<h4>Chapter 509: 509-Stolen Mate</h4>
<strong>Troy:</strong>
I had carried Clementine out in a hurry, but the whole time, a strange feeling lingered in my chest. I had questions, and I did not know what to do with them.
Once we rushed out of the mansion, I noticed some of the warriors running inside, but when they saw me, they stopped suddenly.
Their eyes shifted to Leysa as sheposed her posture and stepped forward to face them, making my heart miss a beat.
"There has been a problem," she started to shout confidently, confusing the warriors and making them look at each other. "Lady Rimi has ordered everyone to go to the backyard and make sure the monster does not leave."
She took control so loudly that for a second she even confused me.
"Wait, but they asked us to look for you," one of the warriors replied, referring to her.
His eyes lingered on Clementine before he looked at his partners.
"And she found me. Did you not see mee out of the fucking mansion?" she shouted back at him, making him lower his head. "Charles has turned into the worst monster and he escaped the room. Do you not see the dead bodies being thrown out of the window?"
She continued with the same confidence, making me worried and impressed at the same time.
"Now go and do as I say," she demanded loudly, making them panic and rush into action.
They began to run inside while she held herself steady.
"Troy, Lady Rimi says to take Clementine to the hospital urgently."
Leysa then looked at me, watching for my reaction, and I nodded.
One of the warriors suddenly stopped after hearing her orders.
"This way, ma’am," the warrior told Leysa.
She lifted her dress casually and started walking toward the road. I followed closely behind her.
I noticed that members from the pack houses hade outside, and they looked anxious, probably after hearing all themotion.
The warrior took us to the car. Leysa and Clementine sat in the back seat. Clementine waspletely out of it. She was barely conscious.
I tried to sit in the driver’s seat, but the warrior told me the driver knew the roads well. He instructed the driver to take us to the hospital, only the pack’s Hospital. Of course, that was not our real destination.
Halfway through the drive, Leysa started to cough to get my attention.
"Listen, stop the car here. I’ll take it to the hospital. I know the road from here. You go back to the mansion and make sure Lady Rimi is fine. They are under attack from the monster."
I started to panic and forced fear into my voice while pretending to check my phone as if the signal had returned.
It was just my way of fooling the man. He was in such a hurry that he did not check his phone. He parked the car on the side of the road and rushed out.
I did not know what the situation was back at the mansion, but I was only praying that Yorick was fine.
Still, everything that had just happened, the rejection and all of it, left me stunned. Had something happened between Yorick and Clementine?
How could she get pregnant so quickly from him when she had been married to Ian before him? There was so much going on.
Once the driver left, I got out from the passenger side, rushed around the car, and slid into the driver’s seat. I started driving toward the border.
"Do you think we will be able to get out of here? They must have informed everyone," Leysa said, gently tapping my shoulder to get my attention.
"My warriors are right outside there. Don’t worry," I told her as I adjusted the mirror to check on Clementine. Then I angled it slightly to look at Leysa as well.
She had changedpletely. It was the kind of change I had not seen in many people. She looked confident and like someone who could be trusted.
Once we reached the gate, I saw the warriors approach the car, looking concerned.
"Open the gate. We need to leave right now," Leysa demanded from the back seat, but the warrior shook his head firmly.
"No, we cannot let you leave. You cannot go until Lady Rimi tells us you are allowed to," the warrior replied. His eyes were restless.
I could tell they had already received news about themotion at the mansion.
"Well, if we even stay alive. Everybody is dying back there, and you are standing here stopping us," I shouted at them, using my alpha voice.
"Your Highness, I understand what you are saying, but we still cannot let you go," the warrior answered, his eyes lingering mostly on Leysa and Clementine.
I noticed there were not many warriors at the main gate, and we could take them out. However, Leysa must have seen my fingers tightening around the steering wheel because she leaned forward from the back seat to speak to me without being heard.
"Don’t think about it. If the monster kills everyone in the mansion andes out, someone needs to stop him at the gates. We cannot risk the entire world. We need to find another way," Leysa whispered before leaning back again.
I looked around, and my eyesnded on my warriors in the distance down the road. They saw me and started rushing toward the main gate.
"Well then, you can keep them here. How about you let me go? These two can stay until it is confirmed that everyone at the mansion is safe and they are allowed to leave. How about that?" I asked the warrior.
He shrugged. They had never been told to keep me there. Even they knew that.
"Okay," he replied as he walked toward the car and reached for the back door.
"But she needs help. She cannot walk properly," Leysa told the warrior, pointing to Clementine.
The other warriors started to gather around the car. The warrior stepped back and lowered his gun while the others stood a short distance away, trying to check the vehicle before letting me go.
The moment they moved away from the door, my warriors lunged forward and pushed the main gate open. It had only been loosely closed, probably unlocked while they spoke with my warriors.
Leysa suddenly kicked the warrior in the stomach and shoved him away from the car. I mmed my foot on the pedal and sped forward.