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.”

shake of his head. “Told you,” he whispers. “Something strange… in the neighborhood… who you gonna call…

out of the

which instantly puts my dick on high alert and

Fucking hell.

the end of a hose and all 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 the problem worse. Suddenly I’m carrying what feels like dumbbells attached

It takes a moment. Along with a vision or two of naked old dudes climbing up on my junk, but I finally manage to bring my bang bang down enough to start

all I manage to say, averting my eyes as hers

murmurs behind me and I swear to God I almost trip over my own two

to her as we step beyond the threshold and I have to bite down on my tongue to keep from

wave then blowing a two handed kiss in

Holy fuck. Really?

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

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the trees and woods that surround this place, but I know there’s nothing out there right now so I shake my head no.

I am unreasonably angry at the way she just said

a violet heat that makes me smile, but I just step past her and

Anastacia.”

a moment before I hear the pitter patter

at her, I can almost see the soreness of

her out of town

even think before sweeping her into my arms to carry her and goddamn if