The Pack: Rule Number 1 – No Mates

Chapter Two Hundred Ninety–Two

ANASTACIA

The shoreline was quiet when we docked at the wharf, the fog of the morning fizzled out in the bright of the winter sun. Paul assured me it wouldn’t last long if at all, and I was determined not to waste even a speckle of sunlight.

Riding back to Paul’s house in the back of Rainier’s SUV, I say calmly, “I’m going to need a few things. What kinds of shops do you guys have around here? Any candle shops or… gift shops of any kind? That maybe… oh I don’t know… specialize in the Occult or the Metaphysical?” Paul tenses next to me, grinding his jaw and Rainier nearly steers off the road, filling me with a strange sort of apprehension. “I’m going to need candles and-”

“No candles,” Paul snaps immediately. “I don’t light candles in my home.

Well, that’s disappointing. I’m more than definitely going to need to.

“Why not?” I ask gently, stoking my finger over the delicious tendons of his forearm as I do.

He gaze falls toward my hand, then, after a moment, to my face. “I hate them.”

“Oh,” I reply. “Well unhate them. Because I need to set wards around your place if I’m going to be staying there, and I’m going to need a

bit more than table salt when I do.”

No,” he snaps. “They’re a fire hazard.”

They’re a fire hazard? What?

“They’re a fire hazard if you’re careless with them, sure. But I never am and I need-”

“NO!” Paul yells, his voice booming. “You don’t need wards. You have me.”

My gaze narrows, fury heating me from my fingers to my toes. “I want candles. I want assurances. Isi’t your house a newer model?”

“Yeah. So?”

“So I’m sure you have a sprinkler system set up for fire prevention. Don’t you?”

“Yes,” he hisses, sighing heavily. “So what?”

“So I need candles,” I spit, crossing my arms and scooting toward the other end of the back seat.

“Well, you’re not going to light any in my house,” Paul says simply, glaring at the spot on the leather that I just vacated.

“Fine,” I growl. Sitting up a little closer to the cage behind Rainier’s head, I request, “Can you drop me at a motel, please?”

Rainier chuckles, his dark eyes meeting mine in the rearview mirror. “I’m taking you to Paul’s. You’re his mate. You belong with him.”

“Well I’m not–staying with him,” I snap. “And if you take me there, that just make it more dangerous for me when I leave on foot.”

What the fuck are you talking about?” Paul grumbles. You are staying with me.”

“I’m not. Not without my candles.”

“The fuck if you’re not,” Paul growls.

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fizzled out in the bright of the winter sun. Paul assured me

things. What kinds of shops do you guys have around here? Any candle shops or… gift shops of any kind? That maybe… oh I don’t know… specialize in the

candles,” Paul snaps immediately. “I don’t light

I’m more than definitely going to need

not?” I ask gently, stoking my finger over the delicious tendons of his

after a moment, to my

set wards around your place if I’m going to be staying there, and I’m going to

he snaps. “They’re a fire

a fire hazard?

a fire hazard if you’re careless with them, sure,

“You don’t need wards. You

my toes. “I want candles.

“Yeah. So?”

system set

hisses, sighing heavily. “So what?”

arms and scooting

any in my house,” Paul says simply, glaring at the spot on the leather that I

Sitting up a little closer to the cage behind Rainier’s head, I request, “Can you drop me at a

eyes meeting mine in the rearview mirror. “I’m taking you to Paul’s. You’re his

him,” I snap. “And if you take me there, that just make it more

the fuck are you talking about?” Paul grumbles. “You are staying with me.”

not. Not without

if you’re not,” Paul

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glaring out the window as the familiar houses that

jeep. James is standing in the front doorway when we roll to a stop, a look of absolute boredom on his face. Unfortunately, we are in a police vehicle, so I literally have to wait for Rainier to let me out before I bolt down the street, but the

reaching a hand out

that my hails start to dig into the sides of my ribs.

as Rainier opens his door.

reply. “I’m

not,” he chuckles.

“I am.”

a wolf and I will catch you. So come on.”

dogs for a week, shifter. I wouldn’t be so

you’ve pointed out

Fuck. He’s right.

candles or I am

Paul’s eyes

“Then I guess I better keep you underneath me the entire time you’re here. So that you can’t run. In fact, you’ll

turned on! Not right

pissed! Be

pours like honey from my core, I can feel it as it coats my slit and my pussy pulses

deep breath later, Paul’s eyes flash with a wicked golden light. His aquamarine gaze drops over me in a slow perusal as he admonishes, “Oh yeah, you’re definitely staying here. With me. I’ll tie

a

am, and my magic isn’t worth squat as far as he’s concerned. Besides,

is asking me

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