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.

I dial his number one more time, but I get the

happened

I heard unspeakable sounds coming out of

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

course it's hers and she's doing THAT at this hour

why does

thing our father never comes up here or he'll be

me instead? I am father's favorite daughter. If you marry me, you stand a higher chance of becoming Alpha than if

head is unsteady. My heart is pounding in

I want to become

That voice!

That smooth baritone voice.

no one else, but my

who you are. Your personality intrigues me. You are the one I

it. I know it's because I'm good." Rhea giggles, making me want to

words hit me like the worse kind of physical pain. My chest is rising and

second, I want to listen to my heart that's telling me to turn and leave, but my mind wins the

eyes fall on me.

burning behind my eyelids and I have to blink many times to prevent them from escaping

He's not worth it!

Conrad begs as he tries to step down from the bed, but he can't because he's stark naked

and I drag my eyes from Conrad and plaster them on her face. She doesn't look

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

going to do about it?" She folds her arms over her chest and smirks at me. Her

sleeping with each other. They

her face right now that

trying to take what's mine as always. Rhea has been the favorite child in this family since her arrival. Our father loves her to bits and he let's her have anything she wants, but it seems she only ever wants what I have. Since

mum and dad used to 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 her. My father claimed he's the Alpha of the pack and my mother was not

my mother as a traitor, but he never went to find her either and since then, neither of us have ever heard

that he kept me by his side, but the way I got treated by everyone in this family made me feel like I was the