The Alpha King Is My Second Chance Mate Chapter 129

It’s been three days; three days of what Delilah claimed was her freedom. Her injured foot completely healed a day ago, and now she could move around freely, but she was hungry.

Throughout her journey, she’d only managed to catch herself one squirrel and it took her three f*cking lives to catch it…she knew she wouldn’t be able to catch anything else ~including another squirrel~ but that did not stop her from trying.

She’d found a rabbit and chased it until it ran back into its hole and then she’d tried to catch a deer she saw drinking water at a lake ~both attempts unsuccessful…

She hadn’t known hunting was so hard, probably because she never had to do it before. Quinn didn’t let her do anything arduous, Quinn fended for her instead of having her fend for herself and Quinn fed the family when dad was on missions, even though she’d been a child too. There was a time in her life when Delilah actually looked up to her sister…but all her admiration and respect vanished the moment she found out that Quinn took all she ever wanted…

Jeovanni Lum…at first she’d just been jealous, but all that jealousy ate her up from the inside when her mom found out that she’d liked Jeo. Kathrine vividly showcased her once hidden hate for Quinn and gave Delilah reasons to hate her too. That’s how it started, Delilah decided to take a path she wished she hadn’t been adamant enough to trudge on for so long. If she’d had even one bit of conscience, of gratefulness in her heart, then that wolf Quinn had used to hunt food, that wolf Quinn had used to shield and protect the family…she’d never dreamt of taking it away from her ~especially for a reason so petty~.

It was funny though, how jealousy could make people do things they know they’d regret. Quinn had such a good heart; even after Delilah betrayed her, she’d been forgiving…maybe if Delilah hadn’t betrayed her again…then all of what was happening would not have happen..

Or scratch that…if she’d stand back and did nothing at all, this cruel fate would not have been written beneath her name. The paths she took led her here.

If she hadn’t seduced Jeo, then Quinn wouldn’t have had the alpha king as her second chance mate and Jake would not have had a reason to show up at the silvermoon pack since they would’ve not been associated with the alpha. No, there was an alliance…it probably would’ve still happened, but in a different way…in a way where she wouldn’t be left alone to fend for herself, because if nobody else would, then she knew Quinn would’ve come to her rescue.

Delilah sat against the grass, watching as the deer she’d been chasing got further and further away. She regretted meeting him; Jake. Why did the goddess have to give her such a mate?

She’d pitied him for a while, she probably wouldn’t ever forgive or understand him…but if he’d been nicer…if he’d only been~

She clenched her jaws, teeth grinding together. Then what Delilah? You would’ve loved him?

If she’d been in her human form, she’d chuckle. How foolish she’d been. She believed in him, he said he liked her, that he was willing to throw the witch he had by his side away for her…that he was willing to change. Was this what he called changing?

Delilah’s eyes twitched in anger. She never wanted to see him again, that pitiful face…those sad, dark eyes…those…those soft and succulent lips…she never wanted to f*cking see it again.

He’d looked so reliable out there at his pack border, he seemed so honest that she trusted him. But he’d fooled her, she shouldn’t have hugged him…she shouldn’t have kissed him…she knew, but still the regret she felt about doing it wasn’t enough to overshadow wanting to do it again.

It felt warm…he held in a way Jeo had never held her before, kissed her with a desperation that she did not know. It was…she just…

F*ck…what was happening to her? What was she even thinking?

Getting up from her sitting position, she ran off, choosing to continue her journey instead of hunting despite her hunger. It was surprising that Garth really left her alive and gave her the right directions. She’d stumbled up on a pack during her run and she’d ask one of the men patrolling the borders about the directions towards the silvermoon pack.

She told him she was lost and he told her that she was on the right path, but she needed to take a left from here. She didn’t know how much further it was, but she needed to get back home; to see mom, to see dad…to~to see Jeo.

His name caused a quake in her heart. How would she tell him that se lost his baby, and what would he do to her now that she wasn’t carrying his child anymore.

She was scared, despite loving him, she knew he hated her. His love only lasted for a while before he realized that she really wasn’t the one he wanted; it was Quinn.

And it had hurt to find out that after everything she did to have him…it took absolutely nothing to lose him.

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As the sun went down, the breeze got denser and colder. Delilah had found a mango tree earlier that alleviated her hunger, and now she was back to running again. Tomorrow would mark her fourth day of travelling, she was getting impatient now, was she really on the right path?

And if she wasn’t, was she going to die out here in the wild? It’s a mystery how she hadn’t run into any rogues, the goddess was punishing her, but it seems she was still kind enough to protect her.

Delilah heaved a breath, one that suddenly got stuck in her throat. That scent…she was sure it belonged to Quinn…it was fading, but it still gave away the fact that she’d been here.

Delilah’s run suddenly turned into hesitant steps as the familiar woods she grew up in came into view. It took her three days, but she’d made it, however, she now felt scared to step past the borders. Quinn had been here…but why?

Her hesitant steps brought her to the edge of the borders and her heart rattled when the heavy scent of blood drifted across her nose. It was a scent she knew, the blood of the woman who’d given birth to her; this…it was Kathrine’s blood.

She ran across the pack border, her heart palpitating in her chest as fear overtook her. What happened here…? She could also smell her father’s blood, that and the fading scent of the alpha king.

Her pace quickened and she stopped when Jeovanni’s patrollers surrounded her. She didn’t have time for this…she was in a rush…her mom…her dad…

She quickly changed forms, glancing at the men. “It’s me…it’s Delilah…”

They stepped back and she ran between them, following the scent of the blood. It led her to the pack prison and her soul left her body when she saw two men carrying the seemingly lifeless body of her mother outside.

Jeo was standing at the side, watching the scene and not doing anything. He turned as if he smelled her scent, eyes going wide, but he did not say anything.

Delilah rushed forwards, not towards him, but at the men carrying her mother. “What happened? The doctor! Take her to the doctor.”

One of them looked up at her with a look of pity. “I’m sorry, we can’t do that, she’s already dead.”