In the kingdom of Silver moon pack, a beautiful and hard-working woman named Belle Smith is currently harvesting the vegetables in her small garden. Sweat keeps rolling down her face while her back starts to ache. However, the hard-working Belle is not aiming to give up. She needed to harvest more vegetables for her to sell in the market to provide her father with his daily maintenance.
After a couple of hours harvesting, Belle finished everything she needed to harvest and happily went inside their small house, where her father was waiting for her.
Belle's world seemed to stop when she discovered what her father was doing. In her quick reflexes, Belle released the basket of vegetables that she was holding and then ran towards her ill-fated father.
"What are you doing, dad?" She asked in her shaking voice then took the knife from her father's grip. Belle could feel her body start to shatter in fear as she can't believe what she witnessed.
"Please kill me, Belle. I'm in such trouble now. I can't watch you suffer because of me." The beautiful Belle couldn't stop her tears falling on her eyes upon hearing that from her father. She could feel how much the pain that her father was feeling now.
"Don't say that, dad, please. Even though I need to work day and night just to support your medication, I am willing to do that, dad. But please, what I want to ask you is that you should be brave enough. Killing your life isn't the solution." She said in her shaking voice. Her father on the other side burst into tears while hugging her tightly.
"I'm sorry for giving you so much headache, daughter. You shouldn't be in that position. Obviously, you must be at school studying, but look at you now, you're taking good care of me." Belle's heart seemed to ache again upon hearing those heartfelt words from her father.
Yes, she wanted to pursue her studies, but she can't. Her father needed much of her attention and care. She also needed to work for her father's medication and also for their food. The willingness to go back to studying erased from her head. All she was thinking now was her father.
"As long as I can, dad, I will take good care of you. So, please stay in here and don't ever try to do what you were supposed to do earlier, okay?" Belle uttered, and she was happy knowing that her father nodded his head responding to her.
Subsequently, she went back to where the vegetables were scattered from everywhere. Belle heaved out a loud deep breath upon seeing how the vegetables she picked scattered all over the place. She bent down her knees and started picking it when she suddenly stopped from what she was doing.
Belle slowly lifted her head and found that there were three men who were looking towards her. She abruptly stood up from kneeling and faced the three men. She could feel her heart pounded too fast, knowing where the three men came from. They are from the palace, especially the Alpha's bodyguards.
"Are you Belle Smith?" One of them asked her to swallow her saliva. She could feel her legs start to tremble in shame, knowing that these men are looking for her.
"Yes, I am. Why?" She asked and both the three men turned their gazes towards her that made Belle feel uncomfortable by their gazes.
"The Alpha of the Silver moon kingdom would like to see you, and he was looking for you." Belle seemed shocked by what she heard that made her open her mouth in awe.
Belle cannot help but to shake her head as she was trying to waken up her sleepy mind. She can't digest the information she heard from the trustworthy personnel of the kingdom.
"But may I know why? Maybe, the Alpha is just mistaken, and it was not me who he was looking for." Belle uttered that made the three men raise their brows towards her.
"Every information that the Alpha told us is true and not a mere mistake. This is essential, especially for the whole kingdom." One of the boys stated that it still shocked her. Belle cannot believe what they have said towards her.
Why does the Alpha of Silver moon pack looking at me? She isn't a celebrity nor a special girl for him to send his personnel just for her.
Belle remembered the first encounter that she and the Alpha of the Silver moon pack had. Belle keeps seeing the Alpha of the Werewolves before, but it is the first time that their eyes are locked with each other.
And since that day, Belle cannot sleep at night well as she was thinking about the Alpha.
"I have work, and I can't put aside this just for the unsure thing that the three of you were saying." Belle said, and continued what she was doing. The three men didn't talk and let her continue the things that she was doing right now until someone held her hand. Belle's heart pounded abruptly in so many emotions.
She lifted her head and Belle's mouth opened wide when she discovered the owner of the hand that was currently holding her hand.
"Alpha Stephen." She murmurs and blinks countless times to make sure that she isn't dreaming. The man in her front was the Alpha of the pack.
"Let me help you." He said, and Belle seemed shocked when Alpha Stephen started helping her. On the other hand, Belle just bit the lower part of her lips and continued picking up the vegetables. Thereafter, she stood up straight and faced the Alpha who is currently staring her deep into her eyes.
"So, may I know the reason that the Alpha is here?" She asked in her nervous voice. Belle felt attracted to the Alpha's features, especially her handsome face, but she tried to act normal.
"I was searching for a mate that I can present to my coronation night, and I choose you among other girls I know." He directly said and Belle's heart filled with happiness like she wanted to jump out of happiness. She was about to smile when Belle heard her father's cough.
