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

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“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

fill with worry.

eyes, feeling like a fool as I remember how easily Quinn crept up behind me and stole my attention. “Cane is my

wide. “Did they know you’d been talking to him?”

nod sadly. “Yes,”

took it to track him,

the police force. They have all

when I realize I may have been duped. Tell

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What does he

I’m no expert on wolf shifters, but far as I know, they usually scent her first. They’re drawn

I ask

grim. “Yes. They mark you as theirs right at the base of your throat. We do the same thing, but on the back shoulder. She studies me.

my head. What if I’m not really his mate? What if he knew I wo the best way to get to Cane and tricked me into believing we were mates

know what you are thinking, but whatever it is just understand wolves don’t usually lie about who their mate

I push,

mean. It’s

nothing!” I snap. “I deserve to know.

his real mate to leave town. But that’s the only time I’ve

fill my vision. “You don’t think they might have lied to me to get to my

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

But I do

have a phone to call my brother!” I

with confidence, “There’s always a burner in the jeep for emergencies. You know

“Of

really need,” she

to leave a note for

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

thing happens when I search the

Moonlight Lounge? Isn’t that the bar he found me outside of this morning?

a pen and the pad of sticky notes, I scribble out a note of my own for both Quinn and

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

but it’s

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blame. And if he led

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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

porch, I step into the worms cottage to

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

me,” I say quietly.

calling you for an hour!” Matthew’s panicked voice

was,” I lie, “and my phone was on silent, in the kitchen. I only got up to get some water. What’s

of the pledges broke the rules tonight and stole our campers.” Matthew releases a sigh and my ears pick up another conversation going on

Roosevelt is talking to a couple of others nearby, which means they are all gathered at the compound. He’s arguing with someone. He says, “Rose is in a coma! I

Rosen with his sister Rase. I

unsanctioned hunt gone wrong. Oh fuck. Dawn kids, 1 swear.. “Let me guess,” I start, knowing I can t rightly admit that I can hear the conversation going

hunt.”

Rose was

She was airlifted to

fuck? What did they hunt? “She was caught?” My hackles