Alexei's POV

"Careful darling," he snickered, bringing his face close to mine. "You could easily have hurt yourself. I guess it's a good thing you've got me to look after you."

He shot me a conspiratorial wink.

I didn't realize I was still holding my breath until I felt my head swim with a heavy wave of dizziness.

"Congratulation my love." He said flashing his charming smile,that smile which made my heart skip a beat now disgusted the very essence of my soul.

"We should go on a date today, to celebrate your new role in the pack. I have something special planned out. Why don't you go upstairs, something nice is waiting up for you." Brandon stated, trying to reach for my hair but I tilted my head, pretending to tuck my hair, whilst forcing a smile.

Oh of course I remembered this moment,the so called surprise gift was a really horrible looking dress,one I had with a heart filled with love ignored how terrible it looked and wore it to the date.

I decided to accept the date proposal, but would surely strive to turn things around this time.

"Alright, I'll dress up soon enough and join you." I replied,it was plain filled with no joy.

He smiled broadly and watched as I left for my room. I climbed the stairs and soon reached my doorway. My heart throbbed as I pushed the door open. This night had been one of the happiest moments of my life,I had expected Brandon to pop the question,but I was met with the greatest disappointment.

As expected, the dress was right on my bed.

I stared at it, with disgust. " Now that I think of it, this might be the most ugliest dress I have seen in a long time." I retorted, biting my lips to suppress my anger.

Angrily, I grabbed the dress and tossed it in a bin ,if only I could burn it right there. I walked over to my wardrobe and picked out a black gem stone dress. I picked out my luxurious black heels and I applied a light makeup and styled my hair to match, looking the best I could.

"Alright, this should do." I said to myself and headed downstairs to meet Brandon waiting.

His reaction was unreadable, but I could tell he was shocked to see me looking stunning instead of what he initially hoped to see.

"Bad news my love,I split the dress while trying to put it on. I feel so bad." I whined, faking my tears as I came downstairs.

Brandon jaws were literary on the floor "You..look, fabulous." He muttered,as if breathless. "i." he trailed off.

"You like this right? I couldn't wear the dress,I am so sorry."

"Oh it's okay babe." He smiled,the fastest I have seen since I returned. "This will do,just on the really bright side,but it's fine."

"Thank you my love.

I smiled and headed out the door, leaving him behind. He soon came out and left for the Restaurant.

The drive was silent and I caught Brandon stealing glances at me, we soon arrived at the restaurant, we were offered a private space as higher ranks. There were others present but it wasn't as rowdy or packed as the main restaurant. This was the Vip.

The table was set with the best meals and I couldn't wait to dig in. I sat there, eating whilst Brandon stared at me continuously.

"You really look fabulous, But you would have looked better in the dress I sent to you. I really thought it was your perfect fit." He said , tapping the table lightly.

I shook my head slightly, " I just felt this one looks slightly better." I replied, curtly.

He sighed and continued eating. Soon enough, he initiated new conversations, trying to make me say things but I remained cold and curt, which was surely making him burn in the inside.

My mind was focused on Freida's arrival. She arrived in my past life and ruined the night for me stealing the spotlight in a very exquisite dress I am sure Brandon git for her. I cant wait to see her reaction this time.

Soon enough, she arrived at the restaurant and found her way to the table. "Freida, What are you doing here this fine evening?" Brandon was quick to question her..

Freida feigned a surprising look too,and so did i. " you two happen to be here this night, quite funny." She said and laughed..

"Wow Freida,of all places." my words sounded like a snort,but i had to sound polite.

Her eyes glared at my dress, that was when she realized their plan was already sinking.

"Wow Alexia,you look stunning.", she trailed off, obviously having no words.

"Thank you Freida,who are you here with? Abd most importantly,why are you here?" I asked, relaxing on my seat.

"Oh I came to have dinner with a friend,but he doesn't seem to be here yet. I hope I am not ruining your date?" she asked, looking around,i knew what she wanted to do at the moment. Grab a chair and join us,just like she did the first time.

"You seem to want the space to yourself, but we came here first. I will prefer that I and Brandon have the place to ourselves. Would you find a different restaurant or we should?" I asked her. "This night is really special to me." I added with a pout.

"No, no. It's fine if you stay and enjoy yourself. I will take my leave now." Freida replied.

