7

House of Astakhovs

Alina was shocked by Valentina's act. And she continued to remember:

“As soon as I entered the estate, I was terribly frightened! I drove up in a rented car. Thank God, I asked the driver to wait. When I came in and they recognized me, they looked like that! It's like I did something out of the blue!

"Were you able to speak to the lord?" What did he say to you?

Valentina explained everything in sufficient detail.

Alina said thoughtfully:

“So he sensed a change in my scent. It's clear. So I really cheated on him. But I don't know with whom.

- Nightmare! Alina, what to do now? How will we live in this city?

- What can be done here? The lord told you that I should not get caught in the eyes of the local werewolves. I need to leave. Forget and move on with your life. You don't have to worry too much. Think about what I said.

Lunch went smoothly: my mother was reserved and thoughtful, my sister was carefree, and Alina was planning the next day.

After dinner, the girl continued to get acquainted with the room and the things of the real Alina. She wanted to find a diary, at least a notebook. She was interested in what things Alina wore, what she was interested in.

I went down for dinner at the request of Valentina, which also took place in a calm atmosphere. Even Alina's request to provide the telephone number of their attorney did not particularly excite her mother. They promised to give her the number tomorrow. Apparently, mom needed time to figure out how to live on.

In the morning, Alina arranged a meeting with the attorney the next day, after lunch, at three o'clock. Today, she had to work fruitfully, look through things, documents and how to prepare for the meeting. She had a faint hope for a good future in the new world, and her mood went up. She seemed to be trying to find out the essence of the person in whose room she was, sorting it out.

Alina was rather discouraged by the things brought from the estate. They stood in the corner of the room in suitcases. Everything looked really very expensive, and when she looked into the box, her breath stopped.

There was a lot of jewelry, especially earrings. Apparently, Alina loved such jewelry the most. There were also chains with pendants, necklaces, bracelets, hairpins, there were almost no rings. The Lord's gifts were chic.

Alina, like many women, adored jewelry. Moreover, she was fond of jewelry. It was her hobby for many years in that past life.

It all started with one jewelry exhibition, to which her man invited her. She enjoyed her time, but Oleg was looking for new stone sellers at such events. It turns out that for many years he bought stones for investment and was a true connoisseur. He was able to infect the girl with a love for jewelry. A stone with an attractive cut made no less impression than in the finished piece. Then Yana sorted out the pebbles, first with caution, and then with admiration. She was subdued. This case turned out to be the love of a lifetime.

She vividly imagined in what decorations this or that stone would show itself from the best side and shine in the most favorable light. It was after the first exhibition that she spent the rest of the weekend looking at sites about stones, cutting, inserts. She studied stones for a long time, even took more than one specialized cutting course. Studied gemology, gemstone diagnostics, hand casting, chain knitting, jewelry design and modeling. And how many master classes she took!

She had a desire to create jewelry herself and sell them in her personal store. She has worked in real estate all her life. I came to the agency when I was still studying at the institute, and stayed there after completing my studies. Five years later, she opened her own agency and began to gradually grow, keeping pace with the times. But the stones remained her outlet, to which she devoted all her free time. She considered her fascination with magic. The fact that it did not allow to grow moldy and hardened in a world that was rapidly changing and did not allow you to stop and understand once again whether you occupy the place in life that you want.

Over time, she created an account on the site of craftswomen, selling her works. Then she found an assistant who performed replicas of her ideas. And also in that life, Yana collected a collection of stones, of which not all were precious, but it doesn’t matter to a connoisseur. Even holidays were often mixed with visiting exhibitions in other countries. There she felt an unprecedented upsurge, filled with new impressions, looked at new trends, energized for several months, which allowed her and her main business to run with dignity and not feel empty. Yes, natural stones and jewelry were her passion and love, they brought harmony to life.

Now, looking at the jewelry of the new world, Alina understood that her real, past world had moved far ahead in the jewelry business. Here, the choice in cutting was not great, there was almost no filigree, although chain weaving was not only factory-made, but also manual, in her world, craftsmen did things that they most likely had not heard of here. In the box there were no decorations of the rank of bijouterie at all, and in fact high-quality bijouterie was often made from good alloys, semi-precious, semi-precious and ornamental stones. I wonder how busy a niche is in this world?

Good question! But she'll put it off for now. Although ... After all, she still needs to move, but where can you find out about everything the most advanced, most fashionable and modern? In the capital! Now she wanted to visit the capital even more. After all, it is there that you should count on the highest level. It is in the capital that there should be the highest competition and the best offers.

A wave of pleasant excitement rose, even goosebumps ran through the body. Alina felt that right here and now some kind of magic was happening, her life was changing, filled with colors. Perhaps in that moment she determined her life for years to come. Worth a try, and then she will see where this idea leads. However, it was better to postpone the time to think about the future and continue to collect information about the former mistress of the room.

While sorting through things, she looked through the books. There were familiar names of the classics, but there were also many unfamiliar names. A large number of women's novels evoked a smile, on the covers of which brutal men flaunted, many of which looked very much like werewolves.