It seems like she was awakened from her deep thoughts that her father needs medicine right away. And she can't stay in here long, talking with the Alpha.
"I'm deeply sorry, Alpha but, I think you've chosen the wrong person. I must go to the market now." She said and ran away outside of her home with the basket full of vegetables in her hand.
"Wait, Belle!" She could still hear the Alpha calling out her name, but she continued from running through the market.
"I'm sorry, Alpha, but what matters for me now is my father's illness." She murmured and still continued running. Belle is running out of time, and she needs to sell all of her vegetables, so she can buy medicine for her father.
On the other hand, Alpha Stephen rushed and followed Belle to where she ran. He needed to talk with her, and he won't go back to the kingdom without her.
"What a careless woman!" Belle's basket fell down on the floor again when she bumped her body to someone who almost made her fall down the ground.
"I am deeply sorry, I was rushing." She exclaimed and was about to pick the vegetables when the woman that she bumped stepped on the vegetables that made her heart torn to pieces.
Belle can't imagine that this is happening to her. She cannot imagine that the only thing can give her money, destroyed by the person she accidentally bumped at.
"This serves you! You're such a clumsy and dumbass girl!" She angrily exclaimed towards Belle. The woman seemed not to be satisfied and was about to slap her when a strong hand caught the woman's hand that was about to slap Belle's face.
"Do that, or I will kill you!" A deep baritone voice is what Belle heard behind her back, which made her happy. Someone saved her and she knew who he was.
A hand offered help to Belle that made her stand up from sitting down on the ground. On the other hand, Belle accepts the Alpha's hand.
"Who are you then?" The woman who was about to slap her and didn't even try to know who just stopped her. The moment that she turned around, she noticed from the woman's reaction that she was shocked upon knowing who she'd talk with.
"Alpha Stephen." The woman uttered her scared tone. Her eyes widened while her mouth seemed to start to shatter.
"I don't like the way you treat this woman." Suddenly, Alpha Stephen hid her on his back, which made Belle bite the lower part of her lips. Until now, she still can't believe that the Alpha would be about to follow her and then save her from this woman who was about to hurt her.
"It was all her fault, Alpha Stephen. She was not paying much of her attention on the road." The woman uttered that made Belle nervous. She was just scared that what if this time, the Alpha would be the one to be angry with her.
"It does not matter if it were her fault, what matters is that you should not hurt her after she asks for an apology." Belle seemed shocked again when she heard that towards the Alpha.
"But, Alpha Stephen, it is not my mere intention. I just can't control myself towards her clumsiness." The woman fearlessly stated towards the Alpha. I know that she did not pay some respect to how she sounded towards him.
"I seem not to agree with your manners. I don't care if it is her fault. I saw with my own two eyes that she didn't purposely do it." Belle can't help but feel guilty that the Alpha was angry with the woman. She knew that it was her fault why the woman was angry like that.
Therefore, Belle decided to speak to the woman and start asking for an apology again.
"I am genuinely sorry, Ma'am. It was not my mere intention to bump into you." She said calmly, but the woman was not satisfied. She even mentioned words that made Belle shocked.
"If I saw you again, I'd rather end your life." She confidently said that made the Alpha grip her wrist which made the woman grimace in pain. Belle starts to panic about how scary the Alpha now is.
"You're not paying much attention to who you are talking with. I am your Alpha and you are disrespecting my chosen mate." Alpha Stephen said that made the woman to be threatened.
"I am genuinely sorry, Alpha, I can promise that I will never do this again." The woman said, and Alpha Stephen released her hand making her grab the chance to run away from us. This time, it was only her and Alpha Stephen left in the middle of the road.
Belle is hurt and worries a lot that she won't be able to sell the damaged vegetables in the market, and she cannot earn from it anymore. Now, she worries a lot about where to look for money to buy medicine for her father.
"Are you okay? Did she hurt you?" The Alpha asked her and checked Belle carefully. She cannot help but be flush from what the Alpha acted. Until she remembers something.
"Thank you so much for saving me, Alpha Stephen," Belle said sincerely making the Alpha look at her deep into her hazel eyes.
"I will take responsibility for the damages, Belle. By the way, I would like to ask if you received the document that I have sent to you in your home?" He asked Belle to raise her brows.
"A document?" She asked and tried to remember if ever that she received like that yesterday. And then, she remembers that there's a document delivered by the palace mailers. Belle thought that it was not significant, so she just put it aside.
"Yes, a document, and I am expecting you to read it." He said that made her swallow hard her saliva. Belle did not know how she was about to tell the Alpha that she is not yet reading it.
