The Pack: Rule Number 1 - No Mates

Chapter Two Hundred Twenty–Six

CANE

There’s this moment that passes when you’re about to die. An instant of complete clarity. It is almost as if there is a layer of fog lifted

the colors seem brighter. Detalls are more acute and so are intentions. In fact, right then, when you realize whe

you know there is any way around it, you move toward it without fear, For that half a second, time stretches, the

acceptance lakes over. You brain says, Chi, so das in it then. This is low? And, you

Drun it

to get the bullets. Or Griffin.

1 knew better, I never should have taken my eyes off of him. I should have sent Quinn to get

There was never any y way they were going to watch over him the way I would, because they are not human. They can heal

1, however, cannot,

Gayle.

I should have listened to her when she asked me to go with them. I should have said, “Fuck this asshole. Let him come for me and the spent as much time as I could noticing every single one of Gayle’s smiles in the way that she apparently noticed mine.

Now… I’ll never know them. Those precious couple of hours with her in roy arms is all i will ever get.

dry didn’t 1997

I mean… why

Why was I so obsessed with playing the hero?

But I know what the answer is. Of course I do.

who could protect her. To know that just because I was human and weaker than her in some ways, that I had plenty to give. I

have been plenty of time for heroics if

her request… she was begging. She begged me. And what do I

even know me yet, and she was going to go.

those stupid, arrogant, pricks – and then I s her outside of the cottage, disabling her and taking her

me for. That’s all she’ll

Pain.

sorry Kitty

Goddamn it

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that. I felt it

what you get. At

he was able to take out the bullets. That’s probably the real reason he kept talking so much shit. He wanted one of us to lose our temper and attack him so he’d have an excuse for moving. I don’t know what it is he said to Quinn to get him

his abdomen attracts my attention and

orange–brown eyes are angry as he watches me, blood coloring the dark brown fur of his underside. As far as wolves go, he’s fucking ugly and looks more like

hyena than a majestic

2

too asshole. See you on

my forearm and as deep as my whole hand, along my torso, I play back the last few seconds with

something otherworldly. By the time I was able to lift

I did it. That’s when

his stomach. At that point, I no longer cared that they wanted him alive, because I wanted him dear. Looks like

above me, panic

on up above me like some frightened mother hen as he surveys my injuries. For a moment, he looks around like a helpless child,

Quinn yells, his gaze going from me to Roman then back again. Quinn meets my eyes, then

you?” I say, because I’m pretty sure there is a special hell for people like him and my Pops. “I can’t be sure,

starts to shake with cold, and I taste blood in my mouth. Frowning, 1 picture Cayle’s face when she hears the news and I want to kick myself for adding more hardship into her

won’t let this happen!” Then Gryffiny disappears into my room, coming back

blanket.