The Alpha King Is My Second Chance Mate
CHAPTER 37— ALL THANKS

Derrick paced around the hospital room, it's been days, exactly six days since Quinn had beenhospitalized. She'd been unconscious since, and not knowing whether or not she was going to wakeup scourged him with so much worry. He came here every day, hoping to see those daring greeneyes, but every time he opened the door, only disappointment would run cold through his veins.His daughter...his Quinn...how could this happen to her? Who did this to her?

Cannon was the one who found her pitifully sprawled out on the floor in Zayd's room, and sinceZayd wasn't here, Derrick couldn't even ask him what happened. Was he responsible?

Derrick shook his head. No, he was her mate...he couldn't have been the one to have done this, butDerrick held him partly responsible for leaving her in this state.

For now, Quinn was neither a beta nor a wolf...she was but a human shell, fragile and weak, in needof his protection. She'd been a luna, then she'd been degraded to a beta, and now she'd graduallyamounted to nothing.

If Jeo hadn't rejected her, would any of this had happened?

Derrick ran his hand down his face. If he'd known this would happen, that night when he'd rejectedher, he'd have taken her to the pack borders instead of to his house...if only...if onl~

His head whipped around when he heard the slightest movements, his hopes had been high, but itall diminished when he found that the sound probably came from outside.

He looked away, sighing as he walked to the door. He needed to wipe her down, it was getting lateHis hand reached for the knob, but before he could twist it unlocked, frightened breaths frombehind had him turning towards his daughter again. “Zayd...where’s Zayd...?!"

Quinn wiped her eyes, rubbing them red to stop the tears from coming. What was really wrong withher?! The fact that she still wanted to see him again made her sick? Sick of herself, sick of herpathetic life.

This seemed like a cycle and all she gained from it was pain; immense pain, immeasurable pain. Herheart felt so broken, after all, during those few days he'd spent with her, she thought they'd sharedenough to last a lifetime...she thought she'd finally found her forever...

But how could forever end so fast?

Quinn twisted in anguish on the bed, those stolen kisses, those silly words, those memorabletouches...had they meant nothing to him?

“It might all seem like a fairytale now, but it will all start falling apart soon. You'll see that the alphaking is even worse than I am...a stronger man has a stronger pride.

Was this what Jeo meant when he said those words? Was it all falling apart now? Falling apart evenbefore all the pieces were put together...

Quinn chuckled through her tears, laughing at her pathetic self..men knew each other so well itseemed, it was like Jeo saw it coming, and she was stupid enough to not believe him.

Well, she believed him now...men; whether they were gifts from the moon goddess or curses...Quinnwanted none. She could live without love...she could live without a mate...

But without him...would she know happiness? Quinn rubbed her eyes again. He was her second andprobably her last chance...her wolf might've not acknowledged him as their mate, but she had..

She saw him as her mate and more, and because of a mistake that he hadn't even given her thechance to explain, he left.

She was curious though...why had her wolf refused to declare him as her mate? Why was it still Jeoeven after he rejected them?

Was her wolf just as stupid as her...trusting in those words of forever Jeo had told her? Or had itbeen too scared to start all over again? Too scared to be hurt twice by two different people...?Because why...? Why else would it ruin her life? Why would it want Jeo when Zayd was there?Perhaps, if her wolf had more sense, none of this would've happened, but if it hadn't happened now,it would've happened in the near future...

So it was all thanks to her wolf for ruining what would've eventually come to an end...

All thanks to her wolf for teaching her that all men were the same...

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