I smiled and watched as she slowly left the restaurant, surely she felt completely embarrassed.

"That wasn't necessary,you could have let her join us. Seems like she's been stood up."

"Excuse me?" I raised a brow.

Brandon shook his head, "Never mind."

We soon finished and I returned to my room. My first step was to tear the dres, so everything would be believable if my stepsister comes to confirm my claim.

I finished and sat down, feeling so relieved. Everything might have gone well today and I have finally taken a step towards changing my initial future, but I might need to be more careful now, as they will catch on to my secret if I get carried away.

Now that I think of it, I remember everything that happened in my past life and will continue to avoid them, possibly revealing my secret accidentally.

Brandon might be a quick witted type. He will study me and definitely realize things with time.

My only choice here is to pretend that I don't know what has happened. With that, I will avoid leaving any suspicions.

" Yes, this should do it. I will have no problem reaching my goals now." I Said to myself.

I will pretend not to know most of the occurrences, or even let some happen, just so they'll never suspect me. And then, secretly train to change my weak status.

Landing a defeating blow on them is my only goal now, and I'll make sure this comes to pass.

I headed back to my room and started researching about potential Academies I could train in. If I'm to join them, I'll need to approach them as an ordinary person and not the Alpha heir.

My search took a lot of time but I finally did see one online. They were admitting new students and taking exams and I took use of this opportunity, registering as an ordinary person..

Few hours later, I received a notification and checked to see I could now take the exam. I took a deep breath and started

Surprisingly, it was just easy and basic questions and I aced it with ease.

Finishing the exam, I submitted and eagerly awaited the results.

"This should definitely go well, I could not have done any better even if I had a whole year or preparation time." I blurted.

Alexei's POV

The next day, I woke up and the first thing I did as to check my computer. There was a notification, as I had hoped.

I didn't expect the exam results to come in this early, but Perhaps that's better. Waiting for a long time to get rejected is not something I look forward to doing.

"Now, you better accept me. They cannot ruin my whole plan by refusing to let me train in their academy now."

My heart beat hard against my chest as I opener it. "Yes! I finally got accepted!" I said, with joy.

I was enlisted as a student in the academy and could go there to finish my paperwork now.

Without wasting time, I got ready and left the pack, heading for the academy.

Adding thick layers of makeup and changing my hair color was the first thing I did, to conceal my identity. Hopefully, they will not recognize until it's too late. I reached the academy and walked in, covering my face.

I made my way to the manager's office and requested to finish my paperwork. He requested me to register and I did, with the fake identity.

This was to conceal who I truly am, whilst I still get to train myself.

"Welcome to the academy, you're Free to begin training with us from now."

The words overjoyed my soul and I left the office, feeling fulfilled. Once again, I had taken a step to changing my certain future.

A worker took me to the room I was privately train in. I stared around carefully, it was a spacious and well lit room, with enough gadgets.

He took me around too, showing me many gadgets they had and introducing me to few of their teachers. I was so uninterested in seeing this but just had to pretend I was.

After we had seen enough people, I was taken back to the room I requested for.

My heart throbbed against my chest, as I was finally alone in the room. " Alright, I am mentally ready for this, but perhaps not physically ready." I muttered.

Moments in, I was training already. I geared up and threw few punches at the hanging punching bag. My hits were quite weak and light, But it was excepted too.

Slowly, I started gaining strength by training myself secretively.

I would spend my day researching fighting styles and helpful topics and at nights, Execute them at the training facility.

Today, I was at the training Academy as usual, pretty much carried away and Indulged in my fault I routine that I didn't notice when someone walked in on me.

I was turning and kicking the bag when I suddenly caught a face staring at me. I jolted in fear and moved back from him.

Finally, I recognized the face. It was Nikolai, the son of a wealthy alpha and also an heir to his father's pack. I quickly looked away, to prevent him from recognizing me.

He pouted and walked away afterwards, saying nothing. "What in the world was that about? I hope he doesn't recognize me and stays out of my business.." I muttered.

"How did I even let someone see me here, I should be more careful from here on."

I quickly rounded up things there and left, so he won't meet me there once again.

Reaching my room, I freshened up and was soon invited by my stepsister to the dinning room. A maid delivered the message and I could tell she is just trying to inspect the dress.

