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**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