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Arthur now had absolutely no desire to listen to his father's nostalgia, but he had to show respect for the leader, even though he did his best to leave Arseny's office as quickly as possible. The man knew that his little wolf missed him as much as he missed her.

The future leader of the pack barely suppressed a smile. Little green-eyed ... I wonder what kind of wolf she will have? It is clear that it is small, there are no strong wolves in their family. The man was more interested in color. Ash gray, as she herself wanted it, or will there be darker tones in her color? Arthur's beast itself was coal-black, but this privilege of the alphas, he did not count on such a coloring of his pair.

It would be faster to pass the time before its initiation! Just a month and a half, and he will declare her his mate! It will be possible to run together through the night forest, releasing their wolves into the wild ...

At this thought, the leader's heir's beast growled approvingly. It doesn’t matter what color and strength it will be - Arthur’s wolf has already made his choice, which the man was only happy about, since their desires with the beast coincided completely.

He noticed a little green-eyed girl for a long time, but he was in no hurry to show his interest, reasonably waiting for the moment when she grows up. Gods! Who would have known how much effort it cost him to patiently watch her, and her childish attempts to seduce him!

Many girls of the pack ran after him as one of the strongest werewolves in the community, and, of course, his little girl was among them. But Arthur was determined to start showing her signs of attention only after initiation, and he stuck to this decision ... until one moment. Then it was only two months left to endure, when Arthur saw one of the guards rolling up to his future couple. Watching this was beyond his strength, and the man decided to stop hiding his feelings, starting frankly, albeit a little cautiously, to care for his little she-wolf. At first, the girl, who did not believe in the seriousness of his intentions, gave up very quickly. After the first kiss. The man barely kept a dreamy smile, remembering that moment, and looking forward to kissing his girl again when the leader let him out of the office.

"He's back," his father's voice intruded into Arthur's dreams, dramatically changing the man's mood.

- Stanislav? Here?

- Yes, - the leader diligently portrayed repentance, carefully watching the reaction of his son. The slightest wrong gesture could ruin everything. - Yesterday Stanislav showed up on the territory of our pack.

- Who? - Arthur's first thought was to immediately leave the office and rush headlong to his green-eyed girl, but he managed to quickly pull himself together. If something happened to the baby, the father would immediately tell him about it, because he knows perfectly well how much she means to her son. Therefore, remembering his duties as the future leader, Arthur decided to understand the situation completely.

The man's father inwardly rejoiced - Arthur asked exactly the question he expected. A good leader will then turn out of him, you will not say anything. After all, only members of the flock itself can enter the territory of the community. Everyone else is by invitation only, with the exception of alphas, but usually there is a peaceful atmosphere between the communities, and it is not beneficial for any of the leaders to violate each other's borders. But with the exiled werewolves, the situation is somewhat different. To let an exile into the territory, a member of the community must voluntarily give him his blood to drink, and nothing else. That is why the first question was - who. Who dared to betray the flock. Everything else - damage, damage, wounded and so on - this can be discussed later, after the traitor has been identified.

- Vladimir. - The leader confidently pronounced the most precious name for his son, pretending to be sincerely sorry. “I'm sorry, but it's true.

Arthur felt as if he had been hit hard in the stomach, knocking the air out of his lungs. Forcing himself to sigh, he couldn't believe his father. Peace?! Did his green eye let him into the territory of an outcast?! This is some nonsense! She never left the flock, where could she find Stanislav? And why does she need all this? The beast inside growled, agreeing that his she-wolf could not betray him. Anyone but her!

- I understand your distrust, - the leader of the son, who tried to say something, was ahead of him, perfectly seeing his condition, - but there can be no doubt about this. She not only helped Stanislav get into the territory, but also distracted the guards. He still couldn’t get to me, as I felt something was wrong, and that day I strengthened the patrol, attaching Alexei to me.

- Where's she? Arthur asked coldly, barely restraining himself so as not to turn into a wolf and find Mira right now. Immediately!

He knew it was some kind of mistake. Or a simple base. Or something else… Anything! He just needs to talk to his future mate. They will decide everything. She will explain everything to him. There must be some simple and logical explanation here, which he simply does not see now because of the emotions that have gripped his mind.

- Stanislav was able to get too close to me, - the leader looked intently into his son's eyes, showing that he was telling the truth and sincerely empathizes. - He was noticed by Alexei and wounded. At that moment, Vladimira gave herself away, intervening in the fight and helping the outcast.

“Maybe she didn’t realize he was an outcast, and…”

- She left with him. - The leader interrupted the pathetic attempts of his son to justify the behavior of the girl. - Vladimira left with Stanislav. Voluntarily.

- I have to talk to Alexei, - not believing what was happening, Arthur hoped to get an intelligible answer from the guard.

“He died,” the leader said quietly, looking away so that his son would not notice his jubilation. - Intervention Vladimira distracted him, trying not to hurt the girl, he was exposed to the blow.

 - I'll deal! - Arthur jumped up, and without waiting for permission, left his father's office.

This time, the leader decided not to pay attention to his insolence. Let him try to figure it out. He is still small, to unravel intrigues of this level.

Arseniy exhaled slowly, mentally checking once again whether everything was captured ... He killed Alexei quietly, no one saw anything, and would not be able to tell. On the expulsion of the she-wolf and the erasure of her memory, the leader announced to everyone her punishment for betrayal and ordered to be silent about it in order to protect his son from unnecessary worries and attempts to return the girl to the pack. No matter who Arthur tries to find out from, everyone will say that Vladimira fled with the outcast. His orders are indestructible, therefore, no matter who the son asks, they will not tell him anything new. It's the same as what his father told him now. The only person who knew about the reason for the expulsion was Vladimir herself. The leader personally had a conversation with her, in which he explained that she was not a match for his son. Although now she can’t do anything either - her memory has been completely erased.

As expected by the leader - Arthur did not manage to scout anything, neither that day, nor a month later. The whole flock hummed with Vladimira's incredible betrayal and her subsequent escape. After a while, the heir himself began to believe in this, but he did not leave attempts to find his green-eyed girl, even after a direct order from his father. But if earlier Arthur believed in some kind of mistake and misunderstanding, now he was determined to find Vladimir and punish him! For betrayal. And he doesn't care about the flock! The girl betrayed him!