Page 49 of Pack Kasen: Part 2

Everyone. But. Me.

Why?

What do I have to do to get my mate to smile at me?

“No one is taking me out,” I bite out. “This meeting is to get to the bottom of who it is and takethemout.”

“So, who’d you piss off?” Cruz sits back in his seat and crosses his arms as he scrutinizes Kat from across the table.

“I can’t think of anyone. I try to keep my head down,” she says.

They all study her, and I don’t mind it.

But Troy…

Troy’s attention, Idomind.

He called her beautiful not too long ago.

He must feel the intensity of my stare because he glances at me and promptly transfers his interested stare from Kat to the table.

My wolf is mollified. And so am I.

I catch Finan’s eye. He’s watching me, blank-faced. There’s not a hint of a smile in his eyes, but he saw what I did, and he’s laughing at me.

“I thought there was constant drama on campus,” Joy says. “You know, crazy sex, people throwing up out of windows, and screaming arguments at dawn.”

Emilio snorts. “You watch too much TV, baby.”

“There was no drama on campus,” Kat says. “Just everyone focused on studying and graduating.”

It’s a strange feeling to have my mate sitting beside me like this.

I never imagined it would ever happen.

My enforcers are surprisingly accepting of her, even though they are dominant shifters themselves, which usually leads to a struggle for dominance. But not this time. Kat is a powerful wolf—more dominant than they are. It’s in the way she carries herself and how she holds my gaze—and theirs.

Cruz grins at her. “Ah, there’s always drama on campus. Has to be with that many students living side by side. Let me guess? You were the early to bed, graduating top of her class, got all papers written and submitted two weeks before they were due, huh?”

A line forms between her brows. “What does that have to do with anything?”

“You were studious,” Joy says, watching her closely. “So you probably slept through all the drama on campus.”

“Boring,” Emilio says with a grin. “She means boring.”

“My mate is not boring,” I growl as Kat rolls her eyes and mutters that she can fight her own battles.

“Down, boy,” Joy adds with a grin. “Just having a bit of fun. No harm meant.”

“Down, boy?” I echo mildly.

Emilio slings his arm around her and drops a kiss on the top of her head. “You have a death wish, baby. Have I ever told you that before?”

She grins up at him. “Only every single day.”

They move to kiss each other and I mutter a curse. “Focus.”

If they start, they won’t be stopping anytime soon, and this meeting is important.

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