The Pack: Rule Number 1 - No Mates

Chapter Two Hundred Sixteen

GAYLE

No. You shot at her as she ran! You shot at me! I want to scream at him, but I don’t.

You let her go? No. You shot at her as

He says, “I was still on the ground, frozen in shock, watching her retreat when I heard Charlie start shooting at her back.”

Oh…

lis lip curls upward in disgust. “It made me so angry that he would do such a thing after seeing her. Seeing how beautiful she was.”

“Beautiful?” I can’t help it, I am a fool and I blush.

“I wanted to hurt him. Badly. So, I pretended everything was fine and I took him with me where I needed to go, but when the time came and I was presented with the opportunity to, I did. I hurt him.” He shakes his head at himself. “I’m good at that. Pretending. I’ve been doing it for a long time.”

I’m panting by now, so completely shocked by his admission that I almost don’t know what to do. I ask, “Is that what you’re doing here? At this place? Pretending?”

He finally looks at me and whispers, “Yes.”

“But why? What’s the point?”

His brow wrinkles, his attention drifting toward his hand on my leg once more. “It’s complicated. I need something that only Roman can give me. So I have to keep pretending. At least… for now.”

“Does your sister know that?” I ask.

“No,” he says absently. “It’s better if she doesn’t. It’s safer that way.”

d caress my inner thigh. “Are you My breath hitches again as his hand dives deeper between my legs to squeeze and caress my

to ask. “With me?”

you pretending now?” I hop

“Does it look like it?” he asks, flexing his muscles so the front of his gym shorts twitch and my eyes are drawn to the pulsating hardness

between his legs.

it you’re a virgin, I coo softly, my hungry gaze locked on his bulge.

“Your sister says

ux that

chuckles, “My sister has a big

I swallow back a moan You’re pretty aggressive for a virgin,

know,” he replies, turning his hand so that

as my fingers begin to tingle, my claws begging to be set free.–Wetness pools

again and again. Up and down, then in circles over

eyes are still closed and my head rolls back with pleasure. “I don’t want you to stop,” I whisper, and it’s true, I

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“How can someone like you get so wet for someone

That’s right. I m not wearing

back up

his lips, his gaze dark and intent on the movements of his hand between my legs. “I want inside,” he says, avoiding my question. “Come closer,” he murmurs.

Popping up on my knees a little more swiftly than I probably should have, I stretch

and his teeth close over his bottom lip, both of his

my turn to tease him and when

tighten on my

‘s nice.”

of his well defined abs. The skin to

of answering right away, his

me down on his lap. He groans deep in his throat as he guides my hips into a punishing rhythm,

quietly as the friction between us begins to drive me toward climax. My head is thrown back and my eyes are closed, I’ve

room bursts open and the pair of us scramble apart like guilty teenagers. Im back in the position I was in before I straddled him, but with my knees bent to the side instead of under me, Cane drags a pillow down from the top of the bed to cover the space between us as well as the bulge in front of his shorts. He somehow makes it look so natural that by the time Delilah is back in

she exclaims and I

in front of the bed. I feel Cane’s hand slide under my ass and give it a squeeze, and my body

freezes in her steps, then faces her brother nervously. “I’m really sorry, Cane. I know this place is like some big hush hush that a lot of the elders don’t even know about, but Quinn promised me that he was alone and that his presence could only help matters, so I gave him directions to this place and well… Quinn will be here in

coming here?!” I

secretly groping my bottom

and forth between the two of us.

think Id like to meet him.”

Delilah says, confused. “You mean you’re not mad? What about Homan?”

fijom underneath. I shoot him a warping look, but he ignores me. “Roman’s not here, D. I mean, he can’t stay but you already said you arent either, so what is there to be mad about?

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to ask of his.”

suspiciously. “I don’t know how generous he’s going to be with you. I mean…” she trails

generous, Delilah? What are you

First, you left me in