Rise of the She-Wolf

Colin’s pov,

It took over a week before Vanessa finally revealed her plan to him. He had not seen her much, she had been busy making preparations. When they did meet it did not involve a lot of talking. He had shown her every corner of the house by now and still, it didn’t seem enough. They always had raw, passionate sex which was usually all he wanted. But he couldn’t help longing to find some deeper connection with his mate. But that was probably too much to ask. Vanessa had made it very clear that whatever was between them it was strictly physical.

This morning she came to him and handed him a necklace with a silver symbol hanging on it. When he looked closely he saw it was the unity symbol of his pack. The wolf biting his own tail.

“I have one for every single pack member,” Vanessa said.

Colin rubbed his finger over the cool metal and looked at her confused, “Oi it is pretty but why?”

Her eyes shimmered, “This will be how we kill Alpha Vlad.”

He turned the necklace upside down and looked for hidden knives or something but he found nothing so he just frowned.

Vanessa grinned and brought her lips to his ear making him weak in the knees again when her delicious scent hit his nose. He had a hard time concentrating but as she elaborated on her plan his mind sharpened. When she was finished and told him everything she took a step back and eagerly awaited his response.

He chuckled and lifted his eyebrows in surprise, “You are one insane lass it could work but it could also go terribly wrong.”

Her smile faded and her tone was serious when she responded, “I know but I feel like the moon goddess has led me to this point. I have to take this chance because only the goddess knows how long it would take before I get the chance again.”

She took his hand and asked, “Will you do it? Will you help me with my crazy plan?”

His eyes softened and he took Vanessa’s face in his hands, “Don’t you know by now, Vanessa? I would let the world burn for you.”

His words took her by surprise and she stared deep into his eyes for a while. It seemed like she wanted to say something but she just swallowed loudly and stepped away with a blush on her cheeks.

“Very well then we will carry out the plan together,” she said

Right after that his little sister Annie knocked on the door and asked him to join her in the preparations for tomorrow. Tomorrow they would be celebrating St. Patricks day with a big celebration. Everyone would wear green and there would be music and dancing. He helped Annie with the decorations and he was just tasting the food for tomorrow when Gary crawled into the kitchen his head all beaten up and swollen. Vanessa and Annie ran to him as he fell to the floor, “Ow my god what happened?” Vanessa blurted out in a worried voice.

Bolt was growling protectively in his mind while he sat down and forced Gary to look into his eyes, “Who did this to you?”

Colin coughed up some blood, “The Mckanzie’s”

Colin’s face darkened and his voice was low and dangerous when he spoke, “The biggest money scammers in the pack beat you up why?”

Gary started sobbing, “I owe them money. I am so sorry Colin I was just trying to start up some business of my own but it all went terribly wrong.”Nôvel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.

Colin growled while he stood up, “I will go take care of your mess like always. You and I need to talk when I come back.”

He felt Vanessa’s worried eyes burning on his back when he stormed out of the kitchen. It took him a while to find the Mckanzies and he paid them back what Gary owned them. They told him that Gary had been brewing new alcohol flavors and selling it but there had been some side effects with the alcohol and Gary had just been digging his grave deeper and deeper. Colin reminded them that the Alpha should know about everything that goes on in his pack even when it is about his family. He gave them a warning and told them if they stepped out of line again they could find another pack. And if they ever hurt his family again he would not show mercy.

Hours later he came back home grumpy and tired. He found Gary in the living room with an ice pack on his face. Vanessa was feeding him some soup. With a big sigh, he sat down in a chair and looked at Gary. Gary averted his eyes and stared at the floor intensely.

“I took care of everything. I paid off your debt and cleaned up your mess. So for god’s sake tell me why you thought it was a good idea to run an alcohol business in secret. Are you so bored with your life?”

Gary stuttered, “I thought if I showed you I could run a business on my own you would see that you don’t have to run this family on your own. That you wouldn’t have to bear all the responsibility on your own because you have done that since Dad died. I thought it would be a good idea but the more it went wrong the more I started acting like a cunt towards everyone.” A sob escaped from his throat, “I wanted to make you proud Colin, I am sorry. I can never be like you, I am a failure to this family.”

Colin stood up from his chair and sat down in front of Gary. He took his hands and said softly, “Come on lad don’t go soft on me now. I am sorry if I gave you the impression you had to prove yourself to me. You are my little brother and I am proud of you. I guess I was so occupied that I missed the fact that you were ready for more responsibility. But let’s make a deal now to work on giving you more responsibilities but we will build it up together okay?”

Gary his eyes got big and he jumped forward to give Colin a tight hug. “Au, that hurts,” he grunted and Colin laughed while patting him softly on the back. Vanessa smiled at him softly from behind’s Gary’s back. When Gary finally let him go he said, “I am going to bed because apparently, you can get pretty tired when you got beaten to shit.”

Colin and Vanessa laughed and when Gary left Vanessa sat down next to him. “I did not expect you to be so nice to him after all the shit he has done. Thought you would give up on him.”

Colin’s eyes were fuming with orange when he replied, “You must not think very highly of me then. Because I would never give up on the ones I love.”

Vanessa’s eyes softened and she swiftly touched his cheek, “Seems like the people you love are lucky.”

Colin could swear that for the first time, he saw affection in her eyes when she looked at him. Immediately his heart skipped a beat and he wondered, could it be? Was she actually falling for him?