Just so everything goes their way for now, I accepted to go meet her.

I reached the dining table to meet her sitting with a bright smile. Her smile had never looked so fake to me, everything has truly changed now that I have a second chance at life.

"Good evening, Sister. You look so good this fine evening." Freida stated.

"Thank you.." I said, with a faint smile.

I took my seat, staring around carefully. Since this did not happen in my previous life, I could not tell if there was a trap here.

She could have just invited me over so one of her maids would inspect my dress, or she has a different motive.

"This can only be because of the Dress, I should stay calm and avoid unnecessary drama." I thought to myself.

Freida urged me to eat up and I slowly did. She started saying random things and trying to keep up a conference but I gently avoided her questions.

She could tell how uninterested I was with her conversation and resorted to staying quiet. I soon finished eating and stood up to leave,

"Thanks for inviting me. I should head back to my room now, There is so much to do." I stated.

" You're welcome. Congratulations too, I can't wait to see what you have in store for the pack's development." Freida replied.

I nodded and walked away afterwards. As I expected, I met one of her maids coming down the stairs as I headed up.

She reached me and bowed slightly, before swiftly walking away afterwards. "I was right, they were suspecting that something went wrong."

I reached my room and inspected the dress, it was definitely checked.

"Well, they're in for a fun ride, I will make sure everything works in my favour this time."

Few days passed and I was slowly growing in strength, each day, I worked harder to learn more about growing my strength. The results were not satisfactory yet, but I could see the significant difference already.

The next day, I went to the academy and finished my training as usual. I was heading out of the room and was going down the hallway when I accidentally brushed shoulders against someone.

I immediately recognized Nikolai again, but he surely cannot see through my heavy makeup and Hair. I scoffed and walked away, leaving him confused.

" He is here at the academy, quite a suspicious thing to begin with." I said as I walked out the door.

Nikolai's POV

Who was that? She did not even feel remorseful for brushing shoulders and almost causing me to fall. Her appearance was quite an unusual one.

The weirdest part was that she does not even know who I am. Every woman knows and are fawning on me.

"Well, I guess there's always an odd ball." I said and continued walking.

I soon reached home again and the door was pushed open by the guards. A maid emerged and bowed to me, "Welcome, Young master. Hope you had a splendid day?"

"Well, it couldn't have gone better." I muttered and continued walking, heading to my room.

I finished having my bath and headed out to have dinner. The table was served and I ate silently, which soon caught my father's attention.

" Nikolai, you seem lost in thought today. Did something happen?" He asked.

"What? Oh no, everything is fine father." I replied, with a faint smile.

He nodded and continued eating, relieving me.

What was I thinking about again? Oh yes, the woman I met at the academy. For some unknown reasons, I could not get my mind off her.

My encounter with her had nothing special but I could not still just forget her. "Is this because she was so uninterested in me? My ego was hurt by her nonchalant reaction. That is it!"

Every woman I had met would have been head over heels for me but she just walked off, like nothing happened.

"I should look into this person, there should be a database about the pupils at the academy." I muttered.

I stood up to leave, "Thank you, father. I have some important things to attend to now." I said and left for my room.

Reaching my room, I grabbed my phone and called a friend that works at the academy. "Hey, Sorry I'm calling this late but can you connect me to the academy database? There is something I need to look into."

" it's weird to see you request for something like this, but sure." Diana replied and ended the call..

"Well, that was easy." I heaved a sigh of relief.

I got on my computer to see I now have access to the Academy's database. My search began, for the woman I spotted at the academy.

There was nothing about her for the first ten minutes, which I found quite weird. "Wait, I haven't seen her around before, this might mean she is new. I should look into the list of newly enlisted students."

Barely few minutes in, I reached her own profile. Her picture was quite identical to the same dress she had on when I met her.

"She just registered today too, I am right on time. Hmm, Jessica Folan. Quite an odd name for someone that looks odd." I muttered.

I continued going through her profile and discovered everything was so sketchy. It looked so much like a made up profile.

But there was no way to confirm this. I called Diana once more, " I need your help with something again. This one might be quite stressful, but I'll pay you handsomely for it." I stated.

Diana sighed, "What do you want, Nikolai?"

