**Alpha Cedric's POV**Estelle just came back from the training center. I intercepted her in front of the palace and she looked very shocked. Her confused face was suddenly very panicked. She must have made a mistake."Did you just get home?" I asked coldly. I combed her appearance, on her two fingers that intertwined because of nervousness. "Did you get into trouble recently?"I sent her back to her room to finish the chores after she shook her head. I told her to meet me at my study when she finished it.Roland returned from his business outside the palace. He gave several reports regarding the progress of the construction of reconnaissance towers on the border. “The construction is already done 50%, Alpha. Security at the border has been tightened. I've asked several other packs for help as long as we reward them later. They are asking us for 10% of the crop.”&nbs
**Alpha Cedric's POV**"Sleep on the bed." I nodded to my untouched bed. I hadn't even laid down at all since earlier.The tiredness that came over me after knowing that Estelle had received a ring from Prince made my emotions explode. I chose to drive it away by reading a book. And soon the intruders came.“Why are you still standing there? Get on the bed!” I said, more like an order. "I don't care what you do. You said you wouldn't intrude on my time."Although hesitant, she nodded. Her gentle footsteps stopped at the edge of the bed and climbed onto it. Her withered body slipped under the covers. She closed her eyes and I returned to my seat.I had to be awake in case the intruders came again. They must be hybrids because they suddenly disappeared in thin air. There were no pure blood werewolves who could teleport. Damn it, what was I dealing with right now?My mind wandered. A second later I woke up and tried to read a book. My senses stayed awake at all times because I couldn't b
**Estelle's POV**I wanted Alpha Cedric, as much as I wanted my voice back. Why was he giving me such a hard choice? "Please," my lips moved even though I didn't make a sound.But damn it he was too assertive right now.My arousal scent filled the room even more, even worse than before. My blurred gaze now only contained his extremely handsome and dominating figure. I liked this side of him, if only we weren't arguing about Prince and Scarlett."Take your pick, Estelle!" His voice was even sky-high when he was angry. Why was he this handsome? And his hardness, I couldn't wait to clamp it. I wanted to feel his power again, wanted to feel his tip hitting every part of my walls. I wanted to moan and call out his name then we would convulsion as our flood gushed from under our belly.My hands struggled to move. My lips moved and he always understood.
**Alpha Cedric's POV**I heard the commotion involving Estelle and Scarlett. But I decided to ignore that. Ever since I heard about the hybrid's attack target, I had to be careful from now on. I didn't want Estelle to get hurt, so I couldn't show too much interest or worry me about herA few days passed. Suddenly Roland gave me some information. We visited a place, a forest that was very dense and quite terrifying. But this was no big deal. I was used to standing and exploring places like this."Are we going to find anything, Alpha?" asked Roland. "I gave you some information but you decided to start your search here. This is not the point I mentioned to you.""I've calculated everything," I said seriously. "And I believe this is a suitable location."It was a forest that was often referred to as the Haunted Forest because not a singl
**Estelle's POV**My wolf was getting out of control, especially when we see Scarlett lowering her collar, showing her cleavage"Impossible!" My wolf snapped. "Alpha Cedric is not interested in her!"I believed the same. But fear still suffocated me. I was shaking and had a really hard time focusing. I even failed to hit Scarlett. My hands staggered and fell into the void. As a result, Scarlett laughed at me because I was a weak girl."This pack doesn't need Luna like you," she sneered while adjusting her collar to normal again. "They need Luna who is tough and can be of use to them." She scanned my appearance with a disgusted expression. “What is your contribution? There isn't any! Unless you want to include causing trouble on the list, then you must have a million contributions!”"I never cause trouble!" Finally, I jerked my hand. I wouldn't let anyone
**Estelle's POV**“Yeah, go to my pack. I will take you. Do you want?” Prince looked at me very seriously. His eyes which were usually like gentle warm honey were now like those of a formidable war general. "I'll make sure you're safe, Estelle."I suddenly choked. At first, I thought this was just my imagination, although I wonder why I have to fantasize about it. I had no special feelings for Prince and expected nothing from him.Clearing my throat, I took a few steps back while lowering my head. Without me saying anything, Prince understood what I meant."If you don't want to, that's fine. I will respect your wishes and opinions.” He was good as usual. Oh, he was so cute.My wolf was partying in my head. It praised Prince excessively.Prince's work was completed shortly after. He complained about several things to me.
**Estelle's POV**"Who are they?" whispered my wolf frantically. “Why are they smiling horribly while surrounding us?”I backed away trembling after realizing that. The people around me had strange faces like monsters. Their gazes crossed with large one-sided eyes. Their messy yellow teeth, their very dirty and dusty skin."Who are they?" My wolf didn't stop asking when I didn't know anything.My step wobbled and I fell on the damp leaves of the forest, making the strange men laugh together. Their smell was very bad, their nails were dirty and long."Our prey is so cowardly," said one of them. His hair was messy and almost bald. Few strands left making it look like a dying creature."Go!" My hand jerked to shoo them away. My voice was hard to come out.“Haha, what did you say?” One of them grabbed my
**Estelle's POV**"Father ..." Prince screamed in a trembling voice. His eyes widened and his face suddenly paled.Just like that, I sneered and tried to run.I'd heard about Alpha Daren. He was a very smart and decisive Alpha. He could defeat enemies with enormous strength. His prowess was known all over the place so he was dubbed the spearhead of the revolution.He found various breakthroughs and ideas to advance his pack. Other packs adopted it and applied it to their respective packs.Alpha Daren was like an admired teacher and philosopher. Apart from his intelligence, his silent and mysterious nature further added to his appeal.If I heard people's stories, of course, I hoped to meet him someday. I would consider him a role model and a character that I very much missed.But if I'd met him like this, I really wanted to r
**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.