**Estelle's POV**“I do. I will give you a chance."Was he serious? Did he just want to play with me? Was that why he kept following me even though I try to ignore him? But why?Oh, did he think that I could easily overwhelm him? Or maybe he felt this would be enough to make up for all his mistakes for neglecting me in the past?Not that easy! I would teach him more things so he can respect me more as his mate.After he said that, I got up to leave. After the library, I'd do some chores and then go to the training center.But he just stopped me again."Why?" I asked. My hands went down and clasped after that."Didn't I say I would give you a chance? But you want to go?"“I still have a lot of chores. Today I will be going to training.”He nodded without looking at me. Did he have a plan? I hope it was not bad."Okay. You may go! Have a nice day!" He waved, one thing he wasn't used to doing.I swore, what was wrong with him? Why was he acting so weird?I preferred to ignore it. Anyway,
**Estelle's POV**I didn't want to look cheap so I asked Alpha Cedric why he took me to see the moon on the palace bridge.Then the answer surprised me. "Of course, so we can spend time together."I gaped when I heard it and almost even had a hard time believing that my ears didn't have a problem. What did he say? He said he wanted to spend time with me.My brain hadn't even finished processing when he already pulled my hand to go to that bridge. It was located behind the palace. We had to pass through a large patch of land and a fruit and flower garden. The crops would be sold to meet the consumption and military budgets.He still smiled even now, stopping in the middle of the bridge, and standing beside me. He let go of my hand and now looked up at the sky.I must have thought I was dreaming. Or was it?“You don't see? The moon is very beautiful. Soon it will be a full moon. A party will be held soon.”His words woke me up. I remembered the letter Maya sent me. She said that I shoul
**Estelle's POV**A trainee grabbed my arm roughly causing me to stagger and nearly fall over. She and her friends almost laughed at me because of that, but then she fell silent because I didn't fall."Oh, look at our hero!" she said while observing my appearance. “A beggar becomes a hero. Is that bullshit?”She must be talking about the award and title prize that Alpha Cedric gave me. Did she not accept it? Why didn't she just protest against him?“Alpha must have made a mistake. You can't be a hero, a beggar with the title of Honorable Lady," she said again after laughing at me satisfied. Among all of the trainees who bullied me, only she still hadn't changed her attitude until now. I wondered why. Was it because she had quite a high position in the pack because she was the daughter of a rich businessman?She was Vera Mord, the youngest daughter of the Mord Family which was famous for their wealth. She owned a large tract of land which was said to have stored a large amount of gold
**Alpha Cedric's POV**"Do you want to be my parner in the partee?"I chuckled as I read it. It turned out that Estelle was still very bad at spelling even though she often read several books from the library. Looked like I had to teach her how to spell someday."Parties?" I asked her, seeing her nod. "I haven't even heard that there's a party that will be held."She took out something else from her dress pocket. I would bet she had at least ten bags in there because whenever I needed something she always had it.She handed me something, an invitation. With a frown, I accepted and opened it. It was the one from the Morn family, the wealthiest businessmen in the pack. But because she didn't take good care of it, it looked like a piece of waste paper that wasn't even worth using.Where had she been all day until the invitation she brought was covered in mud and even charcoal stains? I was sure it got wet because some of the letters were not visible due to the water."Where did you get t
**Estelle's POV**Alpha Cedric was willing to be my partner at the party! We would come as a couple!Oh, none got any better than this!When the morning came, he still hugged me. Even when I slowly pushed him so I could start working on my chores right away, he seemed to be holding my body so that I would be still in his embrace.I was like a fool all morning because I couldn't stop smiling. Wasn't it a very romantic morning? We were like a couple of mates who got along and loved each other.I looked at his face while he still closed his eyes. His very thick and macho eyebrows, his closed eyes, tall and sturdy nose, very soft lips, very firm jaw, and sturdy body spoiled me the whole night. When I touched the tip of his nose, he spoke and startled me."So, you agree with me, right?"I frowned not understanding what he was saying.My hand moved in front of him. "What do you mean?"He held them in a firm grip. After that, he inched to whisper in my ear. "Rain isn't all that bad."My chee
**Estelle's POV**Scarlett did it! She had damaged my dress!Oh, what should I do? I had to go to a party in a bit but I didn't have