I stood on the porch and looked at the darkening morning sky, which was periodically flashed by lightning. She chuckled - Martha was arguing with a neighbor about the weather yesterday and, as always, she was right. True, I was a little mistaken - it will not rain, but a good thunderstorm.I went around a small house, checking whether it was necessary to hide anything from the elements, whether the windows were tightly closed and ran to the procurement room. Most of all, under the drops drumming on the roof, sort and lay out herbs, flower petals, dried mushrooms.Sitting at a simple lesson, I recalled how two months had flown by. Summer was coming to an end and in a few days Alina would leave for Krasnoyarsk to continue her studies. It's a pity ... our fun evening gatherings will be greatly missed.At first, working with Martha, I was insanely tired. From morning until late at night, we planted, looked after her large traviarium, and worked in greenhouses. Often Martha was called as a
It all happened about three weeks ago. Martha was summoned to the neighboring werewolf settlement of our pack. It is not clear how the infection was brought into the greenhouse there and rare herbs began to die in them. Having collected a bunch of necessary and unnecessary things with her, giving me a lot of orders and instructions, Marta, alarmed to the point of a tank on a platoon, firing without warning, departed in the right direction.Breathing a sigh of relief, I redid everything in half a day. In the evening Alina ran in, chatted about nothing, had tea, and I went to see her off.She walked slowly back, so slowly that night darkness descended on the street. Approaching her house, she looked back at the black bulk of the forest, and at that moment the moonlight reflected from the wolf's eyes. For some reason, I had no doubts that it was a wolf.I stopped, carefully watching him and noting to myself that I was not afraid. One has only to yell and the nearest neighbors will be her
“For a long time, back in my childhood, I asked a couple of times where she works and even once asked to go to work with her,” I smiled sadly, “but she answered that in every city you have to look for different jobs and the bosses are strict, there are no children loves. Then, already matured, I heard from her that she works in one place or another.- So, she really did not want you to know about it and, as you can see, she succeeded. Do not judge Liushka without knowing the reason. And as for the fact that Maxim and Alexei know about it, don't worry - they are good guys, reliable. No one in the pack will know. But they will form their opinion about you based on your actions and behavior. And you are a good girl, - she pulled me to her, hugged me, - And beautiful and smart, so don't worry - everything will be fine.After that conversation, I felt better. True, sometimes I still mentally returned to the riddle - why did my mother do this, but there was no longer an oppressive feeling.
Dinner in the red house, before Alina's departure, was noisy and fun. Alina's acquaintances came, who the other day also went to study. At the table, young people told stories from student life, jokingly joking with each other. There was constant laughter.At first, she was wary. Apparently, somewhere on a subconscious level, she expected a negative attitude towards herself, but seeing in the eyes of others, first interest, and then friendliness, she relaxed and really enjoyed communication.Maxim was present only at the very beginning, then he delivered a parting speech and left the dining room. My brother and I stayed.With the departure of the alpha, everyone sighed more freely. Today, for the first time, I saw the influence on those around him of an aura of authority that covered everyone like a heavy veil. And by judgment I realized that it had a weaker effect on me than on the others. I almost did not feel the danger emanating from him. But I saw how this feeling is reflected in
The awakening was abrupt - the signal of the car seemed to be pulled out of sleep. Alinka also jumped up, and we sleepily turned our heads. Looks like we've already entered the city. Good soundproofing of the car allowed us to sleep longer, cutting off from the hum of the morning metropolis.About twenty minutes later, Maxim stopped near the square, said that he needed to leave on business, and, unloading us, left. Marta waved her hand to the side, directed us to a cafe across the square and also rushed off to some nearby acquaintance.And Alina and I, like two sleepy owlets, stretching, headed in the indicated direction. I don't know about her, but I was craving coffee.The glances, though rare in the morning, of the men we met slipped over me, as if not noticing, and clung to Alina. For three months I have lost the habit of this feeling - a faceless, white crow. And this trip and the behavior of Maxim brought me back from heaven to the sinful earth, where I belong. You can be a roma
- Leah, Lee-and-and-I. Are you home? a voice broke through my dream.- Yes, at home, at home, where else could she be. You don't smell like home. Lee-i-i-i! - already the second voice.I sat on the bed, not really waking up and not understanding who was calling me, until two women entered my bedroom - Oksana and Marina.- Nu here is, snoozing! And I told you!- Yes, wait, you said, you said. Leah, are you sick?I shook my head in denial and, recovering myself, jumped out of bed:- Hi. What are you doing here?- Ha! Well, look at this shaggy miracle! Did you hear it? - Oksana turned to Marina.- Yes, I heard! Get away from the girl! Leah, are you sure you're fine? - already Marina.“Yes,” I stammered, already understanding what was happening. Oh, I must have overslept. I don't even know how it happened... Sorry! - and recollecting herself, she asked: - What are you doing here?Both of them, as if on command, grunted, opened their mouths at the same time, but Oksana was ahead of her fri
Running out into the street, rushed to her house. Running inside, she slammed the door and, leaning her back against it, slid down. Instantly coming to her senses, she jumped up and pulled the bolt. On stiff legs she went around all the rooms, closing the windows and pulling the curtains tightly.Having closed the last one, she went to the shower, ripping off her things along the way. And only under jets of water gave vent to tears. I did not cry, I howled from pain and resentment. How? For what? What did I do? What did you deserve? Target?He asked what my goal was. Yes, she is! I really, really wanted to stay here to live. See around the same as me, at any time turn around and frolic in the forest, to the point of aching in the paws. Don't hide, don't run!Money? Yes, I was ready to work for food and housing, just to stay here! Tears stifled, sobs bursting out of her throat in jerks. Alina!.. How could you accuse me of wanting to harm her?How long I sat like that, under the jets of
Leaving Wallia and heading for the "Red" house, he turned the girl's passport in his hands - the last final detail of the plan. He stopped, flipped through the pages, and put them in his pocket. Today, the topic she raised about the disappearance of her mother made it clear that she could not delay any longer.Warbler Onyx's mercenaries found Leah two months ago, but while the girl is on the territory of the Amber pack, they can't do anything. Should the werewolves poke their nose into our territory, they will give a reason for the confrontation of the packs. Therefore, all this time they are forced to simply watch and wait. It remains only to understand, to find out: what Onyx wants.The fact that Slavka is hunting for an artifact - I rejected this version a long time ago. Onyx is not such a fool to spend a lot of money on mercenaries and carefully cover up the traces of the search activities of the latter because of a generic artifact, especially one tied to the genome of someone el