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Frederick was heading towards the office when he saw Romera coming towards him.

He had never liked her at all, ever since he had known her, because of her nature to interrupt anything without considering her own place and talking about what was just or an act of perceived injustice. Like, who was she to decide what was wrong and what not?!

It was his territory! He was, and he shall be the only one to set the rules that would apply there!

And in any case, he was surely going to enjoy her defeat against him, once again! In fact, he had always enjoyed it; every time he had made her lose using his power, he had felt a great sense of satisfaction in his heart.

Because according to him, power should not only be used to give and get the things one wants or for  performing what one is supposed to be doing, power should be something one can use as an entertainment act for the greatest play of theirs, by using it for whatever game they wanted to create!

Just like the one he was now going to create! He was well aware of the provision of Alpha palaces since the beginning, and would have easily gotten one constructed on the campus itself, if he just wanted another palace for Nora! But then again, he never wanted it to be an option for her, to consider having a choice in something. She had to live according to his wishes, and always had to treat his wish as a command. After all, his daughter of all people must know that he did not like it at all if someone disobeyed his commands.

He had always been a very choosy person, specific to his tastes. When he had never settled for anything beneath his station or lacking in any condition, then how in the world would he have let them ask him to choose from the options they considered best for him?

He was deriving much pleasure from delving in self- praise regarding the level of tactics he chose to perform daily, and the strategies he had come up with, using his power dynamics. His peaceful mood was interrupted when he heard Francisco's voice, who was calling him from somewhere behind him, and while speaking, he had come almost parallel to his back.

"Hello, Frederick! Good morning! It's a nice weather, isn't it?"

"Yes it is, Francis!"

Frederick spoke while looking at Francisco, while contemplating how it would have been so great if he had the power to kill him, too! It would really have made him very happy, and put him at m peace at the same time. No matter how helpful the foreigner Alpha was going to be to him, his voice and the relation of his pack with the person because of whom he was standing there and fighting for the territory, had always been able to annoy him to the level he hadn't even known was possible!

Before he could have gotten through with this rant and processed the feelings so that he could deal with the concerns of his supposed friend, he began speaking once again. Mistaking his silence for worry, Francisco resumed his statement as he began walking parallel to him.

"Don't worry!! I know everything is going to be in our favour, we don't have to fear even though there is still a chance of getting a tie as a result, if the Matthews and the Hollands vote against us! But even after that, we will have an option open to us. Anyway, Nora will have to stay in the hostel to judge her comfort level for a few days, and then we will bring her back from there by removing the masks from everyone's face, revealing how they have voted against this proposal just because of jealousy -"

"Wait, wait, wait!!  What are you trying to say? Who will vote and why?"

Frederick asked in confusion, as he was still not aware of anything regarding the procedure, voting or options that Francisco was going on and on about. And hearing this, he replied with an edge of surprise lining his words ;

"Don't you know, the members have decided to deal with this issue by voting!"

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"Yes, we have indeed been talking about you by taking your name, when you were rather busy playing hide- and- seek with the girl out there -"

"Valerie…" 

Robin opened his mouth to roast Myron- the only way he knew of and was familiar with, for coping with everyone out in the world in order to hide his embarrassment. He abandoned his weapon of choice in the middle of his sentence, when he heard Myron taking the name of a girl so softly that it was barely a murmur. Basically, if he had not been a werewolf, there would have been no chance for him to even detect that word. 

But he was, and so he had heard it, and he wasn't planning on being quiet about it! 

Moreover, why would he?! Before could have opened his mouth to say anything, however, he heard the voice of Nora, who had quickly taken advantage of the silence. 

"Yes, brother! You seem to be so fond of her, what was her name again…Valerie, yes Valerie! And don't worry, you can take her name in front of us, you don't have to whisper about it here.

But still, there is one thing I am not sure about. If you do like her, then why don't you go and tell her -"

"Tell her! Have you gone insane -"

"Myron, stay within your limits. Just because Nora refers to you as a brother, don't forget that she is a Princess and an Alpha, too! So just be mindful of where you are supposed to be."

Robin finally intervened in the conversation after he saw the colour of Myron's face fading as she spoke about talking to the girl he was looking at, and he just chided Nora at the mere mention of a confession. He could never let anyone insult her, at least not on his watch!

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