6

3 days ago. The office of the head of the Severin clan.

"Nathan, can I come in?"

- Come on, Olaf. What do you have? Are you on duty today?

Yes, with Konstantin. There they came to you: Valentina, the mother of your ex under the contract. You have always been on good terms with her. She asked to meet with you. What should I tell her?

Nathan thought for a couple of seconds and still reluctantly answered:

- It's clear. Okay, show her to the office. You wait for her in the corridor, then you see her to the exit, we won’t talk for a long time. I want to put an end to this issue.

“Understood, I’ll do it,” he said curtly and disappeared through the door.

The door closed behind Olov, leaving him alone for a while.

“And why did this woman come? Well, she seemed to him quite an adequate lady. He'll give her five minutes and then he'll forget the whole story."

Claws extended involuntarily. The beginning of a partial transformation is a bad sign. You need to get together and calm down, because the position obliges. He has been the head for six years, and with his behavior and actions he sets an example for the entire clan.

The elders did not choose him because his father was the previous head, because the man was then only twenty-two years old, he had just entered the time of full maturity. He was chosen for his physical strength, endurance and, oddly enough, experience. His father began to involve him in the business and share his experience when Nathan was fourteen, and from the age of sixteen he was assigned important tasks and asked like an adult.

The position of the father obliged to comply. And he tried. He loved his clan and felt the strength to be an alpha, and his father was confident in him, and therefore invested in his son all the strength and capabilities of the clan. And Nathan knew that his father loved and was proud of him. He and his sisters are lucky. Despite the fact that the father was the head, he still had strength and love for his family. Father and mother loved each other. They were lucky - they were true.

Finding the true one was considered a small miracle, and if the true one is also a werewolf, this is a double miracle and joy. After all, only werewolves can feel the native smell, feel the harmony of unity with their chosen one. If a person turns out to be true, then the goal of the werewolf partner becomes to build relationships in such a way that the person trusts, submits, falls in love.

Having met Alina, Nathan was subdued. He had never smelled such a wonderful scent coming from a possible partner. The scent was almost perfect for him. The girl was still so sweet, fragile. She was sociable, conquered him not only with her appearance, but also with her beautiful inner world. The period of courtship brought him real pleasure. Alina looked at Nathan herself. She didn't cling to him like a prize, a happy ticket to life. He felt that she had chosen him herself.

Having proposed marriage under a contract, Nathan expected to reconsider their relationship in a year and offer her more. Offer her a partnership: tag her, make her yours, exchange scents. His whole being yearned for her. He was surprised only by the fact that Alina was not the true one after all. But what a wonderful scent it was...

Nathan went to a nearby town for two days to visit a friendly clan and returned in the evening. He missed his wife, almost ran to her rooms. I went in and felt ... The smell was strange, as if unfamiliar notes were mixed with the ideal smell of my beloved. Does Alina have someone visiting? Strange, it's late.

The girl walked towards him and smiled. She hugged and pressed her whole body, buried in her neck and froze, clearly showing how she missed and waited. Nathan only had to bring his nose closer and inhale, wanting to smell her and dissolve into it.

He instantly realized that Alina's scent had changed. Perhaps someone marked her with his scent. Did she have another man? The pupils narrowed, and the world seemed to turn upside down. Nathan remembered pushing her away. I literally threw it away from me so as not to feel the stench so much, so as not to nail the traitor on the spot. And I wanted to tear it apart, tear it to pieces!

He vaguely remembered taking her by the hair, growling at her and throwing her against the walls in rage. He dragged him out into the corridor, and there the guards already ran up, attracted by a roar and a roar. Nathan ordered her to be thrown out of the estate, taken away faster so that he would not have a desire to kill the traitor.

Then Nathan got drunk. The beast did not like it when a man drank, but his wolf, his second essence, he yearned and howled somewhere deep inside. Nathan needed to forget and drown out the howling of the animal and his pain.

In the morning he woke up late. I had to come to my senses and try to move on. Nathan was in charge of the clan and two younger sisters. He firmly decided to eventually come to his senses and draw conclusions, but before that he had to occupy himself with the affairs of the clan so that there would be no strength left for unnecessary thoughts.

