Chapter 43 Nightmare

• Vanessa’s pov,
• The rest of the week it seemed like everything that could go wrong went wrong. The new sheriff came to me asking for more money to buy his silence. I had been fuming because that greedy man already got a higher share than the ordinary policemen. I had to send Tomasso there to scare him and tell him that just because I didn’t use violence as a first resource didn’t mean I wouldn’t use it at all. He said to him that any of his officers would probably gladly accept the sheriff’s salary instead and that it would be a shame if he went missing on one of his hunting trips.
• Hopefully, we scared him enough to not behave like a cunt. Besides that, some things went wrong with the deliveries of the drugs. The new training system had everyone test their abilities in all the fields to find their strengths. It sounded good on paper but in reality, it definitely had a trial-and-error phase. I did not know whether I should cut my losses and trust the process or admit that it had been a stupid idea. Tomasso and Lianna were great, but they did not want to advise me about leading a pack because that was the alpha’s job. I missed Spirit but it didn’t matter what I said because she refused to talk to me. Making decisions all on my own and being responsible for so many people was harder than I imagined. Luckily, I would meet up with Julietta at a hotel between our territories. I could really use another alpha’s point of view to help me with the struggles of leading a pack. I also told myself that today I would tell her that I just wanted to be friends and business partners but nothing more. My life was messy enough and I just needed some time by myself to figure everything out.