The Wolf Came on Christmas (Johanna and Alexander) novel Chapter 153

Chapter 151-2

But apparently, regardless of that, Illya wanted his grandson to be well prepared

my father has seen Andre’s leadership abilities, and he suggested I form a Cercle for him Alexander told me. “At first it seemed strange to me, but seeing his grades at the Ad and the results of his tests, it’s undeniable that my son has an incredible talent for leadership. In the last two years he has developed that side of himself a lot, and with proper training he could be even better. My brother agreed completely when I consulted him, and you should have seen Andre when I proposed it to him. He likes being among children his age who are like him. He doesn’t feel displaced because of being advanced, he’s very differem from me in that respect. So after thinking about it… well, here we are. It’s not just abou my father wants-it’s not a bad idea. It’s obvious that Andre has a charisma I never had ne could be a great leader in the future, or a great advisor. Besides, Andre wants this. How cours I deny him? And more than anyone, I want to be there and accompany him through the process.”

Although I should have felt excluded, hurt as a mother, I tried not to be bothered that he had kept it from me. After all, he had told me he would begin selecting children for Andre’s Circle (even if that had caught my attention from the very beginning), and our agreement still stood I had agreed to respect it. I shouldn’t be upset, in fact, because Alexander would eventually end up telling me things, whatever happened. At least so far, he had had no reservations about trusting me with decisions regarding his “state” matters once they were made and executed. As long as he wasn’t hiding something harmful or dangerous from me, I had told him I could accept his reservations.

I preferred to play the fool and be glad that Illya Valinchenko showed so much appreciation for his grandson as to suggest something so important for Andre. It still sat badly with me to be the last to find out about things and to know everything when it was already decided and executed, but seeing Andre’s happiness, moving with total naturalness among other children like him who threw snowballs and chased each other, gave me peace. It was hard to believe that with that uproar, Andre had once struggled to be sociable with other children his age and to make friends, as Alexander had told me once.

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Perhaps what he needed was to be among his own, not to grow up among ordinary people.

Has your father already confirmed he’s coming? And your brother?”

“Mikhail wouldn’t miss his nephew’s birthday for anything in the world, and my father has more than one extremely weighty reason to be there-they’re traveling from Vladivostok. They’re somewhat anxious. For Andre, of course, and also for you. My mother bombards me with questions every time she sees me; not even my brother is spared, and he only saw you for ten minutes two years ago.”

Of course, because had chosen that date especially for many things, including being presented to his parents.

I took a deep breath and stood up to get dressed. I left the towel in the basket it woulde only be Andre’s day. It would be my day too, because i would finally meet Nexender’s closest family in person, along with a number of additional relatives he had taken care to introduce to me by name, brief biography, and photograph in a folder that looked very much like secret agent dossier

There were many of them, a small pack of people with wolf blood.

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