DELILAH
I paced nervously in front of my bedroom door. Second-chance mates were always a possibility. Felix found his with Lacey. What I didn’t know was if my second chance could be someone’s first. Mel had been so sure there was a chance for us. We didn’t talk about it anymore after I ambushed her that morning, but she gave me hope.
Junior would wake up any minute, even though I’d been up for hours. I kept myself locked in my room, an entire floor separating us, too scared to find out if we were mates or not. This was our last chance, and I couldn’t decide if I wanted it to come true or not.
Minutes passed by at an agonizing pace, and I couldn’t bring myself to leave my room. Surely he would have come running to my door if it was true.
“Princess, you’ll be late for school if you do
