All Chapters of The Lycan King's Second Chance Mate : Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

Marina's Pov I was scrubbing the front steps when I felt it.The pull started in my chest and spread through my whole body like fire. I dropped the brush. Soapy water splashed across my feet. My hands started shaking.My mate was here.I'd waited so long for this. Six years of sleeping in that cupboard, six years of Alia's cruelty, six years of being called worthless—it was all about to end. My mate would see me. He would take me away from this place. He would love me.I stood up so fast I got dizzy. My wet hands wiped uselessly on my dirty uniform. I probably looked terrible. My silver hair was falling out of its braid. My uniform had soap stains and mud on the knees. But it didn't matter. The bond didn't care about things like that. He would see past all of it.He would see me.I followed the pull around to the front of the pack house. A car I didn't recognize was parked in the driveway. Alpha Marcus stood on the porch with Luna Diane and Alia. And there, walking up the steps, was

Marina's Pov I woke up alone.For a second, panic clawed at my throat. He left. The deal was fake. I was alone again. My hand went to my chest, pressing against the hollow ache that felt too familiar.Then I heard a dragging sound. Heavy. Wet.I pushed out of the tent and my breath stopped.Lycan was dragging a body. A dead wolf. Its throat was torn open, hanging by threads of skin and muscle. Blood soaked the ground in a dark trail behind it. Near what was left of the fire, two more bodies lay crumpled and broken."They came during the night," Lycan said matter-of-factly. . His voice was calm, like he was telling me about the weather. He dropped the body with the other two. The sound it made—the wet thud of dead weight hitting earth—made my stomach turn. "Three of them. They smelled you. Thought you were easy prey."He looked at me then. Blood spattered his face and chest. It was in his hair and under his fingernails. He looked like something out of a nightmare."They were wrong," h