Chapter XLIV

At four in the morning Elián leaves the room, outside Alf is already waiting for him, as if they were thieves they leave the house heading for the prisons, the Nordic does not stop smoking, but that morning deserved it his nerves refused to give him a break, they arrive at the cells, as had already been agreed in the council, the executions were going to begin. Freya is brought into his presence, the woman is placed in the front row with her hands and legs handcuffed, with gold threads her mouth is sewn so that she cannot use her magic, since she works with her voice and thus they bring the first members of her family and the punishment begins. The women belonging to the council are more than satisfied with the way the punishment was being carried out, the Greek tilts his face slightly to the right and discreetly covers his eyes, he did not like the punishment they had imposed, but he could not intervene either, what he did do was go to Freya's side and tried to give her a little comfort, maybe she could not speak, but her gaze said it all, the Greek just closed his eyes so as not to see her, although he could smell her.

The first executions were carried out in complete calm, by seven in the morning the first round was over, the Greek asks permission to speak with the matriarch, she is released from her cell, there she had no words of comfort, she just limits herself to hugging her, she ends the visit by eight the two leave the offices, they stay talking in the front garden, the members of the clan begin their daily tasks, Elián complains that they make her suffer like that, Alf argues about the subject, the Greek chooses not to talk about it anymore, because he knows he would lose, so he talks about a more intimate subject.

After an hour they both enter the house where Englar is already waiting for them with breakfast, the Greek finds it strange not to see Secundina with her so he goes to look for her, there she was in the room taking care of little Carolina, who to the surprise of her great-grandfather had changed into a cute puppy, he calls her, carries her in his arms, touches her tummy, lulls her when Carolina falls asleep, already given to sleep she returns to her human form, he puts her to bed, locks himself in the bathroom, to talk about the executions, she listens to him attentively, assimilates each word, Elián tells her that she must go to the next one, that from that day on she must accompany him to official events, this makes her nervous, but she accepts.

• I will always be by your side, if you ever feel ill I will do everything possible to comfort you.
• Thanks my love.
• Hey! You told me my love – he hugs her – that makes me happy.
• Why not say it?
• If it comes from your heart, you must always tell me. Now let's go down, they're waiting for us.
• Yes, of course. Elián, wait a moment.
• What's wrong? Lower your head.
• Please forgive me, I was so afraid of living that it was easier for me to do what I did.
• I understand you in some way.
• Actually?
• Yes, for many years I was dead in life.
• And do you feel better now?
• You don't know how much. I'm already full. Now let's go down, I'm starving.

Elian's passion

They go down both are surprised to see Boudica, who had arrived late to the first executions, the queen almost has a heart attack from the astonishment of seeing Secundina alive, approaches her, begins to examine her to make sure that it is not a dirty trick of her head, sniffs her has to put her hand to her nose because of how strong the mark of Elian is, asks to speak with him in private, but it is the Greek himself who refuses to do so claiming that everything she wants to talk to him about must be done in the presence of his Alpha, this makes Secundina a little uncomfortable, she has no choice but to agree to speak in front of her, Alf lends them his library, the Mexican when the queen starts speaking in English she leaves the place angry with herself goes directly to the kitchen where her hostess is. Englar can almost feel Secundina's feelings, she was going to lower her head, but his words echoed her "only I can see you with your head down", thank all the saints little Carolina began to cry, he went to attend to her and holding her in his arms made his anger disappear, he goes down with her in his arms, Elian and Boudica are already in the room, he stands in front of the queen who looks at her a little annoyed.

• Out of respect for your privacy, I now want to make two things clear: one, he says, is mine, I don't want you around unless it's a matter of life or death, and two, I demand that you tell me in Spanish what you've told him in my absence.

Alf, Loke, Elián and Englar are frozen by the tone in which she said it, it was not subtle nor was it submissive, it was strong and clear, the queen looks down at her feeling superior, Secundina pulls her right hand, she goes up a step and says to her "this way we are at the same height so speak."

• He was the alpha of my pack; we supposedly had an agreement. Carolina snuggles up to Secundina.
• Yes, that agreement was valid while the conflict lasted, but I inform you that it has already ended and is therefore no longer valid.
• But he's my Alpha.
• It was, it was, time has passed, no more, find someone else, I don't think a woman of your intelligence wouldn't be able to understand, comprehend, assimilate that he, Elián Licaón, is mine, mine.

She lowers her gaze, she takes another step up.

• If I understood that, Boudica is surprised when she sees Secundina's hand gesture of peace. She accepts the greeting and looks up.
• "Perfect! Let's go have breakfast. It's no small feat, but I'm starving. Englar, how can I help?" Everyone present falls silent.
• Set the table.
• Very well – with the baby in her arms she did her homework – Elián, we are going to serve now.