Alpha’s Second Chance Mate (Sidonie & Carlyle)

Chapter 8

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CARLYLE'S POV

“Alpha Carlyle, please help us. Our daughter has been missing since she returned from the blind date.” A lady in

her late thirties whom | supposed was the said lady’s mother cried out as soon as she sawapproach their

house.

“You're welcome, Alpha Carlyle.” The woman's husband greetedin a slightly more composed manner than

his wife's and | responded with a slight nud of my head.

“What happened exactly?” | inquired, sitting on the chair | was offered while eye. searching around the house.

No one is to be trusted. Not even the elders who claimed to be doing everything for the pack. They could be

playing me, expectingto work straight into their trap.

“When our daughter returned from the blind date, she had this expressionless face on her which didn’t make us

think much into things. We initially thought it could be as a result of not wanting to get married to someone she

doesn’t know quite well as she was always against it. She went to her room and today, she’s nowhere to be

found. We've searched all around for her, but there are no signs of Donnie. She's gone, Alpha.” The father

explained while the mother panicked in tears.

| stood up, looking around the house. | observed everything kept in the house with my supernatural senses,

trying to figure out what occured | that house previously.

“What if she left on her own accord?” | asked everyone present after a moment of silence.

“What do you mean, Alpha? Donnie would never do such a thing. If she was going to leave, she would have done

it since we suggested ge arranged marriage to her and not after she showed up already. She's quite sturborn but

not much if a rebel. Donnie’s mother disapproved of my question.

“Is this her room?” | pointed to the direction of a slightly open door not far from where e stood.

“Yes, Alpha. That's her room.”

| made my way into the room, pushing the door open. The bed in the room was placed awkwardly and

everywhere was rough like something big transpired in there. Immediately | noticed around, | intensified my

observation for any signs of force.

For a split second, the thought of her having been kidnapped crossed my mind but my thoughts proved to be

false when my eye caught a piece of paper on the floor, close to her wardrobe. Picking it up, | read it's content

and a smug smile thinned across my face. She's not been kidnapped, she left on her own.

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“If you say she didn’t leave on hr own, how do you explain this?” | raise the aper up in the air.

“What is that, Alpha?” Her father snat ched the paper fromreading it too. It reade

“Dear Mom and Dad,

gone. |

By the tyou're reading this, I'll be nowhere around you, which means I'll be want you to know that I've left

home, and | don’t want you to worry aboutor try to findbecause you wouldn't be able to as | have no

idea of where I'm headed. | need. stto figure things out on my own. | know this might be hard for you to

understand, but | hope you can respect my decision.

| want to express my gratitude for everything you've done for me. You've always tried to provide the best for our

family, and | appreciate that. | know you believe that marrying the Alpha is the right path for me, and |

understand the traditions and expectations that cwith it. However, | cannot go through with it.

I've spent countless nights thinking about this. It’s not that | don’t value your opinions. but | believe that

everyone deserves the chance to choose their own path in life, especially when it comes to something as

personal as marriage and | don’t want to be left out.

| want you to know that this decision was not made lightly. I've struggled with the conflict between my own

desires and the expectations placed upon me. | need to find my own happiness and live a life that feels true to

myself.

Leaving hwas incredibly difficult for me, but | needed to break free from the constraints that were

suffocating my spirit. | hope you can find it in your hearts to understand and support my decision, even if it goes

against what you had envisioned for my future.

Please know that | love you both deeply, and I'm not running away to hurt you. | need tto discover who | am

and what | want from life. | promise to stay safe and keep in touch when I can. | hope that, with time, you'll find it

in your hearts to accept my choices and embrace the person I'm becoming.

In addition, let the Alpha know that he should learn to take responsibilities for his actions. He might have his

difficulties but everyone have theirs too.

With love,

Donnie.

“Oh, no! | can’t believe this. How can Donnie do this to us?” Her mother burst into tears,

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falling on a nearby bench as she nearly lost her footing.

“I can’t believe this!” Her father had his right forefinger and thumb on his chin with his other hand on his waist.

He was surprised. Everyone was, including the elders who followedthere.

Take heart. Xander. Elder Meyer, Donnie’s uncle consoled her father. He placed his palm on Xander’s shoulder,

patting it.

“We'll search for her....” He uttered but Donnie’s mother cut him shirt.

“It'll do no good. Meyer. No good at all. Once Donnie has made up her mind, that’s the end. She’s always been

like that.”

Quite right. | understood their pain but it was the least of my concern. What botheredmost was why Donnie

would mentionin her letter. We haven't even met and sgesylecturing ne on what I'm to do. Sgeigot so much

audacity.

Taking a second look around the room. | noticed a portrait on the wall. It was that of a flower. For sreasons,

it looked familiar but | can’t figure out exactly where I've seen it. The picture was that if a print, but it had a

typical uniqueness | couldn't explain.

“Where have | seen this?” | stared at the portrait continuously for a long while.

“Letin, you dummy!” Laryl said inside me.

“Stay back...” Before | could shut him off completely, he opened the connection. between us withoutbeing

able to close it.

“That's weird. Laryl never has such powers against my human senses except when agitated.

“Is something wrong?”

“Don’t question me, dummy! The flower was given to us at that place, remember?

Then it clicked. The peony brooch the old lady gave me. Quickly. | dipped my hand into my pants’ pocket and

brought out the brooch, comparing it with the portrait. It looked exactly the swith the shidden

inscription, “Dona,” written on it.

“What's that with you, Alpha? Where did you get this?” Donnie’s father collected it fromin a rush, inspecting

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This is for our daughter, where did you get it?”

“Someone gave it to me. She found it some......Wait, did you just say she’s the owner of

this?”

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“Yes, she is.”

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Sudden realization hit me, my one-night stand mate is the lady arranged for me. No wonder she showed up

again. What a big mistake I've made.

“What's wrong, Alpha?” Elder Meyer asked..

“She’s my mate.”

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