Second Chance

Chapter 10

Drew

Many gasps could be heard throughout the hall, clan members began whispering to each other but I pressed on. Taking advantage of Alistair being frozen in shock I continued "As you all know, I was supposed to be clan chief. My husband became clan chief due to my 'mental illness'. It was determined that my mate would take over so my bloodline would be preserved. The truth is, this mental illness Alistair expressed concern over is a complete fabrication.

" I nodded at Amelia to start the slideshow.

The first image was displayed large enough for everyone to read. 'Drew Sutherland has shown a normal mental state during various appointments. Furthermore, our records reflect that the medical exams performed on Miss Sutherland have only identified physical issues ie bruises and broken bones. She denies ay altercations and will only express that she is clumsy. These signs indicate something more than random accidents and clumsiness but we are unable to take any action without her identifies another cause.'

"This medical summary is from Dr Anderson, a well respected doctor in our community who owes no favours to anyone. These marks and scars you see were caused by my so-called caring husband."

Alistair roared "Drew, you must stop this immediately. Did you stop taking your medication? Have you been hurting yourself again?"

"Okay fine, if you want to discredit me and accuse me of lying, then maybe some others can present evidence."

At this, the omegas who had been attacked by Alistair made their way up onto the stage. Each of them looked to one another, nodded and removed their coats and cardigans. Their bruises and scars were now fully on display for everyone to see. Once more, the clan gasped and began whispering again.

"That's not all, this man that claims to love me has attempted to force some of these girls to perform s*xual acts with him, a few days ago he tried to do it to me and worst of all, he tried with one of our honoured guests despite her being a clan chief's sister. Such an act could have drawn us into a war with the clan we're forming an alliance with."

"LIES! FILTHY LIES! DREW, YOU MUST CALM DOWN AND HEAD TO THE HOSPITAL" He cleared his throat amd then spoke in a calmer tone "Drew I can't believe you drag defenseless omegas into this. Did you threaten them?"

This seemed to sow some doubt among the clan members watching this spectacle.

Skye stood up at that moment "Is that so?" she spoke in a calm concise voice. Then what's this? Skye had connected her phone to the speakers;

Alistair :"So, Skye was it? You're a pretty thing aren't you?"

Skye: "I suppose. Depends who's asking."

Alistair: "No one's asking, darling. Just stating a fact"

Skye: "Drew's not here right now, did you need her for something?"

Alistair: "Oh no, not at all. She's been stuck to your side like the little leech she is. I've been waiting to get your fine self alone."

Skye: "Listen, bud. I don't know what you're angling at but I'm not into men."

Alistair: "No one asked what you're into. Mmmh nothing so sweet as an unmated female. Especially an alpha"

Skye: "Listen here, I'm not into men and I'm not gonna change my mind just because you try rubbing up against me like a dog in heat"

Alistair: "Feisty one, aren't you?"

Skye: "I said no!"

Alistair: "Oh come on. All of those compliments, you were practically begging me to f*ck you. Mmh kick and scream some more, it really turns me on"

Muffled screams and the tearing of fabric could be heard clearly.

Skye: "Help, goddess please help me! Please no. Oh goddess, no"

Drew: "ALASTAIR, STOP IT"

Alistair: "Shut the f*ck up, Drew. Get the f*ck out"

Drew: "No, Alastair. You don't understand, she's not just a doctor with the MacRobert pack. She's the Clan Chief's sister."

Alistair: "I'm well f*cking aware of that. Get out"

Drew: "Alastair, do you want to start a clan war?"

Alistair: "Ugh, fine. Whatever"

After the recording finished, the color in Alistair's face drained completely leaving his pale as a ghost. Silece descended on the entire hall, everyone was in total shock. Will looked like he was barely restraining himself but Skye had tight hold of his arm.

I pressed on signaling to Lyall and Mitch that it was their turn. Everyone has barely snapped out of it when Lyall and Mitch shared their story about falling out with Alistair and the reason despite being the beta and gamma, they were rarely seen with the clan chief, they had a few photos and recordings of their own to back up their testimony. I glanced at my parents and I could see my mother sobbing and my father looked ready to kill Alistair on the spot. Once Lyall and Mitch had said their piece, I announced the most important news.

