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Two – Victory!
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Bernadette
Her chance had finally come! Everything had fallen into place perfectly for her to take matters into her own hands. She had been angry that Anson had brought that five year old human child into the pack like she was one of them. He had added insult to injury by showing her the affection that Bernadette craved.
But he had given it to a child! He had completely ignored her need to be adored, despite her throwing herself at him many times over the years in the hope that he would show her such devotion, but every single time he had cast her aside and shown so much love to a human girl! She hated that little brat!
Now, after twelve years, everything aligned perfectly for her to fix the mistake he has made so long ago. When he comes back from his business trip, she would have sorted out the problem and he wouldn’t be able to do anything about it.
One of her lovers turned out to be the second in command at the elite school. Wood Creek Academy was both a high value school and completely elite in the pupils chosen to go there. She had managed to convince her lover to slip in the application with several letters of acknowledgement towards the little brat’s value to the school. It was a good thing she was generally a highly ambitious pupil.
They had accepted her without hesitation, despite the fact that she’s human, and she was thrilled! It’s rumored that the Bane Pack has several of their future leaders in that school. They are supposedly one of the most dangerous and ruthless packs and apparently rule that school in their own right. If the little brat survived that school, she would have perfectly good qualifications to move on without the pack. But just to be sure; she was setting a few more steps into action, so she would know she’s not welcome to come back.
As it was, Mister Benson has informed her that one of the students had gone into his grading program and changed some marks while he was gone. He had informed her as soon as he had found that out, but he had also insisted that the only marks changed were for one Ilene Johnson.
So, as the Luna, she had to take action against the students involved in the absence of the alpha. Since Ilene had informed Mr. Benson that the little brat was her alibi; she asked to see them both. Anson was currently away on business and Calum was away on training and studying to be the next alpha. This was the best chance she had to get rid of the little brat, since the two males seemed enamored with her.
Bernadette rolled her eyes at the thought, tapping her nails impatiently on the desk while she waited for Ilene and the little brat to show up after she summoned them to her office. Hearing them approach, she made a show of being quite busy with work. In reality she had hired an omega to be her assistant, which meant she had very little to do most days, aside from signing some paperwork that her assistant needed her signature on.
The knock came a moment later and she called them to enter, feigning working on her laptop to make them sweat a little. “Have a seat; I will be with you shortly.” She answered mock absently.
She wanted them to wait for her decision on their fate. Obediently, the two teenagers took a seat in front of her desk and she waited another few moments before she turned her attention to them.
She could instantly see Ilene was the guilty party, since she was fidgeting like mad and the look of fear was in her eyes while she glanced around her. Bernadette had to hide her smile. She was the perfect little she-wolf to take under her wing; she just had to work on her poker face.
On the other hand, the brat had her face schooled in a carefully maintained calm expression that drove Bernadette to distraction. She hated how the little bitch just didn’t look frazzled in her presence at all. She wanted her to squirm, to be intimidated by her power in the pack, but there was nothing.
“Mister Benson told me that someone had logged into his system and changed marks for this semester.” She started coolly and Ilene was looking more and more like a hunted animal, while the little brat seemed completely unaffected.
“Care to explain to me why that is?” She asked with a raised eyebrow.
“I was failing his math class and I can’t redo his class, Luna. I was terrified of failing and having to do the year over because of math class, so –“ Ilene burst into a hurried explanation and then cut herself off a moment before she seemed to make a sinister plan according to her expression. “So, Ember logged into his system and changed my marks for me! I didn’t know she was going to do that when I complained to her!” She added an obvious lie at the end.
Bernadette was amused to see the look of surprise and betrayal on Ember’s face. When she glanced at Ilene after her explanation; a scowl slowly took over her pretty face when she realized she had just been thrown under the bus. She hated that the little brat was pretty enough to draw the attention of several males in the pack, despite being a filthy human.
Bernadette hummed calmly, trying to contain her glee at Ilene giving her the ammunition she had been looking for to start up the process. She had been looking for just something like this.
“That –“
“That is entirely enough; thank you.” Bernadette interrupted the little brat. “Since you have decided to disrespect our pack rules so blatantly, I have decided to throw you out of the pack.” She answered curtly.
Both girls stared at her with mouths agape at the severity of her decision. But, Bernadette continued before they could recover from their shock, knowing that she had to make the consequences clear and decisive.
“But, considering that this pack is all you know, I have taken pity on you and enrolled you on scholarship into Wood Creek Academy, where you would have the chance to redeem yourself. You will not be permitted to return to the pack after your schooling, so I suggest you start planning for your future while you are there. You have the rest of the afternoon to pack your things, since they will send a car to pick you up early in the morning.”
“But –“ The little brat tried to protest.
“I don’t want to hear it! You’ve shown your lack of respect and appreciation to this pack and I will not allow that level of disrespect when we have been nothing but kind to you; considering that you are not even a wolf. You are dismissed.” She interrupted her again with a note of finality.
The little brat glared at Ilene for a moment before she stood from the chair and left the office. Bernadette hoped she would slam the door to prove that she had finally ruffled her feathers, but she just quietly left the room and closed the door quietly. Bernadette bristled at the fact that she just couldn’t get under the little bitch’s skin; not even when she exiled her.
But she turned her eyes to Ilene that seemed completely shocked and horrified. “Now, I have discussed your situation with Mister Benson and he had agreed to allow you to retake the last test in hopes that you can remedy your marks and hopefully pass this time.”
In truth, she wanted to thank her for giving her the means to get rid of the bane of her existence for the last dozen years, but she decided against it. She would play her cards close to her chest.
“I hope that in future you would come to me with any problems you might have. I see myself in you, Ilene, and I want you to succeed. I will gladly mentor you if you are willing to do the work.” Bernadette gave her a kind smile.
She would be the perfect little puppet if she could convince her son to mate with this little she-wolf. She would be so easily controlled and she wanted to keep her close and hold the pack in her hands a little longer. She had no doubt that Anson would be angry at her for what she had just done. But if she could have some control when her son took over, she would be content.
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