A Broken Contract (Alpha's Secret Regret) novel Chapter 6

Nick's POV

It was the day of the full moon. My plans were simple. My routine workout and training would come first. Followed by a meeting with my father's corporate staff to review and. approve some projects. After that, I'd head to campus to meet with my professor about my desertation.

As I drove into campus later in the morning, it took all of my will to break the silly habit of making a detour to spy on Sara. I failed. Jake was with me in the car. He regarded me with pursed lips and a deep sigh.

The girl and I are still mated. I haven't gone near her in two weeks. Of course, my wolf was antsy. Not my fault.

"I doubt she's in school, Nick," Jimmy ranted. "You and I know she's busy having a hard time with her father right now."

"I have no idea what you mean! I'm just passing through to see if Meg is around or something," I lied even though it was pointless. "Also, she brought the hard times on her family."

Jake didn't respond. As I passed her dorm slowly, I resolved to avoid her as much as possible until twilight, which was hours from now.

My activities for the day were over too soon. The moon would not appear in the sky for another six hours. I was restless. This thing with Sara needed to be over and done with. There would be no more sleepless nights once she was truly out of my life.

I was going to spend the rest of the wait-time clearing out our secret apartment by myself, but deciding against it was inevitable. Her scent was all over the place. I considered burning it to the ground.

Dusk came. It was time for us to see. I knew she was already waiting the moment I entered the woods. It made me realize that I'm not the only one who needed to end this ASAP. I walked past her without a word. Jake was behind me. A witness was necessary to sever our fated bond.

My wolf may try to put up a fight. I braced myself for the struggle. Sara and I can't have a future. For both our sakes. She was a low-class. The daughter of the help. Three months of fun was enough. I shouldn't have renewed the contract. We wouldn't be ending it like this if I'd released her seven weeks ago.

As she turned to face me under the bright moon overhead, I began speaking, my voice unrecognizable to me,

"I, Nikolas Reign, son and heir of Alpha Zion of the Forest Moon, reject you, Sara James, as my mate."

She didn't hesitate to reply as a tear raced down her cheek. "I, Sara, daughter of Sebastian James, accept your rejection."

Her reply was followed by a sharp, wrenching pain cutting through my heart. She bent over, clutching her chest as I did the same. A thick cloud covered the full moon, bathing all three of us in the darkness of the woods.

It might've lasted a moment, but it felt like an eternity. The physical pain was gone in a fleeting moment as the cloud melted. The dim light of the moon filled the woods again.

I straightened and strode past her without a glance or another word. My wolf retreated deep inside my consciousness to mourn the loss.

*****

2 MONTH LATER

"Just have lunch with her so you two can start getting to know each other," Elise Reign pleaded with me.

I was a very busy person now. I'd just returned from a vacation with my friends after our final exams. It was time to get to work. Sitting down for lunch and chit chat with someone I don't know was a waste of time. But if I said these things to my mom, she'd nag some more.

All she cared about getting me to mate with a strong bloodline and bearing a heir. I ignored her.

"Nick..." she called out gently. "She's flying back tomorrow. Believe me, this is better than signing a silly contract with one of those..." she pursed her lips in irritation.

"Goddess forbid it. We can't have you fall for another pitiful werewolf, Nick. The thing with that girl was quite a scare. If you wanna scratch your itch, just stick to the usual human women, okay? "

She noticed the frown on my face and said,

"What?"

"You're Luna. You shouldn't talk like that. And how did you know I get them to sign something first? Are you having me followed?" I asked her.

"I'm your mother," she merely replied.

"Doesn't make it's right to have someone watch my every move, luna," I fumed.

At that moment, I recalled the look on Sara's face when I indirectly accused her of leaking our secret somehow. She was not the one who went to the luna. Of course, what would she gain by ratting herself out.

"I did no such thing. Also, it's not wrong that I know stuff about you," she argued.

"Who told you about me and ..." Even saying her name aloud had grown too difficult. I clenched my lips before finishing, "Miss James."

"Does it matter?" she asked.

She's right. I decided it doesn't matter and didn't press further. A reporter might've sold the information to her for quick cash.

Two months have passed since Sara and I parted ways. She'd dropped out of school immediately. She and her dad had moved around a bit before finally leaving L.A. two weeks ago. I wish I didn't know thes details. I've promised myself to stop keeping tabs on her, and I'm keeping that promise.

I've moved on, no doubt. It was time to focus entirely on my responsibilities to my family and the pack.

"So you'll meet tomorrow, right?" My mother asked.