Chapter XLVII

Border between Ukraine and Russia.

• If we arrive with the body, Svetlana will want revenge.
• We all talked to Grigori, even she talked to him, and he didn't listen. She'll have to stay quiet and be thankful Elian isn't going to claim the herd.
• You're right about that.
• Elián is right, we are just getting out of one and already entering another.
• We thought it would be simple, it's supposed to be weak.
• We raise our hand against his partner being human, he may not be the best fighter, but he is an excellent politician.
• For not being the best fighter in his pack, he killed him very easily.
• He knows the laws of all packs, one of the universal laws is not to attack the lupas, whether they are human or pregnant.
• Yes, I know it well.
• Elian was trained in the senate, law, and the laws, but by order of Cyrus, he went to train in Sparta.—both pause for thought—let's get going.

—Yes, let's get this over with as quickly as possible. To tell what happened.

• What? Did we make fools of ourselves?
• We'll have no choice. But one thing is certain: the Lycaon clan must fall.
• Now that they saved us I doubt I'll fall.

—He already did it once.

• Really? When?
• Centuries ago, this was where Elian's wife died.
• We all know that she gave birth to her youngest daughter.
• She was at home with her entourage, they killed them all, she was dying, they say it was Elián himself who took his dagger and took the baby out before dying.
• That does surprise me, they knew who they were.
• Have you heard of the Ispan clan?
• No never.
• Because he liquidated them.
• As?
• It is said that he caught the one who killed Elora, left him alive only to see how he killed each one of his clan, finally, he skinned him alive, and so he made him walk through the desert, when he got tired of seeing him beg he quartered him.

He shudders — I've never seen him angry.

• From what the elders have said, I don't want to either - he stares into space - let's hurry up.
• It's better to hurry.

Elian's passion

They take advantage of the armed conflict in the area to camouflage their Alpha by dressing as a soldier. They leave him in a specific place so that he can be found as soon as possible. When they finish, they become four-legged wolves and restart their journey home. Upon arrival, they confront the widow, who doesn't say a word, thanks them, and goes into her bedroom. After a few minutes, a howl of pain is heard.

• And now?
• Fights must be organized to see who gets to keep the clan and be thankful that they didn't claim it as their own.

In Athens, already out of danger, preparations for Christmas Eve dinner began. Of course, it was Estrella who gave orders and sometimes executed them. Always at her side was Secundina, who had to learn how to run the house. All of this overwhelmed her. She hid in a corner of the house, sighed in defeat, put her hands to her face, ran them through her hair, leaned her head back and let it rest against the wall. She closed her eyes trying to clear her mind, but instead she saw Estrella giving orders in Greek, which she didn't understand a word of.

More than half a day passes, it is Emilia who realizes that her mother was not in the kitchen or any other place in the common areas, she goes to Elian's office believing that she was with him, however, it was not like that, the two leave the room, she sends the girl with the others, the older one sniffs, twists his lips, begins to walk following her trail, a few minutes later he finds her very well hidden sitting on the floor next to a notebook with notes, he arrives with her, sits next to her, looks at the notes

, pushes her aside.

• You must be patient, Rome was not built in a day.
• When I can't handle a problem, I hide from it to see everything from another angle.
• You better be true and not running away from your responsibility as a housewife.
• I prefer to work.
• Okay, do you think you can handle the package?
• Explain yourself better.

• Work and be the lady of the house.
• I don't know. – He takes her right hand.
• It's not a small house.
• I've already seen that.
• On many occasions you will have to be by my side, supporting me in the decisions I am going to make.
• About last night, are you feeling better now?
• Yes – he pulls her into his embrace, kisses her on the top of her head – Thanks for asking.
• You’re welcome my love – she rests her head on his chest – I love the way you smell.
• I love your scent too, from the first day I dropped you off at your house.
• I was a fool, from then on I should have listened to you.
• Shh! Leave that where it belongs, in the past.
• I try, but…
• No, no, if you don't reconcile with yourself you will never be able to have peace.

—Have you done it yet?

• Yes, it was hard for me, not only for you, but also for Elora. It wasn't easy for me to put her memory aside.
• That's true love. Hey, if you feel bad about that, that's fine. I can leave here.
• Don't say it again, don't even think it again. Elora was my first love, and it was hard to end her cycle… I felt like I was betraying her, but there was you too.
• Me? …
• You tamed my wolf, I fell in love with you, I had to fight between the memory of my wife or my future by your side, you won.
• I don't know whether to feel flattered by that or not.

Elian's passion

• Flattered without feeling bad, I decided to live, that's why you won, dying is easy, living is not.
• That's true.
• Now tell me, how do you win your heart?