"Actually..." She can't finish her sentence because of nervousness. She's also doubting herself to believe what the document says. Belle still struggles to believe the Alpha's motives.
"It does not matter, anyway. I could tell you about it here with you, by the way." Belle lifts her head upon hearing that from the Alpha.
"I'm sorry to inform you, Alpha Stephen, but the kingdom is needing you immediately." One of his companions said that made Alpha Stephen sigh. Before he left, the Alpha gave her something that made Belle to be shocked.
"I hope this will help you to buy your father medicine. I will talk to you after this, Belle." Alpha Stephen said and left her still dumbfounded.
"Hey, wait!" It was late when Belle realized that the Alpha gave her money, which was enough for her to supply her father with medicine and also their food. She can't believe, until now, how the Alpha saved her from the angry woman who almost slapped her. The Alpha is considered by Belle as her savior.
Whenever she stared at the money in her hand, Belle doubted to accept it, but when she thought of her father, she just heaved out a deep breath.
This time, Belle decided to go straight to the market and buy anything they needed. Thereafter, she went home with food and medicine in her hands.
Belle, was still far from their home when she already noticed someone who is patiently waiting for her on their small chair that was made of a bamboo craft. The middle-aged man stood up from sitting when she noticed her presence.
"I am the managing accountant of Alpha, and I am here to give you this." Belle can't imagine the tons of dollars offered by the man to her. She was doubting whether to accept it or not.
"Why is he offering me this?" Belle asked the personal managing accountant of the Alpha to smile at her.
"As long as you come to the palace tomorrow morning, you will be enlightened. You and my Alpha will have to talk about it privately. I was expecting that he mentioned it to you already. Also, the Alpha discovers about your ill-fated father, and you cannot resist what he will offer you." After the managing accountant uttered that towards her, he left her alone outside and was still as shocked.
Belle can't think well about what is happening at the moment. She kept on staring at the money that she was holding. She already knew that the help of the Alpha is not free at all. Everything has some reason and whatever it is, she needed to go to the palace and talk to him about what he wanted. About why the Alpha is helping her.
Belle would like to know what might be the compensation for his help. Everything that the Alpha did to her earlier has a purpose, she knew. Whatever it was, she suddenly felt nervous.
"Above all, I was still grateful that he saved me," Belle murmured with a smile on her face. Until now, the image of the man kept on popping into her head. She was too lucky to meet and talk to the Alpha in person. It seemed so hard to believe, but what she was sure of, everything happened in reality. The Alpha of the Silver moon pack saved her from earlier.
Belle is currently on her way to the kingdom to meet with the Alpha. It has been three days, and she already made her decision. She decided to accept the proposal of the Alpha and that she can save her father's medication. Belle knew that the Alpha is a great help for her ill-fated father.
"I am a bit nervous." Belle uttered as she was already facing the beautiful and wide kingdom of the Silver moon pack. She was hesitant to step on the palace. "You can do it, Belle." She motivates herself and steps inside the kingdom. Belle is already aware of every hallway at the palace.
She experienced at her young age of working to be a maid here so, she won't be lost. Belle's heart pounded too fast again, thinking that she will see the Alpha again. Happiness and nervousness is what she felt immediately that almost made her legs tremble.
After a couple of minutes, Belle was already on the main corridor of the wide palace when she was called by the beta of the Alpha.
"The Alpha was in his office, let me escort you." The handsome beta who was the same age as the Alpha uttered towards her. On the other side, Belle nodded her head responding to him, and she followed the man as he started to walk through the office of the Alpha.
From the middle of Belle's walk, she bumped to someone else again. Belle couldn't help but to feel annoyed towards herself for being so clumsy.
"What the!" A voice of a mad woman echoed in the hallway that made Belle nervous. She remembers what happened the last time when she was almost slapped by the woman which she accidentally bumped at.
"I am deeply sorry, I did not intentionally hit you." Belle tried to apologize, but the woman seemed very annoyed. Despite how scary the woman is, she couldn't help herself but be amazed by how beautiful and sophisticated the woman is.
"Sorry? I won't accept your apology. You just made my day worse." She exclaimed that made Belle open her mouth in shock. It seems like she cannot form her words well to reply to the woman.
"That's enough, Brianna! Leave my kingdom now because I want to avoid seeing your face!" An angry tone of a man echoed in the hallway that made Belle freeze from her direction. It seemed like her heart wanted to come out from her rib cage as she recognized that baritone voice.
It was Stephen, the Alpha, and the reason Belle is here. She slowly turned her head towards the Alpha, and then their gazes met again.
