Bound To The Broken Alpha (Amy and Daniel) novel Chapter 256

Chapter 256 That Obvious

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Walking into the office felt wrong. The place smelled like fresh coffee and printer ink, not antiseptic and fear. It almost irritated me how normal everything looked,

People were going about their work like the world was falling apart. Like Amy wasn’t lying in a hospital bed fighting to breathe.

I shut the door behind me a little too hard. The silence in the room pressed against my ears. I dropped into the chair and rubbed my face.

Mum was the only reason I even came here. She practically shoved me out of the hospital after reminding me I didn’t just fight for the pack–I bled for it.

If the Alpha disappears for too long, investors panic. And when investors panic, everything falls apart.

Still didn’t make me feel any better.

I picked up the phone.

“Get in here,” I said to my assistant.

A few seconds later, she knocked and stepped inside. Always polite. Always composed.

“Yes, Alpha Daniel?” she said.

“I need my schedule emailed to me,” I told her, trying to sound normal.

She hesitated, hands clasped.

“I… didn’t prepare one for today, sir. You didn’t confirm you’d be coming in.”

“Then prepare it!” I barked. “Now!”

Her eyes widened. She bowed her head slightly.

“Yes, Alpha. Right away.”

The moment she left, guilt hit me in the chest. Hard. I cursed under my breath and leaned back, staring at the ceiling. This wasn’t her fault. None of this was her fault.

About thirty minutes later, she came back in, tablet in hand.

“Alpha Daniel, your schedule has been added and sent to your email,” she said softly.

I nodded, exhaling.

“Thank you. And… I’m sorry for shouting

for shouting at you earlier. That wasn’t called for.”

She shook her head quickly.

“No, sir. You don’t owe me an apology. Everyone knows you’re going through something very difficult. We’re all praying for Mrs Amy’s recovery.”

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My voice dropped.

“She’s still on the ventilator. They’re monitoring her closely.”

Her expression softened.

“I’m very sorry, Alpha. Miss Amy is strong. She will pull through.”

I nodded, but I didn’t believe it enough to say it out loud. My chest felt hollow.

“Is that all?” she asked carefully.

“For now,” I murmured.

She bowed again before leaving the office quietly.

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The moment the door clicked shut, I felt the urge to leave. To go back to the hospital. To hold Amy’s hand and tell her I was right there. I checked the clock for the fifth time in ten minutes.

Mum’s words echoed in my head–Show them you’re here. Show them you’re stable.

I was trying. But every second away from Amy felt like was failing her.

The room felt too big, too empty, and too quiet without her breathing next to me–even if that breathing was coming from a machine.

I stayed in that chair for another ten minutes after my assistant left. The office felt too tight around me.

My skin buzzed with frustration I couldn’t place–like there was a storm inside me with no air to escape.

Sitting here was useless.

Working was useless.

Trying to pretend things were normal was pointless.

Amy was fighting for her life. The baby was gone. Elias was somewhere out there, walking free. Clara was still a damn question mark.

And the pack–my pack–looked to me for direction when I couldn’t even trust my own thoughts right now.

I needed my head back. If not for anything, then for Amy.

I grabbed my phone.

“Cole,” I said the moment he picked up. “I need to get out of here.”

“That bad?” he asked.

“Worse.”

“Where are you?”

“On errand.”

“I’ll be there in ten.”

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He hung up.

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I pushed away from the desk and paced the room, rubbing my neck. Every breath felt sharp. Pressure kept sitting on my chest like an extra weight I couldn’t shake

My mother was right–I couldn’t collapse now. Amy needed stability. The pack needed leadership. If Elias popped out of the shadows again, I had to be ready.

And Clara… I wasn’t done dealing with her.

When Cole walked in without knocking, I already looked like I was two seconds from punching a wall.

He took one look at me. “Yeah. You’re cooked.”

“That obvious?”

“Daniel, you look like a man who hasn’t slept, hasn’t eaten, and is surviving off anger and air.”

“Sounds accurate.”

“So,” he said, hands in his pockets, “what are we doing?”

“That’s exactly the problem.” I let out a tired laugh. “I don’t know. I just know I can’t sit here. I’ll lose my mind.”

He studied me for a second, then nodded. “Fine. I’ve got an idea.”

“Please tell me it doesn’t involve alcohol. I can’t think straight

as it is.”

“Relax. I’m not trying to get you drunk. I’m trying to reset your brain.”

“Reset my brain, how?”

Cole shrugged. “We do something physical. Something outside. Something stupid enough to shock your thoughts back in order but not stupid enough to get us arrested.”

I snorted. “That narrows it down to nothing.”

“There’s a trail up north,” he said. “Nobody goes there. We can hike, run, yell, punch a tree–whatever works. Clear your head. Or we can go to the old training grounds. It’s abandoned now. You want to fight? I’ll take a few hits.”

“I’m not beating you up.”

“I didn’t say you’d win.”

That actually pulled a real breath out of me–something close to a laugh, but not there yet.

“You’re serious?”

“Dead serious. You need to move. Sitting in that hospital chair all night, then sitting in here? That’s why your head feels like it’s about to explode.”

He wasn’t wrong.

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I grabbed my jacket. “Let’s go.”

Cole motioned toward the door. “After you, Alpha.”

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We walked out of the office and down the hall. Every staff member who saw me acted like they didn’t want to breathe too loudly. I didn’t blame them. I probably looked like I’d bite someone.

Outside, the air was cool. Cleaner. Easier to breathe.

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