The Alpha King Is My Second Chance Mate Chapter 105

She stooped in front of her father, gently grabbing his cheek with her bloody hand. “I really loved you, dad…I trusted you more than anyone. I never thought you’d ever do that to me, I came to you that night with not a single doubt in my heart. Why did you do it?”

“Quinn I…” He glanced towards his dead mate, the shock and the fear still prominent on his face. “I’m sorry, I truly am. I wanted to protect you…both of you. That was the only way. They’d have killed Delilah and killed you if I didn’t do it. You two are sisters and sisters should get along, I told you, Quinn…I love you both, I’m on your side, but I also have to be on hers.”

“That’s why you did it? You used me to save the same sist~no, she’s not my sister, she’s not even my cousin. Delilah is absolutely nothing to me, and yet you tried to use me to save her…? The same girl who took my mate and then tried to murder my wolf? You really used me to protect her? Somebody who wouldn’t bat a f*cking lash to protect me…?”

“Quinn it’s not about that…” He gripped his chest, groaning out in what seemed to be pain. “It’s abou…do you think that girl; Larna was the only spy planted in Zayd’s pack? Jake said if I tried anything funny…if I so much as ran my mouth, he’d kill both of my daughters. I had to do it, even if I told Zayd, he wouldn’t have known who the spies were, he wouldn’t have known whom to protect you from. I did it for you…but then I also did it for her. You don’t understand how scared I was of losing my daughters; I didn’t know what to do…I didn’t know who was watching and waiting for me to slip up just to put a knife at both your throats. Killing you would’ve done just as much damage as kidnapping you would. Either way, Jake would have still weakened Zayd, even more so if you were dead. You were vulnerable, you had no wolf…you couldn’t protect yourself, and though I trusted Zayd to win the ending battle against Jake, I didn’t trust that he’d be able to protect you from the people whom he trusts in his pack. I don’t want you to forgive me, I just want you to know that I’ve always been and always will be on your side…don’t forget that, even if you kill me today.”

Quinn’s hand fell from his face and her forehead fell against his shoulder as she cried. “Then why…? Why didn’t you tell me? You didn’t even apologize…! We could’ve done something about it together.”

“I told you, Quinn…but you’ve garnered so much hate for your sister that you wouldn’t even listen.”

“And so, you kidnapped me? Forced me to come along with you in your quest to save Delilah?” She slammed her hand against his chest. “That wasn’t fair, you made me watch them treat you like a dog…apologize…! You made me feel so pathetic…f*cking apologize…! You…You scared me…so apologize, father.”

Her voice lowered, becoming tiny and vulnerable as she slammed her hand against his chest again; continuously…until he weakly grabbed it. “I’m sorry, Quinn. I’m truly sorry for making you witness me in such a state…and though I won’t apologize for trying to save not just you, I’ll admit that even after making my choice to hand you over, I still felt like I made the wrong decision. What if he broke his promise and still killed you? I realized that I might’ve been foolish. I probably should have told Zayd. You wouldn’t have had to go through what you did if I’d done that. He would’ve protected you way better than I ever could. But then, who would’ve protected Delilah? I wanted to make a choice that would keep you both safe, despite everything, I am your father just as much as I’m hers.”

Quinn wanted to deny it, but she couldn’t…she wanted to be angry…but she couldn’t. She was just…just…

She raised her head, wiped her eyes and stood up on her now shaky feet. Even if she was angry; even if she was filled to the brim with rage, she knew she wouldn’t be able to kill this man…even if he deserved to die; to be punished, she knew she was too softhearted to ever take his life.

He’d been the only thing that held her together when her life started to fall apart…

When Jeo rejected her, he’d been one of the biggest reasons why she’d stayed back instead of leaving…even if she was sad and completely broken, she’d wanted him to live happily…like a f*cking fool…

Harshly wiping at her eyes again when more tears filled them, she looked over at the dead body that laid beside her father. She hadn’t come here to kill anyone…she came here to stop Zayd, but it turned out that she was the one who needed to be stopped.

She couldn’t believe it…after years of seeking this woman’s attention, after years of silently begging for her love, after years of…of never-ending torture…she finally ended it, and it had been so easy.

Those awful words she’d said had made it easy…that look that really did not reflect regret in her dull eyes had made it easy. The more she spoke, the angrier it made Quinn…and that’s why Quinn kept telling her to keep speaking…to continue until she eventually didn’t want to listen anymore.

She walked towards the exit, stopping when her father decided to speak again. “Quinn I…if I’d known Jake was Delilah’s mate, I would’ve made a different choice…even if it meant that the slow killing pill he’d forced me to take would kill me. Goodbye, Quinn…as always, I wish you happiness with no bounds.”

Quinn didn’t respond, instead, she walked past Zayd and held on to Frederick for support. “I’m ready…I want to leave.”

The anxiousness in her voice was loud enough for everybody to hear. Frederick held around her waist, helping her outside where she broke down, letting go of all the tears she’d been holding back…

She’d sobbed and at one point even dry heaved against one of the trees at the forefront of the forest…she felt sick…no, she was f*cking sick.

Zayd, Jeo and Dantae came out a moment later…and when he looked at her, Quinn deliberately looked away, not wanting to see him…not at this moment.

Before he could, Jeo stepped forward, him being the first of the three to speak. “Quinn I…I know you’re in a bad state right now, but can I talk to you? One minute, Quinn…I just need one minute.”

“For what?” Zayd asked him. “A minute for wh~?”

“Just one minute is fine with me.”

Zayd looked at her, those eyes obviously disagreeing with what she said, but she didn’t care. Jeo walked towards her, leading her a distance away from them.

He stayed silent, looking at everything else but her…and the silence was deafening, so Quinn decided to break it. “Do you not have anything to say?”

He finally looked at her. “I’m sorry…I…all of this was…I just…”

“It’s fine, you heard her…you were manipulated into loving Delilah, I’m over it now, it doesn’t hurt anymore.”

“You might be over it, Quinn…but I’m not. I lost the woman I’ve loved because of circumstances I was in the least bit control of. I want you back, I do…but I know you’ll be happier with him and it f*cking hurts.” His eyes glistened, garnering tears. “Can we not be enemies? For old times’ sake…can we at least be friends?”

Quinn smiled; sadly. “Only because of times’ sake.”

He leaned in, slowly, as if he was reluctant to so much as touch her and yet his arms wrapped around her in a gentle hug. “I loved you, Quinn. I still do, and I always will…maybe in this life we just weren’t meant to be together.”

Quinn nodded her head. “Yeah…maybe.”

He pulled away and turned his back to retreat, but Quinn stopped him. “Take care of…take care of him for me, please…Derrick I meant and Cannon too.”

“I will.” He started walking back in Zayd’s direction, and Quinn followed after him, mirroring his steps until she stood beside Frederick.

Zayd approached her, reaching for her face…but Quinn turned to face away from him. He sighed, withdrawing his hand and looking towards Frederick. “Take her back home, safely…she needs to see the doctor too. Dantae and I have somebody else to meet before coming back. I’ll see you soon, Quinn.”

Quinn didn’t answer, instead, she followed Frederick into the woods…praying to the heavens that he’d get back safely even though she felt so bitter towards him.

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