"….you can never understand."
Cole then paused, "I understand more than you think," his voice had a serious, yet sympathetic tone. "You see," he paced back and fourth for about ten seconds then morhped into something. He became a tall, muscular, monster, bald, with red skin, and ominous white stripes on his face.
"What are you?" Wolf asked, a frightened tone about his voice.
The man returned to his original, human form, then responded, "Like you, I was raised in what others might refer to as, 'another dimension,' but it wasn't a happy fairy tale land, It was the opposite. Do you know about the underworld?"
Wolf nodded as he realized what was before him. "You're a demon?" he asked, a frightened hint of surprise in his voice.
"I was originally half demon. For over a hundred years, I hunted down witches, innocent witches, just like your wife. I was the embodiment of evil. Then I fell in love with Phoebe. Afterwards I changed. I learned to control myself, to control what I am.
"I've been possessed by the source of all evil. Briefly, very briefly I was the leader of the underworld. Afterwards, I was vanquished to the demonic wasteland, where I collected, powers. Evil powers beyond anyone's comprehension. I struggle daily not to use them. But its not easy, especially when Phoebe goes around saving innocents from monsters. Monsters who try to eat their wives!" The man then changed the subject.
"I've never physically harmed Phoebe. I've never come close to brutalizing her, doing to her what you did to Virginia. I let the source of all evil possess me, because I was afraid of Phoebe being hurt."
Wolf nervously paused, as what was happening sank in. He was being lectured by the devil himself! Even a half demon from the underworld, treated his mate better than he treated Virginia. He was an animal, a nasty animal.
The man then continued, "I f I could learn to control myself, what's your excuse?"
"I don't know! It only happens during the full moon," Wolf angrily replied then continued. "If I could fight it, I would. I don't want to hurt her. I love her. She is my mate for life. For the past three years I've been trying to do so. It's beyond my control. The thought of what I've done to her." He pounded his fist into the wall, "I want to change."
His eyes began to well up with tears. It had happened too many times! Too many times he had hurt Virginia. Too many times he had come close to taking her life unintentionally. He was dangerous, a dangerous animal.
"You think you can teach me? I'll make a deal with you. If you can't teach me, if I can't learn to control the animal within, you can have my soul. Leave me in the underworld, I'll do whatever you want me to do down there. Whatever you need if I can't learn."
Cole was actually a bit surprised by the offer. He was never the kind of demon who took souls, his specialty was killing certain kinds of witches. Soul/service deals were a different department.
"Tell you what, when the full moon comes, you stay here. No going anywhere, no hurting anyone, I'll teach you to control yourself. If you can't learn to control yourself…."
Wolf extended his hand, to shake on the deal. He would rather do this, than risk hurting Virginia again.