Page 180 of Broken Dreams

Jed and Damon give cruel chuckles as they begin to leave the room.

“Need anything before we go, Quinn?” Damon asks.

“Knives would be great, please,” she says sweetly.

Riley’s eyes widen to the point where I’m worried they’re going to pop out, and it’s difficult to hold in my snicker. If youcan’t handle my girl’s crazy, maybe don’t fuck around and find out next time.

“No screaming,” Quinn demands. “I need answers. The day I disappeared, what happened? Why help my father?”

“He said that he’d arranged a marriage for you with a very wealthy alpha,” Riley breathes. “I didn’t know, I swear?—”

“Shh,” Quinn mutters. “Did you think that this time too? Are you really that fucking stupid?”

“No, Alpha Hughes told Sadie and I that if we didn’t help him he’d tell our parents about what we did,” Riley says. “They’d cut us off. We’re betas and useless, Quinn. We have to play the game right or get left behind.”

“That’s bullshit,” Callum says. “There are a lot of betas who find packs. I don’t believe it. Quinnie had everything growing up.”

“Jealousy isn’t pretty,” Cian adds. “I hear the rumors that you’re alpha chasers. No one wants to know that all you want is their knot.”

Moving over to Sadie, I yank off the hood.

“Is that true? Were you jealous of her?” I ask.

“Quinn? She was dumpy and unpopular. Why would I be jealous?” Sadie snarls. “Mr. Hughes said that she would be happier with her very rich alpha. So we followed his instructions to the letter.”

Quinn purses her lips as her chest begins to heave with anger. Jed returns with an open case of knives, and she barely glances at him as she picks one up.

“I was absolutely not happier,” she rasps. Cian stares at Quinn for a moment before quietly leaving the room, not wanting to witness what is going to be a very private moment.

“Linus, I need you to get your ass down here,”I say down the bond.

“I know, fuck, I’m coming,”he replies. I can feel his worry and I force myself to take a breath as I stand in witness to whatever is about to happen.

Goddamnit, I guess these bitches are determined to rip open already weeping wounds.

Jed leaves the case on the table and walks out as well, leaving Callum and I alone with Quinn and the two bitches who changed her entire life.

“Tell them,” I say, swallowing thickly. “Fuck ‘em up, sweet girl.”

“I was so scared,” she says, her voice sounding small and lost. “They tied me up, kept talking about how much money they were going to make, and shoved this dirty rag in my mouth while I cried. Miles Kellogg is cruel. Neither of you would last seconds with him.”

“You were a kid, there’s no way he’d knot you,” Riley says, rolling her eyes.

I can feel Linus and the presence of someone else behind me, but refuse to move as I watch Quinn strike. She shoves the knife deep into Riley’s stomach, teeth gritting in anger. It won’t kill the heinous bitch, but it will hurt.

Riley’s scream of pain is more obnoxious than anything else.

“Are you really going to just let her do this to me?” she cries, tears flowing as she hangs from the chains.

“I am,” Christian mutters.

“Me too,” Linus says softly.

Quinn twists with wide eyes to look at him, and her best friend smiles sadly at her.

“We’re here, Quinn. Tell us what he did so we can find him and he can’t ever hurt you again,” he says.

Nodding, she bites her lip as she looks back at Riley and pulls out the knife.

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