"I need you to help me stalk a person, Jessica Folan. She is a new student at the academy but something about her seems off. Can you completely stalk her and let me know where she stays at?" I asked.

"That is a very hard and sketchy job, but I'll do it since it's you." Diana replied and ended the call.

Yes! I am getting somewhere now. Figuring her out would become a reality in no time.

I slept that day, thinking about everything and hoping Diana would be able to figure things out without raising any suspicions.

The next day, I eagerly waited for noon and finally received a call Diana. "You need to come finish things up yourself, I followed her and she's at a laundry building now. There is something I need to do, I'll send you the address." She said.

My phone beeped and I stared at the adress. I eagerly headed out and drove to the address.

Reaching there, I parked and alighted from the vehicle. My eyes drifted to the laundry sign and I could tell I was at the right place.

I finally spotted Diana waving at me and I approached her. " you're finally here, She should still be in there. I'll head off now and expect to hear from you later." She stated.

"Alright, I should confront her now and put an end to all the confusions." I said and headed for the door.

My hand reaches for the door and I pulled it open to see a woman standing in front of me. " You are Alexei..what are you doing here?" The question slipped out of my mouth.

" I am just doing my laundry, can you move out of the way?" She asked.

I moved, creating space for her as she walked away and left the laundry. I scoffed, " Not today, I came here for something else." I said and walked in

There was not a lot of people in there, most of them still doing their laundry. "Where is Jessica? I can't see anyone with a strange hair color." I muttered and continued staring around.

I walked further in, searching around but couldn't find her. It was as if she had suddenly disappeared into thin air.

After a short search, it soon dawned on me that Jessica was really not in there anymore. "But Diana said she is in there, how could this happen?" I asked, furiously.

My hand reached for my phone and I called Diana. "Now, you really should not have deceived me. The woman is not in here." I scolded.

"What? I even went in there myself. She had a weird hair." Diana stated.

"Yes, that is the same person we're talking about here. Are you really sure she was in here? I can't find her, as if she completely vanished." I replied.

Diana sighed, "Look around, there are cameras in there. You should speak with the owner and ask that he let you go through the footages."

"Seems like the only way out now." I replied.

The call ended and I headed for what looks like the office. I knocked and the door flew open almost immediately.

"Good afternoon, is there something I can help you with?" He asked.

I walked in and shut the door behind us. " Your cameras, I need to see today's footages." I requested

He stared at me meekly and sighed, "You should go finish up with what you were doing or you can just take your.." The man was talking but halted when I tossed a ward of cash at him.

His eyes widened with greed.

"Will you let me see the videos now or you still have some things to say?" I asked.

"You can check whatever you want, sir." He replied.

As I hoped and expected, money was the solution to the problem yet again. I sat on the computer and started going through.

Few minutes in, I reached the video recorded today and played one from an hour ago.

In the video, the main door opened and a woman walked in. She walked around a bit and when no one was looking, Headed for the bathroom.

"Hmm, this is interesting.." I muttered.

We waited until the door opened and I was eager to see how things turn out. The door opened and my jaw dropped in shock to see Alexei, who I met on my way in

"Wait what! That is Alexei, what is she doing in there?" I asked no one particularly.

I could not believe it was the same person I encountered at the doorway. How could I have completely missed this and fail to recognize Alexei.

"Sir, it appears she went in there and changed her clothes." The man said.

"Yes, I can see that too." I said, Curt and rude.

Internally, I burned with anger. How and why is she doing all this without getting noticed. "She must have really thought she can deceive everyone forever. Ha!" I said, mockingly.

I stood up and left the room without saying anything else. My aim was to find her before she leaves but I was too slow with it and was already gone.

There is no point finding her now, I will find her at the academy and give her the shock of her life.

I went back home, yearning to surprise Alexei and appear at the academy. "She has a reason for doing this, I must know what it is, just incase she's up to no good."

The next day, I instructed Diana to give me a call as soon as Alexei arrive at the Academy. Sure enough, the call comes in.

I wasted no time and headed for the academy.

Reaching there, I searched around for Jessica but couldn't find her. I was finally informed that she trains alone in one of the rooms.

I headed to the room and surely met her there, training alone.

She was startled to see me, which brightened my soul. " You are quite a suspicious type. What are you doing here all alone, Jessica. Or should I say, Alexei?"