Wrong, not easy, - I answer quietly, keeping up the conversation.

- That's it! - the shaman exclaims, shifting the weighty crossbow from one hand to the other. - So you have to learn to influence, bend under your will. Not right away, but it worked. And the fact that the alpha's psyche was damaged a little was an accident. No one noticed that he became more quick-tempered, and if they noticed, they attributed it to the death of a girlfriend, for whom he grieved very much.

- But why did you try to steal Nicholas? And who was spying for your pack?

- Do you think that I will...