Nathan instructed their lawyer to send Alina a document to terminate the contract. He ordered to collect all her things and send them to her home. He put an end to these relations. And I told myself to forget. He had beloved sisters, his joy and happiness. He must live for them and his clan. After all, now only they remained with him. His parents crashed when they took a few days off and flew on a private jet with family friends. Nathan was then left by his father for the elder, and the clan trusted the decision of the head and accepted Nathan as an assistant to the head of the clan. Nathan was very proud of this fact.

The plane was flying through the mountains, something happened to the engine - it started to act up, and the plane crashed into a rock and exploded. No one survived. As a result, Nathan was left without parents at the age of twenty-two. Fortunately, he was helped by his own uncle, my mother's older brother, Leroy, their permanent lawyer, who has been with the clan for more than fifteen years. A wonderful werewolf and a highly qualified specialist.

The parents met in the capital, and Nathan's father brought his love to the clan a week after they met. And Leroy, who at that time lived in France, arrived a couple of years later.

Mom advised them to take him to help their lawyer, already an old werewolf who planned to retire in a couple of years. He asked for an assistant, and then a replacement for this responsible post. Leroy turned out to be a faithful assistant to his father, and now he has become a support for Nathan.

Well, he will listen to Valentina and close the door to the past forever.

Five minutes later, Clan Lord Severin's office

- Nathan, hello. I came to talk to you. - It was clear that Valentina did not know how to behave, and was cautious.

Nathan replied coldly:

— Lord Severin. Now this is the only way you can address me, Valentina. The contract was terminated and now we are strangers to each other. Not related to you, Valentina, in any way, but given my attitude towards you, I am ready to give you five minutes to talk. More, I think, is not needed.

Valentina felt out of place, but still found the strength to continue:

“Yes, I understand, Lord Severin. Frankly, I don't understand why you broke the contract with my daughter. An even greater shock for me was her condition and the place where she was found.

Nathan went to the window, clearly distancing himself from Valentina, and, looking out the window, as if reluctantly answered:

- I think it's better to openly voice everything and put an end to this story. I realized that Alina cheated on me. My beast, and I, along with him, almost lost control, and several times threw her against the wall, expressing everything he thinks about this. Then I ordered her to be thrown out of the clan territory. Alina dealt a fairly strong blow to the clan and to me, its head, - and looked at Valentina, clearly addressing her, - I would advise you to take her to at least another city. After all, not all members of the clan will simply forget about its existence.

— How did you do it?

- What? he didn't understand.

You just forgot about its existence. Threw it away and forgot? Why did you decide that Alina cheated on you? Could you be wrong? she asked hopefully.

Lord Severin shook his head.

“No, Valentina, a werewolf can't make a mistake. I smelled a scent coming from her. He has changed. Unfamiliar notes added to her scent. Most likely, this is the smell of a werewolf, since people do not smell so powerful. And this smell is peculiar to the alpha. Your daughter violated the terms of the treaty and, as the wife of the clan lord, dealt a blow to my reputation. I will not be able to control every member of the clan if one of them decides that your daughter has not received enough punishment. And by the law of the werewolves, I treated her too gently.

- What could be worse? You just threw it away like it was useless,” Valentina almost screamed.

“Your daughter may not have returned to you. The clan at the werewolves' trial could have demanded her life. That would have happened. Your daughter is lucky she is alive. I think there is enough information for you. You may go.

“Wait, Lord Severin. Do you understand that Alina needs treatment and a long rehabilitation? She doesn't remember anything at all! She will have to learn everything again. How will she study, work? Can you make amends for the damage you did to her health?

The lord replied indignantly:

- Valentina, you are overstepping the bounds of what is permitted. You raised such a daughter yourself, let her be responsible for her actions. We had a contract, but she violated the terms and, accordingly, suffered a well-deserved punishment. I advise you to forget your way here and do your best to keep my clan out of sight. Farewell.

Valentina answered quietly:

Farewell, Lord Severin.

Leaving, Valentina felt a comprehensive shame. There was a feeling that she, like a fenced mongrel, was thrown out of a decent house. She walked and got angry. On myself - for this trip, on the lord - for his coldness and restrained rudeness, on Alina, who did things! She will remember this conversation for a long time.