Elena''s POV
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"Home sweet home," Imented as I got out of the car. I stood in front of the massive steel
gates covered with vines and dust, a vivid symbol of how long I''ve been gone.
I looked up at the sky and closed my eyes, feeling the cold breeze brush against my skin, and
the familiar scent of the pine woods from the forest filled my nose.
I miss this ce.
The first ce I stopped by was the ce where my family was buried. One after another, I ced flowers on their graveyards that surprisingly looked clean.
"Whose there?" I shouted in alertness as I stood up and looked around.
I couldn''t be wrong. I''m pretty sure someone was staring at me. Squinting my eyes, I observed
every blow of wind, every movement of grasses and trees, and every sound in the
surroundings.
Shifting, I looked at the bushes not so far from me. "Come out! Now!"
My eyes widened.
"She''s just a child..." Ava uttered in shock.
The little girl looked at me cluelessly, but her eyes were filled with fear. She kept her distance
while fidgeting with her fingers.
Cautiously, I crouched down to her level and asked gently, "Hey, pup, who are you?"
"M-miss Elena... Is that you? I-is that really you?"
Suddenly, a man''s trembling voice echoed. My breathing hitched, and I stood up hastily as I
turned around.
My eyes narrowed as I stared at the man before me. He''s a tall and muscr man with messy
hair. His sharp and handsome face was covered with dirt, while his ssed eyes had a bit of droplets on them.
He''s wearing working clothes. Was he the one who cleaned my family''s graves?
"You know me? You looked familiar..."
I''m positive I know who he was. It felt like his name was at the tip of my tongue, but I couldn''t
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make words of it.
"I''m so d you''re back, Miss Elena. I''m Jayden. Jayden Lawrence."
Lawrence?
My eyes widened, and a wide smile curved on my lips.
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"You''re Jayden? Wow, you looked different! Better even!" I praised him, very d to meet him
again.
He''s the son of my father''s Beta, and we grew up together. We used to y with each other
until we both became busy with our own training.
Unfortunately, his father died as well.
Thinking of that, my smile vanished. ncing at my family''s grave, I asked him, "Did you
clean their graves?"
He nodded. "I did, all of their..."
That''s when I realized that each member''s graves were cleaned. Though the entire pack wasn''t
properly managed, it''s obvious he gave great care to their graves.
"Where are the others?" I asked.
After the attack, all of those high-ranking members died fighting. The loyal
servants came
with me to the Swiftridge Pack to take care of me, while the ordinary werewolves who
managed to survive were left in this abandoned pack.
"There''s only a few of us left here. Others went to another. The ones who stayed are at their
work. Like Ashely here, they have to work for another pack to fend for their family. But they all
stille back here."
I smiled at the little girl who ran into Jayden''s arms. So her name is Ashley.
"I''m so d you''re back. Are you here for good? Will you take over as the Alpha and bring back
the pack to its former glory?"
I stared at each of my family''s gravestones and counted back to the countless times they brought merit to the kingdom.
Though our pack had perished, it couldn''t be forgotten how many times our pack''s warriors had defeated a swamped of Rogues that brought risk to the kingdom.
All their sacrifices and their deaths shall note in vain.
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Pursing my lips, I took a deep breath and determinedly voiced out, "Yes, I''m back."
After meeting Jayden, I first went to my old room to settle my things, and so did all the
servants.
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With Jayden''s help, I instructed them to start cleaning up the ce to bring it back to life.
The kids who were left behind by their parents who were working were also so d and went
to join them in cleaning.
Finally, alone in the room, sadness engulfed me as the reality finally hit me. Now, everything
would change.
Feeling the sun shine through my window still, I stood up and wandered around the room.
Looking through the north side of my wall, where my weapons were disyed, I was flooded
with memories.
My hands slid through my training gears, remembering my father''s proud smiles every time I managed to pass through his blocks and punch him in ourbats.
And then there are my guns, bows and arrows, spears, and other weapons of every kind and
size, which skills I''ve mastered thanks to my six brothers who happily trained me despite
being a woman.
However, despite that, I remained knowledgeable in every Luna task because learning those things was my bonding with my mother.
This ce used to be full of life, now... it''s all just memories.
"It''s okay, we''ll make more beautiful memories..." Avaforted me.
A knock on my door then pulled me out of my thoughts. "Miss Elena."
"Jayden."
He looked at me hesitantly as he swallowed his nervousness. After taking a deep breath, he
looked me in the eye and determinedly said, "Please ept me as your Beta!"
His eyes glinted with so much passion and hope that reflected the vision I had within me. It''s as though I almost see a broken self from him who was trying to make up for what''s been
lost.
Seeing that his determination reflected my own, I smiled.
"Then, it will be my pleasure." After all, his father was my father''s Beta, and he was trained well by him.
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I have no doubts he''d do well in being my Beta.
A smile formed on his lips. "Thank you. I''ll make sure not to disappoint you."
"I know you won''t."
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"And with that being said," he stared, eyes dimming with firmness and thirst for justice, which
brought out the curiosity in me.
gave all
pieces.
my attention to him as I listened to his next words, which shook my thoughts to
"I think someone framed us, causing our pack to be ruthlessly massacred."