13 After that day, Alpha Nicholas started using pack business as an excuse to stay away from home more and more. With him gone so much, Megan basically had free rein, spending her days either at the spa or getting her hair and nails done. Without anyone to take them to training or school, Kai and Cora were left to fend for themselves. Before, Megan had gone out of her way to win them over, secretly taking them out of classes for fun trips. Now the two pups followed her lead, skipping their lessons completely and spending their days hiding out somewhere in the territory. When Megan found out, she just shrugged it off. "Ma'am, the young ones have been skipping their training sessions. The pack trainer called, hoping you and the Alpha could step in and keep an eye on them." "They won't even listen to us staff. Could you maybe come back and talk some sense into them? At least get them back to their lessons?" "Yeah, okay. I'll deal with it later." Megan lounged in the spa chair, admiring her freshly done nails. 'No need to bother Nicholas with this," she said. "He's got enough pack business to worry about-I don't want to stress him out." She hung up, and one of her friends nearby laughed: "You're not seriously going to deal with those two brats, are you? I mean, snagging a hot Alpha like him is great, but having his kids around is such a pain." Who said I was going to deal with them?" Megan yawned lazily, her eyes gleaming with cold calculation. I'd rather let those two turn into complete failures, so they don't end up competing with my future pups for >ack leadership." With that, she called the pack trainer directly. Hey, our pups have some family stuff going on right now, so they won't be coming to training. Don't worry about it-we both know their situation, and they don't really need to focus on pack duties anyway." Plus, their dad is swamped with territorial issues. If anything comes up, just talk to me directly-don't bother im." Once she hung up, she relaxed completely, pushing the whole thing out of her mind. hat evening, after finishing her spa treatments, she actually made her way back to the pack house. The living room was trashed from the pups' chaos, and as soon as they saw her walk in, they ran over excitedly. Aunt Megan, you're finally back! We missed you so much." But to their shock, the Megan who used to greet them with warm smiles now looked completely cold and Ininterested.