“It’s that a nice touch.” All the playfulness was out of Joe’s voice.
“I’ll admit, it felt good too. Penny is back in my possession and Vin is dead. The last thing for me to handle is you.”
“I am the head of the mafia family in Italy. Do you really think you can just kill me and walk away like nothing happened?” Joe almost sounded like he was stalling.
“You are going to avenge Vin’s death regardless. At least this way, whoever takes after you will hopefully learn what you couldn’t. I’ll give them the same warning. Leave my family alone and I’ll leave you alone. Fuck with me and find out.”
Joe held out his hands and smiled. “You are assuming you will beat me. There is seven of us and only three of you.”
“Three alphas and backup is coming. Your time is running out.” I was itching to get my hands on Joe. Not that I had a real anger towards him the way I did Vin. However, he forced Penny into giving him her blood.
“I never laid a hand on her. You still want to kill me?”
“You aided Vin. You didn’t return Penny to me but was going to use her blood for your own personal gain. A gain at the loss of humans. People our ancestors swore to protect. You run a mafia. It might have morals but you still crossed mine.”
“It’s unfortunate you see it that way.” Joe sighed.
It was finally time. “If it helps you, I will be happy to send Vin’s heart back with yours to explain the conditions. I will even label who’s is who out of the goodness of my heart.” I knew that was a low blow but I was done talking and ready for a good fucking fight. My wolf had healed me and the energy that Penny gave me was flowing.
It was like a drug in my veins. Her power was unlike anything else I had felt. As soon as she decided to embrace her alpha blood, it made my wolf that much stronger too. He had grown a few inches in both height and width.
My wolf was at the surface already so when Joe showed me his fangs, my wolf easily shoved me to the side. That wasn’t enough for him though. He completely shifted so within seconds, I was standing on all fours.
Alec and Carson both shifted and they were growling beside me. Looking at the seven wolves in front of us, I finally heard the stomping of our backup. As soon as they broke the tree line, Joe’s men attacked.
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