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CHAPTER TWENTY

Author: ECHO NOIR
last update publish date: 2026-03-12 23:28:41

DEREK'S POV.

Something was wrong.

I knew it the moment I heard that that rogue Hunter had bought a car and an engagement ring.

Just yesterday, that man had nothing. No money. No job. No family name. He was just a rogue with no past and no future.

Yet suddenly he was spending money like it meant nothing.

It didn’t make sense.

I stood in my office, staring out the window as anger burned in my chest.

Hope choosing him over me had already humiliated me enough.

And now he was walking around my terri
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  • SECOND CHANCE: CLAIMED BY THE LYCAN KING   CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED TWENTY

    HOPE’S POV.The guards found nothing in the forest.That alone frightened me more than the bodies.By the time the search party returned, the night air had turned colder, and the tension hanging around the pack grounds felt thick enough to choke on. Torches burned along the edge of the clearing while warriors moved between the trees, checking the area one last time before giving up the search completely.Still nothing. Still no scent trail, still no footprints, still no broken branches.Nothing that explained how three trained patrol guards had been killed within this territory without anyone seeing or hearing a thing.I stood a few steps behind Hunter as he crouched beside one of the bodies again. His expression remained unreadable, but I had spent enough time around him now to recognize the signs.The stillness in him was never a good thing.One of the older warriors approached carefully and lowered his head before speaking.“My King,” he said, breathing hard from the search, “we co

  • SECOND CHANCE: CLAIMED BY THE LYCAN KING   CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN

    HOPE'S POV.We found Garvin later in the day.He had taken a room overlooking the yard, and when we entered, he looked exactly as I expected him to relaxed, and annoyingly comfortable. Completely unaffected.He sat by the window, one leg crossed over the other, as if he had nothing to worry about at all.His eyes lifted when we entered, and a faint smile touched his lips.“You look busy,” he said.Hunter did not respond to that.“When will he strike?” Hunter asked instead.Garvin tilted his head slightly. “You mean Magnus?”Hunter’s expression did not change. “Do not pretend. And don't ask me stupid questions, Garvin. When does he plan to strike?”Garvin’s smile faded just a little.“He is already striking,” he said calmly.The words settled heavily in the room.Hunter stepped forward slightly. “Then why have we not seen him?”Garvin leaned back in his chair, studying him. “Because you are expecting a war,” he said. “He is not giving you one. Not yet.”My eyes narrowed slightly.“What

  • SECOND CHANCE: CLAIMED BY THE LYCAN KING   CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN

    HOPE'S POV.The moment we stepped out of the council hall, the air around us changed.It was no longer just tension sitting beneath the surface. It had risen now, settled into the walls, and spread through the castle like something alive. People were moving as usual—guards at their posts, servants passing through corridors, warriors training in the courtyard—but there was a difference I could not ignore.They felt it too.Hunter did not pause to acknowledge any of it, he moved forward immediately, his stride fast, his presence shifting into something sharper than before. Whatever doubt had been weighing on him earlier had been pushed aside. What remained now was more important than anything else anyone could have to say, and that was the safety of this pack. “Double the patrols along the entire boundaries around the pack grounds.” he ordered without slowing. His voice carried easily down the corridor. “No fixed routes. Rotate positions every two hours do I make myself clear?!"The gu

  • SECOND CHANCE: CLAIMED BY THE LYCAN KING   CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN

    HUNTER'S POV.Murphy hesitated, too long.Hope noticed too, I could feel her attention sharpen beside me.“Enough to leave scars,” Murphy said finally.That was not good enough. Not nearly.I leaned forward towards Murphy.“Specifics.”He exhaled slowly, then nodded his head, his expression deep with worry.“The war between the packs in the past was brutal, your majesty.”My jaw tightened. I heard that already, nothing new in it.I nodded. “And?”Murphy looked directly at me.“You led it.”The words landed heavily. I felt them settle in my chest like stone even though I already knew that much from all what Garvin told me last night.But hearing it from one of my own elders made it different_morw real. It confirmed what Gravin said in ways I wasn't ready to accept.“And according to Garvin,” I said carefully, “that war ended because I took something from Magnus.”The room went still and fot a moment no one answered.That silence told me everything. Not only was Garvin telling the truth

  • SECOND CHANCE: CLAIMED BY THE LYCAN KING   CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED SIXTEEN

    HUNTER'S POV.Morning came faster than I would have wanted it to. I realized I was far from prepared.The meeting hall was already tense before I spoke.I sat at the head of the long table, my hands resting flat against its cold surface, my eyes moving slowly across the faces of the elders seated before me, some looked calm, some looked impatient, and some looked exactly the way I expected—skeptical.Hope sat at my right.Her presence steadied me more than anyone could ever know.The events of the night before still weighed heavily on me, Garvin’s words.The bodies in the morgue, the memory fragments that still refused to make sense, and the truth I had not told anyone else in this room—that I was expected to lead them into a war tied to actions I could barely remember.I pushed that thought aside quickly fo now. Now was not the time for doubt.I straightened slightly in my chair and looked around the table.“You all know why you’ve been called here this morning,” I said.My voice ech

  • SECOND CHANCE: CLAIMED BY THE LYCAN KING   CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN

    HUNTER'S POV. I stayed still for a long time after that, just listening to her breathing, while fighting my own thoughts. My wolf stayed quiet too as even he knew this was not something to interrupt. But my mind would not stop, it kept pulling everything together in ways I didn’t like. My jaw tightened. I turned my head slightly to look at Hope. She was still asleep, peaceful, safe. And for some reason… that made the guilt worse. Because if what Garvin said was true, then everything happening now was connected to m. To something I did, something I don’t remember. I closed my eyes again, slower this time. This time I didn’t see flashes. I saw nothing, and that was worse. Because even my mind was refusing to show me the truth. I let out a slow breath and whispered to myself. “What did I do…” My voice was barely there, but it felt heavy in the silence. Hope did not hear me, she only turned slightly in her sleep, her hand brushing against my arm. I looked at her hand for a

  • SECOND CHANCE: CLAIMED BY THE LYCAN KING   CHAPTER EIGHT

    HOPE'S POV. My mother sobbed harder. “Amber is not even in the ground,” my father continued, “and you’re already embarrassing this family.” “I’m not embarrassing anyone,” I said firmly, my brow pulled into a frown. “You brought in a man who fought with the Alpha at your sister’s funeral!” My fr

  • SECOND CHANCE: CLAIMED BY THE LYCAN KING   CHAPTER SEVEN

    HOPE’S POV.We did not stop walking until Derek was no longer in sight.My chest was still rising too fast. My heart was still beating hard from everything that had just happened. The whispers from the pack members followed us as we walked down the hallway of the pack house, but I refused to look b

  • SECOND CHANCE: CLAIMED BY THE LYCAN KING   CHAPTER SIX

    HUNTER'S POV.She led me to the medical bay.The room was quiet. The smell of antiseptic and detergent filled the air.Hope closed the door gently behind us.For a moment, we just stood there.Then she turned to me.“Sit,” she said softly.Again, I obeyed without hesitation.She grabbed a cloth and

  • SECOND CHANCE: CLAIMED BY THE LYCAN KING   CHAPTER SIXTY TWO

    HUNTER’S POV.I sat in the meeting room.The elders from the royal pack sat across from me.Three of them.Their expressions were calm… but not relaxed.Respectful… but firm.Like they had already decided how this conversation would go.“We need to discuss this matter further, my King,” one of them

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