Veira Point of View

How dare he name his pet dog after me?

'Uh, technically, he named her Veira before you. You came after.'

Great! I'm already having a tough day already and here my wolf is trying her hands on annoying me endless.

First day at office; it hasn't been even ten minutes and I'm already dealing with glares from none other than the person who is appointed to be my assistant.

Dan!

It is clear that I'm not sitting on the chair but on his nerves. He is not ever masking his frown from me. As if I stole his inheritance, he has been looking at me with a twisted mouth of displeasure.

What is it with him?

It was the owner who gave me my right, it was I who is responsible for it and it was Elder Cazacu's business I'll be dealing with. When none of us have any problem, why is he playing a scene stealing show all by himself?

He even dared to make his displeasure known to me regarding my house arrangements with Elder Cazacu.

Well, I have my reason to accept the offer no matter how uncomfortable I was.

But somehow, this Dan person's glares made my gloomy day. Seeing how he is very much affected by everything I do or don't, seeing how he even seems to have a problem with my existence, I suddenly got happy to have found a person on whom I can play small tricks when I get glum every now and then.

'You should concentrate on our mate, right now.' And here she makes an entrance with the usual nonsense.

'You said the same the past twelve times too.'

'Veira, this time it's different.'

'And you said the same for twelve times already. Remember how you sent me to the hospital for forcing the mating bond?'

'You are a healthy human.'

'For the first five times, I was in coma for nearly twenty plus days. Then I started to have nosebleed, weakness, felt dizzy; I even lost my heightened senses for a few times.'

'But this one is for real. I promise Dr. Cazacu is our real mate who was designed by Moon Goddess just for us. Alright, let's do this, you can recognize immediately when I force mating sparks, don't you?'

'Yeah, so?'

'Just touch him once and check it yourself whether he is our mate or not.'

'What if you play some new tricks again?'

'You still have your wild facemask, don't you?'

'You mean wild card? And what's that?'

'Nosebleed of course.'

And so, just like that, I agreed to test it once. I don't even know why I'm listening to her but the frustration in the way she spoke made me try it out once.

I'm a werewolf after all and a mate is someone we love and treasure for eternity. Mate is life a source of life for us. A mate who can be our strength and make themselves our weakness too.

'But first, make a good impression on him.'

'I will if he turned out to be our real mate.'

'You are such an expired sunscreen lotion; will you suddenly start to treat him well after finding out the truth? That'll make him suspect us. Start impressing him right away; when he turns out to be our mate, then your head start will save you.'

'And what if he isn't.'

'For your own comfort, since he helped us save our life and played along, treat it as you repaid him back.'

Not bad! What is wrong with Dea?

She sounds unimaginably sensible today?

I pondered over what she said and deem reasonable. Although I'm smart one among us, she did make a good point. No wonder how odd Elder Cazacu is, I should still repay him for what he has done to save my head.

Pressing the intercom button, I summoned the person who loves me dearly in this entire world.

Dan!

No knock, no permission, nothing; he just barged into the room with disco steps which were supposed be smug.

This man, I should teach him about manners!

"What?" That tone, he sounds insultingly bored.

"Tell me more about VIBE and its authorities." I asked ignoring his pout. "Don't forget your boss's orders. You are to assist me no matter what."

Dan scoffed mockingly at me as he played ping pong with his lower lip. Thankfully, he isn't one of our clan members or else even Alpha King would've banished him from the whole community after he saw that.

"Boss has already given you a list of properties and businesses VIBE has. Coming to the authorities, boss is the direct and only personnel who can make final decisions regarding the business."

"I see why the directors were giving me cunning looks the other day." So those old directors are not happy with giving all the power to one person.

Or –

Or they are greedy to have that position all for themselves.

Suddenly a realization dawned unto me. The reason why I was given this chance must be because of those directors who are concocting for the throne.

Now it makes sense why he chose to hide himself and run the business.

