The Pack: Rule Number 1 - No Mates

Chapter 219

Chapter Two Hundred Nineteen

CANE

Sitting down. I don’t take my gaze off of Gayle until I’ve pulled her in for a kiss. She yelps when I yank her forward and into my embrace, but she melts into me like butter.

“Really Cane?” Delilah quacks from her side of the table. “You finally get haptized and you can’t help but bring it to the breakfast table?”

Gayle smiles against my lips and I draw her chin into my hands to stare at her gorgeous fac

I don’t know what you’re talking about, D. I’m still pure, I joke, kissing Gayle once more before I release her to face the table.

Quinn stares over at us looking decidedly impressed. “That’s a pretty neat trick, Gayle. I didn’t think you had it in you.”

Gayle rolls her eyes. “Bite me, Lassie,” she snaps.

My eyebrows go sky high and a smile turns my lips as I load my plate with food.

“How many lives do you have left now, Gayle?” Quinn carries on. After being shot by your he cuts off when Delilah punches him under the table somewhere special enough to cause his eyes to water. “Fuck haby girl,” he hisses. I thought you wanted kids!”

“That was your last warning, Quinn. First you steal my phone with the most scandalous ruse possible and now you come in here and poke

my brother and my friend. I swear to God if you don’t stop, the only kids you will ever see me with will not be yours, am I clear?”

Baby-

“I will have dozens of them, Quinn. All different kinds. And I

“Oh y

yeah?” he spits. “With who? Captain Gherkin?”

Captain Gherkin?

Gayle and Delilah meet eyes over the table and laugh.

Gayle giggles, “Ted?”

Delilah nods with a snicker.

make you take care of them all

“She told you about him?” Quinn hisses, watching Cayle’s face but she doesn’t give anything away. He turns back to my sister. “So it’s true what Bartlett said. You have seen his-

“Hey!” Delilah snaps. “I am eating! Please!”

“So am I.” I mumble. “Are we talking about Matthew’s son Ted?”

Delilah nods then shudders in disgust. “Yeah. Quinn and I ran into them at a diner on the Washington border, Quinn knocked his teeth out. Literally

“I sit back for a moment, contemplating on how best to share what I’ve been dealing with. It’s hard to change the rules you’ve been living by your entire life. Even harder to include the people you want to protect in your plans. Especially when that means they may not agree with your strategy

broker an agreement for your hand in marriage. I let the bomb drop,

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effect, Quinn states. “I hope you gave him a

the altar.

he’s not dead now, I take it?” I

eyes narrow at me. “No. Not

missing,” I add,

“He is.”

him.

fit to Gayle in alarm, but she just appears confused. “Roman’s in Blackjack?”

that’s where the hunters went missing. Then yes. He left early this morning. Around

“I have to

a couple of hours ago.”

Gayle snaps. “Wh–what?

ask her as Quinn steps away from the table

at me,

worried. “My

one who wants to kill me?” I ask, bored.

same,” she stai “He’s the leader of our pride.”

often do wolves and lions work together?”

for help protecting his mate. Now, it’s like we’re all members of the same pack. We help each other. Look out

if you think about it.”

lions and wolves. Wow, I deadpan. “Any others? Flamingos maybe?

she says seriously, holding my gaze. “Hopefully one of

elbows me in the ribs, “Haha, very

smirk at her. She’s talking about an entire flip of my lifestyle. Something that should require serious thought, but for some reason, it doesn’t. “But what if it’s against my religion?” Her face falls slightly and I’m quick to reverse gears. “I didn’t mean it,” I tell her, gripping

her eyes

eat so I actually have something to throw Later? The walls in this place are way too

up

at Gayle. “By the way, your brother is pissed that you went after your mate against

was planning to if it came to that, Gayle

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I glance at her again and see the face of that beautiful girl that I shot in the

17 Or sh

like to start? Or

knew this was coming. I shouldn’t be so wary of it now that it has, but I know some of the things I’m about to say might shatter Delilah’s heart. But

just be okay.

my eyes on my sister. “There are a few things I’ve been keeping from you, D.” I rethink that comment, wince, then add, “Well… more than a few

her arms over her chest. Am I going to need

able to make the rent last month is because I hired a private investigator to

our

but says

than a few things

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