The Alpha King Is My Second Chance Mate
CHAPTER 39— RUINED

Quinn watched as her father walked into her room, a tray with her dinner in his hands. “Here, I begof you to eat it all.”

“I'm not hungry, dad.”

"Whether you are hungry or not, I want the plate empty.” He placed the tray on her bedside table"And if you need anything else, just give me a shout.”

“I'm not crippled, if I need anything else, I can get it myself. You've been pampering me ever since Icame home, I'm seriously fine now, father.”

“You're not crippled, but you could've been...stop playing with your life, Quinn. You might not loveyourself as much, but other people do. If you die, think about what'll happen to me.”

“I know, dad...” Quinn sighed. “That's why I'll eat.”

"Good...don't even leave a grain of rice or a drop of gravy.”

Picking up the fork, Quinn started to eat her dinner, despite not having a particularly large appetite.All she needed to do was to finish it in order to put a big smile on her father's face...

Halfway in, Quinn heard the door knob twist, and she looked towards it, expecting her father towalk in. However, surprise took a stance across her face when her mother stood by the doorway,looking inside with a look of pure and unhidden mirth. “Since your father stepped out for a drink, Idecided that it's time to see you, my beloved daughter.”

Quinn gripped the plate tight in her hands. “M-Mom...?"

“How are you feeling?” She was asking a question that should be filled with concern, but Quinn feltas though she was being mocked by that smile her mother barely tried to hide.

“Stop it...” Quinn told her. “Stop acting as if you care.”

“You're right... don't.” She laughed, daintily taking a seat on the edge of Delilah's bed. “I bet youfeel frustrated, you've held your head high all your life; having a high rank and an even higherposition. It must feel like hell now since everything that made you strong has been taken away fromyou. You can never look down on Delilah again, after all, you're not even a beta...you aren't even awolf.”

She laughed again, and Quinn's heart moved in anguish, swelling from the pain her words broughther. “You're ruined now, Quinn...when Delilah took Alpha Jeovanni away from you, you should'vestayed down and admitted defeat...but your pride didn't allow you to do that. You found someonestronger, someone higher to stand behind you, overshadowing my daughter once again. I had totake a bigger step, and like a fool trapped in a cage with the keys in his hands, you fell for myadvances.”

Her words were squeezing Quinn's lungs, she found it hard to breathe and tears were slowlyflooding her eyes. “Why...?" She forced out. “Why did you do it?"

"Why else? It's because you allowed me to...and I'm glad. Now I get to watch as you crumble alone;Jeo has abandoned you, the heir to his throne that you were supposed to bring forth is in mydaughter's belly and the second chance you got; the alpha king, he has abandoned you too. Noalpha would want a woman as weak as you leading his pack.” She stood to her feet. “You're lessthan an omega now, just like your mother bad been, and he will want nothing to do with somethingas worthless as you.”

And with that, she walked out of the room, leaving Quinn gasping for breath as she cried to herself.What did she mean?

“Just like your mother had been..."

Was she not Quinn's mother?

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