LOGINShare
Chapter 43
Last Updated:
2024-10-29 19:42:56Related chapters
Her Second Chance Mate Chapter 44
AriezelI wanted to tell him.I pondered in the confines of my room for what seemed like the millionth time. I wanted to tell Asher of my past. Reveal everything.He had done so much, been so patient. Every show of love he did, every kiss and ‘I love you’ he said, sent me further spiraling into guilt. It had been a long time coming, from friends to lovers and now his mate. One he claimed.A warm brush on my shoulder made me flinch, before I recognized the scent.Asher's lips touched my shoulder.“What Are you thinking of?” he asked.I shook his head, ignoring the bitter guilt that followed. “It's nothing.”I knew he didn't fully believe me and thanked the moon goddess that I couldn't see his worried face so I didn't spiral further into guilt.His hand lightly brushed my side and I ignored it.“If that's the case, I guess it's time for…”He brushed my side again more intentionally. I discovered his intentions too late.“Tickle fest.” Laughter forced itself out of me as I squirmed a
Her Second Chance Mate Chapter 45
AsherI noticed the change quickly.One moment Ariezel leaned slightly against me, hands holding mine with a flutter of nervousness. The next moment, she was as stiff as a corpse.Was she that nervous? I wondered.I wanted to look at her. Wanted to instantly drop everything to make sure she was okay. But I couldn't at this moment. I was her Asher, but I was still an Alpha. The worst thing to do at this moment, whilst being stared down by another, was to show any weakness.So I simply squeezed her hand once more, hoping that my presence would give her some comfort.It took seconds to occur to me that I hadn't answered the mysterious Alpha's question. I stood straight, straightening my face to leave no emotions before I spoke.“Good day. And you are?"I perused his face. The man was average in height, with a leaner build than I had yet similar in other ways. His jet black hair was gelled, making him look even more upstuck. The most notable part I halted at for seconds, were his eyes. T
Her Second Chance Mate Chapter 46
AsherThe surprise written on his face gave me satisfaction. He recovered from his shock, rearing back in retaliation.“We're not done here-”“Oh I think we are Derek.” I cut him off.I was far from done with him.I reveled in how his face transformed from shock to veiled rage. By calling him by his title rather than name, I had disregarded him and his leadership.“What did you just say?” he spoke threateningly.I didn't stand down, tilting my head to the side.“Alpha is too great a title for someone like you. Perhaps I should call you something more fitting. How about an abuser?” I asked“Excuse me?” he asked.“No. Even that's too tame. Wife beater seems more appropriate considering everything, right?”I craved the reaction that would come, proving that my hunch was real. I wanted to know beyond all doubts that he was the one that had caused the bruises on her skin, the nightmares. I needed to know if he was the one who made her afraid.To my rage and satisfaction, he did.“Shut the
Her Second Chance Mate Chapter 47
AsherI waited with bated breath for him to leave. The second the hall doors closed I instantly snapped back, moving towards Ariezel with a speed unrivaled.I looked in surprise as I reached her. How focused was I to not have noticed when she had fallen?She was on the ground, sitting up whilst she remained staring straight at nothing. Her hands were locked together, white in a vice grip that looked painful. Not even the pain of falling had brought her back to reality.It hurt. She was in this state because of that excuse of an Alpha.The urge to chase him down from the hall and maul him filled me temptingly, but I couldn't. I wouldn't do so.I looked at Ariezel's teary eyes. She was what was important, more important than any vindication I could have gotten.“It's okay. You're okay. " I whispered in a hushed tone so she could hear solely. I was never a comforting person, but it came easy with her.Slowly I raised her up till she stood up, leaning on me. Despite everything she still s
Her Second Chance Mate Chapter 48
AriezelI held my breath. Even though now I was at the forefront of it all, everything still felt daunting at the last moment.But this time I wasn't afraid. Despite the trepidation I felt, there was not one iota of hesitation in me.As I looked up at him, my thoughts were affirmed. I loved him. I loved Asher, and it was enough to share my secrets.“Derek." The name sounded so foreign to my lips, an evident sign of how long I had gone without thinking of it. Without thinking of him, until now.The thought of Derek's cruel face, the words I heard in my haze was enough. He knew about my child.But he wasn't important. Not now, as I sat with my mate and love about to tell him my past finally.“Derek said he was my mate... because he was.”The guillotine had struck. I had finally revealed part of the truth I had hidden for so long.“What?” Asher spoke, his incredulous tone evident.A flood of guilt came to me, even though I knew it didn't belong. It shouldn't have bothered me. After all,
Her Second Chance Mate Chapter 49
AriezelEven moments after, I still couldn't believe my eyes, my ears, nor the memory that continued replaying in my mind.The wooden frame of the door remained still, never shifting no matter how much I wished it would. Silence reigned, deafeningly so, making my mind all the more louder. Most of all, the repetition of the way he turned away in silence ran continuously through my mind. Even though minutes had passed and I was sure to have been in the same position he left me in for about half an hour, I still hadn't answered the questions that plagued my mind.‘What had happened?Why did he move away?Why did he give that strange look? What did it mean?What did I do wrong?’My hands curled into fists at the last question. Those words were all too recognizable to me.The times I would cower in fear, left alone with bruises and a room in disarray I would have to clean up before his arrival. Tears streamed down my face back when I hadn't mastered the pain, all the while the memory of hi
