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failed to bring back the Omega so she could get her fucking garden.
    Apparently the whole business of Stephen having met his mate, and needing his curse removed was simply another ploy, planned by the Regent and his wife to try and get into the Atlanta pack’s good books again. Ivy had been gone when Vadim had gotten back to the motel in Cloverleah. He should have guessed then that the whole situation had been a set up.  Leaving was not something a loving and concerned potential mate would do. Apparently Ivy had been roped in to give Stephen’s story some credibility and to use magic to help the stupid man grab the Omega. Vadim had seen Dean, and the young man had a Fae protection mark on him, so that wouldn’t have worked either.
    Vadim did give himself some credit for restraint. He didn’t attack Ermine or Lorraine as they revealed their treachery. In fact he didn’t say anything at all. He just stood there fuming while he watched his brother make a fool of himself over his wife. It wasn’t until Ermine started going on to Lorraine about how he would take the entire enforcer group down to Cloverleah to steal the Omega that Vadim felt a rush of protectiveness hit his gut, and apparently his claws, with a speed that surprised even him. In that moment taking back the Regency that had been his right since birth, and killing both Ermine and Lorraine seemed the most effective way he could save his lovely young wolf shifter.
    Yep, he probably should have planned that a little better. He could have gone to his mother and gotten her support for a takeover of the coven. She would have supported it – she always thought he was a better Regent than Ermine. Overall, he should have thought about the whole thing a little more. Mental side-note. Get a handle on this protective thing fast, because it wasn’t doing him any favors. Vadim had never felt so out of control before, and for the first time in his life he had acted without caring about the consequences.
    Now chained up in the coven basement, he had nothing but time to think about his folly. Unfortunately he was finding it difficult to feel sorry about anything. The only thing he was worrying about was how the hell he was going to keep Josh safe, given he was locked up. The last time his brother had gotten annoyed with him he’d been kept in the dark for over a month, and that was just because Vadim had refused to attend Ermine and Lorraine’s wedding. This time was a lot worse and time was a luxury Vadim didn’t have.
    Fucking hindsight. Vadim knew now that the only way his gorgeous mate would be truly safe was if he had stayed in Cloverleah. He had no doubt that Josh was capable of looking after himself in normal circumstances – the man had tackled Stephen without a second thought. The vampire poison didn’t affect shifted wolves as badly as it did anyone in their human form, and apparently the Cloverleah pack didn’t know that, or maybe Josh might not have acted so rashly. But as Vadim tried to think of the little information he had acquired over the years about shifters, he wasn’t so sure Josh would have held back long enough to shift. His mate was a beta wolf with a strong desire to protect others. That could be a problem if the young wolf was left to wander the earth without a mate beside him. Vadim found he didn’t like that thought at all.
    Lost in his musings about wolves, and a special one in particular, Vadim almost missed the sound of the cell door opening. For a moment he tensed, suspecting his brother coming to gloat, but then a soft waft of perfume hit his nostrils – a scent he was very familiar with. His mother. Vadim opened his eyes to see that the woman was in the process of seating herself in a chair provided by a guard who didn’t even look his way. As she always did, Vadim’s mother gave the man a small smile and indicated that the guard should leave the lamp he had brought with him. She was always gracious like that. The guard received a