A Broken Contract (Alpha's Secret Regret)

I did not realize I had moved if not for Jake's attempt to restrain me. My beta was almost as strong as me. I felt his strength as he tried with all his might to make me sit back down. "Please, Nick. Sit down. Please!" he begged, forcing me back on the chair.

'If you act out, it'll get harder. Everything would get worse,' he mundlinked me.

'We're not just werewolves but friends of the humans. We have a pact with their elite. They're important to our kind. Our ally packs would turn against us if you ruin that by hurting one of their own!'

My brain felt full as I tried to get it back online. I let my ass rest on the chair.

"But that judge has to pay for what he just did!" I hissed.

"Listen to me, Nick! You will not touch the man. He was doing his job."

"By tearing my family apart?"

Jake's frustration rose as I started to get up from the chair slowly.

When my gaze met his, I heard distinctly the very words he didn't dare say to his alpha. Even though he didn't open his mouth or used the mindlink. The words, "It's all your fault! You tore you apart!" floated by.

My heart was in my stomach and I felt nauseous. I turned to search for Sara. She was just leaving the court room with her two lawyers. Her father walked behind her. She didn't even glance my way. I tried to scan her emotions but was too unfocused pick up anything. I caught sight of her police friend waiting by the door. He wore his uniform today.

"You can't hurt the man, alpha," Jake repeated.

I wondered who he was referring to. The judge or the sergeant.

Soon they were all out of sight and we were speeding behind an old truck back to the resort. The shabby car belonged to her father. It didn't matter if we arrived before they do. The verdict had been given.

Apart from her father, a police man assigned by the court was with them.

My son was still in school. As we drove into the parking lot, all I could think was the fact that Sara and the child would not return here at the end of the day.

The calming effect of knowing that they lived in my house now was being destroyed. Their routine of coming home to this place was ending as soon as it began. I felt like throwing up.

When Jake and I entered the penthouse, Sara and her dad were nowhere in sight. The court's police officer was waiting in the living room.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Reign. Mr. Carlisle," he greeted.

"Good afternoon, officer," Jake went to shake his hand as I proceeded upstairs to go to meet Sara.

She and her dad were just coming out of the room with her things when I entered the hall.

"That was fast. You were already packed. Did you gather your things last night?" I asked her.

"This morning!" she replied simply.

"Alex likes it here. I thought you did too. You could've just told me you wanted to live somewhere else. I can buy you the whole town you know... and two more if you want."

The look in her eyes indicated that I wasn't making any sense. Which was true. But I didn't know what to say even though I wanted to talk to her.

Sebastian's face was hard as stone as he regarded me.

"Sara, c'mon," he said gently, leading his daughter by the arm.

Jake had appeared now.

I followed behind father and daughter as they entered my son's room.

"I'd like us to talk in private," I said then turned to Sebastian.

"I'm surprised you're here in my house. I thought it was forbidden for you now. Give us a minute, will you?"

Sara stared at me as I addressed

her father. He was looking at here waiting for her approval before leaving the room. When she nodded, he gave her arm a gentle squeeze before walking out.

We were alone now. As our gazes met again, her facial expression was maddening. There was no feeling in her eyes. She seemed without care when she eventually spoke.

"My lawyer and yours will work out the schedule. You're right. Alex likes it here. And he'll still come here."

"We're werewolves, Sara," I remarked. "How could you bring humans into our business. You think they can solve our problems?"

"You came to my house to take my son away!"

"You hid him from me! I had the right to know he exists! You were going to run away with him -"

"Because of who you are!

This past week, I've lived under

constant threats of losing him if I don't live by YOUR REQUIREMENTS. These are your ways as werewolves. It doesn't favor a weak one like me, Nick So I reached out to

SunMans for

help."

As she shrugged, the brief emotions vanished from her eyes and she was suddenly back to being cold and uncaring.

Meanwhile, goosebumps had taken over my skin when she said my name like old times. It made me forget how to reply. She resumed gathering Alex's things.

I tried to come up with words to stall her. Nothing. There was no stopping this.

"You really think anyone can protect you from me? I could drag this out. No. I could just abandon all regard

for their laws and do what I want

Our world is different from theirs,

Sara. You know that, right?"

warned.

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