Her Second Chance Mate Chapter 50
AriezelWhat happened to him?I paced around my room in the middle of the night. That night, like the others, I had waited for his arrival, hoping that he would come and explain himself. As the hours passed my heart grew weary as it had for the past three days, and in the end I knew he wasn't coming.His absence, like before, left me restless. Usually I would have buried my sadness within, ignoring it in turn for sleep and carrying a torch of hope within me as I leaned into his lingering scent for comfort. But not this time.After the way he dismissed me in his office, I could no longer bury myself in vacant hope. I could no longer stand by and wait helplessly for whatever was to come.Instead my mind ran wild and I began pacing, wracking my brain for what felt like the hundredth time for what had changed in him. And so immediately at that.I hadn't expected to find a solution quickly, if at all. Yet it still filled me with frustration nonetheless.All I knew for certain was that it r
Her Second Chance Mate Chapter 51
ARIEZELI took a step back, or at least I thought I did. Perhaps I was falling already, about to collide with the grass below the same grass which we had spoken under many times.But I wasn't. My legs remained on the ground, and he was still at the front of my view. Silent, unwavering. Cold.What had happened to him so instantaneously? How had the man I knew and grown to love seemed to have morphed into a completely different person? Why was he acting so different?My mind whirred, yet no solutions could be found. Even as I buried myself under the memories, all I saw were the beautiful memories. His sweet words and our loving nights. Memories that couldn't match with the present person I saw now.“I love you Ariezel.”“Leave.”“Thank you for being my mate.”“I want us to break this bond.”Freezing cold tendrils froze my blood, settling right in with the dread inside me.I was brought back to reality unexpectedly. I blinked and wondered why everything in me blared in alarm all of a sud
Latest chapter
Her Second Chance Mate Chapter 144
Ariezel “Look out there! It's a pretty bird!"I looked in command, spotting the bird Camilla spoke of.Rubbing her hair gently, I shifted my gaze to face her.“Yes. It is a lovely bird." I said, smiling at her giggle.She turned back, her red curls bouncing along with her.She was the youngest out of the two of my half sisters, nine years old, although she continuously argues that she was turning ten.After getting to know Florian, he introduced me to both of them with joy. Although for now they only saw me as an aunt and the future Luna, in spite of our resemblance.It hadn't taken long for her to grow used to me, although Jolene, the older one, was more reserved.I turned to look at her in the hall we were staying in. She lounged in a chair, short blonde tresses resting on the couch as she read a book. She was the sole outlier out of us, and she was mostly quiet, always analyzing whenever I was present.It was okay, I didn't mind staying for as long as it took for her to get used t
Her Second Chance Mate Chapter 143
143: AriezelIn the end, Alys and Harriet left us alone in the room. We stared at each other for what seemed like ages.I couldn't believe my eyes as I stared at the man in front of me. It seemed more like a dream as I looked at him over.I felt him doing the same to me, awe and surprise written over his face.But we couldn't stay in silence for long. Not as it stretched to the point of awkwardness. Finally regaining a bit of my senses, I parted my lips to speak.“Hello." Both our voices chorused.I blinked in surprise. As it seemed we had both spoken at the same time.The single word seemed to sway through the tension that was presented. I cracked my lips in a small smile.“Please sit down." I said, gesturing to the chair which Alys once sat in.I was sure Alys must have been grilling Harriet by now. After all, she hadn't kept this from just me but from her as well.I waved the thought away easily. Alys and Harriet were the last thing on my mind as he sat down.It was even more uncan
Her Second Chance Mate Chapter 142
Ariezel“So one of the members said that she insulted her butt, so the other- her name was…Amber I think? Proceeded to shiver her own butt in my face just for comparison.”My stomach hurt badly solely from the amount of times I laughed. It was so difficult to catch my breath from the words Alys was saying.Thankfully, she waited till I was done before she spoke again.“In the end," Alys sighed despondently “The fight turned into a butt comparing contest with people as the audience and I being the judge. All I could think of at the moment was that this wasn't what I had prepared for."I howled again in laughter, the humor of her deadpan words further aggravated by the resigned, almost haunted look on her face. In my laughter I vaguely heard Alys laughter follow as minutes passed.My breaths heaving for air I looked at Alys to find an amused look on her face.“I glad that my misery could make you a little bit happy.” she said.I shook my head quickly in response .“I'm so sorry." I apo
Her Second Chance Mate Chapter 141
