EMILI
The morning with Amelia was revealing.
Alaric called her into his study after breakfast and explained the situation with a brevity only he could manage.
“Emili will work with you starting today,” he said. “She’ll continue helping me when I need her, but the rest of the time she’ll be under your supervision.”
Amelia looked at me. I looked at her. Alaric was already reviewing documents as if the matter were settled.
“Understood,” Amelia said, and left the study. She gave me a curt nod to follow.
That’s how my first day as the Beta’s assistant began.
Running the Lycán King’s mansion wasn’t easy. It was a military operation. Amelia coordinated more than thirty staff members between kitchen, cleaning, maintenance, and security. She supervised food supplies for the guardians, who at
