Alpha’s Second Chance Mate (Sidonie & Carlyle)

Chapter 91

AMELIA’S POV

Walking briskly back to my apartment, the events of the meeting with the queen mother played over and over again in my mind like a broken record. The anger bubbled up within me, threatening to consume me whole as I thought about Varef’s attempts to undermine me and manipulate the situation to his advantage.

But amidst the anger, a glimmer of satisfaction began to take root within me as I remembered the outcome of Varef’s scheming. Despite his best efforts to convince the queen mother to turn against me on the spot, she had seen through his lies and shunned him, reaffirming her support for me and my position within the pack.

A smile tugged at the corners of my lips as I recalled the look of disbelief on Varef’s face as the queen mother dismissed his claims with a wave of her hand. It was a small victory, to be sure, but one that filled me with a sense of triumph nonetheless.

For too long, I had allowed Varef’s manipulations and power plays to dictate my actions and control my fate. But no more. I had proven myself to the queen mother and earned her trust, and I would not allow Varef or anyone else to undermine that.

As I reached my apartment and let myself in, a sense of contentment washed over me like a warm embrace. Despite the challenges that lay ahead, I knew that I shall push through in one way or the other.

“You’re back, Amy.” Kyla, my maid uttered as she stood up from the stool she was sitting upon before my arrival. Despite being my maid, she has been closer to me like a sister. There’s virtually nothing about me she doesn’t know.

“Yes, I am,” I replied, my voice weary as I shrugged off the weight of the day’s events. My muscles ached from tension and my mind buzzed with thoughts that refused to quiet.

I glanced over at Kyla, grateful for her presence and the comfort of her familiarity. “Kyla, could

you prepare a hot bath for me?” I asked, my tone soft but urgent. I really needed to soothe my frayed nerves.

As Kyla bustled about, filling the wooden tub with steaming water and gathering fragrant

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flowers, I began to undress, shedding the layers of armor that had protected me throughout the day..

As I sank into the soothing embrace of the bath, the warmth enveloping me like a cocoon, I allowed myself to relax for the first time in what felt like ages. But even as I closed my eyes and let the tension melt away, my mind remained stubbornly fixated on the events of the day.

Lost in thought, I barely noticed as Kyla approached, concern etched into every line of her

face.

something wrong, Amy?” she asked, her voice gentle but insistent while she began to massage my body while

Kyla, I’m fine,” I replied, my words ringing hollow even to my own ears. But Kyla knew me too well to be fooled by such feeble attempts at

for a moment, her gaze piercing and knowing.

don’t have to pretend with me, Amy,” she said softly, her voice

in that moment, I had no choice but to open up

me right there, but it’s fine. I’ll be okay

today?” She asked, changing the topic. This girl, she just

mother’s assistance.” I replied honestly. The bond

in his head that you both can’t work.”

while I played with the flower filled water, enjoying the

my

couldn’t help but let out a contented sigh. The

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saw my mate

us like a heavy fog. I watched as Kyla’s eyes widened in shock, her hand freezing mid–massage as

“You…

to comprehend the magnitude of what I had just revealed. “Are you… are

on the swirling patterns of the water as I recounted

Kyla, I’m not joking,” I replied, my voice tinged with a mixture of uncertainty and excitement. “I saw him earlier today, while

as she recoiled in shock, wincing in pain as her knuckles collided with the hard

regained her composure. “Sorry, I… I just wasn’t expecting that.”

in mine, offering her a reassuring squeeze. “It’s okay, Kyla,” I said softly, a smile playing at the corners of my lips. “I

of my encounter with my mate. “Tell me everything,” she urged, her

order was to meet the

know he was your mate before going?”

notion about it given the

how did he