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.

as someone 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 needed to do something for her that she

for heroics if I’d just conceded to her

She begged me. And what do I do? Shoot her again and send her

didn’t even know me yet, and she was

like a worthless, selfish hastard just to be one of those stupid, arrogant, pricks

me for. That’s

Pain.

sorry Kitty Cat

Goddamn it

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that. I felt it and it felt so good. I wanted it.

You get what you get. At least

Did your have to kick him? I’m sure that’s when 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

attracts my attention and 1 smile. At least he’s

twenty–two I palmed in the shed is still smoking in my hand when look over at him, at Roman. His big orange–brown eyes are angry as he watches me, blood coloring the dark brown fur of

hyena than a majestic wolf.

2

asshole. See you on the other side.

a pool of my own blood, with a gash the size of my forearm and as deep as my whole hand, along my torso, I play back the last few seconds with a

By the time I was able to lift my chin, Roman was already half wolf and his fully shifted paw was flying toward my mid–section. It is safe to say that a wolf’s claws are pretty goddamned sharp. I never even felt the

That’s when I shot

the chamber into his stomach. At that point, I no longer cared that they wanted him alive, because I wanted him dear. Looks like I’ll get my wish, so

voice sounds above me, panic more than evident

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

going from me to Roman then back again. Quinn meets my eyes, then shakes his head.

dad, will 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, but I’m betting you and

Frowning, 1 picture Cayle’s face when she hears the

snarls. “I won’t let this happen!” Then Gryffiny disappears into my room, coming back with a strip of

blanket.