The Lycan King’s Second Chance Mate (Ashanti) novel Chapter 310

ASHANTI’S POV.

“It's a long story.” She breathes heavily and a strange thought crosses my mind.

“Are you my mother?” I blurt out without thinking. She pauses on her words and stares at me in shock. My eyes never leave her face as I wait for her to answer the question.

“How… how did you…”

“You’re my mother?” I ask, shocked and tears well up in my eyes when she nods her head.

“Yes. I am.”

My heart drops into my abdomen.

I simply can't believe it.

My mother. My mother whom I've been wanting to meet for the longest time now. She's sitting right before me and I have no idea what to do.

“Mum.” I call in a broken voice. “Mum.” I call yet again and wrap my arms around her, engulfing her in a hug that triggers my tears to spill down my cheeks.

That smell!

I can never miss it. I was barely four years old when she left. That's why I couldn't recognize her face, but her smell. It never changes.

“Mum, I'm so happy to see you.” I break the hug and look at her face expecting to see her smiling or crying out of excitement to see me as well, but she's not. Her expression is completely blank and I don't know why, but it breaks my heart. I wipe my tears and try to steady my breaths. “I… I'm sorry for bugging you like that. I… I'm just so excited to finally meet you again after all these years.”

“Mmm.” She simply murmurs, nodding her head.

“Growing up I uh…'' I sniffle and look up to prevent the tears in my eyes from spilling down. I kept asking about you from my father but he wouldn't say anything. He hid every photo of yours and did not let me have access to anything that would remind me of you, but none of that could make me forget you so I kept asking about you and he didn't like it.”

“Don't you want to know how you got here?” She suddenly diverts from the topic and my already shattered heart breaks into even smaller pieces.