A Broken Contract (Alpha's Secret Regret) novel Chapter 59

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.