Semua Bab Finding My True Alpha with the Wooden Mask: Bab 1 - Bab 10

After I became a Beta, I had rejected the marriage arranged by the Moon Goddess between Jackson and me.But when I saw that old wooden mask hanging from his waist, I began to pay attention to Jackson.Once, on the battlefield, Jackson was struck by several arrows and forced to the edge of a cliff.In order to buy him a chance to escape, I lunged at the enemy, but they anticipated my move and struck me with a hidden weapon.Liquid silver flowed into my heart through my blood. Even though the healer saved me, I lost my wolf and remained in a coma for an entire year.Everyone knew I was injured because of Jackson, so to make it up to me, he had no choice but to marry me."Do you think sacrificing yourself can make him love you completely?" asked Waylon, Alpha of the Nocterra pack, when I handed in my resignation. "All you did was cripple the strongest force in the pack."I stubbornly shook my head. During those nights when I was whipped by Mary West, my stepmother, the boy outsid

It wasn't until the healer wheeled me out of the ward that I learned it was one of the warriors accompanying me who had brought me in for treatment.Meanwhile, Jackson only left behind a casually written note. "Laila got shocked by your injury and fainted. I took her home for treatment."It was laughable—Laila was merely frightened, and yet he and Ragnar immediately applied for a rescue helicopter that very night to escort her back to the Ulvengard pack.As for me, despite carrying Jackson's pup and being seriously injured, he didn't care in the slightest.The deep despair in my heart had dulled into numbness, yet it still hurt to breathe.With my body in such a state, I could no longer continue the rescue work. Thankfully, it was nearly complete, so I asked the warriors to escort me back.On the way back, we passed by my home. In the garden, I saw my father, Mary, and Jackson holding a cake, all gathered around Laila.As I watched the startled birds flit across the sky outside

Because I didn't return during the stipulated time with Laila's favorite dessert, Jackson went mad and sent me messages, cursing me out. "You crazy woman! Do you think you can threaten me? No one cares about your well-being—I only care about the safety of my pup in your belly!""Tomorrow, I'll hold a press conference and publicly acknowledge Laila as my mate in the Ulvengard pack. Laila said she's willing to give me a pup. I don't want the one in your belly anymore!""I won't break the mate bond with you either—I want every intimate moment with Laila to stab into your heart like a blade, so you'll suffer more than she did from the wolfsbane!"He messaged me every few minutes, and at this rate, I was starting to wonder if he actually cared about me.However, judging by the timing, the things I sent them should arrive tomorrow. When that happened, Jackson would definitely bombard me even more. I really couldn't be bothered to respond.With that thought in mind, I deleted his conta

In the video, Laila—who Jackson remembered as gentle, innocent, and supposedly poisoned by wolfsbane and needing protection—was smoking and drinking.Meanwhile, on the couch in front of her, Dad and Mary looked immensely pleased with themselves. Especially Mary, who was counting the monetary wedding gift Jackson had given."Our darling daughter really is clever—pretending to be poisoned by wolfsbane and deceiving that dumb Jackson."Haha! He's an Alpha, yet he can't even tell real wolfsbane from fake? How on earth did he survive on the battlefield all these years?"Mary's tone was sharp and mocking. As she spoke, she exchanged a smug glance with Father and sneered.At this point, Father seemed to remember something and said bitterly, "If that brat Seraphina hadn't run off to save his life back then, the Alpha title of the Ulverngard pack would've been mine! I spent so much money pulling strings to lure those enemies in!"If we hadn't run out of money, we wouldn't have had to keep

Waylon paused as he tucked in my blanket, then looked at me gently. "I thought I had made it very obvious. Seraphina, you're so smart, so how could you not see that I like you?"I froze, surprised that he would say it so bluntly. Honestly, I had suspected that he might like me, but I hadn't dared to believe it. "What do you even like about me? I'm a divorced woman without a wolf," I said.Meanwhile, he was the Alpha of the Nocterra pack—the gap between us was so vast.I didn't say that part aloud, but I believed he understood it anyway.Waylon didn't answer me. Instead, he asked, "Do you still like Jackson?"Stunned, I retorted, "What?""Do you still like him?""How could you think that? If I still liked him, I wouldn't have broken our mate bond.""Good." He exhaled deeply. "Then I still have a chance."I didn't know how to respond, and under his tender gaze, my face gradually flushed red with heat.However, having just gone through a failed relationship, it was truly hard