Rise of the She-Wolf

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 overenthusiastic puppy that was about to burst out some revelation. He looked at the other pack members at the dock and said in a low voice, “Everybody out.”

They all hastily dropped their things and left the dock immediately. Colin’s gaze shifted to his little brother, “All right out with it. What is it, mate?”

“I wanted to send you a message earlier, but I was almost discovered so I had to lay low for a while.” Gary blurted out nervously.

“Send me a message about what?”

Gary rambled on, “About Alpha Vanessa. She sold everything her pack and the Latin packs owned in one week’s time and bought a huge piece of land between the 2 territories. She took both packs deep into the woods of the ground she bought and since then they have been busy making some tiny house village. I had to leave when they started to install a patrol system throughout the whole property. It was weird Colin. It was like they all worked together as one mind or something.”

Colin frowned, he expected a lot of things, but he definitely didn’t expect her to sell everything and take her whole pack into seclusion. She was up to something, but he had absolutely no idea what exactly.

He patted his little brother on the back, “You did good Gary. Go get some rest.”

Bolt growled in his mind, “I don’t like this. We should not be in the unknown. She can surprise us that way and it will probably not be a good surprise. We can assume that Alpha Vlad has also kept an eye on her.”

Colin sighed, “I know we should probably think of some way to spin this. So, when he asks we can say that she did it because we told her to. As for Vanessa, there is nothing we can do expect to show her she can trust us. Hopefully, eventually, she will work with us then instead of against us. Don’t worry about it when she spends some time with us after the marking she will fall for our Irish charm. They all do eventually.”

He tried to sound confident but in the back of his mind, he was wondering, what the hell Vanessa was up to?

Vanessa’s pov,

“The final cabins are finished Alpha. We can start sorting everyone to their new houses today,” Rosa said to me.

Rosa had been Julietta’s beta and I immediately understood why Julietta picked her. She was smart, feisty, and I liked her the moment we met. She blended into our friend group quickly and had been a tremendous help over the past month with the huge changes I made.

“Good. We got it all done just in time,” I replied.

Tomorrow I was flying to Ireland for the marking ceremony. Anxiousness pulsed through my body just at the thought of it but luckily, I had been so busy that I had not thought about it much. Rosa must have seen the worried look in my eyes because she pulled me in for a hug.

“I know you are worried, but I promise that Tomasso, Lianna, and I will take good care of everyone. You take as much time as you need, we have it under control. Just focus on getting revenge for our girl, okay?”

I smiled slightly, “I will. That Russian prick has no idea what is coming for him.”

Around me, it was buzzing with activity from all the pack members doing different tasks. Some were busy cutting trees; others were on patrol duty, and I saw a group busy preparing food for later. It did not seem like 2 packs that had just joined forces. Everyone was working together and laughing like they had known each other for ages.

I walked to the sacred space we made with carvings of the gods everywhere and in the middle, there was a massive wooden statue of the moon goddess. I closed my eyes for a second to shut out all the noise in my head. It was strange but as soon as we settled in this place a mind link between the whole pack formed. Now in wolf form that is not strange at all, but I could hear my whole pack in human form now whenever I wanted. We could all communicate without any outsiders knowing, which felt like a huge secret advantage.

I took a deep breath and put out a message to my whole pack, “AS MANY OF YOU KNOW I AM LEAVING TOMORROW. I DO NOT KNOW FOR HOW LONG BUT I WILL LEAVE YOU ALL IN THE CAPABLE HANDS OF MY BETAS TOMASSO, ROSA, AND LIANNA. GO TO THEM IF YOU HAVE ANY WORRIES OR QUESTIONS. I EXPECT YOU ALL TO KEEP BUILDING ON THE FOUNDATION WE HAVE BUILT. BE ONE WITH YOUR WOLF AND BE ONE WITH YOUR PACK THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT RULE OF ALL. RESPECT EACHOTHER AND CONTINUE TO PROTECT OUR BORDERS. I WILL CALL UPON ALL OF YOU WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT.”Têxt © NôvelDrama.Org.

I disconnected the mind link after that because it would be too much of a distraction in Ireland. Speaking of Ireland, I had to go and pack my bags because I was leaving in the dark of the night. I had sold all my expensive clothes and it felt kind of liberating that I only had one bag of possessions left. When I looked in the mirror wearing Prada shoes and Gucci clothes, I knew that it wasn’t me. Even the most expensive things couldn’t cover up the fact that I lacked purpose. But that was before, I was not lost anymore. In fact, I knew exactly how I was going to get my revenge and keep my pack safe at the same time.

I threw the bag over my shoulder and walked to the edge of the forest where a car was waiting. Tomasso walked out of the shadows of the trees and took the bag off my shoulder.

His ember eyes looked at me seriously when he said, “Good luck Vanessa. We will wait for your orders.”

I grinned deviously, “No need for luck when you have everything planned out.”

Tomasso smiled back at me before he shut the door behind me, and the car drove off. I sank back into the cool leather of the seat and said to Spirit, “Let’s go meet our mate, shall we?”