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That night Dean refused to sleep in the mansion, and instead slept outside with Jade along with some other pack members. When Jade woke the next morning, Dean was nowhere to be seen, but she could sense him. She shook herself and returned to human form to seek him out.
She found him perched on a boulder, studying the mansion.
"What are you doing?" Dean didn't answer her right away.
"I am going to tear it down," he said calmly.
"The house?" Jade questioned.
"Yeah," was his reply.
"Why?" she probed, hoping for some more details.
"It's not right," Dean answered slowly, "I can't put it into words, it's just…wrong."
"Aren't you going to wait until after…?"
"No, it can't wait. I am going to head into town to see if I can hire someone with a wrecking ball."
Jade watched him jog off in the direction of town, deciding she should talk to Sam.
"Sam? Are you awake?" Jade called through the closed door. Sam had slept in the mansion, in one of its many rooms.
"Yeah," Sam replied as he opened the door, "What's up?"
"Dean just went into town to hire a wrecker," she explained.
"For the house?" he asked. Jade nodded in response. "I figured he wouldn't wait long. I guess we better make sure anything important is out of the house." They set to work clearing anything they thought was important from the house. As the others woke, they joined in the effort, hoping to be finished before Dean returned.
"I am going to go see if any of the local pack has a camper we can borrow," Kevin said after they had been working for a while. He excused himself and headed into town. Dean returned a short time later, with Kevin not far behind. A small crowd trailed behind, wanting to see what the new Alpha was up to. Kevin hauled the camper up to the edge of the clearing the house was in and began moving the pile the others had removed from the house into the trailer. Dean entered the house in search of Jade and his brother.
"Find what you need?" Sam asked his brother.
"Yep," he replied happily, "Soon this monstrosity will be nothing but a memory," he finished. "You ready?" he asked the group in the house.
There were strong feelings in the air as the first swing of the wrecking ball smashed into the house. A few of the gathered pack members let out a whooped and howled as they watched the symbol of their torment crumble and fall. The wrecking ball continued to swing and the house was soon nothing more than debris. Dean watched in satisfaction as the house was demolished, maybe he wouldn't build another house to replace it.
"Feel better?" Sam asked as he approached his brother.
"Yeah," Dean drawled, "Maybe I won't build another house." Sam was quiet after that. "Unless…" Dean started.
"Unless?" Sam questioned with a raised eyebrow.
"You stay here," Dean answered.
"I thought us mere humans weren't allowed to stay here."
"Screw that, I'm in charge now. What I say goes." Dean flashed his teeth in a grin. "Anybody have a problem with my human brother staying here?" He said in a raised voice. The resounding answer left no doubt of the pack's acceptance of Sam. "See?" Dean said to his brother.
END