Chapter 0206
ASHANTI''S POV.
“Ashanti…” He whispers my name and reaches out for my left hand. I rear back angrily, ripping my
hand away from his hold. If I let him hold my hand, a torrent of butterflies will take flight in my
stomach, my heart will go soft and I will not address this issue with the severity I had nned to
address it with. He won''t take my point seriously.
“Don''t “ I release a shaky breath and try to steady my voice. “One minute we were happy and
everything was fine between us and the next, everything had gone down the drain. You started
treating me like some worthless creature who wasn''t deserving of your affection.” I cry out with tears
burning at the back of my eyelids. He''s shaking his head, trying to deny everything I just said but I
know he''s lying.
“You are not a worthless creature and I most certainly didn''t treat you that way.”
“You did!” I insist, raising my voice and he opens his mouth to say something, but it seems like
words fail him because he doesn''t. He shuts his mouth and heaves out of exasperated breath. My
heart is pounding as I watch him turn around and run his fingers through his hair, groaning and
cursing under his breath and looking just as frustrated about the situation as I am. When he turns to
face me again, he looks like he''s about to cry.
“I got confused. Scared. Frustrated as well. The elders…” His voice breaks. “They kept asking to
know if you''re the one I''ve chosen to be my second chance mate and I didn''t know what to tell them.
I didn''t even know what my answer was. That''s why I started being such a jerk to you. I know saying
sorry doesn''t change how hard I''ve been on youtely, but I''m sorry.”
“I was hurt by your sudden change of attitude towards me, but what tore me apart was yourck of
communication. You were mad about something, but you wouldn''t even share it with me. I felt
worthless. Am I just a whore to you like every other girl? Can I be reced by just anyone out
there?” I ask with a broken voice and he starts shaking his head again.
“No.” He whispers painfully. “No. No. Of course not. You''re not a whore and I don''t see you as one.
You are irreceable!”
“Liar!” I call out angrily, almost raising my voice. I feel sick to my stomach. His misty eyes lock into
mine.
“I''m not telling lies, Ashanti.” He steps closer and blood heats beneath my skin. I draw in a loud,
deep breath and swallow the snakes in my throat. The fluttering sensation in my stomach makes
me angsty and memories of all the harsh words he said to me are threatening to take over my tear
ducts. I just need to blink and my face will be a waterfall. He takes my left hand again and this
time around, I don''t pull it back. I let him bring it to his mouth and he nts a kiss on it. A kiss that
makes me burn. “You are important to me.” His voice is a nervous, shaky thing. “Very important.” He
emphasises. He''s staring at me, unblinking, his Adam''s apple bobbing in his throat.
He''s not lying.
He means those words.
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“I''m not going to lie to you that I''m ready for…” He sighs. “That I''m ready for our next move. I''m not.”
He closes his eyes and heaves out a shaky breath. He''s nervous.
His hands are vibrating like there''s current buzzing through him. His eyes are searching my face for
what I do not know. His voice… it keeps breaking as he talks. That is not something I have ever
experienced with him.
He''s always very fluent. He always knows what to say, when to say it and how to say it. He always
has everything under control, but right now his emotions have overshadowed him. He cannot
control them.
He''s scared.
“I still need time to figure everything out, but I promise to treat you better from now on.” His eyes are
calm and humble. My heart is about to fall out of my body. I cannot believe he just said that. I open
my mouth to speak but fail. “Things will be better between us from now on. I promise to be better.”
I drop my eyes. Pretend heat isn''t fighting it''s way up to my face. Pinch myself for no reason. He
steps forward, leans in.
“Ashanti. Can you please look at me?” He begs with that honey coated voice of his that''s irresistible.
I peek up at him. His lips are apart, they falter and form an incredible smile that disarms my security.
“Aren''t you going to say anything?” He whispers.
“I… I don''t even know what to say.. This argument isn''t going the way I thought we would. I thought
I''d smack you at some point and then you''d get upset and order your guards to throw me in the
dungeon, after which I''ll be hanged in public for raising my hand against the Lycan King.” I say
carelessly and his body shakes with softughter. I can''t stop staring at him. Marvelling at him. I''m
pinker than the summer sunset.
“Move in here with me.” He says out of nowhere and my eyebrows touch the ceiling.
Did I just hear him right?
No.
I must be trippin.
“I want you to move in with me.” He repeats the statement and my heart twists suddenly.
“What?” I ash, aghast. “You can''t possibly mean that.”
“Look at my face.” I do just that and the look he has on makes me understand that he is very, very
serious. I shake my head.
“No.” I refuse.
“Yes.”
“No. You said you''re still unsure about our next move.”
“We’ll take things slow.”
“This is not taking things slow.”
“I don''t care what it is. All I know is that you are moving in with me and that''s final.” He walks past
me. “I''m going to take a…” He trails off but I don''t hear anything he says because my mind is about
to explode with the idea of me moving in with him.
Things have suddenly escted between us.