Lahat ng Kabanata ng Unexpected Mate: The Cruel Alpha’s Little Wolf: Kabanata 131 - Kabanata 140

The next few days passed in a blur. The apprenticeship programme had moved from planning... To implementation. Letters were dispatched across Blackwood. Meetings followed one another almost without pause. Progress reports arrived daily. Every completed task seemed to produce two more waiting to be done. Somehow... I found myself involved in nearly all of them. Not because anyone expected me to be. But because once I started... It became difficult to stop. There was always another report to review. Another proposal to organise. Another set of figures to compare. Another meeting to prepare for. Even when I left the administrative wing... The work seemed to follow me. By the fourth day... Miss Agatha had reminded me to eat so many times that I'd stopped pretending I hadn't heard her. By the fifth... She'd resorted to bringing meals directly to wherever she thought I'd be working. "You cannot survive on tea alone, My Luna." "I had breakfast."

I wasn't sure how long I'd been asleep the second time. When I opened my eyes, the room was dimmer than before. The curtains had been drawn halfway across the windows, softening the evening light into a warm glow that settled over the furniture. For a moment... I simply lay there. The pounding behind my eyes had eased. My body still felt heavy. But no longer quite as though it belonged to someone else. A quiet knock sounded at the door. Before I could answer... A small voice followed. "Aria?" I smiled immediately. "Come in." The door opened just enough for a small figure to peek inside. Aurelia's blue eyes searched the room until they landed on me. "There you are!" She slipped inside, carefully closing the door behind her with both hands. Clutched tightly against her chest... Was her favourite stuffed wolf. Its little grey ears flopped to one side as she hurried over to me. She stopped beside the sofa, studying my face with all the seriousness

Sunlight filtered through the curtains, warming the room long before I opened my eyes. For a few moments... I simply lay there, listening. The estate was awake. Somewhere below my window, gardeners exchanged quiet greetings. Footsteps echoed faintly through the corridor outside my room. It all felt wonderfully... Normal. I took a slow breath. The headache was still there. But no longer as sharp. My body still ached with exhaustion, though the heaviness of yesterday had eased. Perhaps... The rest had helped more than I'd realised. Just as I was considering getting out of bed... A familiar little knock sounded. Three quick taps. Then— "Aria?" I smiled before answering. "Come in." The door opened immediately. Aurelia stepped inside, dressed in her school uniform, her bag hanging neatly from one shoulder. She stopped the moment she saw me sitting up. Her face brightened. "You're awake!" "I am." She hurried over to the bed. The first

The next morning... I woke up, and lay still for a moment, listening. The pounding in my head had faded into a faint ache. The dizziness was gone. Even the heaviness in my limbs had lessened. The doctor had been right. Rest had helped. I stretched carefully before sitting up against the pillows. Sunlight spilled across the room, warming the polished wooden floor. Outside, Blackwood Estate had already begun another busy day. Like the previous morning, I wasn't rushing to join it. A soft knock sounded. "Come in." Miss Agatha entered carrying a breakfast tray. She looked at me for only a second before smiling. "Much better." "I feel much better." "I can see that." She placed the tray on the table beside the bed. "Your fever has broken." I smiled. "Yes, it has" "I was hoping you'd say that." "I imagine someone else will be pleased to hear it as well." I knew exactly who she meant. Somehow... That thought made me smile a little wider. M

The staff left my office. The room fell quiet again. I closed the ledger. Yet my hand remained resting against its cover. Somehow... I couldn't shake the feeling. My eyes drifted towards the shelves lining the far wall. The archives. Those missing years surfaced uninvited. I frowned. All of it seemed connected somehow, I just couldn't see how. I should mention it to Kael. Because I had the uncomfortable feeling that I was beginning to notice a pattern. And if there truly was one... He deserved to know. I let out a quiet breath. Perhaps... He would tell me I was overthinking it. Honestly... I rather hoped he would. I closed the ledger completely and returned it to the small stack beside my desk. There was little point dwelling on questions I couldn't answer alone. A gentle knock sounded. "Come in." "My Luna. The same staff stepped inside once more. At this point I should try to get his name I smiled apologetically. "I've realised