Rise of the She-Wolf

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 into my own hands again.”

Colin had no idea how to convince Vanessa to become his Luna in a week, but he would take any opportunity if it kept her alive. Vlad held out his hand and said, “In the meantime, I think it is best you hand over your phone anyway. I like privacy with my guests. You will get it back when you leave.”

Colin took his phone out of his pocket and reluctantly placed it in Vlad’s hand. Vlad smiled at him with narrowed eyes, “I have to make some phone calls myself now to make sure your girlfriend is alive. You can continue eating when I am gone.”

He walked out of the dining hall and left Colin with only silence to accompany him. Colin stared at his full plate, but he lost the appetite to eat. He could only hope Vlad would let him leave soon because all he wanted was to make sure Vanessa was safe.

Hours later Vlad finally came back and acted surprised that Colin was still there. Like he had forgotten about it. Colin knew it was a stupid game he was playing to show Colin who was in charge. He played along because he couldn’t care less about this male power play. Vlad told him to keep him updated about Vanessa before he let him return home. Colin sighed in relief when his plane drove off from the Russian airport. When he sat down, he noticed his muscles had completely tensed up from the constant adrenaline that had raged through his body. He leaned back in his chair and unlocked his phone. He dialed his brother’s number and waited.

“Colin, we got to her first! We found her with the dead body of the other female Alpha. I used chloroform on her because I thought that would be the fastest way to take her with me. Wasn’t sure if she wanted to come with me after she stormed off in Ireland. Anyway, Donny and Gary took out the other guy and we took them to one of our American safe houses. You should have seen us Colin we were like proper 007”s,” Robin rambled on like a puppy with ADHD.

Colin cupped his forehead, “You did what? You chloroformed her?! For fucks sake Robin what were you thinking?”

Robin started protesting and Colin just growled, “Just don’t touch her until I get there.”

He hung up utterly annoyed and realized his brothers made it even more difficult for him to convince her to become his Luna. Drugging and kidnapping her did not bide well for him and he doubted she cared that he had done it to save her life.

Vanessa’s pov,

I woke up feeling like a truck ran over my head. I groaned and tried to open my eyes but all I saw was darkness. It took me a moment to realize I was blindfolded and immediately all my memories came back to me. My heart sank to my stomach when I remembered finding Julietta murdered and then someone standing behind me before I passed out. Fear crept into my veins when I realized I had been kidnapped and I would probably share the same fate as Julietta. I tried to connect with Spirit, but she was still passed out from whatever they gave me. I heard a door open, and my body tensed up when footsteps approached me. I braced myself for whatever that was coming but instead, someone loosened my blindfold. I blinked several times against the light before I recognized who was standing in front of me. Anger erupted from every inch of my body when I looked at Colin who inspected me from head to toe with that cocky stare of his.

“What the fuck is going on?” I growled.

Colin carefully cut the rope around my ankles and wrists and said, “I am sorry Lass. I was in Russia to talk business with Alpha Vlad, and he told me he wanted to assassinate you and Julietta. All I knew was that I had to get you to safety, so I called my brothers to go get you.”

He pointed at the rope and blindfolds, “Obviously this is not what I meant but they thought this was the quickest way to make sure you were safe.”

I was not sure what I was feeling at that moment. I felt overwhelmed with anger, fear, and sadness. So, some alpha I never met wanted me and Julietta dead? And Colin saved me by kidnapping me?

“Why does he want to kill us?” I asked.

Colin grunted, “He thinks women shouldn’t be in power basically.”

Julietta’s dead body flashed in front of my eyes, and I bit my lip trying to hold back the tears. Colin saw me struggling and tried to comfort me by putting his hand on my back. I quickly stepped aside out of his reach and snarled, “Don’t touch me!”

“You don’t have to be afraid lass. I made a deal with Vlad that he wouldn’t hurt you.”

I narrowed my eyes and looked at him suspiciously, “What kind of deal?”

For the first time, Colin looked nervous and he scraped his throat, “If you become my Luna, he will leave you alone.”

I chuckled hysterically, “Of course he did. And you happily agreed with that I suppose. All that talk about not wanting the own me was just utter bullshit then. Could have figured. Men only want to own women.”

I spat at his feet in disgust, Colin immediately went back to his cocky self and said annoyed, “I don’t want to own you, Vanessa. If you could just calm down for one bloody second, I could tell you, my plan. He wants me to take over your packs, but I don’t want that. I want to rule with you, not over you. Anyway, none of that matters right now. Don’t you see that instead of fighting each other we could team up and take down the Russians? We can avenge Julietta together.”

What he said could have made sense if I hadn’t felt so confused. I needed some time to think, and grief and I don’t know what else.

“You talk like we need each other but I don’t need you. I can figure it out on my own. So next time when you want to help. DON’T. Take me to Blake and let me go home!”

Colin’s eyes showed a flash of hurt before they went back to normal. He opened the door and stepped aside, “As you wish lass. A simple thank you for saving your life would have been nice.”

I knew I was being a bitch right now, but I couldn’t help it, so I stormed past him and said, “Tell that to Julietta.”© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

It wasn’t Colin’s fault she was dead, but I needed someone to blame, and he was an easy target at that moment. I found Blake and together we drove back to the mansion. Loads of problems were waiting for me, and now that my closest ally was murdered, I had no idea what to do.