Nicholas arrived at the gates of Duke Romanov's manor. The building still looked chaotic and a lot of people outside were doing repairs.
The guards who saw Nicholas standing outside the gate immediately glared at him and immediately shifted into their wolf forms and then dashed towards Nicholas at the gate while roaring softly.
All the wolf eyes stared at Nicholas with hatred.
"Duncan, tell Alpha quickly. I and the others will stop him," said Max when he and Duncan saw Nicholas Hanenbergh who was being blocked by the guards after which he immediately transformed into his wolf form and joined the others.
Meanwhile, at the same time, inside the manor, the healer had just finished checking on Jan's condition. The boy had woken up but his body was still weak. Sophie never left his side and she treated her son meticulously.
"Gosh... you gave me a scare," Sophie rubbed Jan's hair and forced a smile. "You have to eat a lot to help your body heal quickly."
Jan nodded weakly. "I am much better now. Mom, you don't need to look this scary."
The boy tried to make light of his situation. His mother looked disheveled and haggard because she was so worried about him.
"Don't you know how scared I was when I heard of what happened?" Sophie pursed her lips. "I shouldn't have left."
Jan sat up and rubbed his temple which was injured previously. It had mostly recovered and left only a small bump now.
"It's almost healed one hundred percent," he commented. "Tomorrow, I'll be out and about."
"No... don't do things that will make you tired," Sophie said firmly. "You must recover completely before I let you out of my sight."
"Fine, mom..."
"Now, you must eat the soup I made for you," Sophie sat beside Jan and motioned a servant to come with the tray of food for her sick son. She took the bowl filled with soup from the servant and started feeding Jan with it.
Meanwhile, Luciel and Leland stood by the bed and watch them attentively. Leland felt so relieved because Jan was doing much better and now he was no longer in a critical condition.
He had threatened all their healers with death if they failed to save the boy because he was frantic. Fortunately, Jan was a strong boy, and his regenerative capabilities were good that after two days, he finally woke up and with the help of the healers slowly showed great progress.
Nobody made a sound in the room. Sophie was starting to smile again when she saw how Jan's appetite had returned. Suddenly, the peaceful atmosphere was broken by a commotion that sounded from outside, taking them by surprise.
"What is that?" Sophie was startled. She turned to look at Leland. Her mate was immediately on high alert. His eyes furrowed and his ears perked up.
"This aura…." Leland muttered in his mind when he sensed a familiar aura.
"What is this?" Sophie jumped from her seat. Before Leland could say anything, Duncan entered the room to give a report.
"Alpha!" Duncan called out in a panic and Leland pulled him sharply.
"What?" he asked the lycan coldly, feeling displeased that the peaceful atmosphere was ruined by Duncan's shriek.
"Nicholas Hanenbergh is back again. Max and the others are currently blocking him from entering the manor," Duncan explained which made Sophie widen in surprise.
"Nicholas Hanenbergh you say?"
"Yes. Alpha."
Leland glanced at Sophie for two seconds then released his grip from Duncan's collar after which he darted out followed by the man.
Lucas who was resting in his room also felt surprised and immediately woke up when he felt Nicolas' aura. He quickly got out of bed and dashed out.
Meanwhile, outside, Nicholas who had just made the five wolves bounce with his strength was suddenly dragged backward far back as soon as his stomach was hit hard.
Just as he was just straightening his body, he saw a fist aimed at him and he quickly blocked the fist.
A pair of blue eyes and a pair of amber eyes stared at each other very sharply.
Nicholas didn't recognize the face of the man in front of him right now, he had never seen Duke Romanov without his mask on before.
However, when he saw the man's blue eyes and white hair, he could immediately conclude that it was Duke Romanov and the Alpha who fought with him a while ago.
"Get out of here or die," said Leland in a very cold tone. His eyes were so sharp and filled with hatred. He no longer wanted to kill Nicolas Hanenberg but wanted to crush the man until all his bones were left.
All the werewolves that Nicholas had bounced away had risen to their feet and were about to attack him again. However, Lucas gave them a signal to back off. Lucas knew that the Alpha wouldn't be happy if they ganged up on Nicholas. He was a prideful creature.
It seemed that right now the Alpha wanted to solve the problem by taking Nicholas on a one-on-one duel.
Sophie ran outside and was surprised to see Nicholas actually coming to the manor. For a moment she stood rooted in her place while watching Leland and Nicholas standing face to face.
"Uncle Nicholas? Father?" Luciel who had just come out and stood beside his mother curled his eyebrows. He was confused by the attitude of everyone there. Why did they all seem to hate Nicholas when Nicholas is such a nice and kind person?
"Lucas please take care of Luciel," Sophie said then rushed over to Leland and Nicholas who were having a face-off.
Nicholas' eyes that had been staring at Leland intently had changed drastically when he saw Sophie walking closer to him.
Seeing this change, Leland immediately glanced back, following the direction Nicholas was looking at, and he immediately turned around when he saw Sophie.
"Get back in," he told her gently. "Let me handle this intruder."
"Leland, let me talk to him," Sophie said.
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