The Pack: Rule Number 1 - No Mates

Chapter One Hundred-Eighteen

DOMONIC

| leave Gryffin in the interrogation room with Gabriel and wind up the airs in search of my father. The baby is yet.

The recepti probably went out to lunch. A quick glance around tellsthat evergae must be and | pull ret my

phone to call my dad, keter 1 finish dialing a new text message pops onto my screen.

Rainier-

Have you spoken to Drasen yet this afternoon?

No. Why? What's happened?

Rainier-

| can’t believe they havent told you about it yet.

Haven't toldabout what? What happened?

Rainier

Something is going on. Koda called askingto sift through the security footage around the Sheriff Station -

something about the ring you gave her. Apparently it wasn’t in the box.

| nearly drop my phone. The ring wasn’t in the box? What the fuck? But who could have - who would have taken

it? Son-of-a-bitch. Maybe someone sawhide it that day in the woods. There aren't many homeless people in

Port Orchard, but there are plenty of hikers that go through those mountains and a lot of them are broke. Maybe

one of them sawwhen | buried it and dug it up after I left. But then.... why rebury the box? No... it doesn’t

make sense. My phone pings again and | gase down at another message from Rainier.

Rainier-

| swear to you Domonic. | didn’t take it. | never even opened it.

Me-

on the cameras?

| know that brother. | believe you. Did you find anything on

Rainier-

Ist

taking a while to skim through a month's worth of tape. But so far nothing unless you count rabbits and birds

and shit. But there's still a lot to go through.

Okay. | be heading back soon. We'll figure this out when | get home. Thanks for lettingknow.

someone took my girls ring out of the

Shit. What the fuck is going on now? I'm not in a panic, not yet, but maybe | should be. | mean bo!!! A box | only

told her to open if she was ready to say yes. And that’s when it hitsand the stupidest of uncontrollable grins

stretches across my face.

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- wwww we going to say yes.

maure, wople be only wanted to hours looked like, of how my coats it was. The maybe she just wanted to ensure

it was bigge

Not what | prder to do is that she saw the usery and then decided in marry me.

avaa telacan my alad steps back in the front along dili Roda’s little brother Ryder in tow. The storm in his eyes

tells

It is. Ryder is sporting a black eye and a busted lip. He's

denly an beats again and the age that ups in nu causes langs to rip from my lips.

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Kyle rude, saying a word slot tears trail onto my shoulder and is small body is racked with sobs.

My dad's lips are in a gom line, his eyes Hashing as he gazes down at j. “I haven't seen Darryl yet. According to

the guards he was seen

morning with a random female passenger. Probably a professional escort from the city. He's quite fond of them.

Ryder’s

who called nas tu laaya libis picked up. Too much of a distraction for the other kids | suppose.”

(1 pook back, jmalding Ryder at arm’s length. “Hey bod, how would you like to cback withand stay with

your big bro for awhile?

i mate! He left here without

In his young shifter eyes for a moment. The doesn’t want me! He only wants his mate soing goodliye. The

promissut to spend twithand all he did was look after her. | hate him.”

Soul Meulty ? All this drani is boglinding to tower on my soul. “Fine,” | say, “You can cstay withinstead.

We can go out on the boat and go haling and Tim sure Draven would love to have you around. You can help her

get ready for the Full Moon Shift. You know, because

bas poling to need protection. I'd love it if you'd cand look out for her, for me, What do you say?”

The shuffles his feet, rocking his head like he knows what I'm up to, but he smiles anyway nodding his head.

“Okay. | guess that might be

Well figure that out after we get there.”

“Okay. Do you have any video games?”

I chuckle, I do. We'll have a blast. Have a seat right over there until it’s tto leave.”

| stand up, meeting my dad’s gaze as he notices for the first tthat Gryffin is nowhere to be found. “Where's

the lion?”

As sick as it is, Hyder’s little predicament couldn't have cat a better time. | need to talk to my father about

what Gabriel said and 1 need to do it away from here. Where he cannot run away or hide behind pack business.

“Gryffin and | are taking Gabriel back with us. We have swork we need him to do,”

My dad's gaze narrows, his gaze shooting toward Ryder. “You're going to ride back to Port Orchard with Gabriel

and Ryder?”

| shake my head, “No. That would hardly be safe. That's why you are coming with us. You and Ryder will follow in

your car.”

“Domonic,” my dad sighs. I'm not sure if I'm ready to be back there. You know that!”

| nod, giving him a stern look. “Unfortunately that ca

can’t be helped. Besides,

Draven would love to see you.”

&

He holds my gaze as if sensing there's something else on my mind. His eyes flit toward the stairwell entrance

and freeze there for a moment, the gray of his irises dimming in resignation. “Fine, | assyou have some

questions foras well.”

“I do,” | admit. “And maybe it’s better if we're nowhere near the council when you answer them.”

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BRAVEN

Hey baby. Em my way back.

on

Already? That was quick, folve any of life's great mysteries while you are there?

Tol maybe. What about you? Anything going on? Anything | should know about? Any new decisions you might

have made? Or epiphanies you may have had?

Nope. Not thing...

Domonic

Okay. If you say so. But know this... If | find that you are lying to me, | get to spank your perfect ass the moment

| get back.

Aha. Now why would | be lying to you? What did you hear?

Domonic-

Lol - is Koda around by any chance?

Maybe. He and Emily cover to keepcompany. And so did Bart, but he’s gone now. And of course you

already know Taedora is

Domonic-

it’s a regular house party. Oh yeah, | can practically feel my hand on your ass now baby. Sweet

Me-

How long until you get here?

Domonic-

A couple of hours. | have to stop at the club first, but I'm sending a surprise your way.

The club... uh-huh... Maybe it willthat spanks your

| slip my new phone back in my pocket and glare at Koda from across the room. “Did you call Domonic and tell

him?”

Koda chuckles, shaking his head. “No. | didn’t. Why? Does he know?”

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“He knows something. He knows that you are over here, for one.

Koda growls, “Rainier probably called him and told him.”

“So Domanie knows about the message then?

Koda narrows his gaze. “No. He can’t. | didn’t tell Rainier about the mesoge. | only told him that the ring was

missing.”

| smile, my eyes watering gratefully. “Okay, Okay good.”

RAINTER

The moment | get off the phone with Domonic, | pull the camera footajje back up on my screen. But try as |

might, | cannot concentrat

Something has been nagging at me. Something in the way that Angie has been acting every t| chome.

She tries to hide it, but | can tell she’s been upset with me

withfor a while now. Yet everyt| ask her what is wrong she says it’s nothing.

But it's something though. Definitely something. | can feel it each and every t| leave the house. It is as if her

gaze followsout the door and sits on my shoulder throughout my day.

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Despite that | vowed to love her. Despite that | vowed to be honest with her. Despite... that she is my wife.

One thing is for certain, if | find out that she took Domonic’s ring - we are going to have issues and | hate that.

| hate that | rushed to marry her in

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And yeah, of course, | hate that we have decided to change the rules.

Not because I'm jealous, not because I'm lonely, but because as much as | want to tell Angie the truth... as much

as | want to include her... | never will.

A siren goes off in the main office and I'm immediately on my feet, grabbing my belt and gun even before

Timmons comes racing into my

office.

-What is it?

What's up?” | snap, snatching my keys off my desk.

to believe this.”

Timmons eyes are like fire. “You're never going to

“What?”

“Someone just shot up Damonic’s club.