**Estelle's POV**“I do. I will give you a chance."Was he serious? Did he just want to play with me? Was that why he kept following me even though I try to ignore him? But why?Oh, did he think that I could easily overwhelm him? Or maybe he felt this would be enough to make up for all his mistakes for neglecting me in the past?Not that easy! I would teach him more things so he can respect me more as his mate.After he said that, I got up to leave. After the library, I'd do some chores and then go to the training center.But he just stopped me again."Why?" I asked. My hands went down and clasped after that."Didn't I say I would give you a chance? But you want to go?"“I still have a lot of chores. Today I will be going to training.”He nodded without looking at me. Did he have a plan? I hope it was not bad."Okay. You may go! Have a nice day!" He waved, one thing he wasn't used to doing.I swore, what was wrong with him? Why was he acting so weird?I preferred to ignore it. Anyway,
**Estelle's POV**I didn't want to look cheap so I asked Alpha Cedric why he took me to see the moon on the palace bridge.Then the answer surprised me. "Of course, so we can spend time together."I gaped when I heard it and almost even had a hard time believing that my ears didn't have a problem. What did he say? He said he wanted to spend time with me.My brain hadn't even finished processing when he already pulled my hand to go to that bridge. It was located behind the palace. We had to pass through a large patch of land and a fruit and flower garden. The crops would be sold to meet the consumption and military budgets.He still smiled even now, stopping in the middle of the bridge, and standing beside me. He let go of my hand and now looked up at the sky.I must have thought I was dreaming. Or was it?“You don't see? The moon is very beautiful. Soon it will be a full moon. A party will be held soon.”His words woke me up. I remembered the letter Maya sent me. She said that I shoul
**Estelle's POV**A trainee grabbed my arm roughly causing me to stagger and nearly fall over. She and her friends almost laughed at me because of that, but then she fell silent because I didn't fall."Oh, look at our hero!" she said while observing my appearance. “A beggar becomes a hero. Is that bullshit?”She must be talking about the award and title prize that Alpha Cedric gave me. Did she not accept it? Why didn't she just protest against him?“Alpha must have made a mistake. You can't be a hero, a beggar with the title of Honorable Lady," she said again after laughing at me satisfied. Among all of the trainees who bullied me, only she still hadn't changed her attitude until now. I wondered why. Was it because she had quite a high position in the pack because she was the daughter of a rich businessman?She was Vera Mord, the youngest daughter of the Mord Family which was famous for their wealth. She owned a large tract of land which was said to have stored a large amount of gold
**Alpha Cedric's POV**"Do you want to be my parner in the partee?"I chuckled as I read it. It turned out that Estelle was still very bad at spelling even though she often read several books from the library. Looked like I had to teach her how to spell someday."Parties?" I asked her, seeing her nod. "I haven't even heard that there's a party that will be held."She took out something else from her dress pocket. I would bet she had at least ten bags in there because whenever I needed something she always had it.She handed me something, an invitation. With a frown, I accepted and opened it. It was the one from the Morn family, the wealthiest businessmen in the pack. But because she didn't take good care of it, it looked like a piece of waste paper that wasn't even worth using.Where had she been all day until the invitation she brought was covered in mud and even charcoal stains? I was sure it got wet because some of the letters were not visible due to the water."Where did you get t
**Estelle's POV**Alpha Cedric was willing to be my partner at the party! We would come as a couple!Oh, none got any better than this!When the morning came, he still hugged me. Even when I slowly pushed him so I could start working on my chores right away, he seemed to be holding my body so that I would be still in his embrace.I was like a fool all morning because I couldn't stop smiling. Wasn't it a very romantic morning? We were like a couple of mates who got along and loved each other.I looked at his face while he still closed his eyes. His very thick and macho eyebrows, his closed eyes, tall and sturdy nose, very soft lips, very firm jaw, and sturdy body spoiled me the whole night. When I touched the tip of his nose, he spoke and startled me."So, you agree with me, right?"I frowned not understanding what he was saying.My hand moved in front of him. "What do you mean?"He held them in a firm grip. After that, he inched to whisper in my ear. "Rain isn't all that bad."My chee
**Estelle's POV**Scarlett did it! She had damaged my dress!Oh, what should I do? I had to go to a party in a bit but I didn't have a proper dress.I shook my head after that, refusing to lose to her. I couldn't give up.So, I approached my wardrobe again for some decent dresses. But unfortunately, all the pretty dresses that I could wear to the party were all damaged by her.I was sure she did it because she came out of my room with scissors this afternoon!Oh, it was all over!I hugged my body tightly, crying and sobbing.She was so outrageous. Why was she so evil? If she wanted Alpha Cedric, this wasn't the way to go. I had never hurt her in such a cruel way. I never attacked her if she didn't do it first.Doomsday was in sight. I wouldn't be able to come to Vera's party. I didn't have proper clothes and I couldn't possibly embarrass Alpha Cedric by wearing a lousy dress.As my sobs got louder, someone knocked on my bedroom door. I thought it was Scarlett so I grabbed a wooden blo
**Alpha Cedric's POV**Please, Estelle, go! Don't stand by me so you can hear that I'm hurting you right now! Don't make me feel bad!"Oh, so you two are a couple?" Mr. Mord's youngest daughter chuckled. She was Vera, Estelle's friend at the training center. I heard they weren't in a good friendship and it must have made it worse that Estelle didn't come with me. But I had my reasons, which I couldn't just ignore.FLASHBACK ONI got word to go to the Hard Stone pack. It was a pack I had a pretty good relationship with. I needed them to strengthen my supply of weapons and ammunition, and they needed me because I had abundant food sources. Since my territory was in the fertile plains, that became one of the strengths of my pack, Lunar Divine.Alpha Stone, leader of Hard Stone, wished I could come to his palace to discuss food supplies. After the Luminous Red pack declared war on them for some reason, they had to prepare everything to survive until the war was over. One of them was food
**Estelle's POV**“Estelle?” called Alpha Kenneth while raising his hand slightly. "Come hold my hand so I can ask you to dance in front of Cedric!"I was not sure. Somebody, help me! I didn't want to dance with Alpha Kenneth and hurt Alpha Cedric. I meant, I wanted to make Alpha Cedric regret abandoning me, but not if I had to dance with Alpha Kenneth because I was walking toward my death.After having a complicated debate with my head, I shook my head very firmly.Alpha Kenneth glared. His hand which was like a prince's stretched out in front of me turned into an extremely terrifying fist. His muscles bulged as if he wanted to punch me.“Estelle,” he whispered in a voice as hoarse as that of a beast. He was holding back his anger. “I will give you one more chance. I know you are very confused because a very great Alpha like me asked you to dance. You don't need to be awkward and embarrassed. Come and dance with me! We must avenge Cedric together! You don't have to think twice! He do