The Pack: Rule Number 1 - No Mates

Chapter Eighty-Six

DOMONIC

The Bash of anger | see rising in Garbiel’s eyes makeswant to press him further. But | can’t yet. Now’s not

the time. Im here alone with heaven, the way | wanted to be and | have a few things | need to make clear to her

before she tossesout on my ass.

“Is that se” Gabriel chirps, looking beyondtoward Draven. And have you told the council of your decision?

Don’t you worry about what I’ve told the council and what | havent. | mile, leaning in to whisper in his ear, “Just

be sure to keep fifty feet away from my mate at all times. Or | will rip your fucking throat out.”

“You will learn, we do things differently around here,” Gabriel whispers, stepping back toward the sidewalk with a

glare.

The lack of will you little shit. | make a point of watching him as he retreats across the street to lock his front

door before driving toward town hall. I've never liked His mother died a year before mine did. In a boating

accident that claimed here as well as his sisters. Gabriel was twenty-four at the tand it was never really

made clear towhat happened. But as far as | knew, his father had been somehow blamed for the incident

and was banished from the pack. | was only seventeen at the time, so | wasn't really privy to all the details. But |

remember my mother crying over the loss of her friend for days. | also remember, that Gabriel didn i. Maybe he

just isn’t the sort to openly grieve...or maybe he’s a fucking sociopath.

m going to have to remember to ask my father about that incident. For sreason, it seems important

Is this the only cottage that was available?” | ask without turning around. | don’t want Dreven this close to the

bastard if | can help it

e snaps, lifting a steaming mug of coffee toward her plump round lips. Im not moving, even if it isn't.”

| sigh and turn around to lock the door behind me. Pulling out my phone, | text Koda and tell him not to retum

until I call him. | need to be alone with Draven a little longer. When | slide my phone back in my pocket, | notice

her eyeing me. Her gute is hot and alive and 1 burn everywhere it touches. | can still smell her arousal, however

not as urgently as before. She really is fighting this. “Can | have somu?” | ask, walking toward the kitchen to take

the mug out of her hands.

“Help yourself,” she snorts, leaning back against the counter to glare atas | sip her coffee. | can feel her

studyingas | pass her mug back to her and grab one of my own. “Did you fuck her?”

| flinch, hiding a smile as | pour the coffee. | know who she’s talking about, of course I do, but it's been awhile

since I've watched her lose her temper. “Did | fuck who?” | tease, taking a deep drink and burning my tongue in

the process.

“You know who, Demonic.” She snaps, then with a roll of her eyes she stomps away from me. Fuck this, | don’t

want to play your games.”

“No,” | answer, watching the sway of her hips as she stalks toward the front door. “Of course not. Ever since the

day you walked into the bar, my dick only stands for

She laughs, staring out the window like she’s waiting for Koda and Emily to save her from talking to me. “Of

course,” she chuckles. “You say that like you expected me

to know better.”

“Draven,” | start, placing the cup on the counter and making my way toward her. Her long black hair sways

seductively over her ass as she spins on me.

“Stop!” She says, her eyes filling with tears. “You don’t get to throwaway one day and pickup the next.

I'm worth more than that”

“I know,” | admit, taking a seat on the sofa. “Can you at least sit withand allowto try and explain?”

“You never wanted me,” she goes on, ignoring my question. “And | knew that, From the moment | met you, |

knew you were going to hurt me. And you did. My heart _clenches painfully as the tears escape her sparkling

green eyes. “Even after everything | told you about myself! Everything we went through together.” She hisses,

“None of it made any difference. You treatedlike a fucking weakness. Something you needed to hide. That

you were too afraid to protect.” She chuckles humorlessly, piping the tears from her face. “Margo was just the

fucking icing on the cake. And now you think, because you've realized your mistake - that you can just pop into

my life and take over.”

My jaw clenches. She's right. That's exactly what | was hoping to do. “Are you going to tellthat it didn’t hurt

you to be away from me?”

