Alpha Amanda's Love Adventure (By Aurora Grey) novel Chapter 201

Chapter 201 Headlines

Amanda’s POV:

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By the time I got back to the manor from the Operations Department last night, I was drained. Every part of me ached.

I didn’t waste time. I showered quick and collapsed into bed. I hugged my pillow, rolled onto my side, and didn’t think about the Eclipse Pack mess again. I slept straight through. No dreams. Nothing.

I only woke when the light from my phone screen hit my eyes. I reached for it, barely awake. The numbers glared at me-11:07. That hit like a jolt to the chest.

“Crap!” I bolted upright. My hair looked like I’d fought off a hurricane. I’d set seven alarms. Not one of them went off. Turned out I’d silenced them before I passed out.

While brushing my teeth, I stared at my reflection. My eyes still looked half asleep. I grumbled about being such a heavy sleeper. But no matter how annoyed I was, I couldn’t stop picturing Samson’s hand on my head last night.

I yanked on some clothes and flew down the stairs. I didn’t walk. I used the handrail like a slide.

Down in the living room, Beata was carrying a soup pot to the dining room. The second she saw me storm in, she rushed over with a warm smile. “Ms. Amanda, please don’t rush. Lunch is ready. I just reheated your favorite-tomato and mushroom soup.”

“I can’t eat right now!” I snatched my coat from the stand and made a break for the door. “I’m already three hours late. The Operations Department must be buried in problems. Beata, why didn’t you wake me?”

She stepped over and straightened the collar of my coat, still smiling. “Mr. Samson asked us not to. He came back late and told us you worked into the night. Said no one should disturb you. He even turned off your alarms. He wanted you to get some decent rest.”

“He turned off my alarms?!” My arm froze with the coat half-on. Samson’s voice echoed in my head.

“Get some sleep.”

So that wasn’t just a throwaway line. He meant it. He noticed how tired I was. But the thought of work shoved everything else aside. “What about the Eclipse Pack? How’s it holding up? Any word on the mines?”

Beata shook her head. She just handled the house. She didn’t know anything about the pack’s business.

I didn’t ask again. I waved her off and ran through the gates. I stood by the sidewalk, pulled out my phone, and typed fast. “Eclipse Pack latest news.”

As soon as the page loaded, headlines stacked one after another. [Strike at Eclipse Pack’s Western Branch Resolved. Miners Back on Site Today.]

[Southern Pack Allies Send Emergency Energy Shipment. Eclipse Crisis Contained.]

[Alan Posts Open Letter in Support of His Brother. Calls for Unity Among Members.]

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I clicked the first article. It showed a photo of miners heading back into the site. Another one had Cody signing for the energy crates. The side of the box had a label printed in big, bold font. “Southern Pack Allies.”

Casey nailed it. I smiled. Alice’s voice filled my head. “Looks like Samson had things under control all along. No way this happened overnight.”

I nodded. I used to think he just stayed calm under pressure. Now I realized he had already laid out the whole plan. No wonder he sounded so sure last night. When the cab dropped me at the Operations Department, the lobby’s energy hit me in the face.

The front desk girl was grinning, taking calls like it was nothing. “Yes, the mines are back up. Yes, your paychecks will go out as usual…” The open office was packed. All the empty desks from before were now filled. Keyboards clacked. People chatted across partitions. The breakroom smelled like fresh coffee. Compared to two days ago, the whole place felt reborn.

“Amanda!” Jacinda from logistics saw me and sprinted over with a stack of forms. Her face lit up. “You’re finally here! Yesterday you were the only reason we didn’t lose it. Now that the mines are running again, even the folks who quit are back. They’re taking back their resignations. Said they wanna stick it out with

us.”

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