The Alpha King Is My Second Chance Mate novel Chapter 45

Zayd ran all through the night and only stopped when the sun broke past the darkness. He bent low enough for her to climb off his back, and then transformed into his human form. “Since you didn’t sleep at all, get some rest while I hunt something for us to eat.”

“I’m not sleepy.”

“Your eyes are drooping, Quinn.”

“I said I’m not sleepy.”

“Even so~”

“Leave me alone.” Quinn hissed as she took a seat against the low grass that grew from the earth. “Don’t look down on me now that I’ve lost my wolf. I’m fine, and moreover, I don’t want your concern.”

“Quinn…”

She glared up at him and he sighed. “Alright, I won’t trouble you anymore…I’ll be back in a minute, don’t move.”

He twisted around, changing forms once again before speeding off on a hunt. When he came back, he had a dead deer in his mouth, which he dropped when his eyes graced Quinn.

Even though she said she wasn’t sleepy, she was asleep, beautifully asleep against the grass. She kept telling him she was okay, but he knew she wasn’t. Nobody could be okay after what she witnessed. Those people were once close to her; people she used to address as mate and family, people she grew up with, people she protected, and when the time came, they all failed to protect her.

What had she done to them? What could she have possibly done to deserve what they did to her?

To have not been betrayed by mere friends, but family was assumingly the most painful betrayal one could go through, and Quinn went through it and still managed to stay on her two feet.

What a strong woman. She’d been rejected by the man she once loved, that alpha, he betrayed her not once, but twice. He was such a fool, more of a fool than Zayd had been. Just because she moved on, he destroyed her completely, thinking Zayd wouldn’t want a shell that was broken.

But Zayd wanted her, he wanted her so much f*cking more…this broken woman, it didn’t matter what it took, he’d fix her…

But he had to start by gaining her trust again.

He knew he’d betrayed her too, he had left her when she needed him most, but he was back to withstand all the pressure he couldn’t. He was back to mend and truly love her, to remake his promises and forever keep them. Her faith in him was thin at the moment, but he’d gradually strengthen it until he could shamelessly hold her in his arms again.