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.”

eyes clash with mine and he smirks at me knowingly with a shake of his head. “Told you,” he whispers. “Something strange… in the neighborhood… who

I cough, barely shuffling out of the way in time to

at the large glass doors as I approach, her eyes cast downward toward my zipper which instantly puts my dick on high alert and I’m hard as stone before I can take

Fucking hell.

doesn’t work. At least, not until I see her gaze widen and

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 my feet. Yes bang bang and no, it’s not

is all I manage to say, averting my eyes as

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

we step beyond the threshold

wave then blowing

Holy fuck. Really?

enough to read the ‘I told you so‘ in his gaze, then I tear

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here for you?” she asks suddenly, her gaze locked on the trees and woods that surround this place, but I know there’s nothing out there right now so I shake my head

reason I am unreasonably angry at the way she just said goodbye to

me smile, but I just step

Anastacia.”

She quips angrily, stalling by the door a moment before I hear the pitter

back at her, I can almost see the soreness of them in her eyes, despite the fact that she is doing

of town anyway. We’re headed straight for my place, she

goddamn if the soft feel of her skin doesn’t send a thousand sparks lighting across