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 ZA 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.

“Is something wrong, Amy?” she asked, her voice gentle but insistent while she began to massage my body while I was still in the water.

I shook my 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 at deception.

She studied me for a moment, her gaze piercing and knowing.

“You don’t have to pretend with me, Amy,” she said softly, her voice filled with understanding. “I know when something’s bothering you.”

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

“You caught me right there, but it’s fine. I’ll be okay after the bath.”

“If you say so.” She sighed. “Did Varef bother you again today?” She asked, changing the topic. This girl, she just knows how to reach me.

“He tried but I didn’t let him get to me. Kudos to the queen mother’s assistance.” I replied honestly. The bond between I and Kyla was so special for me to lie to her.

“I wonder when he’ll get it in his head that you both can’t work.” She proceeded to masage left shoulder while I played with the flower filled water, enjoying the treatment.

my As Kyla began to massage 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 of the water enveloping me like a comforting embrace.

“You know, I saw my mate earlier today.”

But as I mentioned seeing my mate earlier that day, the atmosphere shifted, a 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 words.

“You…

… you saw your mate?” she asked, her voice barely above a whisper as she struggled to comprehend the magnitude of what I had just revealed. “Are you… are you serious? You’re not joking, right?”

I shook my head, my gaze fixed on the swirling patterns of the water as I recounted the encounter in my mind.

“No, Kyla, I’m not joking,” I replied, my voice tinged with a mixture of uncertainty and excitement. “I saw him earlier today, while I was out on patrol.”

Kyla let out a gasp of disbelief, her hand slipping on the edge of the tub as she recoiled in shock, wincing in pain as her knuckles collided with the hard wooden surface.

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

I reached out to grasp her hand in mine, offering her a reassuring squeeze. “It’s okay, Kyla,” I said softly, a smile playing at the corners of my lips. “I know it’s a lot to take in.”

She nodded, her eyes still wide with awe as she leaned in closer, eager to hear every detail of my encounter with my mate. “Tell me everything,” she urged, her voice filled with excitement. “What did he look like? How did it happen?”

“It was on the mission I went for earlier. The order was to meet the Beta of Moon Shadow and do as instructed.”

“So, you didn’t know he was your mate before going?”

“No, I didn’t. But I had a notion about it given the actions I was to perform.”

“Hmmn, how did he look like?”

As I began to describe my mate to Kyla, the memories of our encounter flooded back to me with startling clarity, each detail etched into my mind like a vivid dream.

“He was tall and imposing, with broad shoulders and a powerful presence that commande attention,” I began, my voice soft with reverence as I painted a picture of him in her mind. “His eyes were like pools of molten gold, shining with an intensity that seemed to pierce straight through to my soul.”

I paused, allowing the image of him to linger in the air between us, the memory of his gaz burning bright in my mind’s eye. “And his smile,” I continued, a wistful smile playing at the corners of my lips. “It was beautiful.”

“That’s like a knight in shining armor. Those ones in fairy tales.” Kyla joked and I chuckled.

But it wasn’t just his appearance that had captivated me; it was the way he had made me feel from the moment our eyes met.

“When I saw him, it was like everything else faded away,” I confessed, my voice filled with wonder. “It was as if the world stood still, and there was only him and I, drawn together by some unseen force that defied explanation.”

I could feel the heat rising in my cheeks as I recounted the rush of emotions that had washed over me in that moment, the overwhelming desire to be near him, to touch him, to lose myself in the depths of his gaze.

“And when he spoke,” I added, my voice barely above a whisper as I relived the memory, “it was like music to my ears, each word a symphony of sound that stirred something deep within me.”

As I finished recounting the details of our encounter, I could see the awe reflected in Kyla’s eyes, her own imagination running wild with the image of my mate. “He sounds… incredible,” she breathed, her voice tinged with admiration.

“He is,” I agreed, a smile spreading across my face as I allowed myself to bask in the memory of him once more. “He’s unlike anyone I’ve ever met, and I can’t help but feel drawn to him. It took all in me not to go against the order I was given.”

“Did you guys talk? Did he tell you his name?”

“No, we didn’t get to talk and I doubt we’ll ever have the chance to.”

“What do you mean?” Kyla was confused.

“You’ll understand as time goes on.” I forced a smile. Though, I tell Kyla about everything, I can’t tell her about my missions. It’s against the rules and telling her would be dangerous.