The Lycan King’s Second Chance Mate by Sumi

REAGAN'S POV.

I ask and watch all the color drain from her face as her brain interprets the question in her head. Her serious expression stretches into a mask of terror. She sucks in a deep breath and tries to look away from me, but I hold her gaze in mine, never letting go.

I'm not going to give her the chance to look away and cook up a lie to tell me.

She opens her mouth to speak but no words come out of it. I watch her throat bubble as she swallows dryly and her entire body grows tense.

I had a tiny shred of hope that all what I heard from Kyle was false, but after seeing her react to the question in this manner, I am fully convinced that she lied.

"I... I uh..." She stutters, her voice shaky. "I didn't."

"And you're still lying to me." I look away from her and laugh lightly before staring back. "You had a boyfriend whom you'd been dating since you were fifteen years old. Three years prior to us finding each other Is that true or false?"

"Alpha Reagan, what are you talking about?" She asks in a suffocated whisper.

"Are you trying to feign innocence?"

"No... I'm just..."

"Then answer the question. Honestly."

and lets out a defeated sigh. "Yes.

lie when I asked about it five years

I thought you'd be disgusted by me if you knew I had

eyes turn glassy with tears. Her chest is rising and falling heavily as she lets out short, shallow breaths.

quietly as her tears spill down her cheeks. Every

lied about being a victim of

"

because I was

"Really?"

I swear!" She

you accepted me as your mate. You were cheating on me with him." I spill out in fury and she recoils in horror. Her eyes grow wide in shock as she looks at me. I

shaking her

Zach when we were together. And I also know that Zach's uncle is Logan Wright. The Alpha who ambushed us five years ago. The ambush that led to your alleged death." I take two steps closer to her. "All of this discovery

but doubt every word that comes out of your mouth. Were you abducted like you claim? Did your kidnapper always hide his face? Were you locked up and tortured in a room for

and I don't feel sorry for her. Not one bit. Without saying a word,

the truth." I urge in a

abducted by a man whose

thunderbolt of confusion strikes in