"You gotta be kidding me, Stephen. I cannot accept the fact that you replaced me to someone else that easy!" The woman named Brianna uttered towards Stephen.
"This girl, she was my chosen mate and not you." Belle woke up from her deep thoughts when Alpha Stephen pulled her hand close to him.
"Oh really? Then she must be lucky. Don't worry, Stephen, because time will come, and you will definitely be mine." Brianna uttered and walked away from them. Belle cannot move her legs when she can still feel the man's grip from her hand.
"Are you okay? Did she hurt you?" Stephen asked towards her with his worried reaction. Belle swallowed deep her saliva upon hearing that.
"No, Alpha, I am fine." She replied, her voice shaking.
"Let us talk to my office." The man stated and pulled her hands to somewhere else that the man was referring to. Belle couldn't resist and follow him to where might be their destination. After a couple of minutes, they already reach the office that the Alpha was referring to.
Belle is amazed to see the Alpha's office, and she cannot help herself but to roam her eyes all over the place. This is her first time to enter the Alpha's private place.
"I would like to ask Alpha, what do you want from me?" Belle asked the Alpha to stare at her for a moment before responding to her.
"I was expecting you to read the document." He said that made her face reddened. Yes, Belle just read the document, but she seemed not to understand everything that was written on it.
"Yes, I am, but please enlighten me about it because until now, I still cannot understand it." She said shyly that made the Alpha heave out a deep breath.
"I was searching for a woman through the whole kingdom and it seemed like I didn't like them until one person caught my attention." He utters that made Belle open her mouth in awe. She couldn't help but be nervous about the Alpha's sentence.
"What do you mean Alpha?" He asked towards the man, and the Alpha stood up from sitting on the chair and went near her. He even holds her hair, which makes Belle's hair stand on end.
"I found you and I would like to offer you something that you couldn't resist. I just heard that your father had an illness. My coronation night is coming, and I should present a mate with me." He said that made Belle in shock. It seems like she cannot believe what she heard.
"But why me Alpha? I am just an ordinary girl and obviously, they will attack you when they discover that I was only an ordinary person." Belle murmured that made the Alpha to stare at her.
"Because I like your personality. I like how you work hard for your father and I don't want to entertain other girls because I cannot feel sincerity or honesty from them. I want you, which I should present to my people. So, would you agree with me, Belle?" Belle could feel how her heart beats too quickly after the Alpha just stated those words towards her. It may be hard to believe, but she knew that she was hearing it right.
"Why did you choose me instead of the girl from earlier? She may be worthy to compare me." Belle wanted to believe the Alpha's words, but she needed to ensure it first.
"Don't you want my proposal? This is a great help for you and your father. You must be lucky because I offered that with you personally. Do not worry because when I find my mate, I will let you free." Belle bit the lower part of her lips upon hearing that from the Alpha.
One thing that she noticed, she didn't seem to agree from what she heard that he will let her free after the Alpha found his mate. Belle did not agree to the idea and that confused her.
She heaved out a deep breath and faced the Alpha by staring him deep into her eyes. She was also thinking about her father. Everything that she will do is all because of him. She wanted to give her father his daily maintenance, and the Alpha's proposal would be a great help for her. Even though she doubted to accept the Alpha's proposal because of the unreasonable thing, then everything she will do is for her father.
"Okay, I agree, but I have some conditions as well." Belle stated seriously that made the Alpha to raise his brows towards her.
"I would like to remind you, Alpha, that I do not want to have physical contact with you. Just pretending to be your mate." She said that made the Alpha smile evilly towards her. Belle seemed shocked upon seeing how he smiled at her evilly, like the Alpha is thinking of something.
"I cannot promise you about that because if we need physical contact to prove to them that you really are my mate, I have no choice but to complete it, Belle." He said that made her sigh.
"Okay, I understand." She stated and that made the Alpha of the Silver moon pack to smile and pull something on his drawers.
"Before we begin this, I would like to say something with you, Belle." The Alpha started and went back towards her. Belle seemed shocked when the Alpha was one inch far from her.
"What is it, Alpha?" She asked towards him, but the Alpha held her chin instead, which made Belle to clenched her hand. She was trying to calm her nervous heart.
"If ever you're really my mate, would you agree to stay with me?" He asked her to be shocked for a moment.
Belle did not know of what he should respond towards the Alpha. Therefore, she pushed the Alpha and distanced herself from him out of nervousness.
She knew that she would bear the consequences of accepting the Alpha's proposal in the end and probably faced struggles with it, but she's desperate to give her father daily maintenance. Although she didn't agree with the idea of having an agreement with him, still told her to accept his proposal, and it confused her so much.