a proper dress.I shook my head after that, refusing to lose to her. I couldn't give up.So, I approached my wardrobe again for some decent dresses. But unfortunately, all the pretty dresses that I could wear to the party were all damaged by her.I was sure she did it because she came out of my room with scissors this afternoon!Oh, it was all over!I hugged my body tightly, crying and sobbing.She was so outrageous. Why was she so evil? If she wanted Alpha Cedric, this wasn't the way to go. I had never hurt her in such a cruel way. I never attacked her if she didn't do it first.Doomsday was in sight. I wouldn't be able to come to Vera's party. I didn't have proper clothes and I couldn't possibly embarrass Alpha Cedric by wearing a lousy dress.As my sobs got louder, someone knocked on my bedroom door. I thought it was Scarlett so I grabbed a wooden blo
**Alpha Cedric's POV**Please, Estelle, go! Don't stand by me so you can hear that I'm hurting you right now! Don't make me feel bad!"Oh, so you two are a couple?" Mr. Mord's youngest daughter chuckled. She was Vera, Estelle's friend at the training center. I heard they weren't in a good friendship and it must have made it worse that Estelle didn't come with me. But I had my reasons, which I couldn't just ignore.FLASHBACK ONI got word to go to the Hard Stone pack. It was a pack I had a pretty good relationship with. I needed them to strengthen my supply of weapons and ammunition, and they needed me because I had abundant food sources. Since my territory was in the fertile plains, that became one of the strengths of my pack, Lunar Divine.Alpha Stone, leader of Hard Stone, wished I could come to his palace to discuss food supplies. After the Luminous Red pack declared war on them for some reason, they had to prepare everything to survive until the war was over. One of them was food
**Estelle's POV**“Estelle?” called Alpha Kenneth while raising his hand slightly. "Come hold my hand so I can ask you to dance in front of Cedric!"I was not sure. Somebody, help me! I didn't want to dance with Alpha Kenneth and hurt Alpha Cedric. I meant, I wanted to make Alpha Cedric regret abandoning me, but not if I had to dance with Alpha Kenneth because I was walking toward my death.After having a complicated debate with my head, I shook my head very firmly.Alpha Kenneth glared. His hand which was like a prince's stretched out in front of me turned into an extremely terrifying fist. His muscles bulged as if he wanted to punch me.“Estelle,” he whispered in a voice as hoarse as that of a beast. He was holding back his anger. “I will give you one more chance. I know you are very confused because a very great Alpha like me asked you to dance. You don't need to be awkward and embarrassed. Come and dance with me! We must avenge Cedric together! You don't have to think twice! He do
**Estelle's POV**Someone came to celebrate me and Alpha Cedric's arrival. And she was Scarlett.She came with flowers as if she cared about me. She handed it over to me but her gaze seemed to hate me so much. “Welcome, Estelle! I heard cheers along the way when I was at home. And it turns out you've come back. So, how's your treatment going?"I was sure she thought my therapy was a failure because I came home before my pre-arranged schedule.Alpha Cedric grabbed my hand so I didn't have time to answer him. He whispered, “Ignore her! Come on!"So, I obeyed his orders. As my feet moved away, Scarlett chuckled, "Why are you avoiding me as if I'm a threat to you?"Alpha Cedric frowned. He must have thought Scarlett was crazy. No one here considered her a threat. She was just a useless louse.She walked
**Estelle's POV**“Alpha, why didn't you answer me? You're free from the curse, right?" I was worried when I asked that question, worried that I might end up getting an answer I didn't expect.Oh, we'd found the one who cursed us. Alpha Cedric had beaten them. In the classic case, our curse should have disappeared right? So why didn't he answer me loudly and confidently? He just looked down, looking very sad."You make me think that the curse hasn't been removed from your body." I wanted to cry when he finally looked up and held my fingers as if giving an instant answer.Doctor Gordon left us for a while. He reasoned that he wanted to get drinking water from his earthen jug, which was placed in the kitchen. It gave me time with Alpha Cedric. I thought he did that on purpose so Alpha Cedric could talk to me freely.Alpha Cedric looked me straight
**Alpha Cedric's POV**We were cornered because of the many hybrids surrounding us. And if we sprayed them with a paralytic potion, it might not work completely.Our backs were pressed against each other, keeping no gaps for the enemies.