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."

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

me like that? It's creepy." Says Kyle, giving me a side eye. I let out a small chuckle and beckon him over to the sitting

call calmly,

"Yeah."

complicated

very much aware

is what I've figured

"I'm all ears."

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 she kept trying to run away. There's no way she could have been the one

was plant the wolfsbane on Ashanti so it would be

to kill three birds. You'd hate Ashanti for killing your unborn child and maybe punish her 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 begin with and that will give her the chance to now conceive for you." He explains thoroughly and a

carrying wasn't mine. Evidence that 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 to get

of which she 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 my parents' overprotective attitude towards Alina and their mindset that the family's honour and interests need

amused

Proud even.