"Due to Alistair's treatment of me and his behavior, our goddess has bestowed a blessing upon me." I held up a small camera connected to the laptop and aimed it at my marking spot which was now clear. "Our wonderful moon goddess has dissolved my mate bond with Alistair." Amelia then changed the view on the screen back to the slideshow. This new slide showed images of the research Skye found on the mate bond, marks fading and second chance mates.

Everyone was stunned.

"Furthermore, she has sent me a second chance mate" Skye climbed the stairs and stood beside me.

"I have provided you all with an explanation, I have provided evidence and luckily the council is present. I say to you, honored elders. Will you allow the testimony and evidence provided today to be used for the temporary imprisonment of Alistair Lachlan?"

All five gave a nod and called out "Aye!" I spoke again "Honoured elders, will you allow this evidence serve as a valid reason for a divorce between myself and Alistair Lachlan?" "Aye!" they called out again. "Honoured elders, will you depose this man and allow me to take on the leadership as is my birthright restoring clan Lachlan to clan Sutherland?"

"AYE!" I realized at once that the entire clan had also answered in response to this last question. I looked out at the clan members beaming with pride. Charlie and Nessa walked forward to Alistair, grabbing him roughly from both sides, they slapped a pair of handcuffs engraved with runes onto his wrists and started dragging him to the dungeons. He tried to scream out, yelling profanities at me and the council elders, as well as accusing me of lying and colluding.

The elders quickly knelt down on one leg in front of me. "Our Chief who shows intelligence, cunning and elegance. We swear to advise and support you throughout your rule and work hard to protect the people."

The rest of the clan members throughout the hall followed suit "Our chief, we swear our allegiance to you."

After everyone had stood, Skye turned to me and knelt down on one knee "Mo Leannan. I swear my allegiance love and trust to you. I Skye MacRobert, accept you Drew Sutherland as my mate and clan chief. I swear to protect support and love you for as long as I live."

I felt myself tearing up, overwhelmed at her admission but touched all the same. Her words truly warmed my heart and the more I spent time with her, the more I felt my heart healing and my personality coming back.

I then knelt down in front of her "I Drew Sutherland, clan chief of clan Sutherland accept you Skye MacRobert as my mate and Luna. I promise to heed your advice, protect and support you, provide for you and love you with all my heart"

We held each other in a tight hug and could hear the entire hall fill with applause cheers and whistles.

"Right everyone, I'm truly sorry to have kept everyone from having Burns' supper for so long but now that our presentation has concluded, let the feast begin! Waiters and waitresses acknowledged the signal for food to be served and soon the tables were lined with delicious food. Roasted lamb, haggis, sweet potato mash, roast potatoes, turnips, gravy and many more dishes.

Everyone tucked in and my parents took this opportunity to approach me. My father looked stuck between rage and heartbreak, my mother had puffy red eyes and was still crying softly. "My beautiful girl" she said, her voice wavering. "I...I can't believe I took his word on it.I...I...I thought he was showing concern and care, he had me convinced with all of the photos videos and messages he showed me.

I sighed "Mum, it's not your fault. He's an expert in manipulation and he's good at faking evidence. I know firsthand that he can twist the narrative on anything if he has enough time to prepare. That's why today was so crucial and why I couldn't tell you or dad about what we'd planned."

Her eyes teared up again, but she blew out a slow breath and pulled me into a big hug. "My wonderful daughter, I can never truly explain just how much I love you and how painful it is to know I contributed to your misery"

Even my usually stoic father had tears in his eyes "My baby girl, I'm so sorry. Your mother and I thought we were helping you but I know that's no excuse given how easily you managed to disprove his claims on your medical history. We should have been there for you."

"Dad" I said "I'm really okay, I promise." he seemed to relax a little at this "Well, if it's okay can you introduce us to your new mate?"

Skye got closer and held out her hand for a handshake and was warmly greeted by both of my parents. "Well then, let's finish our dinner so we can move onto the most fun part of the evening" I suggested and we all headed back to our seats.