She shakes her head, taking a seat on the far side of the couch. Of course it hurt. But not any more She shru 1

got used to it, Domani, You will too

than it did when you rippedto pieces in front of that bitch”

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my hands | decide to tell her the whole truth. | am an asshole and a piece of shit. | used Margo to make you hate

me.

bead in trattation, | mach across the couch to force her into my arms and onto my lap. Locking my arms around

her, | hold her close to my chest. The did the night she toldabout ber stepfather. “You don’t understand,

Draven My mother was murdered and she wasn’t the only one.” | say, garing up into her

| have to find out what happened. | have to know who killed her.”

a’'t you understand how afraid | was to....” | swallow thickly, choking back the sob that always comes when |

speak of my mother. | close my eyes. | my vernance. Leaning my head back on the couch. | release my hold on

her. | dont want to speak about it anymore. | can’t, | host didn’t want to

| feel her get up off my lap and step away from me. Suddenly my entire body is cold and my heart thumps with

new pain. She really

| am try to forgive you. Domenic,” whisper Draven and my eyelids Etter open to watch her from across the room.

But its going to

take

time

( you, baby,” I shudder. “More than | ever imagined | would.”

| don’t know if | belie that Domotic. I'm going to need you to prove it.”

staring at the bare expanse of her legs. | want them locked around my waist tonight while | bary myself inside of

her heat. My dick is growing tably stiff as | sit here and The fare of her eyes tellsshe has noticed. “I want

you, Draven. Bad.”

and | can see in her eyes that she wantsto. My body has been aching for her for a fucking month and | need

to feel her all around me. She down on her lip as she approaches. “I don’t think”

| beg “hat lettouch you.” | whip my shit off, knowing that the sight of my naked chest might make it a little

harder for her to say no- especially with Shing I've been doing at hand the heat in her eyes tellsI'm on

the right track.

nd you get be?” She says throatly, her yes perusing my body shamelessly

father says from the kitchen and | use the fact that | didn’t think in lock the back door. | noticed that too

“Fucking bell,” | hiss. “Do you ever knock?

Put your clothes on Domonic,” my dad says. “Gabriel was good enough to stop at Town Hall on his way to the

city and informthat you've decided to accept your position. | cant tell you how happy that makes me.”

Motherfucker. | cant even bend forward to reach for my shirt because my balls feel like ten pound weights and

he’s talking about positions. “That's why you decided to

trupt what was about to be a very good morning?

Dave Laughs, flippingoff behind my dad’s head. “Thanks Adam Saved by the bell. And Fil Domonic, your dad

doesn’t have to kork. Ever.”

dad says, flopping down on the couch next toand snickering at my obvious discomfort. “What's the plan?

Are they coming up this afternoon, or w? Because | can push the ceremony back as

“Wait!” | stop him. “What the fuck are you talking about?”

Draven scolds. “I really appreciate it if you'd watch your language in front of Adam

Servously? The fuck?

wanting to argue with the object of my erection. “What are you speaking of, father dear?”

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Drawn gurgles, falling into fits of laughter as the pours my dad scoffer.

“The others,” my dad says as if it should be obvious. For you to take your rightful place as Alpha, the rest of the

pack needs to be here to witness the ceremony.”

“The cremony?” | repeat. “You were serious about that shit?

monic Draven warns

“Sorry baby,” | apologize with a smirk, loving the way she glares at me. It’s fintier than it is angry and | feel a

surge of relief just with her playfulness.

I

They need to be here Domonk. They

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“I already told you,” | remind him. | can’t make this my permanent home. Not yet.”

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waves. That's not what worries me

Then what is it?” | whisper, sensing there is more than just a play for power at stake.

Try and understand—all a lot of the

wolves we have merged with here are

keen on tradition. The old ways.

Gabriel champions them. He has

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their support! MRE) sighs) |

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ko hid he wouldn't challenge

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you for Alpha, but I'm afraid he will

the moment you leave, One of the

twelve should be here at all times, to

defend your position, should he make

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poties. “Or did you forget who rules

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Shit, He's right. | can’t leave her and my unborn baby without protection. She’ll need a bodyguard. A woll | know

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