The Lycan King’s Second Chance Mate by Sumi

"Ashanti..."

"You've never treated me as your equal. You are always the one charge. It's always you who decides when to move forward or take a step back according to your interests. Like when you had the issue with the elders, instead of communicating with me, you silently pushed me far away from you and treated me like trash. That's not how one should treat their mate. It's true that you're the Lycan King and I'm an ordinary werewolf, but the Moon goddess chose me to be your mate and your Luna and that means I'm your equal but you've never treated me like your equal and right now, I feel inferior to you which is not right!" "Ash..."

"Tell me, were you ever going to tell me we were mates?"

"Yes, I was."

"Liar. I don't believe you."

"Please baby..." He tries to take my hand but I dodge his hold and take several steps away from him. The defeated look on his face breaks all my bones in my body. He makes it seem like I'm being hard on him, but that's what he's been to me all this while.

All he had to do was tell me about our mate status the first day we met.

would not have gone through all that stress. My sister Rhea would not be locked up in the dungeon for trying to set me up. Alina would not be pregnant with his child

the one he wanted to spend the rest of his life

getting it all wrong." He finally speaks. "I didn't stall because I was disappointed or because I doubted your

I've been hurt by you enough. I want to leave. Reject me so I can go out there and start a new life for myself. I don't want

reject you. You are

just now figuring that out?" A frustrated chuckle follows that question. I thread my fingers through my hair, laughing hysterically in total disbelief. "Well it's too late. Reject me!" I shout out my lungs and crash my body into his body, looking up

I suck in a deep breath and take

not going to say the words, I

"You wouldn't dare!"

Ashanti Anderson, reject you..." Before I know it, he has swept me from my feet and he's carrying me towards

be released from this mouth

as he carries me into the closet and calmly puts me on the couch. The moment he steps away, I jump up from the chair