The Alpha King Is My Second Chance Mate Chapter 106

Zayd wanted to go back with Quinn, considering the fact that she was angry at him, but he had to head for Mongroove hills. He was given two days to meet the snake shifter, if he didn’t go now, then the time would pass.

From the beginning, this was what he had planned. He’d use a day to finish the ‘business’ he had at Jeo’s pack, another to attend the meeting and by the third day, as he promised Quinn, he’d be back at his pack.

Now, he was dying to change his plans…but he couldn’t, he wouldn’t be able to get in touch with that venomoon ever again…if he was going to meet her, then he had to get to those hills by tonight.

Dantae was with him, the large gray wolf moving fast and strong alongside him. ‘Are you alright, man?’

Zayd leaped over a log, feeling as the air roughly scorched his face. ‘I’m fine, I knew she’d be angry if she found out. I expected this, I just might’ve not been prepared for it.’

‘I understand, hopefully she will too…mere disrespect ends in death and what they did was far more than disrespect. Did you hear him, that cheesy line about wanting to protect his other daughter too.’ Dantae chuckled through the link. ‘He even said he didn’t trust you enough to protect her, then how did he manage to trust his stupid self? He put her at more risk than you would. You should’ve killed him…if you were your old self, you would’ve killed him…just like you did that night after the alliance party. Those four rogues she didn’t kill, you’d hunted and killed them yourself.'

‘Those rogues are different, not only did they attack my sister, but they even injured Quinn's arm. They deserved to die, but I won’t ever be able to convince her that the man who raised and trained her deserves to die too.’

‘Is that why you did it?’

‘Did what? Feed him the same poison he had his mate feeding Quinn? I thought it’d kill him, I made him swallow the whole bottle. It sucks that he’s still able to so much as speak…but I guess niphrone does take a while to work. His wolf is sad mourning the loss of its mate and in a few hours, Derrick will be even sadder because he won’t just be mourning the loss of his mate, he’ll be mourning the loss of his wolf too. Since I gave him a lot, even if he does survive, he won’t survive for long. So all in all, I might’ve not been able to rip him to shreds like I wanted to, but he’s still going to die a painful death. I promised to have mercy on him, didn’t I? I told you I wouldn’t kill him…that doesn’t mean something else wouldn’t.'

Dantae chuckled. ‘Where’d you get it?’

‘The niphrone?’

‘Yeah…’

Zayd evaded a tree, glancing over at Dantae. ‘It took Coda two days to get it. She told me it was difficult to get, which makes me wonder how Kathrine got ahold of it so easily. Coda had to flaunt my position as alpha king to be given it, and Kathrine was just an omega, and they’d given it to her? It’s platinum poison, it cost me a f*cking lot too. There are others that can do the same damage, but unlike niphrone, they are not scentless. The moon flower pack is the only one who makes it, their weapons and remedies are always prestige and outstanding. Their combat skills are not what makes them a part of the top ten highest-ranked packs, it’s their skills of redefining danger in so many ways.’

‘I see…how do you think she attained it?’

Zayd would’ve shrugged if he’d been in his human form. ‘She probably used a big name like Coda did or perhaps, someone of high ranking bought it and gave it to her. I’m not sure and there’s no way to confirm it now that she’s dead.

'

‘I guess so. After what you told me, I didn’t expect what happened in there just now from Quinn. I thought she would’ve told you to let them both go, but when she murdered that woman in cold blood, it surprised the f*ck out of me.’

‘She does things like that,’ Zayd confirmed. ‘She’s surprised me a lot of times too. I didn’t expect her to do that either, I was completely dumbfounded.’

‘Yeah, I noticed.’ The link between them became silent after that, still open and yet no words were thrown at each other. The sun was out now, shining dimly down onto the lands, lighting their path and signifying that this was a new day.

They barely stopped to rest throughout the day and had eaten only once in the afternoon. Now the sun was gone again and the bright, crescent moon above had taken its place. They were almost there, the hills were approximately twenty minutes up ahead.

