The Pack: Rule Number 1 - No Mates

Chapter 209

Chapter Two Hundred Nine

BARTLETT

Staring at the text notification on my phone is not going to fix anything, nor will I be any wiser. The helicopters outside still seem pretty loud, but there’s no way they launched a manhunt for me. If Koda somehow failed to wipe the security footage like he was supposed to, I’m sure he would have let me know. Koda is a man of few words, but at the very least he would have told me to run.

Stop being a pussy. Just read the fucking message,” I scold myself. Even if they are after your lovesick ass, it’s not like you can’t change from man to woll the moment they catch up to you.”

It’s the truth. The only time a shiflet ends up in human jail is when they’re hunting someone on the inside, or when they are hiding from someone on the outside. I desire neither. I punch open Doc Rhodes thread.

RHODES

Just thought you might want to know that after reviewing Ms. Gruber’s EKG printouts and brain wave activity, it’s my belief that young Rose came out of her coma at some point early on – probably around the time you were dozing off next to her bed – then she must have decided to pretend she was still incapacitated, biding her time and waiting for the perfect moment to disappear. That’s right, it seems that Miss Rose Gruber has evaded palice. The chaos that erupted shortly after she was transported to the second floor was probably an elaborate attempt by the young lady to escape notice as she fled the hospital undetected. At least, that’s what the authorities believe because that is what I told them likely happened. Nevermind that she was barefoot, half–naked, and hundreds of miles from home. She could be anywhere in Seattle by now, but I’m fairly certain that she’s not. Such a pity that she was unable to meet her knight in shining armor. FYI – Rose’s father, Roosevelt (shocking, I know) and her godfather Matthew, do not believe she escaped. They maintain that she must have been abducted and are now on the lookout for you.

I smirk to myself, rereading the message a few times while deciding whether or not to text him back. Looks like Rhodes is more of a team player than I thought. I don’t know how I feel about the blame falling on my mate, but as I’m pretty confident I can convince Rainier not to have her arrested it should be fine.

ML-

Thanks Rhodes.

RHODES

You can tell me

ME-

what’s so special about her later.

What makes you think there’s something special about her? Not that there isn’t. She’s definitely one of a kind.

RHODES-

Your mother and I were good friends Bartlett. Very good friends.

ME-

Pardon me?–

RHODES

like that. She and I went to school together. We grew up right next

BARTLETT-

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Two Hundred Nine

NOW you live next door tome. How

RHODES-

was even there the day that she met Mike and he swept

ME-

That’s

knew you and my mother were friends,

RHODES

Melody having many male friends, so our friendship

ME-

Makes sense.

RHODES-

I said, I was there when your parents met. So I

ME-

for your own

RHODES

her and try to stay out of trouble.

ME-

my best.

place my phone on Quinn’s nightstand and turn to face my mate. Rose.

know she’d just been attacked by a two hundred pound lion. With that thought in mind, I gently remove the bandages on her neck and smile at the crescent shaped mark my fangs left behind. Knowing she is in a deep sleep, I decide to trace my fingers over it and before I even realize what

pleasure shoots through me and I press my mouth more firmly against the soft skin of

Fuck, that’s nice.

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