The Pack: Rule Number 1 - No Mates

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The Pack: Rule Number 1 – No Mates

Chapter Two Hundred Sixty–Nine

PAUL

“I’m having her brought up now,” Rainier says as the pair of us step outside his office. “Are you sure about this? You really want to be the one to handle her? I-”

“Yes!” I say interrupting for the hundredth time. “I still don’t get what it is about her that has got you so-”

But before I can finish the elevator doors open and she steps out, the scent of honeycomb even stronger now that she’s close. My fangs tingle as I gaze down at her. She’s a tiny thing. Not much taller than five feet, but goddamn is she perfect.

I can feel my fangs tingling. Shit.

Rainier steps back, almost as if he’s afraid to let her near him, the he says, “You’re all set to leave Miss Bordeaux-

“Ana!” She snaps, her eyes flaring violet for a moment.

“Miss Bordeaux, Rainier counters, narrowing his gaze defiantly.

Anastacia murmurs something under her breath, something I’m sure she didn’t intend for the pair of us to hear, but we do.

“Fucking mated wolves.”

he smirks at me knowingly with a shake of his head.

barely shuffling out of the way in time

approach, her eyes cast downward toward my zipper which instantly puts my

Fucking hell.

I can do is clear my throat to try and get her attention raised upward. It doesn’t work. At least, not until I see her gaze widen and something that looks like a blush stain her cheeks – which actually makes

my junk, but I finally manage to bring my bang bang down enough to start my feet. Yes bang bang and no, it’s

averting my eyes as hers

me and I swear to God I almost trip over my own two feet as I

Ana!” A chorus of males shout out to her as we step beyond the threshold and I have to bite down on my tongue to

She giggles, shooting them a slight wave then

Holy fuck. Really?

enough to read the ‘I told you so‘ in his gaze, then I tear my attention from the station completely and onto the path between

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trees and woods that surround this place, but I know there’s

the way she just said goodbye to the entire damned precinct. “No. I’m

glazing over with a violet heat that makes me smile, but

Anastacia.”

a moment before I hear the

soreness of them in her eyes, despite the fact that she is doing her very damned best

be driving her out of town anyway. We’re headed straight for my place, she just doesn’t know it

her into my arms to carry her and goddamn if the soft feel of her skin doesn’t send a thousand sparks