Derrick paced around the hospital room, it's been days, exactly six days since Quinn had been
hospitalized. She'd been unconscious since, and not knowing whether or not she was going to wake
up scourged him with so much worry. He came here every day, hoping to see those daring green
eyes, 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 since
Zayd 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, but
Derrick 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 need
of his protection. She'd been a luna, then she'd been degraded to a beta, and now she'd gradually
amounted 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 rejected
her, 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 it
all 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 late
His hand reached for the knob, but before he could twist it unlocked, frightened breaths from
behind had him turning towards his daughter again. âZayd...whereâs Zayd...?!"
Quinn wiped her eyes, rubbing them red to stop the tears from coming. What was really wrong with
her?! The fact that she still wanted to see him again made her sick? Sick of herself, sick of her
pathetic life.
This seemed like a cycle and all she gained from it was pain; immense pain, immeasurable pain. Her
heart felt so broken, after all, during those few days he'd spent with her, she thought they'd shared
enough 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 memorable
touches...had they meant nothing to him?
âIt might all seem like a fairytale now, but it will all start falling apart soon. You'll see that the alpha
king 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 even
before all the pieces were put together...
Quinn chuckled through her tears, laughing at her pathetic self..men knew each other so well it
seemed, 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...Quinn
wanted 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 and
probably 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 the
chance to explain, he left.
She was curious though...why had her wolf refused to declare him as her mate? Why was it still Jeo
even after he rejected them?
Was her wolf just as stupid as her...trusting in those words of forever Jeo had told her? Or had it
been 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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