Vanessa’s pov,Hearing Colin claim me, set off a fire inside of me. I did not just go through hell and back just to be claimed by another alpha male that thought I belonged to him. Spirit kept howling inside my head to accept. “SPIRIT SHUT THE FUCK UP,“ I raged. Spirit immediately became silent from shock. I had never talked to her that way before but finally, I could think again now that Spirit was quiet. I breathed in and out and walked to the arrogant yet handsome man that just claimed me.“Forget it. I am not your property. Who do you think you are?”He grabbed my hand and pulled me closer and then kissed my hand. Standing so close I could smell his scent of burned firewood mixed with cinnamon. I inhaled it deeply and felt a bit dizzy again. Colin looked at me amused and said, “My name is Colin lass. You better remember it because you will be screaming it later.”My mouth fell open. The audacity of this man!I pulled back my hand and looked at him angrily, “Fuck off. I am not here
Vanessa’s pov,Maggie looked back and forth between Colin and me before she ran to him and hugged him.“That is wonderful news dear. I am so happy for you both. I told you there was a woman out there who could be your equal.”Colin smiled and looked at me over his mother's shoulder, “Don’t plan the wedding yet mum. Vanessa seems to be under the impression that she despises me.”Maggie looked at Colin warmly, “She just needs some time to get to know you.”I stared at them with an open mouth, “UHM HELLO I AM RIGHT HERE. I can speak for myself thank you. I can assure you that I have no intention to get to know a man that is clearly full of himself and on top of that apparently a mommy’s boy.”I angrily stood up and walked out of the room. I heard Annie say jokingly, “I like her! She can see you for the piece of shite you are Colin.” One of his brothers replied, “Not fair, why does Colin always get the most beautiful women?”Ugh, what the hell was I even doing here? Playing happy family w
Colin his pov,Colin let Vanessa and Melys take the lead. He enjoyed watching her get all competitive and encourage Melys to go faster and faster her long brown hair dangling in the wind. Every bone in his body wanted to be with her. Desire coiled in the pits of his stomach like something tangible all day long. All he could think of was her, but she seemed to think he was a twat. He was not used to women rejecting his advances. In fact, he never experienced it before. Vanessa seemed to be under the impression that he wanted to suppress or rule her in some way. Although his wolf Bolt wanted to claim her, Colin wanted to be equal. He wanted her by his side, working together to greatness. And he wanted to have raw passionate sex with her of course. But saying that out loud would not bide well for him he thought. For the first time, he actually had no idea how to win a woman over.He was still thinking about it when his mother found him in his study hours later. “What’s wrong Colin?” she
Vanessa’s pov,I was still fuming the whole way back home. I was angry not only at Colin for tricking me like that but also at Spirit. She went against me with total disregard for my feelings.“I told you I did not want to be claimed!” I snarled at her.Spirit sounded just as angry as I felt, “You ruined our only chance to be with our mate! How can you still think of that human if our werewolf mate stands in front of us? You should be intoxicated just by his scent. You are a disgrace choosing a human over your own kind!”I growled, “It is not about Duke! I don’t want to be someone’s property.”Spirit huffed, “You keep lying to yourself if you want. We both know it is about Duke. No sane werewolf would reject the mate bond. If you want to be so independent and know everything so well then be my guest. I won’t help you anymore until you see reason.”“Come on Spirit don’t be such a mule. We can work this out.”But all I got back was silence.When I arrived home, Julietta was already wait
Vanessa’s pov,The rest of the week it seemed like everything that could go wrong went wrong. The new sheriff came to me asking for more money to buy his silence. I had been fuming because that greedy man already got a higher share than the ordinary policemen. I had to send Tomasso there to scare him and tell him that just because I didn’t use violence as a first resource didn’t mean I wouldn’t use it at all. He said to him that any of his officers would probably gladly accept the sheriff’s salary instead and that it would be a shame if he went missing on one of his hunting trips.Hopefully, we scared him enough to not behave like a cunt. Besides that, some things went wrong with the deliveries of the drugs. The new training system had everyone test their abilities in all the fields to find their strengths. It sounded good on paper but in reality, it definitely had a trial-and-error phase. I did not know whether I should cut my losses and trust the process or admit that it had been a
Colin his pov,It had been days since Vanessa fled from Colin’s property. He smothered himself in business trying not to think about her. He had to make it up to her but did not know how. Today was not the day to think about Vanessa though. He had an important meeting planned with a potential new ally. If he could make a deal with them, it would double his pack’s income. He could finally invest in new businesses to get the poor people in his territory jobs.Alpha Vlad was the leader of not only the biggest pack but also the most dangerous one. Everyone knew not to mess with the Russian werewolves. But if you had them on your side no one would ever dare to stand in your way again. Colin lit one last cigarette before he entered his private plane. Normally he would take some of his brothers and sisters with him on a trip but this time it was too dangerous. You never knew what alpha Vlad had planned. Colin had heard of many visitors that never returned home. If that was his fate, he wante
Colin’s pov,Colin tried to keep his cool the best he could, but his body was pumping with adrenaline and sweat dripped down his forehead. Vlad stood up and walked to Colin his chair, before he knew it he felt the cold metal of a pistol against his head.Vlad’s voice sounded ice cold when he said, “One of my men heard you were making a call on the toilet. Who were you talking to and why?”Colin's throat went dry, and he knew the best thing to do was to stick as close to the truth as possible. “I was not calling but talking to my wolf. I have to be honest with you that I got a bit rattled when you talked about killing the female alphas. One of them is my mate.”It was silent for a while before Vlad burst out in laughter and put his pistol back in his pants. “Well, why didn’t you say so? Then we can solve the problem together. Make her your Luna and take over her packs. That makes our new arrangement only more interesting. I will give you one week for it otherwise I will take measures
Vanessa’s pov,When I got home, I immediately searched for Tomasso and Lianna. I needed to vent and have someone help me make sense of all my feelings. Lianna immediately pulled me into a tight hug and Tomasso looked deep into my eyes with a worried frown on his forehead.“We heard what happened to Julietta. When we found the abandoned car, we were so scared we lost you Alpha,” Tomasso said.Just the mentioning of her name already made tears well up in my eyes again and I gritted my teeth trying to hold them back. Lianna pulled back and inspected my face, “What happened Vanessa?”I took a deep breath and told them everything. From the moment I found Julietta’s body to my abduction. Finding out it was Colin who abducted me because some Russian Alpha was scared of powerful, she-wolves. And lastly about the deal that Colin made for my life. They listened carefully and tried to comfort me but all I wanted was someone to tell me how to clean up this mess. But how can someone tell you what