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.

out of the way in time to

cast downward toward my zipper which instantly puts my dick on high alert and I’m hard as stone before

Fucking hell.

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

walk. 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

manage to say, averting my eyes as hers

to God I almost trip over my own two feet as I step out the door.

the threshold and I have to bite down on my

giggles, shooting them a slight wave then blowing a two handed kiss

Holy fuck. Really?

his gaze, then I tear my attention from the station completely and

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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 no.

she just said goodbye to the entire damned precinct. “No. I’m not far.”

makes me smile, but I just step past her and head toward

Anastacia.”

the door a moment before I hear the pitter patter of

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

of town anyway.

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