AriezelI was weightless, swimming in darkness without a care in the world. It felt like there was nothing holding me back. It might as well have been true.Like wisps of smoke, memories and voices came to me, only to fade away the moment I tried reaching out for them. In the end, I remained floating.I didn't know how much time I had spent, but soon, everything began to fade. The weightless darkness I floated in materialized until a firmament grew below, carrying me. The weightless darkness faded into something else. Something more material.Like a disk, I was drawn out of my water and the peaceful darkness, into something more material.And slowly but surely, I opened my heavy eyelids to see blinding light.It took me time to adjust, squinting and blinking against the harsh brightness. Once I finally did, all my other senses came back.A soft but firm surface below me, the scent of comfort that wafted over and ceiling I felt familiar in.Where was I?My memories then came back and
Her Second Chance Mate Chapter 140
AsherI focused on her, taking her hand in mine in spite of everything in me that resisted.“Hello Serena." I said in a gratingly low voice, looking into her eyes.She sighed, looking awestruck as she looked at me.She, just like all the others who had once fought and scrambled to force me to mate with them, only saw what I was from the outside. A ruthless alpha and a powerful one.There was only one who didn't.Thoughts hammered in my head, coaxing me to go back and fix what I had done. I stayed firm however and brought the blonde woman closer.It was only a matter of time.“Let's go inside Serena.” coaxing her away, I led her inside, eyeing the rest of her guards who moved away, paving the path for us.Together, we moved through the forest with her and I at the forefront whilst the rest of my soldiers and hers followed from behind. Our arms were linked as we walked while she spoke ravingly. She kept on rambling about how she knew that I was going to come back to her and all her :sac
Her Second Chance Mate Chapter 139
Ariezel My breath caught as those words reverberated through my brain long after they had gone.‘What?'My heart stuttered the moment I heard them, confusion filling my senses as I looked at him.It wasn't an illusion. Those were the words that came out of his mouth.‘Why?’What was he thinking? Why would he say that?I tried to look at him, praying that he would look at me and tell me that it was a hoax or something. Anything.But he kept his eyes away, focusing on Serena.“Asher." I cried out. I struggled against their grip, uncaring at that moment. It was only when I felt the threatening cool metal pressing against me in warning that I stopped.I didn't stop looking at him however, hoping that my call would finally make him focus on me.To my relief, it did.When he looked at me, I didn't expect to see his gaze so cold and shuttered.I was thrown aback by the sudden stare. This wasn't my Asher. The distance in his stare reminded me of back then, when he suddenly left me.My blood t
Her Second Chance Mate Chapter 138
Ariezel “Relax. He'll be back in no time.” Alys said.I smiled at her in turn, yet I couldn't focus properly.Under the protection of soldiers within my room, Alys and Harriet stayed to keep me company throughout. Hours had passed, yet with no news, we stayed in place with more worries than not.Alys had left the hospital and held the same worried gaze in spite of her constant assurance. It was especially more of a necessity for her considering that Ambrose had gone along with Asher. Now we were both waiting and hoping that all went well for the sake of our mates.“I…I actually have something to tell you guys." Harriet spoke hesitantly.I was grateful for any distraction that could take away the churning anxiety.I had never expected what she would say next.“I found my mate."My jaw dropped.“Oh my…oh Goddess." Alys was the first to move forward, taking Harriet's hands in hers.“That's so good. I'm happy for you.” Alys gushed out.I knew that in spite of her carefree attitude, she
Her Second Chance Mate Chapter 137
Asher The night was still, without so much as a cricket sound.My gaze swept the place. As I had expected, the security was lax.‘How foolish of them.’We had left the pack by evening, marching and moving until we hid close to the border of the Pack.When I told Ariezel of the sped up plans, she was worried, kissing me goodbye on the forehead.“Be safe." She whispered.My heart skipped a beat for her, knowing that she was out of my reach, filling me with anxiety.But there was no reason for me to be so worried about her this time. I had placed several guards under her to watch.Now? It was already midnight. We had trailed the path, waiting inconspicuously for hours. Whether or not Derek was here, at least I would be able to finish off one thing.It was soon time. My instincts were on overdrive, pumped with adrenaline. I could feel the weight of the celrescent moon above us.They wouldn't see this coming.I rose my hand to signal them all.This was the same thing they had done to us.
Her Second Chance Mate Chapter 136
Asher “199…200.” I grunted out, pushing my body up.Only a day was left before the attack was launched. Until them, I had to continuously put myself in prime condition for certain victory.That involved constantly working out day by day, straining myself to the limits within the span of time I had.My days had only been limited to those two things; training and Ariezel. I wasn't shy to say that the majority of my time was spent with Ariezel, whether it was from taking walks with her to watching over her in the nights till early in the morning. I remained constantly by her side.Nothing was going to happen overnight, much less after two days. She was still reeling from my acceptance and remained hesitant. My heart still ached as she woke up with nightmares.But unlike before, she never faked a smile like before. She spoke openly about her nightmares before she slipped back into sleep. Even when she stiffened at the mention of her condition, whenever I was there, she relaxed. This tim
