The Lycan King’s Second Chance Mate by Sumi

"But what if it does?"

"I've chosen you already."

"Does that mean you're going to reject your true mate and take me instead?"

"Men have been known to do that."

"You aren't just any man! You are the Lycan King."

"And so fucking what? I'm allowed to be with the woman my heart beats for? You are the woman my heart beats for. The woman I love. The woman I want to spend the rest of my life with. No mate bond is going to change that. If you want me to swear that, I will! I will swear it on my life!" He stares deep into my eyes and something passes between us.

He means everything he just said.

He wants to be with me and he'll be with me no matter what. He loves me.

I smile.

"I'm sorry for bringing that up. Can we please talk about something else."

"There's no reason for you to be sorry. I completely understand your worries, but yes, I would very much love for us to discuss something else. Something Like..."

past him and head to the sitting area. I'm

serious topic of conversation." He sounds

it's not about us." He joins me and I sit to

there. I already sent word to them." His words make my

I be granted permission

to see your father, Ash. If that day comes and you want

else I want to request,

look. I know when you start playing with your fingers, it means you have a request to

heart falls in my

No, he doesn't.

won't be able to hide anything from in the future if he keeps cracking my codes like this.

"It's about my mother."

say, staring right at his face.

"What about her?"

she's alive or..." My voice catches. Pain sears through my heart strings, spreading through every pore in my body when the word crosses my mind. Tears burn at the back of my eyelids. I clear my voice and swallow the snakes in my throat. "... or dead. But I want to find her. If she's alive, I want to meet her

are deep in my bottom lip, almost making it bleed with their firm bite and a part of me is regretting why I brought up the issue of my mother in the first

that I'm now his girlfriend, but that doesn't mean I

you find her?" He finally