Chapter 1

At the party, my boyfriend Lucas's friend Kyle suddenly mind-linked him. "Lucas, when are you and Isabella planning to complete the alliance marriage?"

Lucas looked completely casual as he mind-linked back. "My parents have already set the date. Two weeks from now."

Kyle glanced at me teasingly. "Then what are you going to do with this poor thing who doesn't even have a wolf?"

My boyfriend put his arm around me. "I'll give Isabella the Luna position and keep my love for Ellie."

My fingers gripping the glass turned white.

Lucas thought the mind link was private. Since I didn't have my own wolf, he assumed I couldn't hear anything.

He didn't know I was the Alpha King's only daughter. I carried the most ancient Lycan bloodline.

I wouldn't have my own wolf until I turned 22.

A few days ago, my wolf finally awakened.

So I heard everything they said.

I took a deep breath and called my father. "I've awakened. The trial is over."

Eleanor POV

After the party ended, I walked behind everyone else back to the pack.

I hadn't walked far when I heard an unfamiliar voice behind me. "The Alpha King's daughter?"

I turned around. The one calling out to me was an Alpha who had been begging to meet the Alpha King.

I didn't want to expose my identity and was thinking about how to deal with him when one of the brothers following my boyfriend Lucas Vance looked me up and down and let out a scornful laugh.

"The Alpha King's daughter? With that barely detectable scent of hers, she doesn't even have her own wolf. How could she be of the Alpha King's bloodline? What a joke."

As soon as he said this, it immediately triggered a wave of mockery.

They didn't use mind link, but said it out loud directly.

I heard their ridicule but showed no expression on my face.

Instead, Lucas got angry and coldly shot the person a warning look.

The person found it rather boring and restrained himself a bit, no longer mocking so brazenly. After the others received the warning look, their voices gradually died down.

When the voices quieted and that person didn't follow us, I followed behind Lucas as we silently made our way back to our residence.

After we got home, he took off his coat and hung it on the rack before suddenly speaking.

"Honey, I won't bring you to these kinds of internal Pack gatherings anymore."

My expression remained calm as I simply asked, "Do you think I embarrassed you?"

He couldn't help but laugh, reaching out to ruffle my hair, but I dodged. He could only helplessly explain.

"What are you thinking? I just don't want you to feel hurt."

"But there's a gap between our statuses. We'll always face this kind of situation eventually. Hasn't your Pack been pressuring you to enter an alliance marriage?" I looked at him, trying to see a trace of guilt in his expression.

But even hearing the words "alliance marriage," Lucas's expression only stiffened for a moment before quickly returning to its usual state.

"Ellie, you just need to know that I'm your fated mate. As for other issues, I'll find a way to resolve them. Our Mate bond is undeniable."

If I hadn't been observing carefully, I really wouldn't have seen anything unusual.

After speaking, Lucas went to the bathroom to wash up. Watching his departing figure, I didn't say anything, but couldn't help thinking.

Was his so-called solution to marry another Alpha's daughter while keeping me, his fated mate, hidden?

In the distance, a notification sound came from the direction of the nightstand. It was Lucas's phone.

He had never hidden his password from me, so I easily unlocked his phone and clicked into the messages. It was from Isabella.

"Lucas, I know she's your fated Mate, but our packs are finalizing the alliance tomorrow. Can you stay at my place tonight?"

Though her words seemed humble, I saw through her intention.

She started by using the two Packs as an excuse, begging him to stay together.

After this, she would continue using this excuse, step by step, escalating further.

But none of this mattered to me anymore. I had already decided to leave.

I set the message back to unread and put the phone back. Before long, Lucas came out after washing up, casually picked up his phone to glance at it, and the next second looked at me apologetically.

"Ellie, something urgent came up at the Pack. I won't be back tonight. Rest well by yourself."

He left in a hurry. He didn't notice my reaction. He didn't notice that I didn't try to stop him this time.

Usually, I would have whined and begged him to stay longer, clinging to him as he walked out.

But not tonight. I just watched his figure disappear.

Lucas had barely left when my phone also received a message.

"With just one word from me, Lucas still came to find me. Tomorrow we'll officially finalize the alliance. Once we complete the ceremony, what will you be? Just a lover who warms his bed?"

Isabella had already added me as a friend and had been sending me all kinds of provocative photos these past few days.

Photos of Lucas embracing Isabella, photos of them decorating their new home together...

But strangely, I never felt any pain from betrayal.

Perhaps because they hadn't slept together yet, the Moon Goddess hadn't deemed it his betrayal?

But what was Lucas thinking? Did he try to hide his alliance marriage through this method? He should know he couldn't possibly keep it hidden.

That night, Lucas didn't come back, and I didn't care at all.

After waking up the next day, I simply washed up and went straight to my workplace to submit my resignation.

Unlike Lucas who owned an entire company, without a wolf, I only had a job as a bartender.

But I didn't feel sad.

As a child of the Alpha King, this was a process I had to go through.

Our rule was that all children of the Alpha King must live as ordinary werewolves before awakening their bloodline. Only one could successfully awaken the Lycan bloodline, and only that one could become the Alpha King's heir.

My parents only had me as their child, which meant I would inevitably shift successfully and become the next Alpha King.

I was much luckier than my father. Before shifting, he was nearly killed by his own brother.

The resignation process went smoothly.

The store manager, who had pitied me for not having a wolf and was willing to give me a job, hugged me and wished me a better future.

When I got home, Lucas happened to be there. I told him I'd quit, then continued carrying my box toward the bedroom.