A Broken Contract (Alpha's Secret Regret)

Nick POV

Stop being an idiot! My son's simple advice. If only there was a manual describing how. It's not like I could turn back time.

As I poured the ice-cold vodka down my throat, I thought of how we got here and all that has happened between Sara and I. I imagined where we could be if I'd acted differently in the past.

It was now past midnight. Alex was sound asleep. I decided I needed some fresh. But as I sauntered through the woods, my feet carried me towards Sara's.

She probably wasn't home. Maybe she was spending the night with Sergeant Brave. Why was I doing this to myself? I wondered. What could I achieve if not more heartache? But I couldn't stop myself from spying on her.

As I stood by a tree behind the short house, I could tell she was in there. Awake. The fact that she was home and not with the sergeant didn't mean anything. She was with him now.

But what if I entered her room through that window? One of two things would happen. I stood there fantasizing that I did. She didn't scream for me to leave. Instead, she did the very opposite, offering herself to me like before. Hours must've passed while I stood by that tree with these fantasies. I waited till I sensed that she'd fallen asleep.ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

As I left her place, I kept walking till I found myself at the sergeant's. I needed to get into his bedroom so we could chat. But Jake was waiting for me there. And as expected, he wouldn't let me go inside.

"Are you his bodyguard or what?"

"If anything happens to him, she'll know it's you. You think she'll be okay with that?" He said.

With that, he all but dragged me back to the resort.

She's not bound to us anymore. We have no claim. I kept whispering these words to my wolf.

Once in my bedroom, I laid awake for the rest of the night, unable to keep certain injurious images from my mind.

***

The next day was Sunday. My son kept me busy all day till evening. Sara called to talk with Alex like she promised. But she called Janice's phone. I wished we were out at the time. Then she'd have to call me instead of anyone else because the nanny wouldn't go out with us. While they talked, I heard other voices in the background. It was Sebastian's and someone else's. Male. I stood up and went into my room.

There was only one thing that would calm the tornado threatening to break out from inside me. A race in the wild. But I couldn't do that yet. Alex and I already made plans for the Sunday.

Hours later, we had gone out to carry out our plans and had just returned to the resort. Alex was exhausted from our little swimming fiesta at the nearby lake. He had no qualms falling into bed for his nap. Forty-five minutes passed and I

knew he'd be awake any minute.

When I looked at the time, it was almost 4 PM. I decided I could be in and out before dinner. Putting my tumbler down, I stood up to go for that run.

As I opened the door, Jake stood in front of me with a file in his hand. It was Sunday. Work would wait! I brushed past him, bumping his shoulders so that he staggered to the side.

"I should be back before dinner," I mumbled.

Within minutes, I was in the woods and letting out my wolf. I raced across towns after towns that I didn't even know. It felt a bit relieving to be far from Orphic right then. She's not ours anymore, I whispered to my wolf as I tore through the woods.

I needed to get my shit my together and stop being so dangerously possessively. I could have done real harm to that man-wolf last night if Jake hadn't stopped me.

But how was I supposed to endure this?

I raced till I soon lost track of time. When I stopped to look around me, the place felt familiar. Especially the mountains. I wondered how long I had been running. Only then did it occur to me that it was dead of night. Shit! I had missed dinner. Hell, I would definitely miss breakfast at this rate.

I started to head back. Soon, the first

light of dawn appeared above the sky. I had been out all night and wasn't sure where I was exactly. Looking back as twilight brightened my path, I raced back the same way I came. Alex would've waited for me during dinner. Shit!

He won't even see me at breakfast. I had to drop him at school this morning, but that was impossible now. I would never make it on time.

True enough, it was 9:50 when I finally re-entered Orphic town again.

The first thing I picked up was my beta's frantic call through the mindlink.

'Where are you, alpha? Please talk to me!'

A few minutes later, I entered the resort shirtless through my hidden gateway. Soon, I had snuck into my private stairway and was heading up to my penthouse. My beta came to meet me. It was 10:15 AM.

'Coming,' I replied simply.

"The little one was very upset, Nick. He didn't want to eat breakfast or go to school. Richard had to call Sara to talk to him on the phone. How far did you go?" He asked. "I searched everywhere. I was afraid you went back to meet him."