The Alpha's Runaway Mate

Chapter twenty one

Taylor’s POV

This couldn’t have worked out better.

My gamma and Izzy’s brother, thank you,

moon goddess.

A few minutes later, someone knocks on

the door. It’s the omegas with snacks

and drinks.

They put everything on the table and

excuse themselves from the room.

Taylor? Tony, Richard, Lily, and Thomas

are here. Jarred’s mind links.

Sally is with them too.

Have Stella let them in. Jarred, go meet

them and bring them here.

Yes, Alpha. A few minutes later, in walks

Sally, Richard, Lily, Thomas, and last was

Tony.

Everyone looks stunned. Like they can’t

believe their eyes.

I clear my throat and I tell everyone to take a seat and I will explain things.

We can all talk after.

Everyone takes a seat and is looking at

each other.

Izzy looks mad. And I can feel her anger

and frustration.

Well, this is not how I planned this.

I clear my throat and begin explaining.

How I met Alpha Tony the day after they left the pack.

How I have felt Izzy’s pain since I was sixteen and everything since.

Tony explained to the boys about his parents and how they have been in custody since the day they left.

I also told Taylor about your grandparents and your uncle.

Devin explained what had happened and why they didn’t go to Tony but instead they had gone to their grandparents who ended up helping them.

We were not sure you would help us, Tony, without our parents knowing, and we couldn’t take that chance when it came to Izzy. They had already threatened to kill one of us.

We planned it for over five years. We just needed Izzy and Liam to turn eighteen.

Where are my parents, asks Izzy quietly?

Looking at my mate, they are in my dungeon. We had them moved here about a week ago.

Tony started getting rogue attacks, so we moved them here. No one knows they are here.

Lily starts to cry; she had no idea her daughter had been locked up.

Looking at Lily, I’m sorry, but what happened to your grandchildren cannot go unpunished.

I know I just wish I knew exactly what happened.

Sally finally spoke up. I think I can help with that. If Izzy is okay with it.

Izzy looks at me with tears in her eyes. Then at Sally.

Yes, that is fine, but I want to leave.

I looked at my mate, shocked. Can we talk first, just you and me, Izzy, I pleaded.

You should have talked to me before you did this.

I told you, Ry says. So no, after this, I will be going home.

My brothers can stay; I will leave with my grandparents.

Sally walks over and she smiles softly at Izzy, and she tells her what she needs her to do.

Izzy just nods and moves to the chair and sets it in front of Sally.

They both sit down, and Sally takes Izzy’s hands and she asks her if she’s ready. Izzy takes a deep breath and says yes.

Sally starts to chant, and a few minutes later, vivid pictures start showing; you can hear gasps and crying.

Tears ran down my face as I saw all the things my parents had done to me.

All of it my father. While my mother just went along with everything he did.

Sally showed me some different pictures, things I had never seen before, things I don’t remember.

Izzy, this is what could be if you give it a chance. I look at her and ask her how is this possible?

These are part of my powers, Izzy. If you give Taylor the chance, this is what your life could be.

Sally finally stopped and squeezed my hand a little tighter, letting me know she was sorry for my past. I gave her a slight smile and let go of her hands.

I can’t believe our mate is not going to talk to us, I tell Ry. Give her time, this is a lot for her, says Ry. We should have talked to her first.

I agree, says Ry. The room is quiet till Izzy says, “ I want to see my parents if that is possible.”

We would also like to see them, says my brothers and grandparents.

Yes, of course, that’s not a problem at all.

Just so you know, we had to take everything from your father; he was trying to hurt himself.

That’s fine; we don’t care about that.

Uncle Thomas was quiet the whole time. But you could see the anger, he had after he saw what had happened.

He gave me a hug and a kiss on my head.

Can we go see my parents now, I ask Taylor. He held out his hand to me, and I just looked at it, please, Izzy, he said pleadingly.

I knew he was not at fault, but I still wished he had talked to me. I reluctantly took his hand, and he sighed with relief.

Everyone followed us to the elevator.

Half went with us, and the other half went with Jarred.

Eventually, we all met in front of the dungeon.

It didn’t even look like a dungeon. It didn’t have cells; it had rooms. It was clean. I was surprised.

If I didn’t know this was a dungeon, I would have thought it was something completely different.

I could hear my uncle mumbling something about how he did not expect it to be like this with all the rumors about Taylor and how brutal he could be.

I looked at Taylor; was he really that bad?

Don’t overthink it, replies Shay. Not everyone is as bad as you think. He’s our mate; he would never harm us. Sighing, I know, but he could have talked to us first.

I agree. Izzy? Oh, sorry. I was talking to Shay.

Author’s notes:

Hi everyone, I hope you’re enjoying the story. I’d love to hear your thoughts on it. Do you have any suggestions or opinions on what might happen next? I can’t wait to hear from you.

Plindsey