The Alpha King Is My Second Chance Mate

CHAPTER 33— TORN

After Quinn’s conversation with Delilah, she’d left for Jeo’s office. Before leaving the pack tonight, a

meeting had to be held in order to inform the pack members of her sudden departure, and it could only

be called by the alpha.

Thus, why she had to tell him; so he could arrange it. Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

However, on her way here, she kept wondering how he’d feel about her decision, how he’d react to her

words. But did it even matter? Whether or not he approved, she’d leave.

There was nothing here for her…

Lifting her hand out of her pocket, she knocked twice on his office door, then twisted it open. Her eyes

searched for him behind his desk before she even stepped inside.

As expected, he was there, buried deep into whatever it was he was reading.

Quinn stepped inside, closing the door behind her. “Alpha…?”

“Quinn, I thought I told to take some time off. Niphrone isn’t something to play around with.”

“I’m better now and besides, I only came here to tell you something important.”

“And what’s that?” He looked up from his desk, hand clenching around the pen he held. “Speak…”

“I…I’m leaving, it’s tradition for the dominant wolf to prepare a place for their mates and well, Zayd is…

what I mean is…I’m leaving with Alpha Zayd.”

“I knew you were gonna say something like this. You can leave, but you won’t be happy, Quinn. Your

home will always be with me, so avoid the trauma by staying. It might all seem like a fairytale now, but

it will all start falling apart soon. You’ll see that the alpha king is even worse than I am…a stronger man

has a stronger pride.”

His words almost had Quinn faltering, but she didn’t.

Twisting back towards the door, she grabbed onto the knob. “Let me see this through till the end. If this

ever falls apart like you say, I’ll be the one to get hurt, so keep your fake concern to yourself and

arrange the meeting tonight.”

And with that, she walked outside, heaving a breath as soon as the door closed. She rushed down the

path to the marketplace, scared that he’d follow her and somehow, instead of home, she ended up by

the tree with her name on it.

She fell against the rough bark, breathing hard and heavy. Was she…was she really making the right

decision? Jeo sounded so sure of his words, was there something he knew about Zayd that she didn’t?

No, that wasn’t the case…he knew she was vulnerable and scared, so he was trying to use it against

her. She wasn’t going to fall for it…no matter what he said or did, she was leaving tonight…

To live and to be happy…she had to leave…

In an attempt to calm herself down, Quinn tried to stabilize her breaths by deepening them. Zayd said

he’d never hurt her, he’d promised not to abandon her, and she believed him. He was an alpha king, a

man of his words…he wouldn’t betray her like Jeo did.

Sliding down against the tree, she took a seat against the strong roots that surfaced…sitting there until

the morning sky darkened into that of the evening.

Her aching head was full of thoughts…she had so much on her plate; her mother, her sister, Jeo and

now she was wallowing in doubt. She’d been sure yesterday and the day before, but right now, she

wasn’t sure anymore.

Must she wait a while longer? This decision seemed like one too big to be made in a day or two. She

needed some advice, she needed to speak to her father.

Standing to her feet, Quinn trotted her way back home, finding her father laughing with the comedians

on TV with mother in his arms.

Quinn didn’t want to disturb them, but this was probably her last time doing it. “Dad, I…can I speak to

you for a second…? It’s important.”

“Wait, honey…this’ll finish in a second.”

“Please dad…I need your help.”

Her father looked from the Television and then at her, withdrawing his arm from around his mate. “You

don’t look good, Quinn…are you alright?”

“I’m fine, dad.”

“I don’t think so.” He got up, grabbing her wrist and pulling her away, but Kathrine grabbed onto the

opposite hand. “Don’t I want to know what happened too? I’m her mother, I should also know what’s

wrong.”

“This is…” Derrick started. “This between me and my daughter.”

“She’s my daughter too. Sit Quinn, let’s talk about this together…I’m a woman, I’ll understand you a lot

more.”

“But I…”

“Shh…sit down while I get you some water, your forehead is all sweaty…you look thirsty.” She pulled

Quinn back to the couch, gently sitting her against it before walking out.

Derrick sat down beside Quinn. “If you don’t want to speak about it, don’t. You can tell me tomorrow.”

“That’s what I can’t do, dad…I have no tomorrow here.”

“What? Why?”

“That’s because I’m leaving the pack tonight.”

At the same time, Kathrine walked back in with a cup of water, handing it to her and then taking a seat.

“I know I haven’t been a good mother for a while now… and I’m sorry. Even if we had differences, I

never should’ve turned my back on you. I don’t deserve your forgiveness, but I still want to be a part of

your life…as a mother; a supportive one.”

Quinn took a sip of the water. Lies, they were all lies…groundless words, that harmed instead of

comforting her.

Blinking away the tears that gathered in her eyes, Quinn nodded. “I’ve never hated you, mom, so you

don’t have to apologize.”

“You might not, but you should.”

It was true, she should hate this woman…but she really didn’t. “No…I can never hate you.”

“Neither I…” She reached for Quinn’s face, turning it towards her. “What is it that’s bothering you, my

sweetheart?”

The smile on her lips wasn’t as loving and gentle as her touch, and yet, Quinn smiled back.

The poison was bitter, but it was also sweet.