The Run To Quinn

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After coming clean to Bash, my heart just felt sad. He just wanted the best for me. I had been scaring him, being a selfish friend and sister. He couldn't watch me lose myself. I needed to understand where he was coming from. If he were me, and I, him, I couldn't watch him go through that either.

I just... I just wanted my brother back. Just like how he wanted me back. Did I even deserve him? "Matt is dead," I whispered.

He titled his head and his mouth opened slightly. "Q, I am so... I'm so sorry. What happened?"

He sat back down and I sat down next to him. I began explaining everything. From my nightmares, which made him tense up and begin an argument. I had just continued talking, and soon he was involved with the fact that our pack had been attacked.

I told him about dad, about Peyton, about everything. He needed to know, this was his family and problems just as much as it was mine.

"And our Alpha and Luna are apparently not doing well either," I finished.

"I feel so sorry for Pierce, I need to go back and see everyone. Why hasn't mom told me?" He asked.

I tilted an eyebrow at him. "I mean, you did kind of block us all out, and run off to an unknown place."

Reston rubbed the back of his neck, glancing at my arms. "I couldn't watch you destroy yourself. Does Seb know?"

I tossed my head to the sides. "Most of it, yes. He won't know the extremities of it until he sees it, of course."

Talking to Reston felt good. After everything was off my chest, he wrapped his arm around me and pulled me to his chest. I laid my head on his shoulder and felt tears fall onto my shirt. He kissed the top of my head and squeezed me.

"I'm so sorry Quinn, I should've been there."

"I shouldn't of made you leave, Res, and that's the truth. I won't say I wish I had gotten rid of them, but they are dangerous. I just feel like right now really isn't the right time to get rid of them, ya know? Eventually, I will, but right now is so... scary."

He was silent for a moment before he nodded his head. "I trust you. I'm sorry about Matt, I'm sorry,"

"Will you quit apologizing!?" I laughed through my tears.

Reston pulled out of our hug and lightly punched my shoulder. "I don't know anyone named Peyton... definitely nobody we're related too. Have you asked mom?"

I slowly shook my head. I had thought about asking her, but with everything going on, no time  seemed right.

She must have been going crazy. Dad was gone physically but I knew he was on her mind twenty four seven. I felt bad for him not being on mine the same, but it was hard when I wasn't at home feeling the full weight of his missing character.

I thought about Seb, and how I would feel if he were to suddenly be ripped from my life. I grabbed my stomach and tried to keep myself from reeling over.

I couldn't imagine how mom felt. Dad and her had been together for long. They had pups, they had time, they had an unbreakable bond. And dad was just... gone.

"Are you alright, Q?"

I nodded. "Yes. No, I haven't asked mom. I don't want to cause any disturbance with her whatsoever."

Reston nodded. "Oh so the nightmares are worth the pain but you won't actually—"

"Will you stop scolding me, Res!" I yelled.

His eyes flashed with annoyance but ultimately he let it go. He sighed and ran his hands through his hair. "I'll talk to Pierce, see if I can go back home. Sebastián is a good wolf, Q. He's a good man, solid. He's never let me down."