The Alpha King Is My Second Chance Mate novel Chapter 43

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.