The Lycan King’s Second Chance Mate by Sumi

ASHANTI'S POV.

"No." I let out a silent scream as I rush past Ryan, heading for my team's work area with my heart pounding hard in my chest. My world comes crashing down when I arrive and see the state of the machines and the rest of the equipment. They are indeed dismantled like Ryan just reported. My scalp starts itching. My body grows hot. I look at my teammates who look just as shocked and frightened as I am. "Ho... Ho..." I stutter nervously. "How did this happen?" My voice rings with fear.

"We have no idea, Miss Ashanti. We got here and found the equipment in this state. We are just as confused as you are." One of my teammates reports sadly.

Most of the other contestants are staring at us but no one is saying anything. Some are simply focused on organising their tools as though none of this drama is taking place right now. Sighing heavily, I scrub a hand over my face and look around, thinking hard.

The judges will soon be here. The competition starts in less than thirty minutes and...

"What's going on here?" A voice demands and I nearly pass out when I turn and see the three judges walking up to where my team members and I are standing with our completely ruined equipment. My panic escalates into full blown terror when I look at Mr. Morgan, whose eyes are scanning the dismantled machines.

"We got here just now and found our equipment in this state." I report calmly, trying my best to keep my voice from trembling. I am teetering at the edge of insanity.

"The competition starts in thirty minutes. Your team will not be admitted into this round of the competition after thirty minutes of the starting time. So find a way to fix this mess and join the others. This issue will be dealt with after the competition is over." Mr. Morgan reports coldly and walks away, closely followed by the other female judges.

into

confused looks. I feel like all the energy has been drained from my body. I can't

Ryan's voice comes through and I quickly

are not all the tools we came with. We have spares at the apartment allocated

my mind?" I mutter in relief

are gonna go over and bring the spare equipment." Ryan proposes and I

strides out

of team members start packing up

dismantled machines.

my chances of winning this competition. I hope the guys arrive before it's too late, otherwise it'll be the end for us all. "These machines were fine

Someone must have deliberately destroyed them to sabotage our chances of winning this competition. This is diabatical!" Shirley remarks bitterly and I totally agree with

is the work of one of my rivals in this competition. Leonard wasn't kidding when he

speaking of Leonard,