The Lycan King’s Second Chance Mate by Sumi

REAGAN'S POV.

"You called." Kyle announces the moment he walks into my office. I stop pacing and face him. The conversation I had with the elders a while ago has left me in a very bad mood.

My heart is heavy and strained. I have very few people on my side and one of them is this man standing before me. His parents and sister are the ones causing all these problems and even though he has assured me time and again that he's unbothered by their shenanigans, I like to check in every now and then to know how he's holding up because I know it's not easy for him either. This is his family we are talking about.

"Yeah. I did."

"Any problem?" He approaches me. "How did the meeting with the elders go?"

"Horrible, but that's not what I want us to discuss right now." I wave the topic off, but Kyle shakes his head in denial.

"Now I want to know what happened. Those three elders were on your side the last time we had a meeting. How come this one went wrong?"

"Well..." I throws my hands in the air. "It seems the others have succeeded in winning them to the other side. Can you imagine those elders boldly asked me to rethink my decision of choosing Ashanti as the Luna of this pack? Said something about her being shady and troublesome, lately. You know sometimes, I dread the fact that my father taught me manners, because God! I wanted to throw those old men against the wall and pick them up again and punch them until their faces went numb. How dare they!" I ask, breathing hard and Kyle simply shakes his head.

"Well..." He shrugs. "That's expected. They are old men who know nothing. Don't let their words get to you. Let's focus on solving this problem ourselves and proving them wrong."

can't wait for that to happen." He gives me a gentle pat on my shoulder and walks past me. I swallow the anger bubbling in my throat and will myself to stay calm and collected. I'm about to have a very serious conversation with Kyle and I don't want my anger or any negative feeling clouding my mind and making me

creepy." Says Kyle, giving me a side eye. I let out a small chuckle and beckon him over to the

I call

"Yeah."

very complicated situation, don't you." He calmly nods

very much aware

a deep breath. "Now, this is what I've figured out and the conclusion I've

"I'm all ears."

jealous and any other girl would have felt the same way. It's normal. But never did she think or talk about hurting Alina, what she wanted was for me to send her away so I could be with Alina since Alina was already pregnant for me." Kyle's eyes widen in surprise and I nod my head. "Yes. These past days, I've had to lock her up in the penthouse at my chambers because

wanted to make Ashanti look bad in the eyes of the public, all she had to do was plant the wolfsbane on Ashanti so it would be found on her. Why did Alina have to drink the wolfsbane and kill the child she's carrying? The child she claims

or send her away. You'd take pity on her, Alina, and decide to marry her and lastly, she'd no longer be pregnant with a child which wasn't yours to

she planned her own abortion and tried to pin it on Ashanti. That is what we have to prove to the general public in order

has admitted to me, but there's no proof to link them to her. It's true that my family's reputation will be completely ruined if Alina's crimes are brought into the light. Things would go really bad for all of us, but I'm sick and tired of

am amused and

Proud even.