THE ALPHA’S BROKEN LUNA

Hardin’S POV

I stand in front of my room door and recite my plan once more to myself.

Rush in, don’t say a word to Reign, walk straight into the bathroom and brush teeth until I can’t feel anything anymore.

It was until I emptied the third glass of Bourbon that I realized what I was doing.

What I said about surviving a night without Reign in my arms was a lie.

I cannot and even if I have to brush my mouth with one whole tube of toothpaste just so she doesn’t get the smell of alcohol in my breath, I will do so.

Ugh! This is frustrating.

I even feel tipsy.

Damn you Kol!

I let out a heavy breath as I creak the door open and once I step in, I close it behind me and walk across the room into the bathroom at the speed of light!

I only know Reign is the in the room all thanks to the smell of her pheromone which doesn’t I fail to cause the usual tingly feeling in my stomach.

This girl!

Once I get into the bathroom, I close the door behind me and walk over to the sink where I apply toothpaste on my brush and start brushing my teeth like there is no tomorrow.

I pray the smell in my mouth goes away.

“Babe” Reign’s angelic voice calls from the door and I pause for a while.

“Babe is everything alright?” She asks and I just keep brushing my mouth without responding to her.

Soon, the door to the bathroom opens up and l close my eyes and curse in silence.

I did not lock the damn door!

As I hear her footsteps approach me, I intensify the brushing.

Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!

“Babe” She calls for the umpteenth time and when I feel her soft hands touch my back, I melt.

I stop brushing and rinse my mouth, praying in my heart that my breath no longer reeks of alcohol.

“Yes babe”

“Is everything alright?”

“Yeah, I promise. Everything is alright”

“Then, why were you brushing your teeth so vigorously just now”

“Well…” I stutter as I nervously scratch my head with my head bowed down. I hate to lie to her.

“Is it because you were drinking earlier?” She asks softly and I swear my heart sinks into my abdomen and I jerk up my head up to look at her.

How on earth did she know I was drinking?

“You’re wondering how I found out?” She asks with a smile and I swear that is not a good sign.

Reign never frowns when she finds out that I have been drinking.

Today’s punishment is going to be different. More intense.

I’m done!

“I’m… I’m just… I …” I stutter as I continue to scratch my head in guilt.

I’thing but a nervous wreck right now.

“Babe please come with me” She holds my hand and leads me back into our bedroom and I follow her quietly, mentally preparing myself on how I’m going to handle the set of rules she is about start listing.

Mind you, Reign is good with rules!

She leads me to the bed where she sits on it and I sit besides her, unable to breath.

“Babe, please I know I did what I wasn’t supposed to do, but I’m begging you, please don’t give me a harsh punishmentI’m not going to give you any punishment, on the other hand, I want to apologize to you”

Wait… what?

“What?” I ask shocked and she nods her head as she takes my hand in hers. “And what exactly are you apologizing for?”

“Well, Kol came to me earlier. He was the one who told me you were drinking”

“Oh my God he’s such a girl! Why would he even rat me out to you?” I ask annoyed.

“He didn’t say it with the intention of ratting you out to me. You see, Kol told me you were drinking, and when I wanted to get mad, he told me something that made me cry”

“And, what was that?”

“Babe, I’m not gonna tell you but trust me it made me realize something. Restricting you from touching me or sleeping by myside because you drank alcohol has a very selfish move of mine. That is so wrong”

“No it’s not. You don’t like alcohol and I get it”

“Yei don’t have to be the only one to get me, I have to understand you too. You are a leader love and most at time there’s so much buzzing on your mind, so many disputes to settle among pack members and right now there’s a war that’s threatening to take your soul away. Kol made me understand that it’s okay for you to drink alcohol to relieve some of that stress. Even when you are among your peers, it’s okay for you to drink with them and not be bothered that I’m going to shunt you away at night. I have been very selfish all this while, only thought about what suits me and not what relieves you and that’s wrong. I’m sorry babe”

She explains at breakdown point.

“Come here babe” I take into my arms and kiss her hair. “I really didn’t mind”

“You should babe, you should. Henceforth you can drink anytime you want and I won’t shunt you away. Just don’t get drunk okay?”

“I won’t babe. I promise”

So, right now I don’t know if I should be mad at Kol for making her cry earlier and feel guilty or for making her understand that drinking is a vital part if a man’s life, especially when he wants to relieve stress.Còntens bel0ngs to Nô(v)elDr/a/ma.Org

Dilemma!

No, no dilemma. I will just go with the latter.

“Does this mean I get to hold you in my arms tonight?”

“Yes babe, you can do anything you want with me tonight”

“Thanks love, I’m glad you understand. Thank you very much”

“You are welcome”

“Well …” I rise up from the bed. “I’ve got homework to do”

“Which is?”

“I need to find out how to keep that staff safe and I can only do that alone in my father’s study. I must do that tonight”

“Are you going to take long?”

“I don’t know babe, I don’t know.”

She quietly rises from the bed and inches close to me.

“Alright then, if you find out what it is you have to find out, I promise to give you a great reward”

“You would?”

“I promise”

“Then I better get to work”

“Good luck babe”

“Thanks love” I give her a brief kiss on the lips and fly out of the room.

I am going to make that discovery today at all costs. I can’t risk losing that staff to any other Alpha!

And for Reign, I know exactly what her reward is and I can’t wait to get done with this and receive it.

My Luna, my love.