The Alpha King Is My Second Chance Mate

CHAPTER 43— LEAVING

Quinn looked at her father as he walked into her room, crying. “I’m sorry, Quinn.”

He fell to his knees in front of the bed she laid on, and the door closed on its own accord behind him.

“This is all my fault, I should’ve known, I should’ve done something. I-I just…I tried so hard not to

believe it, I wanted it to be a lie…all of it. And during my time of delusion, you got hurt. If I’d done

something sooner, your wolf would’ve been fine.”

“Dad…” Quinn called his name lowly, not looking into his eyes. “Are you drunk?”

“I’m not…but I figured I wouldn’t have been able to confront Kathrine while being sober, so I drank a

little. I’m sorry, Quinn.”

“It’s alright dad, it wasn’t your fault, and it wasn’t mom’s either…it was entirely my fault. I knew from the

start too, I was the one who wanted more than I could get, I was the one who laid my life down for

something I shouldn’t even have to beg for. She’s my mother after all, her love is supposed to come

free…or is that she…she isn’t my mother?”

Her eyes finally drifted over towards him, accessing his reaction to her question. As she expected, his

eyes widened in shock, and he nervously readjusted himself on the floor. “I…Quinn, who told you that?

It might not seem that way based on how she treated you, but Kathrine is your mother.”

Quinn’s hands clenched against the bed as she held back tears. “Are you…are you lying to me, dad?”

“No, sweetheart…why would I lie to you?”

“Really dad…you’re going to do this to me?” Quinn sat up, shuffling off the bed and then standing to

her feet. “I thought if I had no one else to turn to, I could always turn to you, father. If not anybody else,

then I trusted you to tell me the truth. I didn’t plan on leaving tonight, but I’m not going to stay here with

a person who’s lied to me my entire life.”

She walked past him, pulling her room door open and marching through it. As she walked towards the

front door, she could hear his rushed steps mirroring hers. “Quinn, why are y…? I’m sorry just…You’re

sick, Quinn…so stay.” He grabbed her hand. “I beg of you…I’ll tell you the truth…I swear I’ll tell you the

truth.”

Quinn ripped her hand out of his. “You should’ve told me the truth when I asked the first time, I don’t

want to hear it anymore.” She pulled the front door open and found Cannon anxiously running towards

the veranda. “The meeting grounds…! You need to come to the meeting grounds now! Zayd is in

trouble, and your mother is too.”

Quinn’s heart spiked as she rushed down the four steps in her path off the porch, and her father

followed her in panic. It took minutes to get to the meeting grounds and when they got there, it was

crowded, it seemed the whole pack was there; staring up at something on the podium.

Quinn looked up, finding exactly what they were looking at. Zayd was standing in the very center of the

stage with his hands tied behind his back. Kathrine was there too, sat down on her knees with blatant

bruises around her neck, and Jeo stood between the two.

Quinn’s breath hitched as she pushed through the crowd, climbing up the steps until she was on top of

the podium as well. Her eyes glanced towards Zayd, finding that he was staring at her, a look of shame

all over his handsome face.

Quinn looked away, turning to Jeo. “What’s happening here?”

Jeo rose a brow. “Your mate accused your mother of being the one that poisoned you and attempted to

murder her. Hurting a member of my pack is against the contract we signed, even if it is true that your

mother poisoned you and I doubt it is…it is not his right to punish her.”

Taking a deep and frustrated breath, Quinn walked past him, harshly shouldering him as she walked

over to Zayd. She reached behind him, untying the ropes that held him captive. “I know that this isn’t

enough to restrain you…quit acting like an idiot in front of so many people.”

She dropped the ropes and turned towards Jeo. “Since we are all here; my family as well as the rest of

the pack, let me reveal the truth. It is indeed this woman who poisoned me, I will not address her as my

mother since she has been everything but a mother to me. You’re the alpha Jeo, you’re free to punish

her in whatever way you see fit…as for me, I won’t be here long enough to decide…I’m leaving this

pack tonight.”

“What…? Quinn you~”

“The pack Jeo…they’re dying to hear how you will punish the traitor.”

Jeo’s mouth opened and closed, and then with clenched jaws, he turned to stare at the pack. “The vi…

the victim has spoken…since it is so, I will punish the criminal accordingly.”

As he continued to speak, Quinn grabbed Zayd’s hand. “This doesn’t mean I’ve forgiven you, and it

doesn’t mean I ever will. Right now, I need a place of refuge and it is not here. You said you’d take me

back with you. I’ll come.”

Zayd looked down at her hand that held his, then nodded slowly…as if he were lost in a trance. This…

This was the courage he’d seen in her eyes when he first met her…this was the strength he thought

she lost. “I’ll take you, let’s go.”

His hand closed around hers, and he pulled her off the podium with him, not stopping until they were at Nôvel(D)rama.Org's content.

the back of the crowd. The pack members were whispering and staring, but neither Zayd nor Quinn

cared. “Don’t you want to hear it? Her punishment I mean.”

Quinn looked back up at the podium, nodding once with an anxious gulp. “Y-Yes.”

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