The Pack: Rule Number 1 - No Mates

The Pack: Rule Number 1 - No Mates

Chapter Seventy-Nine

DRAVEN

My muscles tense. No. No way. | mean, | did sort of notice that Gabriel didn't seem to the ber mark, but Hiped it was just beca idea he was making

asumptions about her. “You've got tri be kidding me

“Im not,” Adam says.

namma my eyes, stoking my arms over my chest and glaring at the street deftly. In be bor

Adam chuckles, wagging his finger in my face in warning. Hex at his fam in only serve to spark his already feeble sell control. Do not say a word.”

And good

Rollingever, | give Adam a quick

the check. Th

But Em supposed to have breakfast with him tomorrow and if begins Emily so much as

The smile Adam givesremindsso much of Demonic that my throat constricts. No snapping. Remember you tomorrow. Don't hesitate to call me

over should you need me.”

Most promise, watching him walk over the lawn to his house next door.

kut you re carrying and stayi

We smile at each other as he disappears inside and for a moment | take a deep breath to keep my emotions at bay. | never knew mychance. The

thought that Domonic is so fucking inconsiderate of his own boils my insides, | mean sure, he lost his mom, but his father si still here and loody without

him.

Right then, 1 make myself a promise. No matter what the outcis between Domotic and- | will never abandon the man who took us in Adam is

going to be a constant part of my baby’s life and if Dumonic has a problem with that, he can go sight to hell. By himself too. Because

‘Adama pain.

Furm, the trees are so vibrant tonight. Normally when it gets dark out, the whole of the woods becomes as black as a But tonight I can see the color of the

lees, The grooves along the bark. Even the dirt path behind the houses. The moon even appears brighter, not to mention that | can see the enters along

its face. T1 b dunned,” 1 whisper. All my senses seem to be heightened. How cool is that? “Have the tickets always been this damn loud?” | wy before

shutting the door and the lock

Glancing toward the kitchen, my nose scrunches up. I can still smell the fried catfish open the backdoor leaving the screen latched and kitchen window

create a cross rece. | need to force out the smell. Apparently this kid doesn't like catfish. Opening the fridge, | take stock of what's inside. Yogurt, leftover

chicken... steak!!!

watering as | unwrap the paper encating

“Oh yeah,” I sing, whipping the red meat out and grabbing a cast iron p

pan. My mouth begins watering both steaks on a fresh cutting board, | grab the butter and light a burner under the pan. Then, as I cut half a stick of

butter to the beat. | reach to my left and bring the raw steak to my Eps. Nibbling on it while the butter melts over the herbs. The added to the pan. This is

going to be so good.” I gurgle through

“Dravent?!” Enely shrieks, coming into the kitchen from the hall. Her hair is wrapped in a towel and she smells like fresh apples. “What the fuck are you

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eating?”

“Huh?” 1 say, noticing for the first tthat I've devoured half of a new |

bringing the bloody steak away from my lips guiltly. “Fuck me”

Guest the bo

baby likes it rare.

Let me

“Lethave that,” Emily placates, taking the steak from my hand and nudgingout of the kitchen. I think I'll

take over from here.”

” | say with a roll of my eyes. But the smell of the bloody beef is still on my tongue and for sreason it only

makeshungrier. “I want mine extremely

She nods slowly, grantingan astonished smile. So it’s true. You're pregry

Hip her off and stomp toward the sofa to switch on the LE

atfrom the other side of the half-wall divider. “Does this mean you're finally going to call Domoc?

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fles attempt to sound nonchalant is

I've seen her this past week, staring

“Did you kosse,” | say, Hipping through

Channels arad avadding her question. That talk in your sleep?”.

do?” She Bunches. “That's crazy

“Yes, you do,” | informs het with a smith.

Anything intelligible

I grin, chuckling to myself as | settle on a retum of The Other Bast one wood, Kada.

Even with my newfound wolf shither senses | don’t see the spatula un

macksin the leg. “That's not funny,” the hisses. “Don’t fuck with my head.”

“I'm not. Yesterday when you were napping on the couch, you called bda nthere damn times.”

“Pack you” she usaps, slapping a plate on the counter with a little more force than my new hearing is

comfortable with

“Relax” | soothe. “I called Bart today. He says he’s never seen Boda as irritable as he been this past month.

