The Pack: Rule Number 1 - No Mates

The Pack: Rule Number 1-No Mates

Chapter Forty-Seven

TRAVEN

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Sitting on the edge of Koda’s bed, is an absolutely gorgeous, totally soaked, trembling young woman. She is

delicately hule, with super king white-blend luir straight as straight can be. It falls like a curtain over her tan face

and dank on eyes. Her chorls er streaked with dirt and her clothes are ripped in places that proral a little more

than she’s probably comfortable with. My eyes dart in where Koda is standing, looking desperate and mortable.

The cave?” | ask.

He nods. “I kept an eye on it last night, but | could bring her in until Damond left

Ljerk, “Why not?”

Koda merely thengs, tossing arter and sweats toward the girl on the best. “She’s all yours, | have to get to the

mainland.

“Wait!” | sputter: “What do you mean, she’s all mine | shap. No offense,” | say to the it, who simply nods, “What-

I-you-"

have to get to work,” Kodi says deadpan, then leaves,

the stairs

“When will you be back? | claim, but he ignoresand | growl. “Excusefor it one tiny litle second, | tell her

before racing down the stars.

1 catch up with Koda as he is putting on his raincoat near the front doo

He sighs heavily when he sees me. “What?”

“What?” | laugh “Seriously? | don’t understand what's going on. |

Koda shoots a look toward the kitchen meeting Quinn's eyes for a long moment. “She’s been staying in that cave

for three days. According to her, she was abandoned here by somebody, but she won't tellwho

“The girl?” Quinn quips and | glare. She has that smell,” he says, meeting Koda’s ever “You know the one.

Kod face turn almost beet red. His eyebrows furrow and his gaze diets toward

Quinn stares at him quizzically. “Couldn’t you smell it?

Koda shrugs, swallowing thickly. “The rain must have hidden it from me,”

glare at Quinn, “You knew about her too

He shakes his head. ‘Not until after Domonic lett. She’s cute. I'll help you with her. We can feed her and groom

her, it'll be fun. She can be our pet.”

“Really?” | snipe and he laughs,

“Look,” Koda says, whispering into my ear. “Something happened to her | can tell. Something | think she'd be

way more comfortable talking about to a women

*#But-" | complain, tugging at my hair. “Domonic will be back later and | was spare work today! When am | getting

out of here?

Koda laughs, throwinga wink as he opens the front door. “Judging by everything heard through the wa

| smack his shoulder, my face heating, “Shut the hell up, I'm serious”

Jest night = I'd have to say, ”

“So am |,” Koda prins. “Due to the danger our newest inmates present back on the land, the bar is closed until

after the next full moon. According to Demonic, you'll be staying here until thend of next week”

“Like hell I screech. “What is with you guys and this full moon bullshit?”

Koda smiles. “Ask Quinn. He can explain.” Then he is out the door and into the rain

“I hate your” | shout at him through the open doorway. Just want you to know that

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He blowswon, but | don’t miss the way his eyes scan the trees befier shooting toward his third story window.

He shouts atjust as lightning flashes set the water. Tell Quinto scout the winch,

| fed them lock the door and figs it off. Then | turn amund and fare Quin. | assyou heard him

He nods. 17 go right after breakfast”

“I hope you made enough food for three. I'm going to go and see about our guest. Then | groan, “He didn’t even

giveher fuckig name?”

DOMONIC

“Let’s try this one more time,” | say, slicing another long gash down the god doctors left side. Hopefully you

won't die before | can get my be a shbecause | promised someone very important tothat she

would get to have a few words with you”

The

man is bleeding from almost every inch of his body. I've had to live into him tedly to keep him from changing.

Onor tranquil hhaman rm. As opposed to the doctor, who | had to weaken with blood loss, just to force him to a

human shift. Seems to m but Marcus was not.

He begins to chuckle, the chains along his wrists Battling. “Oh yes, beautiful Drawn truly meet place of meat” be

smaris.

Controlet, Dal yourself. Unfortunately, | can feel my fangs shit out and my class begin to itch.

you want to die? | ask through a mouthful of weth

He grows, To you?”

Though as my class begin to lach out. “What is your deal? Why change that piece of in the other cell into a

shifter? What the lack was the purpose in that? You must have a family somewhere. Others like you?

For a small moment, the doctor trembles. ‘No. | don’t.” His dark brown eyes lih to none. They were bunted and

killed shortly after | was bom.

Well boo fucking hoo,” | snap. “So you're a fucken orphan. Who raked you?”

He smarts, “I was raised by the very man who killed my parents. He keptas his pet until | grew too strong for

him. Then he attackedin my sleep and I killed him for it.”

| have to laugh at that, sing him to grow in anger andto slice him a lle der with my nie. “So what? Couldnt

you have picked a more worthy human ba bestow your gift upon?”

He chuckles, “It's not about a worthy human, stupid dog. It’s about finding one with the right genes. | tried my

work on many others before him. Good people. People who didn’t have long to live. People who had enough

money to pay for the formula manufacturing costs. None of them had the right make-up. Then | found Leo and

Marcus. They not only had the money, but the genetic mutation was there as well. It lay dormant He laughs

again, his eyes bright. “I simply woke it up.”

I grow, “So this bullshit about Draven’s mother being too old-"

“Lies,” he laughs, his oily black mustache dripping with spit, “I tested her for the gene. She did have it, but not in

the mitated form. | apled to set on the mutation by alberative means but”

“It killed her,” | say

De nods, “Yes, it did. | told Marcus as much but he didn’t want to listen. He truly in love with the chit. I think he

intends to transfer those feelings onto her daughter. He simply refuses to see reason.”

The next question | am about to ask, | know will determine whether or not | allow Deven to speak to this mad

scientist at all. ‘Did Draven’s mother know what you

The doctor sits back and nods. She did. She was just as huch in love with Marcus was with her. The stupid birch.

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| sold her it might kill her. But she didn’t

vin

The disrespectful way the doctor

speaks about Draven's mohoy has