My Son Calls His Father “Alpha” Now Chapter 09
Those four words were a knifestraight to Bruce’s heart.
He stared at the screen, motionless.
Fiona was still laughing.
“Oh, you didn’t know? Bruce, you’re pathetic. Your own Luna and heir have rejected you, and you’re still here playing daddy to someone else’s pup.”
Bruce suddenly turned and walked out.
“Where are you going?” Fiona shouted after him.
He didn’t look back.
Her voice turned shrill. “Do you think she’ll forgive you if you go after her now? She’s already done with you!”
Bruce faltered for a second, then walked faster.
Furious, Fiona grabbed a water glass from the bedside table and threw it.
It shattered at the doorway.
At the same time, Tony began to convulse violently. His face turned blue, and he made a terrible gasping sound.
“Patient has laryngeal edema!” a nurse yelled. “Get a healer, now! We need to resuscitate!”
Fiona’s legs gave out, and she collapsed to the floor.
Bruce drove straight to the airport, ordering his men to arrange a flight immediately. He had to get to the Sunstone Pack.
He called Avril dozens of times and sent over a hundred messages.
(Avril, I know I was wrong.]
(Where are you? Let me see you.]
[Is Leo okay?]
[I never meant to hurt you.)
[Please, just answer me.]
But just like before, there was no reply.
(Avril’s POV)
Leo was asleep when our plane landed in the Sunstone Pack.
His little head rested on my shoulder, his eyelashes still holding the faint trace of dried tears.
I carried him off the plane and took a taxi to the hotel I’d booked.
The southern night air was warm and humid.
Leo woke up once, murmuring drowsily, “Mom, are we living here now?”
I stroked his hair.
“We’ll stay here for a little while. Then Mommy will find us a new home.”
He nodded and snuggled closer.
“A new home without Alpha Bruce, right?”
My heart ached. “Right. Just us.
At the hotel, I turned on my phone. It was instantly flooded with missed calls and messages.
All from Bruce.
I glanced at them once, deleted them all, and blocked his number.
Leo came out of the bathroom and saw me. He stood there quietly for a moment.
“Did he look for us, Mom?”
I didn’t lie.
“Yes.”
Leo looked down, picking at the hem of his pajamas.
“Are you going to go back?”
I knelt down and looked him in the eyes.
“Never. I promise you, we’re not going back.”
He let out a sigh of relief.
That night, I held Leo as we slept.
He was restless, waking up twice with a start.
Each time, he would reach out for my hand.
Only when he felt me there did he close his eyes again.
Around two in the morning, there was a frantic pounding on our door.
“Avril!”
“Avril, open the door!”
It was Bruce, his voice hoarse and urgent.
Leo jerked awake, his face pale, and grabbed my arm.
I put on a robe and looked through the peephole.
Bruce was standing there.
His hair was a mess, his shirt was wrinkled, and his eyes were bloodshot, like a wounded animal.
I unlatched the security chain and opened the door a crack. “What are you doing here?”
The moment he saw me, his eyes reddened.
“Avril, I’m sorry. I was wrong.”
“I really know I was wrong. I didn’t know Fiona was lying to me. I didn’t know how much I was hurting you and Leo.”
His voice trembled.
“Let’s not sever the bond, okay? I’ll never see her again. I swear. I’ll take it up to you and Leo.”
I looked at him, feeling nothing but a strange calm.
I used to wait for him to say those words, wait until I thought I would go insane.
Now that he was finally saying them, I had no desire to hear them.
“Bruce, you already signed the papers. Tomorrow is the full moon. The Elders will officially announce the dissolution of our bond.”
His face went white.
The next second, he dropped to his knees in the hallway.
“Avril, I’m begging you. Just give me one more chance. For Leo.”
