Disappointed

**Alpha Cedric's POV**

I was bored. These dancers kept dancing in front of me on purpose. Though I was not interested in them, and also, I did not want to see them any longer. I just wished I could go back to the palace and explain everything to Estelle. She must be so disappointed and I had to tell her this right now!

But where was she?

I turned my head to look for her everywhere, including some small gaps between the mingling guests. But she wasn't anywhere. She seemed to just disappear.

My worry suddenly appeared. Did she come back to the palace because she was too angry? Or was she not there because she had been kidnapped?

My body darted to find her. I didn’t want those representatives of Luminous Red to kidnap and injure her just for me to defend them against the Hard Stones.

But then someone held me very tightly.

“Alpha!” Scarlett said while holding my hand. She kind of screamed, and people would probably accuse me of bad things.

So, I tried to calm down and turned to her. "What