The Alpha and His Contract Luna (Lauren) novel Chapter 125

Darren.

I’m an Alpha. I’m supposed to be confident and assured but right now I feel anything but. I’m nervous and anxious. You would think that this is my first time taking a woman out.

I stare at my watch for the millionth time. Mayra is supposed to be here any minute now. I arrived earlier than planned. After all, a gentleman should never keep a lady waiting.

“Could you please calm the fuck down…Your worry and nervousness is infectious” Kai growls at me, though there is no heat behind it.

He may try to hide it. May try to play it cool, but we both know he’s a nervous wreck.

“I’m fucking trying” I snarl right back at him.

I run my hands through my hair. I always do this when I’m nervous or anxious.

“Well, try harder!”

Ignoring him, I focus on the entryway to the VIP section of the restaurant. I didn’t want to miss her entering. Actually, I didn’t want to miss anything when it comes to her.

Mayra both excites me and terrifies me. I haven’t felt this way about anyone since I got mated to Ren.

Some would ask, what about Miranda? Didn’t you love her? Wasn’t she the reason why you threw everything you had with Ren?

At that time I thought that I loved her. In fact I believed that I loved her more than I loved Ren and that’s why I did what I did. Now though, looking back, I realize I never did.

Miranda was an obsession. An unhealthy one at that. Like I said, I am an Alpha and Alpha’s have one of the biggest egos there are. Miranda choosing Sebastian over me, her fated mate, wounded that ego.

My obsession with her stemmed from wanting to prove to her that I was better than Sebastian. I wanted to show her that she lost golden years with me by picking Sebastian.

Our relationship was unhealthy. I knew that but I still held on. Because I wanted to prove a stupid point.

I knew she was cheating on me. Deep inside I knew that, but I didn’t want to accept that.

Accepting it meant that I had to admit that I was wrong. Wrong for allowing my pride to get in the way. Wrong for allowing her to sink her claws into me after she broke me the first time. Wrong for choosing her over Ren.

I will always regret holding myself back with Lauren. I will always regret how I treated her and I will always hate myself for the pain I caused her.

I should have pampered her and treated her like a queen, instead I let the ghosts of my past hold me back from loving a good woman. A woman that gave me my beautiful daughter.

“She forgave you…you have to let it go because she’s happy. The pain led her to her soulmate” Kai tells me softly.

I sigh and run a hand down my face.

“I know” I simply answer.

He is right. Ren and Sebastian may not be fated mates, but they’re soulmates. You just have to look at them to know that they belong together.

I shake those thoughts away and stare at my watch.

I frown when I realize that twenty minutes have already passed. Mayra should have been here fifteen minutes ago. It was unlike her to be late. She is always on time with no second to spare.

Taking out my phone from my pocket. I unlock it and dial her number. She doesn’t pick up. I try her again but still she didn't pick up.

“Something is wrong” I say more to myself while standing up.

“Agree. She’s never late and if she couldn’t make it then she would have called and let you know” Kai adds.

Without bothering with the waiter, I leave. Once I’m outside, I immediately jump into my car and start driving. I was going to head straight to Sebastian's pack to make sure that she’s alright.

Five minutes into the drive, I frown when I notice an abandoned car. My frown deepens when I realize it’s the same model and color that Mayra drives.

“I fucking don’t like this” Kai, begins pacing in agitation. I can’t blame him because I was feeling the same.

“Neither do it”

I park my car and get out. In a few steps I’m in front of the car. The number plate confirms that it is indeed Mayra’s car.

My heart begins pounding when I see the driver’s door open. Not only that, but everything she owns is still inside the car. It’s like she left in a hurry.

“Something or someone scared her”

I nod my head at Kai’s deduction, then close my eyes and sniff the air. I smell her scent but alongside it is the disgusting smell of rotting flesh.

Pinpointing the direction she went, I am about to follow her scent when my phone rings.

I growl at the interruption. The need to crush my phone very powerful. I needed to go after her cause who knows how much danger she’s in.

“Pick it up, maybe she’s the one calling” Kai pleads

I doubt it, given we were basically surrounded by nothing but forest. I still pick it without looking at the color ID.

“What?!” I growl into the phone.

I was scared and irritated because whoever was calling me was wasting precious time.

“Darren?” Ren’s scared and panicked voice cuts through the silent night. “You need to come to the pack, now!!”

She doesn’t give me time to answer before hanging up. I don’t know how I knew it but I just did. Deep down I just knew her call concerned Mayra.

Taking her personal things, I get into my car and break every speed limit. I was going to get someone to drive her car back once I got to the pack.