Alpha's Rebound

Not Good Enough

~ Estelle’s POV ~

“You are not angry at us, Estelle, are you? You know that your father didn’t have any choice at that time, right? Our pack is not as strong as theirs and we know that all you wanted in your life was to find your fated mate, but... now you have to get engaged to a random person.” I heard some strange words from my mother’s mouth as I don’t remember getting engaged in my last life.

I know that the women in the werewolf clan are expected to silently listen to their elders, as they are the people who are doing their best for the pack members.

There is one more reason why our pack is considered as weak.... My father doesn’t have a successor as an heir to the Alpha’s position, he is always a male and people in this place... regardless of their positions consider she-wolves as a means of producing pubs and fulfilling their desires. There is one thing that I regretted in my last life... I didn’t learn to protect myself or others.

A girl needs to maintain her composure all the time. This is something that my mother tells me every time I ask her about the reason why the she-wolves are treated so poorly in the pack.

Well, she does tell me regularly that not every werewolf is a bad person, as some are like my father also, but I hardly believe in such things now.

I am done being a pitiful she-wolf. If one doesn’t change their condition, then no one can help that person. I learnt all about managing a packhouse and household chores, but now I need strength and power so that I would be able to eradicate every person who hurt me and my daughters. Not even the people who bullied us are going to have a nice ending.

I stood a little back as I wanted to hear who exactly this man is with whom I am going to get engaged and why me?

Scarlet was stunned to hear the news of my engagement, so that means that they must have told me about this news just a few hours before and that’s the reason I was lying on my bed with my face on the pillow. I walked toward my bed and touched the cover of my pillow.

It’s wet, so that means I must be crying my heart out when I heard this devastating news.

What the heck happened that triggered this change and twisted everything?

“Forgive this incapable father of yours, Essie. I am not a good father and I am certainly not a good Alpha, as I failed to protect you. The council of Alphas agreed with him, the elders also sided with him and no one there spoke in my favour. I might be an Alpha, but just for name only.

That guy dared to threaten me in front of the council that either I give him to you or he might claim you as for him after finishing every pack member of our pack.” My father broke down in front of me and I couldn’t help, but smile.

He was a great father, but I can’t say the same thing about him as an Alpha. Well, I can’t blame him as he never wanted to choose this path, but after his brother’s death in a rogue attack, he was forced to be the responsible one.

I need to change things. If I did that thing back in the day, then I might have created a secure environment for my daughters, but now I will bring a revolution, not just for my daughters, but also for every she-wolf who wants to live on her own.

“Who is this person?” I simply asked them and they were both stunned when they saw me. They must be thinking, why am I not shivering or crying? Well, what is the point? Crying won’t solve my problems and getting worried about something inevitable is just a waste of time, so I need to tackle this situation with my brain.

“You might know him. The next Alpha of the Blue Blood Pack is Claude Usoro. I don’t know why he is so fixated on having you as his Luna. I tried to convince the council to wait until your eighteenth birthday, so they told me that it’s just an engagement and he will mark you after you become an adult. For now, you need to stay with him to get to know him and also his pack.

I tried to stop this arrangement, but I failed. I don’t want you to become a sacrificial mate for the sake of the packhouse, but I am helpless. Only if you had a brother then things might have been different.” My father asserted in a painful tone while my mother tried to calm him down.

I was confused back then, but I am certain now. I can never be good enough for them. Even in my last life, I tried everything possible so that they won’t regret that they don’t have a son, but some things just never change, do they?

Why exactly is Claude so desperate to marry me? This has never happened in the past... I did escape my engagement party on my eighteenth birthday, but that person was surely not Claude.

“Stop blaming yourself, father. I will go there and don’t think that you are sacrificing me. I am going of my own free will. Tell them that I agreed to get engaged with that person.” I told my parents what was in my head.

They looked quite relieved by my reply and I knew that they were worried about the pack members. I am not going to lose any of my people. I still remember how he and Aria cunningly blamed my pack for killing some of his pack members and also that my father was planning with Claude’s foes. Based on his suspicion, that bastard eradicated my whole pack. In front of my eyes, he cut off my parents' heads while placing their heads on the guillotine. I yelled... I pleaded to him to let them go, but my pleas fell on deaf ears.

I thought that those people were my friends and that they were the ones who would always stand by my side, but I was wrong. They did stand, but not by my side. Instead, they stood behind while hiding knives behind their backs as all they wanted was to stab me behind my back with that knife.

After hearing my response, my mother kissed me on my forehead while my father just embraced me. They both then left my room, but Scarlet was still in my room, but she was completely stunned by the series of events that had just happened.

I can’t recklessly reject this engagement as I still have no wolf and my powers are at their minimal level. That won’t be enough to handle Claude and the people who helped him. I promised my daughters that they wouldn’t have a life like mine and I would do everything for their happiness, but they left me too soon before I could even fulfil their wishes.

“Where are you going at this hour? You haven’t even informed your parents, Estelle. What if you got in some kind of trouble?” Scarlet asked me several questions, but I was in a hurry, so I just wore my hoodie and then I jumped out of the windows.

It’s a good thing that my room is on the ground floor or I might have broken one or two bones for sure.

I looked up at the night sky and there was no sign of a moon today. That must mean that today is a new moon. Before entering Claude’s packhouse, I need to find every little detail about him. His strengths, his allies, his foes and even his weaknesses. I lowered my hoodie to cover my face. I did hear that the forests are not safer any longer.

I just need to walk a little more and then I will be able to find the information guild. These people don’t help others in need just for free. It’s a good thing that I saved some money back on that.

I need to know why he is getting impatient? If he does love Aria, then why does he want me as his wife and mate?

Something is f*****g wrong with him and that brain of his.

While I was walking straight, I heard a weird sound coming from the bushes, but I didn’t react as I thought that there was some wild animal and nothing else, but after taking a few more steps, I again heard the same voice coming through the bushes and this time I stopped in my track.

I headed straight toward that place, but I was a bit hesitant to walk to that place. My heartbeats quickened and my hands started to shake.

“Who’s there?” I asked, but there was no response from the other side.

I again asked the same question, but this time I heard a woman’s voice and she was screaming out for help.

“Help!” She again yelled and this time, I didn’t hesitate. I walked towards the place from where the noises were coming and, at that moment, I reached that place and picked up a wooden log which was placed on the ground. My eyes just widened when I saw the guy over a girl.

She was the one who was screaming for help.

“How dare you! People like you just make me feel sick. Pervert.” I said all those things to him while I started to beat him with the wooden log.

I stopped moving when he turned to look at me. The log that I was holding fell out of my hands and I gulped down hard when I saw that handsome man.

His black shirt was kind of messy and his top three buttons were opened, so I was able to see his well-built body. The woman ran towards me and she then hid behind me. She looked kind of terrified, so I tried to calm her down.

The guy then ran his fingers through his black hair and the moment he laid his ocean-like blue eyes on me... for a moment, I forgot to breathe.

What the heck is happening to me?

This man is no less than an anima for attacking a woman, so why exactly am I feeling a weird node inside my chest? The man got up from the ground and after dusting off his clothes, he walked closer to me. I was still holding that girl’s wrist, but my eyes were fixed on him.

“Like what you see?” He whispered in my ear in his deep husky voice while he gently tucked my hair behind my ear.

What am I doing?

He did something bad and I need to punish him for the sins that he committed.

“I must say that you have got some guts, woman.” He said to me in a hushed voice while he grabbed me by my wrist. What is he trying to achieve?

This man had gone too far this time and he will surely regret touching me.