His Sweet Little Mate novel (Abby and Micah) novel Chapter 145

“Make preparations for our departure tomorrow.” She threw over her shoulder as she turned around to go to her study.

“Yes, Your Highness!”

Alyssa was about to do a curtsy, to receive her master’s order out of habit, but before she could even react, she heard this hoarse voice from behind her, which almost made her scream at the top of her lungs.

“Heavens!” Alyssa wanted to scold the culprit for scaring her, but when she turned around, her voice died down immediately, because she saw a burly shifter, sporting this blank expression on his cold face.

Just looking at him made shivers run down her spine, not to mention he was wearing the signature armor of the elite royal warriors back from the palace.

“Oh my god, why do you move like a shadow, it’s creepy!” She muttered under her breath, as she tactfully turned around to run after her master when it seemed like the man heard her little petty complaint.

However, the man didn’t seem to care enough to settle scores with her for treating him with ‘hostility,’ as he turned around to immerse himself in the preparations for the queen’s departure.

“My Queen, your new guard is like a statue, no, he is a creep!” Alyssa complained to Abby once she realized the man didn’t follow them to Abby’s study.

“Deion?” Abby was surprised. “What did he do to you?”

“He moves so silently, I can’t get used to his stealthiness.” Alyssa looked genuinely annoyed, making Abby laugh.

She thought the man somehow bullied her personal maid, but as it turned out, he was just doing his job.

But then how could Abby think badly of him when he was personally chosen by Micah as her personal guard? She was just overprotective of Alyssa, because after Micah, if there were people who she cared about, that would be Alyssa and Reyna.

Dax could be considered her kindred spirit, while she adored Nadia. If Ezgar didn’t turn out to be a bastard, she could also have had a big brother figure. But she didn’t want to think about him now. She turned to her unhappy maid instead.

“I told you he will be following me around from now on, didn’t I? So he is just doing his job.” Abby said, brushing off Alyssa’s complaints. Stealthy or not, if he did his job right, that was all that mattered to her.

When Micah said she needed to have someone following her around, she didn’t think he was talking about allocating a personal warrior to her. However, Micah seemed to have long planned to give her a personal warrior, because just before the king departed, Deion reported to be her security personnel.

Micah then simply said that Deion would follow her around, no matter if Micah was present or had to go away to deal with impromptu obstacles.

Even though Abby believed she could protect herself, she didn’t discourage Micah from having this extra assurity. Moreover, this new guard of hers knew what he was doing, so she didn’t have any complaints.

“You are right.” Alyssa could only agree, because following Queen Abby around was not something she or Reyna alone could do anymore, because King Micah made that cold statue called Deion rush here to protect her master from now on. “But, you are not used to this either, right?”

“I’m not, but I don’t find it annoying. It’s only you.” Abby ruthlessly pointed out how her maid was a little scaredy cat. “Why don’t you help me pack my things? After that, go and check if Nadia has everything for our trip back to the capital.”

“Okay.” Alyssa agreed and left to do her things. She had less than a day to make sure Abby's trip back to the palace would be comfortable enough, now that she was pregnant.

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A couple of hours after midnight the next day, Abby left the Silver Moon pack and three days later, because they traveled a little slowly, they finally reached the capital city before the sun could appear on the horizon.

When they reached the palace, the sun was just peeking through the horizon and Abby could feel this tense air around her. But she didn’t let herself spiral into the vortex of negative thoughts first, as she tightened her fists.

“You can do it, Abby!” She patted herself mentally as she looked at the palace gates.

“My Queen.”

Abby heard Alan the moment she stepped out of the carriage, as he led the royal warriors and guards around them to bow to her solemnly.

She nodded as a response, silently allowing him to let them all rise to their feet as Deion approached to stand behind her. Nadia followed behind her with Alyssa in her tow.

“Royal Beta Alan, let’s go to the strategy room first,” Abby said suddenly, surprising all of them.