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.”

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

cough, barely shuffling out of the way

is lingering at the large glass doors as I approach, her eyes cast downward toward my zipper which instantly puts my dick on high

Fucking hell.

pants swells like a balloon on 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

Walk, homie, walk. It takes a moment. Along with a vision or two of naked old dudes climbing up on my junk, but I finally

me,” is all I manage to say, averting my eyes as hers go

I swear to God I almost trip over

as we step beyond the threshold and I have to bite down

shooting them a slight wave then blowing a

Holy fuck. Really?

meet Rainier’s only long enough to read the ‘I told you so‘ in his gaze, then I tear my attention from the

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trees and woods that surround this place, but I know there’s nothing out there right now so

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

me, her eyes glazing over with a violet heat that makes me smile, but I just step past her and head

Anastacia.”

before I hear the pitter

fuck, that’s right. She doesn’t even have shoes. When I gaze back at her, I can almost see the soreness of them in her eyes, despite the fact that she is doing her very damned best to hide

of town anyway. We’re headed straight for my place, she just doesn’t know

goddamn if