Apparently the boy starts fights with anything

“Really?” Emily replies, and | don’t miss the half smile that quirks across her lips. “Did you ask about Domonic?

She inquires, coming around the ltchen counter with my beet

I bown. “No. | was going to, but... | just didn’t. Sighing, | cut into the steak sloppily, sing when it ones blood.

Perfect. “Bart said Domonic beat him up pretty badly when he figured out he dropped us at the train station and

not at the airport. It pissedoff and | decided that was all | needed to beat”

“How did he find out? Emily gushed, her eyes going wide.

| cock an eyebrow. “Koda, apparently.”

“Really...” She coos. “So Koda was looking for us?”

| shrug. “That's my guess.”

DOMONIC

la as we turn onto the dirt road that leads to the Red Wolf Lode. “We're almost there.”

“Wake up,” | snap at Koda as we

Koda sparks to lie, rubbing his eyes and rolling down the window to take a deep inhale of the air outside.

“Anything!” | ask, rolling mine down as well.

“Not yet,” he says. “But my chest pains are gone.”

I grin. So she is your mate.”

“Shut up,” he says, straightening in seat and tilting head to stare atfor a long moment. “What's the plan?

Are we going to head in when we get there, or what?”

| sigh, glancing up ahead at the lodge before pulling in and parking in front of the main office. “I don’t know,” |

admit. “I think | just need to see her”

Right,” he chuckles. “Sure.”

We hop out of the hummer and step into the lobby. Every single employee in the space is instantly alert. Each

pair of eyes drift towards questioningly

“We need a couple of rooms,” | say to a young female behind the counter. Taking af of the air as | hand her my

credit card, | note the faint woll smell on her.

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She's pack. Probably a daughter of sodurone | know, but | can’t tell who just yet.

“Of course,” the says with a smile, her eyes falling overappreciatively as she bites her lip,

-Oh for fuck’s sake.

She's pretty enough, sure. But she can't be more than seventeen years old and I'm pretty sure that her father wouldn't want her coming on to strange

wolves that wander into this place. She can’t know who | am, can she? Maybe... | mean, | never mingled with many of the female daughters of park

members back when | was younger. | didn't see the point. None of them were allowed out much anyway, on account of their not being able to shift. Most

of them were homeschooled and locked behind closed doors. That doesn’t seem to be the way things are run anymore. For the first time, I'm left to

wonder who their Alpha is and what kind of system he has in place.

“Here you go, Alpha Demonic. Two of our very best suites.”

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My body freezes and | sense Koda tense as well behind me. “What did you callhissed.

She flashesa thousand kilowatt smile. “My nis Bridgette, Alpha Domunic. She giggles. “I can feel your energy. It's a very special talent of mine.

My dad sys I'm lucky because I'm the only one of the pack females that shows any promise. Here are your keys.”

1 nod, leaning in to whisper in her ear. “Listen Bridgette, can you doa favor?

She smirks, leaning forward to press her cleavage forward “Anything.

Fucking hell. Her father needs to teach her how to act like a proper young lady. But, thi not beyond using her attraction toto my advantage. “Can you

keep our arrival a decret? | don't want anyone to know we're here until our visit tomorrow.” | smile at her and allow my eyes to gover her body like

I'm checking her out. when mil really just admiring the polished marble floor at her back.

she grins, cocking an eyebrows. “Got it,” she winks before biting her lip

er lip again and pointing us toward the inner stairwell.

“No elevators,” Roda comments toas we climb to the second floor then step out into a private hallway. The inside looks a lot more modern than the

outside.”

The two best suites that she mentioned seem to be the only two rooms on this floor, After we enter the first, out onto the back balcony to stare into the

woods.

“Remember,” | tell him. “We find them first then we watch from a safe distance.”

“Heard,” he says, his eyes already widening as he begins to shift right here on the punch.

“Shall we?” I say, grabbing onto a branch that peers over the edge of the railing

t, the pair of us strip down to our underwear and saunter

“Absolutely,” he says, through a mouthful of teeth before climbing onto the railing to drop down to the ground below.

Swinging off the branch, 1 backflip in the air and shift before | hit the ground. Right away her scent hits me. A glance to my right says Koda’s wolf has

sniffed out the

same.

The guare nearby.

Here | cbaby.

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