The Lycan King’s Second Chance Mate by Sumi

REAGAN'S POV.

I understand that by delaying to claim Ashanti, by not treating her as my equal and not telling my subjects sooner that she was my mate, I committed a grave offense that warrants punishment, but I think this is too much. This is cruel and I'm starting to lose my cool. I was so confident about finding Ashanti in the Blue Diamond Pack. It took me all my courage to keep a straight face when Ashanti's mother told me Ashanti had not come to see her. I was even more dumbfounded when she firmly deciphered her aversion to taking Ashanti in if she ever showed up at her doorstep.

Right now I'm not only worried for my mate, but I'm scared that she might go to meet her mother with all confidence only to get the disappointment of her life.

I have to find Ashanti. I have to bring her back home. I have to make sure she doesn't meet her mother and find out what I just found out. It will break her!

My thoughts are interrupted by a knock on the door. I look straight ahead at the door, frowning as I let out an exasperated sigh. I'm not in the mood to see or talk to anyone, but when the thought that whoever is there could have come to give me good news crosses my mind, I give the signal. The door opens and I'm not surprised to see that it's Kyle.

"Alpha Reagan." He steps in and heads over to the table where I'm seated.

"Yes, Kyle." My voice is a raspy, tired mess. "Are you here to tell me something that'll uplift my mood? Or should I kick you out?"

"You'll probably kick me out after you hear it." I groan.

Another search party is back with news of no sign of Ashanti in whatever pack they were sent to go look for her.

know that's what he's here to

a dismissing hand at him. His shoulders sag in dismay. I watch his chest rise as he sucks in a heavy

I shake my head, denying that suggestion for the one millionth time as

If I send you two away, I will run this pack to the ground and if I dare leave and spend a single night out of here, those pesky Lycan King's

carry out this search on my own, but that would mean me

My ex-mate died

making a move. If I leave, they will swarm in here with every rogue they can find and cause trouble. I cannot

after a long pause. I

"Yes Kyle."

words leave his mouth with so much care and in the calmest tone, but when they reach my ears, they sound like harsh tones that jar in my ear like loud music, causing every hair on my head to stand erect and my scalp to start itching. Blood pauses in my veins as I ponder upon the hidden meaning in those words

if Ashanti doesn't want anything to do

she's deliberately hiding

she doesn't want me to

have never crossed my mind and now I feel like an idiot

when she was locked up in the dungeon. Everything went downhill when she found out about Alina's pregnancy. She believed I was truly responsible for it and threatened to leave me. That's what made me lock her up in the penthouse. Another terrible thing I did was force her to have sex with me. She called me a monster and promised to leave me when she got the least chance. Then came the accusation that led to her being locked

she escaped from the dungeon and left this pack just like she had promised and now, she's somewhere, hiding,