"Alright. Arrange a meeting with the directors of all departments and major shareholders in an hour. I'll address them myself."As soon as those words left my mouth, Dan ran out of the room without a word. After two minutes of speaking to his boss over phone, he walked inside with a defeated sigh.

How do I know that he called Elder Cazacu? I'm a werewolf, remember?

I heard the whole conversation sitting comfortably in my chair. Elder Cazacu asked Dan to just assist me and ask no questions.

Seems like I'm going in a right direction. Time to use small tricks that I stack up my sleeves.

An hour into reading the previous proposals and the reviews given by the directors for accepting them or rejecting them.

One thing is clear, nearly seventy percent of the directors are daydreaming about acquiring a higher position but were stopped by Elder Cazacu by his good business skills.

Dan led me to the large meeting room after everything was arranged and everyone were present. Walking into the board room gracefully, I took few moments each to assess every single person present there.

And one of the them is Elder Cazacu, who apparently is a deputy director of research and development of VIBE pharmaceuticals.

Giving him a small smirk, I sat at the head of the table, producing a small shy smile to everyone.

"Hello everyone." My voice is threaded thin, laced with believable amount of shy.

"Miss Lupus, good morning." A few greeted me back while a few only nodded back curtly at me.

And it is clear from their demur that they are looking down on me. Alright then, I'll be happily looked down.

"I've always worked from behind the curtains for the reason I'm an introverted person. I'm worried I'll be disappointing you elders with my limited knowledge and young age." I spoke softly as I wiggled my mouth and eyebrows in an innocent shy manner.

From the corner of my eyes, I saw there was a small smile of astonishment playing on Elder Cazacu's face.

"Don't be Miss, Lupus. We are here to help you, teach you and encourage you." This is Mr. Miller who spewed out such sweet words with a bitter intention.

"Thanks everyone. I feel assured to have your back. I'm relieved that my decision to come into light and work with you all directly is a right one." They provided me with smiles of their own before I continued further.

"Now I want to discuss about the proposal I recently signed. The bone stent one. I saw that few of you are not willing to proceed with this project; can you please share your views." I asked politely making sure my shy front is intact.

It must've been a complete shock to Dan that I saw him gaping at me from the back chairs while Elder Cazacu seemed to be oddly enjoying the show.

Whenever I see how he is easily getting along with my plans and actions, I can't help but sense something mysterious about it.

He knows I'm a swindler, he knows I lie more than I breath, he knows how capable I am to bring him and his business down to a muddy puddle and still he is so chilled out.

Surprisingly, there is a kind of spark in his eyes whenever he looked at me!

There is something completely suspicious about this person and my instincts are never wrong.

"Upgrading a bone stent is a difficult job given how narrow the chances are." Started Mr. Valdez,

"True, it will be waste of resources, time and effort if we work on something that has no chance of upgradation." Mr. Brown continued followed by nods coming from everyone that rejected it.

I chuckled awkwardly at them and scratched my head shyly, "I guess I still have a lot to learn." I placed my comment coolly on the table and turned to Mr. Miller who is the ringmaster of the rebellion.

"Mr. Miller, you are the most experienced and eldest of all. I will leave it to you about the decision making. If you think they are right about rejecting the project, then no matter I signed or not, we will do as you say." Speaking softly, I lurched forward on to the table and waited for him to speak.

While Mr. Miller was being very proud of himself and showing off to others for being the person who hold my trust, Elder Cazacu mouthed 'not bad' to me with a grin.

I simpered back shrugging ever so slightly.

"Research and development is all about challenges, Miss Lupus. I respect your signature and go forward with trying out the project." With a magnanimous bearing and voice, he grumbled with pride.

He really looks so proud of himself for being chosen by me!

Such a child he is!

"Then I will have to trouble you with guiding Dr. Silva through the whole project and bring a new fame and title to our company." I spoke bashfully as I handed over the responsibility to him.

"Remember Mr. Miller, I was able to work from the shadows freely because you were there here to handle everything for me." With the last nail, I completed spreading my first layer of trap for the rebellions.

There is no better weapon than pretending useless to defeat an enemy.

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