**Estelle's POV**"If you help me kill Alpha Cedric, then I will let your family go," said Alpha Saweh to me. He seemed like a man who liked to talk nonsense to brainwash his captives into doing what he wants. I would stay focused so as not to fall into his trap.The people who brought my family into this room had duct tape pulled over their mouths so they could talk to me, begging me to be exact. “Do what he wants, Estelle! Don't let us die!”My stepmother, Berta Roman, now was speaking to me, “Estelle, my daughter, don't you miss home, dear? Stop wasting time! You might regret it later!”She rarely talked to me because she said every time she saw me she would remember my birth mother. She was her friend, who broke her promise because she couldn't take care of me properly. She even tortured me!My father joined in. Sometimes he almost collapsed because he lost his balance. His hands were tied, just like his mother and my brother. “You have no other choice but to join them, Estelle. W

**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**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

**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

**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