Second chance

Larry's POV

The first thing I noticed when I stretched my hands to the far end of the bed was the cold space beside it, devoid of the warmth I had felt all this while.

I pushed myself up, pacing the room as I searched all over for her, but she was nowhere to be found.

" Shit" I cursed as I fiddled around, slipping on my linen pants and a white long sleeve over my body.

I couldn't quite place my hands on it, but I could tell that she had been gone for so long, she wasn't here anymore. I couldn't feel the bond. The mating bond between us.

" Lexis" I placed the phone against my ear as I spoke to my Beta.

" I was with a woman, get me all her details in five minutes. I want them in five, and I am not going to take any more time than that"

Running a hand through my sleek hair, I pivoted my gaze around, before deciding to ask the bartender.

" Hey, have you seen anyone? Beautiful, and plump? We danced last night" I explained when he shook his head.

My hands slipped into my pocket, pushing a dollar bill at him.

" She left an hour ago. She looked suspicious, but she wasn't holding anything, and you were fine so...."

I was gone before he could utter the rest of his word, sliding into my car, I eased my way through the city while praying to the moon goddess that she would be fine.

A ding song echoed through, and I held the phone, running my eyes through it. A smirk at the edge of my lips. She worked in one of my companies, funny.

I killed the engine when I drove into the garage, running out in a daze.

" Boss, you didn't tell me you would be coming here and..." a short man ran out to me, a blissful look on his face.

" I want Tiara, get her for me right now. I want her in my office. Now"

He had his mouth wide agape, before clasping it shut. " She was sacked today," he relayed.

" She was sacked? Why?" My eyes squinted as I waited for an explanation, I could see he was squirming which meant there was foul play.

" She stole the document for the Michigan contract, and we had to get rid of her"

I let out a dry chuckle.

" Get rid of her? Is she a thing that you get rid of!" I pushed him against the wall, my hands fisted around his collar.

" What are you hiding?" I demanded to know. I could perceive it all the way from here. The stench of the fear of the unknown.

" Her sister instructed us to sack her. She got married to Tiara's fiancé last night and felt unease because she didn't want her close, so she asked us to do so"

I loosened the grip around his collars, my eyes spitting fire at him.

"Pray with everything in you that I see her because if I don't, you wouldn't just kiss your job goodbye you will kiss your life goodbye as well"

I watched him shake like a pluck chicken would have before spinning around on my heels, now that I knew what exactly had happened, I was going to use it to my advantage. Get her to my side and keep her with me, but where was I to start from?

My phone buzzed, interrupting my thoughts.

" We have a lead on her. She was seen walking into the woods just beside the crescent pack and..."

I stepped on the gas, driving as fast as I could.

" Damn it" I cussed at the edge of the woods. I couldn't drive any further than I had already, but I could race in.

Growling, I skidded on my feet as I sprinted down the woods in my hands, with claws at the tip of my fingers. Her scent led me down and when I saw her lean forward, trying to dive, everything in me blew away.

" What exactly do you think you are doing!" I growled at her, pulling her back until she was in my arms. Startled, she tried to push me away before I reverted into my human form.

"It is me," I explained.

I must have scared her. Her eyes stared at me and when those streaks of tears that lined her cheek faintly came into my view, all I wanted to do was snap whoever had caused that into two.

" You look different, aren't you a wolf?" Her hands trailed my face, fascinated at it.

" A lycan," I explained. " I am the lycan king, Larry"

A gasp escaped her lips, her eyes white as she stared at me.

" I didn't know... I didn't..." as though she had finally gotten her senses back, she shoved me aside.

" Let me go!" Her hands peeled off mine as she tried to stand upright only for her knees to buckle to the ground, but I caught her before she could.

" Let me" I implored. " Don't tell me you were going to kill yourself because of your sister and your fiancé?" I questioned.

I knew she was sad, my heart squeezed whenever she murmured, and I didn't know if it was because she was my mate.

" Come on, were you actually going to kill yourself because of them? What happened to making them pay?"

Her eyes turned dead with her lips pursed.

" You will never know what it is like to love with everything in you and what it means to be betrayed by those you love, then finally disowned from your pack" she relayed.

She was trying so hard to be strong, but she didn't have to. It was me. My hands patted the side of her face unconsciously as I leaned closer.

" Trust me, I do. I understand what you are going through"

We were laying still on the grass, surrounded by nothing else aside from nature and our buzzing heart. Mine that raged and hers that were torn. Two hearts that would become one.

" That is why I am going to ask you to come with me to my kingdom, be my queen, and we can work everything out. I know this came suddenly, but I have a reason for it. Let me fight off your enemies and...."

" No!" She screamed, she was up before I could hold her down. " I don't even know you! I don't see any reasons why I should be your queen"

My eyes met her own, peering into them, I uttered the one word I never thought I would.

" Because you are my mate. I felt our bond from the moment you were in the bar, it snapped just right, and I am not letting you slip through my hands, Tiara. I will do my best to be by your side and help you revenge those who had hurt you"

She looked stunned.

" Mate? How? Bernard was my mate and not you"

I shrugged. " That makes us two, but he is gone, so how about I be the one who stays by your side?"

"You need me and I do too. My kingdom needs a queen, you will have a home over your head, people who love you and I will help you avenge those who hurt you, how does it sound?"

She shook her head to the side, dismissing it. " I don't believe you. You are all out to hurt me"

" Give me a chance, Tiara, to show you that I am different, take my hands..." I stretched it out to her. " And you will never have a single regret"

She stood deep in thought.

"I can't," she explained. "I am still heartbroken and I can't be your queen. I need time to heal."

I exhaled deeply, thinking of what next to say to have her concur when she spoke up.

"You can stay by my side while I do so. I don't have anywhere to go and a roof over my head would be duly appreciated".

I punched the air in excitement, pulling her in for a hug, as I muttered to her. "Thank you" we were starting off somewhere.

She let me lead the way to the car where my beta stood, after making sure she was in the car, he leaned into my ear.

" Does she know the real reason you went searching for her?"

With eyes squinted at him, I warned. " She should never know. If she does, she wouldn't want me in her life"