The Alpha King Is My Second Chance Mate Chapter 90

It took them a day to get to the wounded moon pack…and throughout it, Zayd didn’t wake up. They’d patched his wounds and taken what Dantae said was the fastest route back…and now they were at the pack doctor, waiting for what he had to say about Zayd’s condition.

Quinn was pacing back and forth in the hall; nervous and anxious. She was glad he won, and yet sad about the many injuries he’d sustained. But when she thought about it, he could’ve been dead, and that was way scarier.

“Sit down, Quinn…you’re making it worse for us by doing that.”

Quinn turned to Frederick. “What am I…doing?”

“You’re eating yourself.”

“What?” Quinn gave him a weird look, and he pointed towards the finger she had in her mouth. “You keep picking at your nails.”

“Ohhh…” Quinn dropped her hand, and took a seat between him and Dantae on the bench in the hall. “Sorry.”

“He’ll be fine, you don’t have to worry. Zayd has survived way worse than this. Sometimes I wonder why he’s always so willing to risk his life.”

“Yeah…?”

Dantae nodded. “Yeah…there was this time when he was way younger…that idiot went after the biggest boar even though Marcia told him not to. It was our first training after finally getting our wolves, Frederick and I had settled for what we could catch. I, a squirrel, and Frederick was a little more ambitious because he’d hunted a deer. However, Zayd thought those were too small and easy, he wanted a challenge. The boar almost killed him, but he’d still caught it in the end. Although he did get scolded by his mother, his father had praised him.”

Quinn chuckled. “I can see that happening…Marcia must’ve been angry.”

“She was…he’d been just ten years old at the time. But with the bravery he possessed, everyone knew he’d be a good alpha; a strong one. He always went for the best, so when he finally took the alpha position from his father, he decided to climb the ranks. You don’t know how many stories I could tell you. He went through so much, he had hurt not only others but himself too to get where he’s at now. There were times when everyone thought he’d die, but he always surprised us. That’s how I know nothing’s wrong with him now. He’ll be up and running soon.”

Quinn nodded. “I’ll believe you…but if you don’t mind, those stories…the younger Zayd, can I hear more about him.”

“Well, I guess…” Dantae leaned back against the wall behind him, and Quinn did the same, listening intently as he started to speak again. “He was reckless, his life meant absolutely nothing to him, building the pack seemed way more important than his own self. There was this next time, he was sixteen, rocking a freaking mohawk and Frederick and I were stupid enough to get a haircut like his.”

Quinn laughed. “I saw the picture of you guys, he’s so embarrassed about it, but it was cute.”

“Come on, all three of us were ugly.”

“We were,” Frederick confirmed. “Tell her about the time when he got…”

And so, they’d told her a lot of things, many stories that made her laugh until her eyes watered. When Marcia and Nicholas arrived, they’d joined in, but everybody stood silent when the doctor walked down the hall towards them. “He’ll be fine. He’s in a temporary coma right now. His wounds are healing slower than usual because he’d overexerted himself…nothing he hadn’t done before. He’ll probably wake up in a day or two, or even before that. Come with me, Quinn…Dantae told me to examine you when I’m done with him.”

Quinn looked at Dantae and then down at herself. “But I’m fine, so why?”

“Just go, Quinn…you’d overexerted yourself too. It’s just a check-up.”

The doctor walked off, and Quinn reluctantly followed after him. He took her to a different room from the one Zayd was in, and he’d examined her like he said he would. “You seem fine, it’s merely a theory…but you probably couldn’t feel your wolf because it had blocked itself off. Just like Zayd, it had fallen into a temporary coma in order to protect itself from the poison you’d ingested. It had withstood what it could, and the rest fell upon you. Were you sick the first few days after losing contact with your wolf?”

Quinn nodded. “I passed out and only woke up after six days, according to my father. I had a constant headache and a fever too.”

“Then I believe I am right. Your wolf is blessed to have known what to do in such a situation. It risked your life to save it’s…but it probably knew you wouldn’t die. I don’t believe your wolf is fully recovered, since I’m sure it had taken in most of the poison. Go out on short runs to strengthen it and check back with me in a week.”

Quinn shuffled off the hospital bed. “I’ll do that, thanks.” She walked to the door, but then stopped. “Can I go see Zayd? Can I stay with him?”

“Yes, I believe it’d be best if you do.”

After hearing that, Quinn left the room, walking back down the hall to where everyone still was. Marcia was the first to approach her. “What did he say?”

Quinn shrugged. “He said my wolf is okay, but isn’t fully recovered yet. I’ll have to check back with him in a week.”

Marcia hugged her. “I’m happy you got your wolf back…you don’t know how proud I am…of both of you. You two have made quite an impact, everyone is talking about how you and Zayd went all out to save each other. I wish I’d been there to see it…the beautiful silver wolf the alphas keep talking about.”

Quinn’s cheeks reddened. “I…I’ll show you tomorrow…we could go on a run.”

Marcia pulled back and smiled. “I’d like that…and you’re so pretty.” She mentioned randomly.

Nick grabbed her shoulders and chuckled. “I think you’re making her shy, Marcia.”

“Yeah…she gets like that every time I say it.”

“I don’t…” Quinn choked out.

“Looking at you now, I can tell you do.” Dantae interjected.

“I said I don’t…”

Everybody chuckled at that, not at all coming to an agreement with her. “We’re all happy for you…for you and Zayd…” Marcia then said again.

Quinn smiled. “Thanks…for actually caring.” She twisted away from them, knowing her cheeks were only going to get redder. “I’m going to Zayd…the doctor told me to stay with him. I probably won’t be back tonight.”

“Alright…we’ll come by in the morning.”

Quinn waved at them as she walked towards the room Zayd was in. She could feel the joy radiating off of them, the pride. They really were genuinely happy for her, and if it were her own family, this would be a reason for them to hate and hurt her more.

Quinn wiped her cheeks when tears streamed down them. Why couldn’t she have been given a family like this? Well, she supposed since they were Zayd’s family, they could be considered hers too.

A new family…a new beginning.

She stopped at the door to Zayd’s room, opening it and stepping inside. He was laying motionlessly on the bed, his neck and left shoulder heavily bandaged.

She’d never seen him like this…he’d always appeared too strong to be sick. But now that she had, she realized that everyone could falter, and not just her...

She really hoped he’d wake up soon though…

Quinn walked closer until she settled over him. Everything felt different now; better. It was an honor to be able to smell this captivating scent again…petrichor and apricot…this beautiful scent that belonged to him.

The mate bond she never had the luxury of feeling, she could feel it now, a feeling that kept coercing her to draw nearer, to touch him.

Quinn drew for the only chair in the room, positioning it the closest it could get to his bed…and then she sat down, intertwining her hand with his.

The sparks she felt were stronger now…and she knew it was because of the mark he’d left on her neck…that and the fact that Jeo wasn’t here to confuse her wolf anymore. She saw him as her mate now…this man that she was conscious she’d belong to for the rest of her life.

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