The Lycan King’s Second Chance Mate by Sumi

ASHANTI'S POV.

"Hello, you've reached Conrad's cell phone, please leave a message." A loud beep follows the voice and I instantly end the call, sighing heavily.

"Come on Conrad!" I cry in frustration as I pick up my purse and rush out of my bedroom.

I've been trying to reach my boyfriend for hours and it's frustrating the hell out of me.

He hasn't called or texted to check on me either since this morning, which is unusual of him. This has never happened before.

I need to go over to Conrad's apartment and check on him to make sure everything is alright. We are supposed to go on a date today and he said he would come here to pick me up.

As I descend the staircase, I try to call him one more time and it goes straight to voicemail again. I almost shoot my phone against the wall.

"Ashanti!" A familiar voice calls my name as I'm about to exit the living room.

I signed inwardly and turn to look at her.

"Yes, mum." Everytime I address this woman as mum, I almost swallow my tongue.

I hate to do it, but my father keeps forcing me to do so.

"Go get Rhea for me. There's something I need to tell her." She instructs and I look at her in total disbelief.

"Can you send one of the servants to do that, please?" I ask as politely as I can. "I'm about to go out and it's kind of urgent."

"Are you trying to disobey me?"

"No, I'm not... I'm just trying to say..."

"Wait till your father hears about this." She gives me a wicked look before walking away. If I let her walk out of that door and go to meet my father, she'll tell him something I never have done which unsurprisingly my father will believe in her and it would never end well.

"Alright fine!" I surrender. "I'll go get her." I make sure not to look at her because the smile of victory on her face will make me snap.

to the staircase. My thoughts travel back to Conrad and I dial his number one more time, but I

happened before.

I heard unspeakable sounds coming out of

moaning voice emanating from Rhea's bedroom. It's hers. I stop in my tracks to listen more and her voice rises. Chills run down my spine when I finally figure out what's going on there. "Oh my God... yeah... fuck! You are

she's

does she have to be

father never comes up here or he'll be heartbroken to

you marry me, you stand a higher chance of becoming Alpha than if you marry Ashanti." I stop walking and try to process what I

is unsteady. My heart is

not doing this because I

That voice!

That smooth baritone voice.

no one else, but my

are. Your personality intrigues me.

good." Rhea giggles, making

worse kind of physical pain. My chest is rising and falling, my breaths are coming in too hard. I am

that's telling me to turn and leave, but my mind

Rhea jump in fear when their eyes fall on

with a shaky voice. Tears are burning behind my eyelids and I have to blink many times to prevent them

He's not worth it!

tries to step down from the bed,

you doing in my bedroom?" Rhea screams at the top of her voice and I drag my eyes from Conrad

heck are you doing in bed with my boyfriend?" I ask raising my voice at her as

fucked him. What are you going to do about it?" She folds her arms over her chest and

makes me understand that this isn't the first time they are sleeping with each other. They have been

arm with her elbow. "Why don't you tell her to her face right now that I'm the one you want to be with because I'm better than

she wants, but it seems she only ever wants what I have. Since we were children, she would steal my friends by turning them against me just to prove to me that she is

be happily married, but one day, my stepmom showed up out of nowhere with Rhea in her arms. That's when my mother found out that my father had been having an affair with another woman. She couldn't take it, so she left her family and her pack. They didn't allow her to take me with

went to find her

loved me so deeply that he kept me by his side, but the way I got treated by everyone in this family made