The Lycan King’s Second Chance Mate by Sumi

ASHANTI'S POV.

"It's a long story." She breathes heavily and a strange thought crosses my mind.

"Are you my mother?" I blurt out without thinking. She pauses on her words and stares at me in shock. My eyes never leave her face as I wait for her to answer the question. "How... how did you..."

"You're my mother?" I ask, shocked and tears well up in my eyes when she nods her head.

"Yes. I am."

My heart drops into my abdomen.

I simply can't believe it.

My mother. My mother whom I've been wanting to meet for the longest time now. She's sitting right before me and I have no idea what to do.

"Mum." I call in a broken voice. "Mum." I call yet again and wrap my arms around her, engulfing her in a hug that triggers my tears to spill down my cheeks.

That smell!

barely four years old when she left. That's why I couldn't recognize her face, but her smell.

see you." I break the hug and look at her face expecting to see her smiling or crying out of excitement to see me as well, but she's not. Her expression is completely blank and I don't know why, but it breaks my heart. I wipe my tears and try to steady my breaths. "I... I'm sorry for bugging you like that. I... I'm just so excited to finally meet you again after all these

She simply murmurs, nodding her

of yours and did not let me have access to anything that would remind me of you, but none of that could make me forget you so I kept asking about you and

want to know how you got here?" She suddenly diverts from the topic

look I

excited to see me after all these years? Why doesn't

to go with her

is not the reunion I had hoped for. I imagined we would hug each other for the longest time, bawling our eyes out and

me

taking a nap and I kept hearing your cries in my dream. You were sobbing and calling

skill?" I ask, curious. If what she's saying is true then Alpha

husband and children and then get you