The Lycan King’s Second Chance Mate by Sumi

ASHANTI'S POV.

The moment the guard is out of sight, my eyes travel back to the tray sitting on the floor below. My stomach rumbles at the side of the dishes. I am famished, but there's no way I'm putting any of that into my mouth. My mind travels to Alpha Reagan and I curse him again for not marking me yet. I would've been able to report all that's happening to me in here through mindlink, but now I can't. I groan in frustration as I turn away from the door.

With every second that passes, my hope of ever getting out of here dwindles and I'm beginning to wonder if Alpha Reagan is even trying to get me out of here like he promised he would. All the "what if" questions attack my mind and I go weak in my knees.

What if he's tired of me and all the problems associated with being with me and has decided to let me rot in here and go on living his life with Alina as his mate?

What if the elders and subjects have threatened to strip him of his title as supreme Alpha if he doesn't forget about me and he has decided to yield to their demands so as to protect his throne and title? What if he doesn't love me anymore?

"Don't be ridiculous, Ashanti!" My wolf, Lena scolds me within. She doesn't sound impressed by my thoughts. "You're that man's true born mate, there's no way he can just stop loving you. I'm sure he's doing al he can to get us out of here. You need to exercise patience!" She cautions and I heave out a heavy sigh of exasperation. I don't mean to sound ungrateful, but it's taking so much time.

I'm famished and parched and exhausted and freezing to death here. I just want to get out. I hate it here.

The sound of footsteps fill my ears again, making me turn swiftly to the cell door as I wait for whoever it is to arrive. The footsteps however, are not as loud and powerful as those of the warden whenever he's approaching, rather, they are calm and quiet and I can only hear them because of our heightened hearing abilities as werewolves. Soon, a familiar smell hits my nostrils and my brain starts shuffling as I try to put a face on to smell. I nearly vomit my heart out when Tessa appears before me with the most melancholic look on her face.

over to the cell door and intertwine my fingers with hers through the bars. "Oh my God Tess, you are here." The tears in my eyes

I hate that these bars are hindering me from giving

within sobs. "I'm so sorry this is happening to you right now. How are you doing?

no... not at all." My voice is a crying mess. I swallow the painful knot in my throat and sniffle tears. "It's terrible here and the warden in charge of guarding me won't stop bullying me. I

will get out of here soon, I promise. We're all doing all we can

do it. I know nothing about the wolfsbane. I swear

was a plan orchestrated by Alina to put you in a bad spot, that's why she's our target in this whole issue. We are looking to expose her for this and every other bad thing she has

baby? Did she lose

her statement. I feel sad

me up? Why would she do something to harm

baby wasn't Alpha Reagan's to

Goosebumps scatter down my spine as her words settle

lied about being pregnant with Alpha Reagan's

nodding. "Kyle and I stayed up almost all night discussing the issue. Alina got impregnanted by someone else and pinned it on Alpha Reagan just so she could cause trouble in your relationship with him and try to find her way into his