Alpha Amanda's Love Adventure (By Aurora Grey) novel Chapter 55

Chapter 55 A Favor

Amanda’s POV:

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I was peeling off my face mask when I heard a familiar voice coming through my communicator. My fingers froze midair. It was Baxter. The last time I’d seen him was three years ago at the Werewolf Language Academy, when he was working with the Bureau as a translation support officer.

“Hey, Baxter. How come it’s you?” I said softly, tossing the mask into the trash.

“I just got back to Glacier Pack,” he said with a laugh through the speaker. “I was scrolling through my contacts and saw your number, so I figured I’d give you a call, How have you been? Got time to meet up?”

I walked to the window and looked down at the streetlights glowing outside. “I’m staying with some relatives in Eclipse Pack right now, so it’s not that easy to get away.”

“You’re in Eclipse Pack?” His voice paused for a second, then he chuckled. “What a coincidence. I’ll be heading there later today. How about we meet tomorrow?”

Before I could ask anything else, a notification popped up on my communicator. He’d already sent me his location. It was less than a half-hour drive from Ortega Castle, in one of the old neighborhoods. I stared at the address, puzzled. Even Alice spoke up in my head, “Weird. What’s he doing in Alexandria? Don’t tell me he’s coming just to see you.”

“You’re actually pretty close to me,” I said.

“Exactly,” he replied casually. “I’ll swing by and pick you up tomorrow.” His tone left no room for refusal.

I thought it over, then agreed. Baxter wasn’t the kind of person to reach out for no reason. If he wanted to see me, it probably had something to do with work. We’d known each other for years-it would’ve been rude to avoid him.

The next day happened to be the weekend. I told Hugh I was going out with Emily to visit a bookstore. I didn’t ask the driver to take me; I just called a cab and headed to the address Baxter sent.

When I got to the old street, a sleek black Maybach pulled up right in front of me. The window rolled down, revealing Baxter’s face. He smiled. “Amanda, get in.”

“That’s strange,” Alice muttered in my head. “Even Josh didn’t recognize you with that makeup on. How did he see through it right away?”

I didn’t ask. I opened the passenger door and climbed in. The car rolled deeper into the neighborhood until it stopped in front of an old mansion covered in ivy.

As I stepped inside, the wooden floor creaked softly under my shoes. Faded old photographs hung on the walls, and the brass handrails on the staircase gleamed with age.

If Baxter could afford a place like this in Eclipse Pack’s historic district, his background was even more impressive than I’d thought.

1/2 “Amanda, what have you been up to lately?” he asked as he poured me a cup of tea. His gaze lingered on

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Chapter 55 A Favor

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me with a teasing smile. “I heard you went back to the training camp to study again. With your talent for languages, you could be teaching there. Isn’t that a bit of a waste?”

I wrapped my fingers around the warm teacup and smiled faintly. “Baxter, don’t tease me. I didn’t really have a choice.”

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