The Lycan King’s Second Chance Mate by Sumi

ASHANTI'S POV.

Eerie, pin-dropping silence has been the state of this office ever since Rhea, Conrad and I walked in and greeted the Beta of the Lunar Crescent Pack.

Everyone is well-behaved, including my stepmom who never knows when to shut up. Even my father doesn't have the right to say a word unless permitted by the Lycan Beta. Everyone acts respectfully in the presence of him and the other Lycan soldiers he came along with.

The tension in this room is suffocating.

"Alpha Anderson." The Beta's thunderous voice sounds throughout the room and everyone looks at him. My heart starts beating fast.

"Yes, Beta Ronald." Father bows to him and I cringe.

It feels weird to see my father acting like a subordinate and not a leader to a Beta.

"Is everyone who's supposed to be part of this meeting, present?" His voice is calm, but carries so much power and authority.

If the Lycan Beta makes me tremble as such, I'm surely going to faint the day I'll meet face to face with their Alpha.

I hope that day never comes.

"Yes, Beta. We are all present." Father replies humbly.

"Good. I'm going to go straight into introducing the purpose of my visit." He looks around with searching eyes. I keep making sure my eyes never meet with his. "I am here to enforce the Concordat Ritual." He announces and my mind goes into a frenzy.

The Concordat Ritual.

of our pack who said that in the past, every few years, Lycans would go to various packs to pick out girls for their Harem, but that ritual stopped when

young maidens for the ritual." I glance at Rhea and she looks as horrified as

the hell does he mean

is, she always has very high grades in school and takes first position in her

amazed by

is an amazing

feel all of this funny. She was basically telling the truth except for

time. My stepmom always tried to prove Rhea is the smarter one through her own fabricated narratives even though all the facts prove

Lycan Beta so he can choose me and she'll

and other enemies from the Lycans. However, the chosen girl will be serving the men in Lunar Crescent Pack and we all know what that means. Any girl who refuses to go with the Lycans will bring a lot of trouble upon her

these two?" The Beta demands and my step mother quickly stretches her index finger

nearly fall over when the Beta makes eye contact with me. I feel like

He murmurs quickly and I release my breath when he looks away from

He nods in Rhea's direction. All

stutters nervously. She turns to look at my father, but he kept his

Rhea blurts out and my eyes widen in shock. I snap my head to look in her direction and the serious look she's wearing ignites fireworks

mated

Yet!

Beta asks quietly, giving her an intense look

over there." She points over to Conrad. My soul walks out of my body. "His name is Conrad and he's my mate." The

has done so many daring things before, but this tops it

the Lycan Beta. That is an offense punishable by death if

of nervousness in his eyes. The expression on my stepmother turns from worried to relieved, and it becomes proud. I'm sure in her heart, she's congratulating Rhea for coming up with such a brilliant plan under