**Alpha Cedric's POV**
Estelle was very strange after returning from the training center. She often blushed and then acted awkwardly, as if she had just found a charming crush!
What had happened? Did I miss something?
“Estelle, sweep this room now!” Roland ordered her after he got my orders.
I decided to stay away from her for a while at least until I found a way to protect her. As Scarlett had suggested to me, Estelle must not know anything about this because she is terrible at lying.
We were currently in my office. I was busy with some documents as usual, Roland was the same, while Estelle just arrived after I called her. Now she got the task to sweep this room.
I insisted to Roland that this room was dirty and it should have been swept. But he always found an opportunity to tease me by telling me that I missed Estell
**Alpha Cedric's POV**Estelle met Roland at our special bridge. What did she want to talk to him about?I couldn't help but clench my fists. I thought I could hold back my anger until I finally couldn't!So I got up from the soft cushioned chair, placed the book on the table casually, and walked out of the library.Several Omegas and warriors greeted me, but I ignored them due to the irritation in my heart.I managed to reach a place not far from the bridge and took a peek at Estelle and Roland who were talking solemnly. Not being able to hear properly, I decided to approach them again and hid behind a bunch of tall, neatly trimmed boxwoods.“…great!” Roland's voice slipped by my ear as I peeked through the boxwood leaves. "I'm pleased to hear it. You deserve it, Estelle.”I couldn't s
**Alpha Cedric's POV**Estelle stumbled while accompanying me reading in the library.I wanted her to nag at me and I was going to do the same. I would show her that she was wrong to play with fire with me, she was wrong to smile so wide just because of a handsome young trainer.I was not jealous, not at all. I was just annoyed that she forgets her wishes too easily. Didn't she say she would stay by my side no matter what? How could I forget it?“Estelle!” I called her because she was not moving at all. Did she just sleep while I was still giving her assignments? I wonder if she often does that behind my back. “Estelle, wake up!” But she snores.I rubbed my face, got up from the chair, and approached her. Seeing her sleeping on the floor, I crouched down to get a better look at her.Her face looked healthier
**Estelle's POV**"Okay, go ahead but you won't get suppressant today!"I was flabbergasted when I heard those words from Alpha Cedric. What the hell was going on? Why was he suddenly threatening me? Wasn't he the one who always forced me not to be absent from going to training class? He said I should be able to protect myself. He said that I had to become strong so I wouldn't be bullied again, so why did he suddenly ban me?Oh, was it all because of Scarlett? Was he worried that I surpassed her skills and became Luna for him? He didn't want me to achieve that feat because he liked Scarlett?!!!Argh, damn it! You muscle lizard! I hate him!"You can't do that!" I protested. "I need suppressants.""Oh really? Don't you need to go to the training center more?” he scoffed, and why was he so annoying? "Go! But you won't get the suppressant.&rdq
**Alpha Cedric's POV**I deliberately pressed her body against the wall so she couldn't avoid me, while my hands locked her nicely. Don't blame me if I do this! She had fueled my anger!"I told you not to play games with me!" I said slowly.She glared cowardly, not even daring to meet my eyes. Why? She should have looked into my eyes properly, so I could dive into it and find out how far she liked that man: Prince.After hearing my sharp words, she turned to me slowly. Her hands were still hiding some of the documents I was working on and the ink that must have been spilled.I didn't care about the paperwork and the ink because I could make and buy new ones. What I cared about was her determination to defend myself in the biggest space in her heart.Did Prince now have more space than me?“If you are caus
**Estelle's POV**Was this what Alpha Cedric had hoped for? He wished I stayed away from men but was bullied by girls like Vera? Vera darted at me, gripping my arm until it hurt me. Around her, her friends lined up so no one saw her hurting me."I warned you not to approach Prince. Did you forget about my threat?” she pressed my arm quite hard and it hurt me even more.Yesterday before I left the training center, Vera and her friends intercepted me and pulled me to a quiet corner. There she threatened me and cornered me. I could have fought and won against her. But I had to remember that I had to be her slave for a week.She almost reduced my term yesterday, but after seeing me practice with Prince, she gave up on it. Now I was lucky because at least she didn't extend my sentence.“I should have taught you a harsher lesson tha
**Alpha Cedric's POV**The thought of Estelle coming into contact with Prince boggled my mind. Even if they did it for practice.Who was Prince? I should have known all the trainers in the training center. And I didn't remember a man so handsome as me, at least that was what the female werewolves around me said.All my work was almost neglected, I couldn't focus even just to write one word correctly. My mind wandered, and my eyes wandered out the window, wondering when Estelle would be back.Suddenly Roland startled my reverie. “Alpha!”When I turned around, he handed me a document containing the results of the recent battle between Luminous Red and Hard Stone.“Hard Stone is superior to Luminous Red. If Luminous Red hadn't enlisted the help of the other packs, Hard Stone should have won,” he explained.
**Estelle's POV**So Alpha Cedric made me eat all that roast because he wanted me to eat some protein?At first, I wanted to be angry because he kept accusing me of not being able to cook dinner for him. But now I blushed at his petty attention. He was not as bad as I imagined, not as cold as people say. I just needed to see him from the other side, see the kindness he didn't show to other people.“Next time pay attention to your food!” he said again. “I need strong and tough pack members. If you don't take care of your nutritional intake, you won't be of any use.”Just now I was blushing because of his concern, but he wanted me to eat well because it would help him if war came. I shouldn't get carried away with this feeling.He was cold and annoying!I nodded, moving my hand. "Thank You. I will remember it.”
**Estelle's POV** That! That was my suppressant. How did Vera get it? "Is this your secret?" she joked again while playing the suppressants. I brought at least nine because I couldn't possibly go back to Alpha Cedric's palace just to get them. I purposely carried more in case it got lost or broken. But it was in Vera's hands, which she might throw away! "Give it to me!" My hands moved furiously. I didn’t want to show my anger because she would realize how important the suppressant was for me. My steps quickened as I approached her, trying to get all the suppressants out of her hands. But before I got to them, she had already tossed the pouch filled with suppressants to one of her friends. She grinned. “Why are you so nervous? You haven't even answered my question. Is that your secret to covering up your rotten scent?” My hands clenched when I saw her laugh with her friends. How could she do this to me? I never hurt her. I'd always appreciated her. But this was exactly what I go