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.

she asked, her voice gentle but insistent while she began to massage my body while I was still in the water.

head, forcing a smile onto my lips. “No, 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

me for a moment, her gaze piercing and

with me, Amy,” she said softly, her voice filled with understanding.

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

but it’s fine. I’ll be okay after the

sighed. “Did Varef bother you again today?” She asked, changing

let him get to me. Kudos to the queen mother’s assistance.” I replied honestly. The bond between I and Kyla

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

with the flower filled water, enjoying

my

my shoulder, her touch gentle and soothing, I couldn’t help but let out a contented sigh. The tension in my muscles melted away under her skilled hands, the warmth

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know, I saw my mate earlier today.”

tense silence settling between us like a heavy fog. I watched as Kyla’s eyes widened in shock, her hand freezing mid–massage as she processed my

“You…

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

patterns of the water as I recounted the encounter in my

Kyla, I’m not joking,” I replied, my voice tinged with a mixture of uncertainty and excitement.

out a gasp of disbelief, her hand slipping on the edge of the tub as she recoiled in shock, wincing in pain as her

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

okay, Kyla,” I said softly, a smile playing at the corners of my lips. “I know it’s

she leaned in closer, eager to hear every detail of my encounter with my mate. “Tell me everything,” she urged, her voice

mission I went for earlier. The order was to meet the Beta of Moon Shadow and do

didn’t know he was your mate before going?”

I had a notion about it given the actions I was to

how did he look like?”