“Alpha, do you think we’re going to die?” he asked. He didn't sound scared at all, instead, he sounded very gentle and calm.I wouldn't believe it if I didn't hear it with my ears."We will not die!" I dodged when a hybrid tried to spit at me. "We will definitely win." I whistled. It echoed across the walls of the cave and must have been heard by all of our soldiers.Soon they appeared, hanging in various places. The cave had holes so they could slip in between. While a few of them charged through the entrance."Attack them!" The Gammas shouted. They sprayed t
**Alpha Cedric's POV**Alpha Daren was standing behind the gate, waiting for Prince and me. Did they already know what I mean? I didn’t think so."Welcome, Alpha," said Alpha Daren welcomingly. He let me in.I got out of the car and followed Alpha Daren. He led me to the guest hall. I was not sure why Prince accompanied him.“Please sit down, Alpha!”I nodded and sat down in a comfortable chair. As usual in front of me was always filled with delicious and fresh food. A pitcher filled with very fresh water. I chugged it all and wiped my mouth."It's amazing that you came without making an appointment, Alpha. Is there a serious problem going on?” he asked.Without responding, I pulled out a report document to him and handed it over. I glanced at Prince, giving him information signals. But
**Alpha Cedric's POV**“Damn Scarlett! I will kill her!” Roland couldn't contain his anger. He had wanted to go to Scarlett's house to slap her.But I endured him. "Don't let her know anything about my mission, Roland!" I said, staring at him seriously.He groaned because he knew there was no way to refute me. “But she almost killed Estelle, Alpha. Are you going to let her do this?” He pointed at the letter in my hand.“She failed to do so.” Although I was also very angry. “If we get too hasty, I'm afraid she might just mess things up. You know I've worked hard to get to this point, right?" And I thought again of Estelle.Finally, Roland gave up. He rubbed his forehead roughly then forgot the letter I had received from Estelle. He packed a few more things and tried to ignore me. It didn't take long before he st
**Estelle's POV**A man emerged from the darkness of the forest with a head full of blood!I suddenly trembled as I wondered who that man was. Two of Doctor Gordon's students grabbed the firewood in each hand. They were agile enough to deal with dangerous situations, indicating that this was not the first time."Go!" snapped Doctor Gordon. His booming voice made the two soldiers who were supposed to be guarding me suddenly startled.Then they turned to Doctor Gordon, turning in the direction where Doctor Gordon was looking. Immediately they knew what we were dealing with.They raised their swords respectively, dashing to approach the bloodied man, probably about to draw their swords to death.But Doctor Gordon forbade them to hurt him. “Bring him here alive! I will ask him something!”Doctor Gordon'
**Estelle's POV**"Why is it interfering with my therapy, Doctor?" I got so nervous when I imagine bad things. Was Doctor Gordon going somewhere that I had to stop getting therapy? Or would this research process injure him so he would have to pause until he recovered?My wolf matched my worries. It even cried when imagining our bleak days back. My ever-growing voice seemed meaningless to it."Are you going to stop doing therapy on Estelle?" It was Alpha Cedric who was most definitely against the idea. I could understand it. He paid for all of this. Besides that, I was sure he hoped I could quickly return to the pack.Doctor Gordon shook his head and denied our worries. "I'm not going to stop the therapy. I'd still do it but maybe some of my therapy schedules would be reduced. I should spend more time on the research I'm doing. This is in the common interest.”
**Estelle's POV**I studied Alpha Cedric's hands. They looked fine, didn't even have a single scratch.Then I turned to Doctor Gordon, trying to come up with an answer."This is very strange." He rubbed his chin occasionally, still studying Alpha Cedric's hands. "Where did you get the poison?""Here." Alpha Cedric pointed at an area in his right hand.I was not very a good observer. But I watched that point with focus. And still, I found nothing. Was he lying? I was sure he was not lying.“You should have been seriously injured from that poison. And even though you won't die, since they've been crippled, at least your hands will leave scars.”Alpha Cedric frowned in surprise. "Really?" He checked his hands. "But it's fine.""Yeah, and that's what confused me."
**Alpha Cedric's POV**Tens of footsteps surrounded us, surrounding us from all directions!The leaves of the gigantic plants blocking the sunlight light us up nicely. It was still the middle of the day, but it felt like we were exploring in the late afternoon.Prince drew his sword and shouted at his members, “Prepare your weapons! Maybe it's the hybrids!”I could see the fear on the members' faces, as well as mine. But I assured them that there was nothing to be afraid of.“Have you guys forgotten that I carry the strongest weapon?” I said to my members. We stood in a circular formation, back to each other. While the footsteps were getting closer, more and more.I looked around warily, trying to find the nearest enemy position. Now neither of us was cutting down those gigantic plants. We focused on saving ourselves.