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DRAKE: “Your boyfriend?!” I seethe at her, “You nearly cost us the pack over a boy?” “And one that isn’t even your mate!” I practically yell at her. “I could figure something out if it were your mate, but not for some random boy!” “I’m sorry daddy” she says to me. I am fuming. “You will not be doing any extracurricular activities for the next two weeks, and you will give a sincere public apology to the young girl in question.” I tell Jessie. “That’s not fair Daddy.” She starts to cry at me. “What about Keska, what punishment does she get for being a tattle tale?”

JAMES: “Jessie shut up” I link her. “If you keep going, you’re going to get in more trouble.” I tell her.

DRAKE: “What do you mean by that Jessie?” I asked her. “She went and told beta Pierce that I was bulling that girl, I didn’t bully her, I just warned her to stay away from my boyfriend, that’s all I did I swear.” I know there is more going on here, I just need to get to the bottom of it. “Go get dinner” I tell them. “Keska stay.” I tell her.

KESKA: “Yeah here we go again.” I think to myself. “I didn’t tell beta Pierce anything.”

DRAKE: What do you know about what happened?” I ask her. “I was on my way to Mackie’s locker, yesterday, as I turned down the aisle where her locker is I heard Marla’s and Dedi’s voices, then as I got closer I seen that the both of them and Jessie, had an omega freshman cornered I did what I could to stop them, I told Jessie that I would tell both mom and you if she didn’t stop, but I also told Betsy to contact beta Pierce if Jessie did it again.” She tells me. “And obviously she did.” “Why not just come and tell me about it, instead of getting beta Pierce involved?” “Because without proof you would not have believed me, considering it is Jessie, you would have just brush it off and put it down to me being jealous, and Betsy would still be getting bullied by Jessie.” She says. “Go get dinner.” I tell her. I watch as she leaves my office. When did I let Jessie get to be so high and mighty, I thought to myself.

CARLA: Drake come to dinner, it’s ready, oh and I did link mother, she said that she did put in an obstacle course, for what purpose she did not say. I linked my mate.
DRAKE: Coming dear. I link back to her. I also need to come up with a punishment for Keska, she should have come to me! Instead, she gets beta Pierce involved in this, she too needs to pe punished for that alone, with the threat of losing the pack hanging over our heads, she needs to know better. I head down for dinner.

DRAKE: I have thought about everything on my way down for dinner and I have changed my mind about some things. “Keska, for instigating this mess you will do a week of hard training with the elite Deltas’, and Jessie it will only be one week of no extracurricular activities, but you will still make the public apology.” “Do I make myself clear?” I say. “Yes daddy.” Jessie answers, “Yes father.” Keska answers.

KESKA: I link Mackie “Well the verdict is in I get a week of hard training with the elite Deltas’, and Jessie gets no extracurricular activities for a week and has to make a public apology.” “How is that even fair?” she sends back

KESKA: Well, it is what it is, the fact that she has to apologize is well worth it alone, and I don’t mind, except for the fact that I will miss training with you and Nana. I will have to let her know that at some point in time I will not be able to do my training with her to do my punishment. I close the link.

DRAKE: “James, I called you out for tomorrow at school, I told them that you had pack business to attend to with me, so they will send your lessons home with Jessie tomorrow.”

JAMES: “Ok, dad.” “Do we know when alpha Camron will be here?” I asked dad. “Not the exact time, but he said he would try to be here maybe by Eight thirty in the morning.” He tells me.

KESKA: I open a link to Nana. “Nana, I will not be able to train with you and Mackie, sometime in the near future as Jessie and I are being punished.” “Punished for what?” “Jessie was bulling someone at school, and I got beta Pierce involved by telling the student in question to tell him, about it.” “So, what is your punishment?” “I have a week of hard training with the elite Deltas’.” “What is Jessies punishment?” “A week of no extracurricular activities, and she has to make a public apology.” “Oh, she does not get to go to cheerleading! well, I guess, it hits her where it hurts her the most.” “I have to go Nana, I love you.” “Love you too.” I close the link.

KESKA: “Father? When do I start my training? I mean do I start Monday, or do I start tomorrow, I just want clarification, and does it include the weekend if I start tomorrow.” “Make her start tomorrow and go through the weekend.” Jessie says. Of course she would not want me to not have the weekend, but again I don’t mind because the sooner I get started the sooner I get it done, plus I like to train, the more I know the better I will be in a fight to help defend the pack. Jessie cries if she gets a hang nail. “Enough Jessie” father says.
“You will do your week, the first week of summer break I don’t want you missing school.” He says. “May I be excused? I am done with dinner.” “Yes.”

LIAM: I link Keska “Dad is being unfair to you, why don’t you say something?” “It wouldn’t do me any good Liam, now you know where Jessie gets it from, she is his pride and joy, then James, then Lissa then you, he forgets that he has me, unless James or Jessie blame me for something that they did, don’t fret about it, I like to train, so it’s not a punishment to me, in fact it lets me get to see how we train considering my training ended at the end of last year. Lissa’s will end at the end of next year. But sshhh, don’t tell.” “My lips are sealed.” I grin at her, and she smiles back.

KESKA: I get up and carry my dishes to the kitchen and place them in the sink. When I turn around to leave Jessie is right in my face. “You will get yours, you bratty bitch!” “Careful Jessie, you don’t want to start something you can’t win.” I tell her quietly. She raises her hand to slap me, but I step backwards and to the same side as the hand she used, so all she connects with is air. Before she can recover, I step around the end of the island. “And if you are not careful, I will let mom know just what she felt yesterday.” I tell her and walk out of the kitchen. I walk through the dining room and head to the stairs to go up to bed. I link Nana again, “Nana my punishment will start the first week of summer break.” “Alright dear.”

KESKA: I wake to the sound of my alarm going off. I shut it off, get up, and start getting ready for school. Once I am dressed, I look for my backpack, and remember that I left it at Nana’s yesterday as I left in a hurry to get home. “Mackie” I link her “Yeah?” “Meet me at Nana’s I forgot my backpack yesterday.” “Ok I will meet you there.” I close the link and head downstairs for breakfast. “Morning Sarah” I say to the cook. “Morning Keska, is there something that you would like to have for breakfast?” “Nothing special Sarah, just whatever you were going to make is fine.” I tell her. She had pancakes started and the made sausage, bacon, and eggs easy over, so the yoke was still runny, and toast. Halfway through breakfast the rest of the family comes trapsing in, to take their seats at the table. “I have to leave a bit early today.” I say out loud to no one in particular. “Why is that?” my father ask, “I left my backpack with all my homework at Nana’s yesterday, as I had to rush home for our meeting.” I state. “Then you better get going, I don’t want you late for school” Mom says. I finish breakfast and take my dishes into the kitchen, put them in the sink and head out the back door, grab my bike and head to Nana’s. “Mackie I’m on my way to Nana’s now.” I link her. “ok I’ll meet you there.”