"It''s that a nice touch." All the yfulness was out of Joe''s voice.

"I''ll admit, it felt good too. Penny is back in my possession and Vin is dead. Thest thing forto handle

is you." "I am the head of the mafia family in Italy. Do you really think you can just kind 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 swarning. Leave my family alone and I''ll leave you

alone. Fuck withand 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 ising. Your tis 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 neverid a hand on her. You still want to kill me?" "You aided Vin. You didn''t return Penny tobut 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 exin the

conditions. I will evenbel 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 healedand the energy that Penny

gavewas 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 showedhis fangs, my wolf easily shovedto the side.

That wasn''t enough for him though. Hepletely 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.

I watched as my wolf took off, meeting Joe half way. Both of us got on our hind legs. My paw pped

away his jaws and bit down on his shoulder. Blood filled our mouth but Joe got his foot up. Pushing

against our stomach, he pushed away. Rolling to the side, my wolf was up and ready for more.

Staying low to the ground, we started circling eachother. He knew he wasn''t going to get out of here

alive but he was damn sure wanting to take a piece ofwith him.

Joe stepped once more to the side but slipped slightly. ncing down, he realized he slipped on a pool

of blood from one of his warriors. He had transformed back into his human form. The head was a good

five feet from the body that was still leaking blood. It was so crudely ripped off that chunks of flesh hung

off his body.

Using the distraction, we jumped towards him. Joe was quicker than I expected. He got low and using

his back legs, pushed us off and away from him before rolling over. This time, he jumped and we were

on the bottom.

His ws swiped at our face, leaving three w marks on our cheeks. His leg was on the ground for

stability, allowing us to push against it so hard that it snapped out of ce. His body fell and we rolled

on top of him.

It was our turn to attack. He kept his paws against us from biting his neck. Using the next best thing,

our ws shed across his stomach. There was a unique satisfaction of watching his stomach fall out

of him. Next cthe intestines.