mates

Chapter Two Hundred

you might be his girlfriend, or lover, or even his wife.” She frowns, opel

“Okay, gress. But, okay. Why do you even care who I am to him?”

After a quick glance around, she turns back to me, her eyes bright with he before she tells me, I think I already know. That night he shot me, meets my eyes woefully. “He’s my mate,” she chokes out, one tear traili

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The Pack: Rule Number 1 – No Mates

Chapter Two Hundred One

DELIKATI

“What do you mean they are going to kill him? Who is? Quin?”

Gayle growls in frustration, “Yes! Him! His pack! My brother! My pride They’re going to go after him!”

My heart aches. A sharp stabbing pain teating into it at her words. I shake my head. “No, Quinn won’t let them. He won’t! You’re wrong about that!

She rolls her eyes. “If you think so, that’s on you. But Domande is the Alpha, not Quinn and what Domonie says gres. Trust me.”

I take a deep breath, refusing to believe that Quinn would do that to me. Sure, I don’t know him that well, but… I believed him when he said he cared about me. I believed him when he said I was his mate. He judet huurt my brother… Right? But if any of what she’s saying true, I need to wam my brother. “If we do figure out where he is, how the we going to get there? Task. “I can’t shift and I’m no Mowgli, i WILL NOT ride on your back like in the Jungle Book.”

She grins, “Qur jeep is parked in Quinn’s driveway. We’ll take it.”

My eyes widened. “That’s yours?”

She shrugs. “For the most part. Quinn borrowed it to bring you here. The keys will still be inside of it because one of us was supposed to

me and pick it up. We just hadn’t gotten around to it yet. So don’t worry about that part. Let’s just get out of here before it’s too latest,

“Okay,” I say with a nod, racking my brain for what I need to do before we leave. “Do you have any money? I do but it’s locked in Quinn’s car. And my phone-” that’s when I cut off.

“What?” Gay

Gayle asks, noting the way I freeze mid–sentence, “What’s wrong?”

“M–my phone!” I confide softly. “I have to bring it and I don’t know where it is.” Where is my phone?

“Okay, well where did you have it last?” she asks, gazing past me into the house.

My eyes narrow as I recall the last time I had it. It was just before Quinn ambushed me out here on the patio. Did he take it from me? Did I drop it? My eyes go everywhere, scanning the patio for it, but finding nothing. I had dropped it, I would have heard it fall I’m sure of it. “1 had it out here right before… I trail off as my cheeks heat. “Maybe Quinn put it with my clothes.”

“Why would Quinn have it?” she asks, alarmed.

1 shake my head. “He didn’t, I had it. I had just hung up with Cane, and then Quinn and his friend were standing behind me. He introduced me to his friend Domonic and then walked him out. I still had my phone… but then…”

Her

with worry. “Who’s Cane,

as I remember how easily Quinn crept up behind me

they know you’d been talking to him?”

nod sadly. “Yes,”

took it. He took it to track him, Some

police force. They have all kinds of

is thumping with pain when I realize I may have been duped. Tell me something, Gayle, When a wolf shifter

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know? What does he

but far as I know, they usually scent her first. They’re

I ask

throat. We do the same thing,

he knew I wo the best way to get to Cane and tricked

don’t know what you are thinking, but whatever it is just understand wolves don’t usually lie about who their mate is Then she gasps, clamming up a bit.

push,

mean.

deserve to know. What

get his real mate to leave town. But that’s the only time I’ve ever heard of that happening.

think they might have

know what I expect her to say, she’s staring past me at nothing. Honestly? I don’t know. But I do know the longer we stay here the

But I do

phone to call my brother!”

the jeep for

“Of

that’s all we really need,”

note for Charlie,”

come back this way. We can climb these stairs to the ground floor patio, then the deck winds out to the front

through them I don’t find my phone. The same thing happens when I search the rest of his bedroom, Shit I creep upstairs and check the kitchen, the living room, the dining room, the fridge. That’s where I find Quinn’s note telling me to stay here because

he found me outside of this morning?

notes, I scribble out a note of my own

be in danger. Will be back for Charlie. I’d tell you to call me but

That not only gives him an idea of where I’m going, but it’s clear that I intend to save my brother

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if he led alnut my being his mate???

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ELDER ROMAN

BOL

in the middle of the night. Potentially, that might cause problems for in might make my temper harder to control, but for now it can’t be helped. I’ll simply have to deal with it. Even from outside, I can hear the sound of Cane’s soft snores behind the walls, so I know he’s still sleeping hard after I drugged his dinner with a little ambient. You know, just to ensure he didn’t wake while I was in my wolf form. I can’t imagine what that conversation would have been like had he caught shining. I’d have to

I get dressed on the porch, I step into the worms cottage to see my phone lighting up on the counter. Who the hell?

caller identification flashes with Elder Matthew’s name on it and 1 frown. Something has to have happened. Something bad. He never calls me when

me,” I

God! Were you sleeping? I’ve been calling you for an hour!” Matthew’s panicked voice fills

was,” I lie, “and my phone was on silent, in the kitchen. I only got up to

campers.” Matthew releases a

all gathered at the compound. He’s arguing with someone. He says, “Rose is in a coma! I have to go to her! I don’t care what you

Rosen with his sister Rase. I knew

settling in my chair and listening to the other Elders talk about an unsanctioned hunt gone wrong. Oh fuck. Dawn kids, 1 swear.. “Let me guess,” I start, knowing I can

hunt.”

Rose was among

airlifted to the hospital, Matthew snarls

“She was caught?” My hackles go up.