The Pack: Rule Number 1- No Mates
Chapter Forty–Eight
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“So tell me this” I start, taking a seat on the white leather ottoman in front of the toda. “What’s the big secret behind the full moon!
Quinn sighs, glancing up at the ceiling as if worried about the girl, Emily, bearing in “You trally should ask Domonic.
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I groan, feeling the urge to pull out my hair. “Imaking you And if you to wanted about the girl, don the. Shes soaking in a hath that I ran for her myself. Like some kind of fucken mother hen.‘ I roll my eyel
Quinn smiles, “You know. If you were to stick around here and he with Demand? That’s exactly what you would be
I slant my eyes at him, curious, “What do you mean if I stick around here? I sure as hell don’t plan to leave. I like this place. In you prys. 1., bie Why would I leave
His dark eyes lower, filling with something akin to sadness. “I don’t know. It’s just
sucks in a deep breath and glances out the window–Dom
Tucker heartless sometimes. He does things to protect himself that I think will end up doing him more harm than good.”
My eyes arts. “What Linds of things?”
Im trished” Emily’s voice flits down the stairs and the soft thudding of her dainty et follow
1.” Phias, pointing at him. “We are not finished talking about this.
He nods, standing up to lock eyes with our guest. “Hello Emily, I’m Quinn,”
She smiles, “Hi” Her eyes scan the room, then fall on the lone plate of boron and as the dining table. “Is that-”
“For you.” I answer. “Yes. Yes it is. He yourself. We ate while you were in the back
“Thank you,” she says softly, taking a seat at the dining table and shoveling the food to her mouth.
“Get her some jaire,” This at Quinn who is openly staring at her.
||| think I’m in love,” he whispers.
0h for Pets sake! I slap
up his arm. Juice. Now before the chokes!”
He nods and walk into the dining area contemplating on how best to approach the ject Roda mentioned to me before he left. By the time I seat myself next to her, she’s already done. More?” ask with a laugh.
“Please?” She grins, thanking Quinn as he sets a full tumbler of orange juice next to her plate.
“She’d like more Quinn,” I say. Then, “After you serve her seconds would you mind take care of that chore in the woods you promised to get done?
He stares at me for what feels like an entire minute of cluelessness. “Chore?”
sat
“In the woods.” I repeat. “You know, Checking the trees for I smile at Emily “Heave
“Leaves?” Quinn queries. Are you He grips,” oh oh right! Leaves. Uh yeah. Sure!”
“Thanks “Plaky,” Blaugh
“Ha ha ha. Fuck you Brain, he pips, then flips me off while heading into the kitchen far more food.
“What’s wrong with the leaves?” Enuly
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there might be something hiding in them. Nope. Not doing that
She then smiles as Quinn sets her plate down in front of her, full of food one. “Ihe hock in twenty. You girls behune,”
a chuckle, watching him head out the door in nothing but a pair of cotton pejama
He’s going out in the main like that?” Ensily snickers, “Want he get cold?”
“He’s not the brightest,‘ I say, lnghing to myself at the absurdness of my tema
“Thats too bad,” she says with a sigh, before digging into her fool this time with rice class. He’s really nice.
I laugh, “Right.” I smile at her, my eyes wandering over what I can see of her body. wrists have a couple of lang scratches and there are handprint neck Shr, Emily, um Koda
“Koda? Is he coming back here? I really wanted to thank him for looking out for me again,”
“Apam?” I quirk, my eyebrows raising sky high. “Didn’t you just meet him last night?
She shakes her head no. I met him about a month ago when I was camping in the hills near Port Orchard. I had a pretty crazy fire going and he helped me put it
How intending “Really?” I say “A month ago?”
The nod “teah. Apparently I was illegally camped in a No he zone. He was a real jerk about it. But when I told him I didst have anywhere to go and trung to keep warm, he let me slide without a ticket.”
arms over my chest and glare, “Then what did he do? Leave you out there
She nods, “Yeah. I mean, what was he supposed to do? I’m just stranger.” She sighs, laking a deep drink of her juice. Tut the next day foufid a test, sleeping bag. and a portable solar powered heater in the same spot I’d been sleeping in and-” She es a deep breath, well–I just know he had to be the one who left it for m
A damn sleeping bag and a tent?” I grow out ong to him. And she fucken grateful??? She’s like a pure, innocent, imbecilic angel. Or maybe she’s one those girls who has been treated like shit her entire life and has no idea what shes seth And what happened to those things? I mean – how did you end up out
She drugs her fork, her eyes lowering behind extremely long lashes. I met this pry, said he’d take care of me. He said-” She sheets.that we could be friends. But that was obviously all bullshit.”
“A giv” I snort. How typical Ecken pigs. “Is he the one that put those bruises on neck?” I ask point blank.
She closes her eyes, nods. “Yeah, He did.”
I mach a hand out for her to hold and am surprised when she takes it. “This guy he hurt you, didn’t he?”
She nods K L
her eyes filling with team, 1-1 told him to stop. I b–bered him to But he–he-”
“Shhh, it kay. Take it slow, I tell her, sighing. “I don’t need all the details right now
She nods softly, wiping her tears with the luck of her sweater sleeve. ‘Thank you”
God this girl is like a tiny letle lamb. Where did she come from? “Emily?
“Yes?”
“How old are you?”
“Twenty–one in a week.”
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ly grandma raised me, but when she died, I had to go and stay with my mom
Emily sucks in a shuddering breath. At home, they kicked me out over a monthly in Tacoma. Her and her boyfriend didn’t want me there. So they kicked me out.”
You know, sometimes people are beasts too. “Usfucking believable,” I sigh. “Well, your troubles are over sweetie. I’ve got you now and where I go you go from here on out. I can get you a job and a place to stay
Her eyes brighten. ‘R–really?”
Hell yes. And, I want to know all about that bastard that hurt you. Just so happens am pretty good friends with the maryer,” I wink
“The mayor?” She gaps in asee. (
I laugh. “He’s not mally the mayor – but he fucking acts like one. That’s for sure. Either way, I’ve got your back”
She smiles and I notice it lights up her face. Thank you Thane. Thanks so mu
so much.”
“No problem. Bart will hire you at the bar. You can work with me,” I say, and somehow I know without even asking, that this is true. Bart anything for me I just know t
It’s nice in this house. Is this where you live?”
Ile, They wish, but no. For me so I’ve been banished here for the week while the bar is closed. But we’ll talk more about that later. Why don’t you tell me about the asshole who left you here fint.”
“Oh!” She shakes her heal. “I be didn’t leave me here. He took me out on a host four days age. He left me in the water,
ime with that statement. Anger like I have never known drenches my soul. “Ile – did –
She takes a deep breath. After he–am–well–hru–used me he dumped me in the water. Then he sped off in his boat, I swam here. In the fog. I didnt even know
Lisland at first. I thought it was just a rock. But when I climbed up, some of the fog lifted and I could see the house on the hill When I Ingeled on the door, no
wered and I couldn’t get in. The glass is pretty much bullet proof. Trust me, thew quite a few rocks at it.”
“Goon” I seethe.
“Well, then I searched around back and found the shed was open. It has all kinds of camping gear inside. Sleeping bags, and fishing poles. I had my old lighter in my pocket, so let it dry out and hit a small fire. But then last night–1 heard the boats coming and I hid in the cave.”
Holy shit,” I say. “You poor thing.”
She shrugs. “This is the most food I’ve had in about two months. Thanks again.”
So this guy that dumped you in the ocean,” I say conly. “What was his name?”
She shiver. “Les. He called himself – Leo*
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