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,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’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

Colin’s pov,Colin sighed relieved after his phone call with Alpha Vlad. Somehow, he convinced him to extend Vanessa’s time to a month. He made up that she needed time to grieve Julietta’s dead and that he needed the extra time to take over her pack duties. Vlad believed him as soon as he started complaining about the fragility of women. It was kind of ironic because if only Vlad knew that Vanessa was anything but fragile.Over the next couple of weeks, Colin was busier than ever. With the new collaboration with the Russians came a lot of work and his whole pack had been working their asses off. He had sent his little brother Gary to keep an eye on Vanessa though. He just wanted to make sure she didn’t get herself in trouble in the meantime. He did not expect her to just lay low and wait for the marking day to come.Colin was checking some cargo that needed to go to Russia when Gary stormed in all red and flustered. Colin raised his eyebrow at his brother that looked like an overenthu

Colin’s pov,He noticed the shocked look on Vanessa’s face and laughed, “I am just joking love. They just wanted to give you some time to get used to your new home without being overwhelmed by my whole family.”Vanessa snorted, “You think you are really funny, don’t you?”Colin smirked and took her hand leading her to his old-timer. Like a proper gentleman, he opened the car door for her and took his own spot behind the steering wheel.His gaze fell on her neck where the print of his teeth was showing, Bolt was purring in his head. Satisfied for now that his mate was claimed, and no one would dare to pursue her with his mark on her skin. But he knew Bolt wouldn’t stay satisfied for long and would want him to rip her clothes off soon enough. It was funny he thought something would maybe change once he marked her, but he already thought she was the most beautiful woman in the world before he marked her. His heart had stopped for a moment when she walked into the church looking like a pr