The Alpha King Is My Second Chance Mate Chapter 133

Jake got to the silvermoon pack within the span of two days. It was still dark out, but Jake knew dawn was just around the corner. He stepped up to the border where the alpha’s men were standing, guarding the territory he could destroy with just the snap of his fingers. ~Well, that was if he’d brought his men~.

He cleared his throat, holding his head far too high after the damage he’d done when he last visited. They had every right to be wary of him, he’d killed more than just a handful of their people…and now, his pride was failing at the fact that he came here to take a woman whom he knew would not under any circumstances go with him.

Running his hand down his face, he sighed. He couldn’t pick up a whiff of her scent and yet he knew this was the very first place she’d run to. Did they lock her up somewhere? Or was she perhaps just not here? He was worried, the pain in his heart had dulled and the bond was now calm, but he wanted to see it for himself…to at least hear that she was fine.

“Hey, you…!” He gestured to the man in front; a gamma wolf it seemed. “Tell your alpha to come out here before my pleasant visit turns into an unpleasant one. He has a minute to get here before I kill you weaklings and just enter without permission.”

Despite knowing Jake could do exactly as he said, the gamma in front did not flinch nor waver, instead, he straightened himself, the look in his eyes being one Jake could barely acknowledge, but it almost seemed sad. “If you’re looking for Delilah, she’s not here. She left two nights ago after being rejected and banished by our alpha. I don’t know if she survived, but if she did…you’re her mate, she needs your help…or perhaps she doesn’t. If she’d been happy with you, she’d never have come back here, but please…look after her in my stead. She’s in pain, and with nobody on her side, she’ll eventually lose the courage to live.”

Jake tilted his head, his hands clenching by his sides. “He rejected her and not the other way around? Does he not know that she’s an omega? What if he f*cking killed here? Where is he?!”

He marched forward, but the man who spoke stopped him. “You’re angry, but you’re also wasting time. Find her before it’s too late, she probably needs you.”

A breath left Jake’s lips, shaky and full of anger. He was angry, but it was true. If anything, he needed to find Delilah first, he; more than anyone knew she was capable of hurting herself, especially when she saw no way out.

He glared past the men and across the woods on Jeovanni’s land before turning and walking away. What that fool did was probably for the best anyway, he broke her, but now she was free of him…now she’d stop holding onto him…now she’d probably, no, finally look Jake’s way.

Crouching, he changed forms, his shiny, black fur coating his skin, and then he took off towards the rising of the sun.

Throughout his travel, his senses were more alert, but they weren’t what led him up north, it was his instincts or rather the mate bond that practically pulled him in that direction.

He wasn’t sure how he’d find her, but when the day turned back into night and he found her laying against the grass, curled into a ball and crying…it somehow broke his heart.

He was afraid to approach her, her sobs sounded so heart-wrenching that each one hurt him. Her face was hidden behind her hands, her knees folded all the way up to her chest. She was naked as well, shivering beneath the cold wind in her human form when she would’ve been warmer if she’d covered herself in the furs of her wolf.

Jake stepped out from behind the bushes, him too changing into his human form. She probably couldn’t see him, but he knew she knew he was here.

One step at a time, he approached her, inhaling deeply to digest her calming scent. It was something he could never get enough of, her scent was like a drug and he was irreversibly addicted to it…that and her beauty…she; Delilah Felon was his drug.

She became the light in his darkness, and she’d shone so bright that he was unable to see anything but her light. Many times, he’d longed to grasp that light, but it always burnt him. Was she a bit warmer now? Would she open up to him?

He kneeled in front of her, something he’d never done, and would never do for anyone else. “Delilah…are you okay?”

She didn’t answer immediately, she didn’t answer at all.

“Delila~”

“No…” She sobbed out. “I’m not okay. I left thinking everything would get better, but it only got worse. Finding out that my sister killed my mom because of me is not okay, and finding out that Alpha Jeovanni only ever chose me because a stupid love portion forced him to do so is not okay. Nothing in my life is okay, so how am I supposed to be okay?!”

“I’m sorry all of that happened to you, it must’ve been a lot to take in. I know how it feels to lose someone as close as your mother, but y~”

“But what?!” She finally removed her hand away from her face, staring in his direction. Her eyes were swollen and red…just as they were the night he’d kidnapped her. “If you came here to finish me off because your gamma didn’t…please do. I’m tired now, tired of praying to the goddess for help, tired of being sorry and tired of being pitiful. So go ahead, don’t come here and act like you care about me or my dead mother. Garth told me about what you did…and I’m glad. If he hadn’t, I’d have run back to you, and I’d have looked like a f*cking fool!”

“What are you talking about? What did I do? What did Garth tell you?”

“Nothing you don’t already know.”

“Delilah…” Jake clenched his jaws, he was trying to hold himself back, to be patient; gentle. “I wouldn’t have asked if I knew. I’m not afraid to own up to my crimes, if I did something, then I f*cking did it…why hide it? Now what did he tell you?”

“Everything…he reminded me of who you really are. Even after confessing that you liked me, even after setting me free…” She rubbed her eyes and he wanted to grab her hand, to stop her from hurting herself…but he held back. “I wanted to trust you, I almost did. You said you’d change for me, you said you’d treat me better and yet, you sent someone to kill me?”

“I didn’t…what are yo~?”

“I knew it from the start…I’m not capable of being loved, my sister hates me, and the man I betrayed her for hates me too. The pack that had been on my side now whispers words of hate behind my back, even though they know I can hear…and if my father ever remembers all I did, he’d hate me too. You’re no different, you want me dead just as much as they do.” She smiled. “Well, I guess lucks’ on your side because I want me dead too, so do it…do what you came here to do; kill me.”

“I’m not going to kill you, Delilah.”

“No, I want you to…do it…I can’t anymor~”

Jake grabbed onto the hand that had been irritating him, the one she had been rubbing her eyes with. “I’m not going to kill you, so pull your f*cking self together! I kept my word, I didn’t send anybody after you…Beatrice did. I don’t know why Garth lied to you, and I don’t f*cking care…but pull yourself together, Delilah. Seeing you like this is breaking my heart. I know you’re hurt, I know you’re in pain and I know you feel like you have no one…but I came all the way here for you, didn’t I? You don’t need anybody to love you…but me.”

“No, I…” Her eyes tore away from his, her tears soaking her cheeks. Goddess she was beautiful, but he hated seeing her like this. He’d missed these brown eyes so much, but now that he was looking in them…he missed them even more. They weren’t the eyes he knew; these eyes were sad and not courageous…these eyes weren’t full of fight, they were the eyes of someone who’d given up. “I don’t think…I jus~”

“Shhh…just come here.” Using the hand he held, he pulled her up and she fell against his chest. “Let me hold you like you held me when I cried.”