When they got there, nobody was there and they didn’t hear a sound, not even a footstep.

‘Man, do you think she’s not here yet? Or did she already leave?’

‘I don’t think sh~’ Zayd tilted his head to the side when the sound of an arrowed pierced through the silence, aiming straight for his head. It dug in the dirt behind him and if he hadn’t moved his head, he knew for sure that he would’ve been dead.

“Didn’t I tell you to come alone?”

Zayd’s eyes followed the voice, finding her a couple feet away with a bow in hand. She was wearing a long, black dress with a hood over her head, he couldn’t see her face, but he knew it was her, he was sure of it.

Crouching, he shifted from wolf to man and when Dantae moved to stand in front of him, he told him to stand back.

‘What are you doing? She just shot at you and the only f*cking idea you got is to change forms?’

Zayd ignored him, holding his hands up as a sign of peace towards the girl. “He’s harmless, he’s my beta…so I asked him to accompany. Change back, Dantae.”

“F*ck no!”

“Dantae now!”

Dantae blew out a breath and after what felt like minutes of defying him, he finally transformed into the skin of his human. Her hands fell at her side then, and she pushed the hoodie back, revealing her face as she slowly approached them.

Dantae gasped when he saw her, her eyes…they were narrow and bright; she had two small and yet beautiful snake eyes. The marks on her skin made her stand out, she was pretty, but Quinn was way prettier. “I see…what do you think about the request I made?”

“It depends on what exactly you’re offering.”

“Isn’t an alliance with us enough? I’m sure you know what we’re capable of. If you give us a place in the world of shifters…as not enemies, but equals to werewolves, we’ll stay loyal to your pack; from generation to generation, we’ll respect you and always remember that we own a spot because you gave it to us.”

“I thought snakes were sly, can I really trust you? Can I trust that you won’t get greedy and crave for more than just a spot?”

“We have stayed hidden for years and my people wish to stay hidden as a means of protecting themselves from being kidnapped during the day and brutally used. But I’m going to be the new viper and I detest being a coward more than anything. I don’t want to hide, I want to live freely…without being cautious, without being hunted.”

“I understand where you’re coming from. You seem young, but I like the fact that you have ambition. I’ll help you…but in order to do that, we’ll need a big platform to bring you guys out into the light.”

“It can’t be…” Dantae intervened. “Are you planning to use the annual meet and greet as such platform?”

“Spot on…”

“Zayd, I swear to god y~!”

“What will happen? The werewolves will have no choice but to accept them…anyone who detest will definitely have me to go up against me…and it seems nobody but Jake is that brave enough to do that. If I take them to the meet and greet, nobody will dare to hunt them, only important people show up there and if they’re there, then the other packs will be weighing the venomoons importance.”

“I understand, it’s a good idea…but can you trust her?’ Dantae glanced at the serpent. “After all, she just shot an arrow your way…”

“It was a warning…and you can trust me, I saved your alpha once.” She stretched her hand out to him. “My name is River, I hope we’ll be able to get along in the future.”

Dantae looked at her for a while before reluctantly reaching forward to take it. “You’d better keep your fangs in your mouth…that my only request of you.”

Dantae looked at her hand for a while before reluctantly reaching forward to take it. “You’d better keep your fangs in your mouth…that's my only request of you.”

He shook her hand twice and then pulled back. There were snake marks trailing down her arms too, the markings were pretty, but weird.

“Will do if you promise to keep your f*cking claws to yourself.”

“Enough bonding…I’ll have a contract prepared, and if it turns out you agree with the terms…then we’ll be seeing each other on a regular basis. I’ll offer your people a piece of land to build on, not on my pack grounds, I have separate property not too far away from it that I’d give to you. Bear in mind, nothing comes free, you’ll have to pay for my kindness in several ways that will be listed in the contract. Everything depends on your willingness to sign it.”

“Okay.” She turned her back to walk away, but Dantae stopped her. “This might be very off-topic, but can those markings disappear from your skin?”

“They can, but I prefer to keep them…I am not ashamed of my people.”