Watching Out For Fangs (The Cloverleah Pack Book 7) Read Free

mission back onto Cloverleah pack lands, but this time to basically grovel to the Fae in the hopes the curse could be removed. In Vadim’s opinion Ermine should have been the one to go – he was the head of the Coven after all. But their mother explained, in her soft dulcet tones that encouraged no argument, that Ermine was needed at his wife’s side. Apparently the woman was pregnant, which was a huge deal in the paranormal world and that left Vadim with no choice but to comply. He hated refusing his mother anything.
    Feeling his phone vibrate in his pocket, Vadim grabbed at it, his dark eyes scanning the screen before answering it. “You have an answer for us?” He said gruffly into the phone.
    “They have agreed to meet you in one hour on the pack house lawns,” his brother replied. “No weapons, you will be searched.”
    “I’ve never needed weapons,” Vadim scoffed, “and it’s my understanding that this was supposed to be a peaceful mission.  Carrying weapons would be tantamount to suicide.”
    Regent D’Arcy’s voice dropped as though he was worried he would be overheard. “And it will be. But look,” he said hesitantly. “If there is any chance you can grab the little Omega wolf…”
    “Don’t even fucking think about it,” Vadim snapped back, flicking his long blond hair over his shoulder as he paced the floor angrily. “You’ve lost enough men due to the Atlanta pack’s mess as it is. Won’t you ever fucking learn?”
    “But Lorraine still wants the Rose Garden I promised her…”
    “Then tell her to plant one herself, or find something else to bargain the new Alpha with. This is supposed to be a meeting for Stephen to present his case to the Fae about the curse – a curse he deserved. Nothing more.” Vadim had no patience with his sister-in-law, or his brother’s pathetic efforts to grant her latest whim. The Atlanta Coven and Pack had lived in harmony for centuries, their territories well established and with plenty of room between them. Everything was fine until Ermine had taken a new wife who wasn’t satisfied with the territory they had. It was only the fact that the pack needed a favor too that had stopped the two sides coming to blows before now.
    “He’s only a little wolf…” Ermine tried again.
    “Who has a big-ass mate, a pack surrounding him and no wish to leave his home.” Vadim had done his homework and knew he wouldn’t want to take on anybody in the small but formidable pack. “I don’t want to meet with any of them as it is, and I’m not going to put my neck on the line just because of Lorraine’s latest whimsy. Buy her a fucking necklace or something. I’m doing enough, escorting her piece of shit brother Stephen, and even then I’m not going to promise he’ll get home in one piece. If he causes anymore trouble…”
    “He won’t,” Ermine assured him. “Now Stephen’s met his mate he just wants the chance to claim her.”
    “He should have thought of that before he got fucking greedy. A vampire’s honor is what holds him above all other paranormals and the rules surrounding the blood debt are sacrosanct. He was lucky he got away with a curse. The Fae prince could have killed him and been well within his rights,” Vadim snarled, looking at the hapless vampire in question who was sitting on the bed next to his unclaimed mate.
    Ivy was a pretty little female Fae who looked far too young and innocent to be tied to someone as unscrupulous as Stephen. Vadim hadn’t been too sure about the possible pairing when he first met her, but Stephen did seem to have fallen for her. Unfortunately because they had met and were apparently true mates, Stephen couldn’t feed off of anyone else. The curse stopped him claiming his mate so he was literally starving to death.  Vadim didn’t see that as a necessarily a bad thing but then he didn’t have a high opinion of Stephen in the first place. The man was as bad as his manipulative sister.  However, Vadim