The Alpha King Is My Second Chance Mate Chapter 103

Zayd left early in the morning to go on his trip with nothing but a backpack over his shoulders. He’d given her a kiss on the forehead as he said goodbye, and now Quinn laid in her room…alone and bored.

For hours, she’d just been laying here…thinking. This was so unlike her, back at her old pack, she’d always been busy, there was always something for her to do…even when Jeo wasn’t around…

But right now, she was just…just here; doing absolutely nothing.

Sighing, she sat up…should she visit the training grounds? It’d probably be good, since Zayd promised to send her on missions in the future. She needed to get her strength back up and in two days, she had to go for that long-awaited check-up with the doctor anyway…so might as well she did some training in her spare time.

Shuffling off the bed, she walked towards her door, opening it and stepping outside. Her walk to the training grounds seemed longer than usual, perhaps because she was so deep in thought.

And yet, she was thinking about nothing in particular…just some distant thoughts about herself and about Zayd.

Digging her hands into her pockets, she stopped a couple of feet away from the entrance of the field. There were a lot of people here and though she was their luna, she didn’t know even a single one of their names. She didn’t feel good about that, it made her feel as though she were lacking…and she was.

Zayd probably thought the same. That must’ve been why she had to beg him to let her help with duties that should’ve been handed down to her willingly. She wasn’t just a luna, he knew that. She could be a stand-in for his beta, and she could do so many other things.

But perhaps he wasn’t ready to bombard her with too much work. It hadn’t been long since the ceremony…maybe he was waiting until she got used to this all over again…until she got used to his people.

And to do that, she needed to at least put in some effort.

Heaving out a breath, she walked through the high gate. They’d already been constantly glancing in her direction, but now their gaze lasted longer, trailing her from her head and straight down to her toes. It was probably awkward for them too, she wasn’t from here…so they knew absolutely nothing about her.

It had been easy to blend in and converse with the people back at Jeo’s pack since she grew alongside them, but these people were strangers to her just as much as she was a stranger to them. If she wanted them to look up to her, she had to be as open as possible, she had to reach out and earn their trust…and she had to do it now.

Quinn straightened herself as she walked further onto the fields. Everyone she passed by bowed their heads to her, and Quinn tried her best not to showcase her nervousness as she stopped along the sidelines.

Her head was held high even though she was dying to lower it; to hide…and her heart was beating fast…faster than it normally did. This was her first time coming out here with no company, or rather her first time visiting when the pack members were here…but she still had to be brave.

“Hey…” She referred towards the two men who had been sparring before she arrived.

The one she was staring at pointed at himself. He was muscled, but lean and his opponent was bigger, thicker. His muscles bulged even more than Zayd’s… “Me? You’re speaking to me, Luna?”

“It’s Quinn…I’d feel a lot more comfortable if everybody called me that.”

“What can I do for you…Q-Quinn?”

He stuttered out her name as if he were afraid to say it. “Your stance…” She gestured towards his feet. “It’s firm.”

He glanced down at his feet, smiling softly. “Thank you.”

“Go on, don’t let me disrupt your training. I’m here to train too.”

They began sparring again, and Quinn glanced at the man beside her. He was middle-aged, dark strands of black hair garnered and tied at the back of his head. “Who do you think will win?”

He looked at her. “Devin always wins…he’s the head warrior. He’ll win for sure.”

“Who’s Devin?”

“The one you just spoke to.”

“If you didn’t tell me, I’d think you were talking about the other one.”

He chuckled. “I can understand why you’d think that, but Devin has proven many times that size doesn’t matter. He’d won three times in a row so far…he’ll win this match and the next one too.”

“That’s impressive…who’s fighting him next?”

The man shrugged. “Anyone brave enough. This is a part of training, to test and improve combat skills.”

“Does that mean I can take my chance then? I might get beaten to sickness, but I’m still willing to try.”

He laughed, eyes crinkling. This was what she needed, if she was at least nice to one person, then he’d start telling people that the new luna was easy to talk to. She’d seem more approachable then. “I’d advise you not to, Luna Quinn…and this is not me looking down on you or women for that matter, it’s me looking out for you.”

“I get it and that’s kind of you, but I’ll take my chances.”

She turned to face the fight after that, and it went just as he said it would. Devin won seamlessly and then peered into the rest of the crowd, as if daring somebody else to step forward.

Quinn was about to, but somebody grabbed her shoulder before she could. She turned around, finding Rachel behind her. “Quinn, why are you here? I thought you’d be going with Zayd.”

Quinn turned to face her completely, squinting her eyes. “Why would you think that?”

“Dantae told me last night that they’d be visiting your old pack, so I assumed you went too.”

“My old pack? Jeo’s pack? Why would he…? Are you sure that’s what Dantae said?”

“He was drunk last night, if he doesn’t ever tell the truth, he’ll spew it all when he’s drunk. He’d been talking about that last night. Didn’t Zayd tell you he’d be going?”

Quinn shook her head. “He didn’t…”

But why…why wouldn’t he tell her that he was going to her old pack? She’d asked him last night, and he told her something entirely different…why would he lie?

Could it be that he was going t…?

Quinn’s heart stammered against her chest as she pushed past Rachel, rushing towards the exit. She didn’t look back, even when Rachel called out to her.

If he was going to her pack for what she thought he was…then she…she needed to stop him.

Her bones started to crack as she transformed into her wolf mid-run, sprinting towards the south borders. Is this what he meant…?

‘There are people who actually deserve to die, people who won’t stop hurting you until they perish. You don’t have to get rid of them…as your alpha, I’ll gladly do it for you.’

Is this what he meant when he said that? She understood that Jeo had colluded with his family and ended up hurting her…but if he destroyed Jeo for taking away something from her that had returned, then the whole pack ~even the small bit that were innocent~ will suffer.

That day when Jeo had visited and asked for help…she didn’t know what he said to Zayd, but was it enough to lead to something like this?

Or was she just overthinking? What if he was just there for business as he’d told her? But if it were so, then why would he hide it from her?

Quinn ran faster, she wanted Jeo to die too, she hated his guts…but the goddess would lay his karma out for him without Zayd having to get involved. It was already happening, his pack was in bankruptcy, they had neither money nor food…and the woman he’d chosen as his mate turned out to be Jake’s, so he was already suffering…

And furthermore, if he was going to kill Jeo, then all the weight of the pack would fall on Cannon’s shoulder…and he was the only one who’d been the least bit nice to her. If not for Jeo's sake, then she had to at least do this for him and his mate who was pregnant.