The Pack: Rule Number 1 - No Mates

fabric of her top and my dick rocks up despite the cold water that now soaks my body from head to toe.

“Are you okay?” | ask her as she starts to shiver.

She gazes atwith wide, confused eyes Eyes that swirl and pulse like a nebula, an interstellar cloud stitched

deep in space. If | didn’t know better, I'd say they are even more intense now than they were before she passed

out,

the darkest part of

“Id bob-be b-be-better i-f-f-f-fw-we w-we-we-weren’t u-u-u-u-under th-th-th-the fr-freez-z-zing wat-t-t-er,”

she shivers out.

“Oh,” | whisper, my eyes tangling with her lips as | reach out and shut off the tap. “Sorry about that. | ran you a

bath, but | needed you to

be alert first”

“W-w-well 1-I'm d-d-d-el-f-f-finitely al-alert n-now,” she garbles.

| chuckle, stepping out of the shower stall and into the bathroom where the steam from the tub has begun to rise

and dress the space. The warmth hits us right away and she moans, leaning her head back languorously. “Oh,

yes please. Don’t mind if | do,” she says, her idigo orbs turning toward the large jacuzzi tub in the comer of the

room. “Perfect”

Yes. You are.

The tile and walls are silver and gray, respectfully and for the first t1 notice, all the accents in the room are

such a deep blue-violet that they nearly match her eyes. It’s just a coincidence, Paul A happy one, but a

coincidence nonetheless. She's a witch. She might be making you feel stuff that is not your own. You could be

connecting things that would otherwise never occur to you were even a little bit alike.

But | have always loved the color indigo. Always. Even when | was young, | hated how light of a blue my eyes

were. | wanted them dark. 1 wanted them like hers. And | have always had a thing for exotic females Tanned and

curved to perfection. Long dark haic... also a plus.

Might she have mocha colored nipples too?

Fuck me

“You must be a terribly powerful wi-" | begin, but scowl stopsand | lash her a grin before changing it up, “-

terribly gifted-uh-er- mystic, | mean.”

Her eyes

shutter and her attention falls to my lips. “Oh? What makes you say

Because the little spell you've cast for attention has my cock throbbing in rhythm to the pulse point on the side

of your neck and my fangs curling to bite you

“You should never charm a wolf shifter,” | warn her. Then, setting her on the edge of the tub, | take a step back.

“It could be extremely dangerous for you.”

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Her brow furrows angrily and her lips twist into a frown. “Charm a shifter? You think I've charmed you

somehow?”

| tell my eyes heavenward and begin to back out of the room. Ill leave sclothes for you on my bed. Is your

head okay?

Crossing her arms beneath her deliciously round bosom, she cocks an eyebrow. “My head is fine. Is your head

okay?”

It will be, once | get the fuck out of this room, shit...

My gare hitches on her outer thighs, where her dress has ridden up to expose part of her ass for my viewing

pleasure Is there a reason her skin is so soft? Because hack..... it is 300L...

Stop yourself. Stop yourself now.

“Il be downstairs. Take your time. Do you need shelp getting underssed? Or...” Fuck! What the fuck,

dummy?!?

She smiles wide and wicked. “Well it does the around back and | can’t be sure, but | | think it might be knotted.”

My

y heart is now pumping in my throat. “Seriously?”

She loses her smile. “No. | was teasing,” she quips, narrowing her eyes. Just another of my magic tricks,

obviously.”

Is she being sarcastic?

11 go make dinner. | can shower when you're done.”

Or you can shower now while | bathe,” she says throatily, standing and reaching behind herself to untie the top

of her dress.

1 clamp my eyes closed and stumble backward. “I'll leave you to it.”

Catching the bare end of a frown as it turns her features, | slam the door shut just before my fangs spear out, the

venom inside of pumping ferociously enough to drip onto the end of my tongue.

“Fucking hell,” | snarl to myself, ripping my wet clothes off and dropping them into the hamper.

With my eyes on the door, | dress in a pair of black sweatpants, stroke my cock for good measure, then stumble

downstairs. | get to work right away, putting together a salad and boiling wild rice. Then 1 marinate a couple of

t-bones and couple of chicken breasts, just because | failed to ask her preference. I've just finished chopping up

speppers when my phone rings and | release a shuddering breath when |

see Rainier's nflash across the screen.

“About fucki

time,” | spit.

His Laughter is thick with arrogance. “I tried to tell you. What's wrong? Did she snap your dick off or something?

Give it wings, maybe? Warts perhaps?”

“Do not be gross. She’s a witch,” | growl, tossing the marinated steaks into the frying pan. “And she’s fucking

with my head.”

“A witch? The Muuucockkk?”

“Yeah, | had words with the Alpha chasing her as well. According to him, she killed his sister or something and

owes him her life,” L

grumble.

“Oh fuck,” Rainier groans and | hear the unmistakeable sound of the yacht engine firing to life.

“Wait a minute. You haven't even left the island yet?”

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“We had a thing.... no no. Bad sedre tu

“Yup. He's fucking lethal. I'd be jealous except that Fret

hear Gryffin curse. “But now that you're tellingth

My entire body seizes with anger and | damn near up the phone in

No way in fucking hell am | doing that.

No

Fuck that. We don’t even know if it's true,” | say as calmly as my suddenly binding exgs will alone and events the

opon, Buck that

“Right, right. Okay. Well... have you at least asked her about it yet?”

“Not yet. This just happened. She's still in the bath.”

There must be something in my voice, something that gives away how very close | am to the edge hisses, “You

fucked her. You fucked her didn’t you?”

“What the hell? Fuck no, | wouldn't touch a witch asshole. Not for any to why | told it. They to creepy as fuck.”

Not even of the were by mate” Al

wearing nothing but one of my shirts and a pair de

Something shatters behindand | spin around to find Anastacia standing boxer briefs that must be tied in the

front with a rubber band. Fuck | forgot to leave the clothes out for her. She looks like a real TGoddess of Wet

Dreams and 1 nearly crush my phone in my hand to stop myself from grabbing ber.

There's broken glass scattered across her feet and when my gaze drag every word I just said.

| should have heard her cin. Why didn’t I?

beautifully tanned legs to her yes, |

Fuck

Chapter Comments

Alomea

why they all so dumb with their mates? so far maybe Quinn it's out of it, but the rest of them?