Dealing with the drunk

Lorenzo didn't come back to the hotel until the next morning, he was brought back by the guard I had sent to watch over him he reeked of alcohol and was wasted.

he kept mumbling and crying and throwing things and then back to crying. it broke my heart to watch him go insane with depression.

the results of the DNA test came back the next day and Lorenzo wasn't present to see the report, he didn't say it but the look in his eyes, when he left the hotel said that he was not ready to face the reality just yet.

I was left with no other choice but to open the envelope and read the result myself. my hands trembled with uneasiness when I pulled the paper out, I read the report, and the sigh that left my system was something else.

I sat down on the chair next to me, relived with the news that the bones didn't belong to Alejandro, my heart was beating a hundred miles per hour, the nervousness left my systems, the aftermath of our most horrible assumption came to an end.

the question that lingered in the back of my mind was. if the bone didn't belong to Alejandro then where is he?.

"is Alpha Lorenzo back yet?" I ask the guard outside Lorenzo's room he shook his head

"Alpha Lorenzo hasn't been back since last night sir," he replied.

I sigh he needed to know the DNA results, he won't stop grieving until he does. I pat his shoulder and ask him to take a break then go down the bar area of the hotel, he has been a frequent customer there, for the last three days. our trip extended when the neighboring Alpha refused to pay the tax but was ready to sell his omegas in exchange for paying tax for the next three years. to say the least, he won't be paying any kind of tax his entire life since he will be busy serving time in the dungeons for the rest of his life for trafficking and violence.

we appointed a temporary Alpha at their pack and wait for a worthy Alpha to come up with a better plan for this pack. that took most of our time and hence all that was reserved for Lorenzo to drown himself in alcohol

I see him in the far corner with lots of bottles of alcohol long with wolfsbane, I shake my head in disappointment. I sit next to his hunched figure and take the bottle out of his hand and poured myself a drink.

he looked at me then went back to drinking, I sipped the bourbon "you should have at least read the report before drowning yourself in alcohol," I commented he stopped drinking and just twirled the bourbon in his glass.

he didn't talk for a while I thought he would let it go but then he said "I'm scared," I looked at him but he refused to make eye contact with me. "you know we hated each other, as kids, all we did was fought and I have a scar to prove it, how serious we were in hating us, " he chuckled sipping from his glass, I look at him and see a strong but helpless man.

"I hated him, I hated him with passion. my father raised me to defeat him and be done with him before he destroyed this kingdom" he said loudly raising his arms gesturing all around us, I sign the guards not to interfere, " but look at me now, I'm grieving with just the thought that he might be dead." he laughed sadly " Mate bond is something else, I... I can't face this alone, Sorin, I can't be in the world where he is nowhere near, I want him back so I can punch him for leaving me. so I can strangle him for making me fall for him this fucking hard, I... just. I just..." he burst into tears holding his glass close to his chest.

I pull him into a hug and cherish his back, patting him once in a while, "you didn't let me finish Enzo, the report came back negative, it wasn't him" he cried harder this time but was relieved.

I held him until he fell asleep, I asked the guards to check out the hotel rooms and we left the place driving back to our packhouse. I looked at the devilish appearance of my Alpha's mate and curse myself for not being able to help him.

his love for his mate made me crave mine, no matter how deceiving and cruel he is. he is still my mate, my other half. I sigh before leaning on the car seat closing my eyes for a little nap.

The driver woke me up when we were on the pack grounds. I nodded at him and watched Lorenzo stumble out of the car in his drunk daze, I took off my blazer and gave it to the guard, and held Lorenzo, I had his arm wrapped around my shoulder and helped him walk until we reach his room.

"Alejandro, don't leave me, please come back Alejandro," he mumbled when put back into bed, I nodded to the guards to watch him then left.

my feet dragged me to the dungeons without a second thought, I sighed tiredly but I was excited to see him after four long and hard days, I sensed something unusual when I didn't see guards guarding the place, I walked faster when I didn't see the guard outside Craig's cell. I pulled out my phone to call Josh and his phone ran from inside the cell.

the breath stuck in my lungs with a scary thought that something bad happened to him and worst, my mate was responsible for it all.

I open the metal door and don't see Craig anywhere in there, considering it was a small room, Josh was laying on the floor unconscious, I rush towards him and hit his face trying to wake him up but no response, I pulled him up and carried him to the infirmary, I was relieved to see that there was no blood and the steady beat of his heart specified that he was very much alive.

I called up every guard in the castle and round them up, "where the hell is he?" I yelled growling furiously "I was late for one fucking day and you lose the most deadly prisoner," they shook in their places, I growled again "find him, now!" they dispersed faster than a bullet train.

I growled before using our mate bond to sense him in the castle, I looked for him everywhere storage space, gym, children's room, but I couldn't sense him anywhere. defeated I walk to my room mumbling how much of a loser I am. I took off my tie and threw it on the floor frustrated

"oh, don't hurt the tie, it's very beautiful, blue does bring out the dark color of your eyes," I heard him before I saw him, he sat on the recliner in my darkroom, very quietly, my shoulders sagged with relief but I don't let it show.

"How did you get out?" I asked as I uncuff my sleeves and folded them to my elbow, he was watching me like a hawk, he had a knife in his hand playing with it waiting for me patiently.

"you were late, I got bored, so I left," he said shrugging like it's no big deal, I nodded playing alone his game.

"What did you do to Josh," I asked pouring myself a drink from the nightstand.

he made an annoyed sound before standing up, he was so fucking fast, he had me cornered to the wall, holding the knife to my neck. "Josh, this, josh that, it's always Josh, josh, josh," he said annoyed.

I lean my head on the wall behind me and watch him getting worked up about Josh so I tried pushing him some more, "Josh is important to me, Craig, don't hurt him again" he got so mad that he put pressure on the knife, nicking the skin of my throat.

"stop saying his name, " he growled but it was nothing like a wolf's growl, I dare say it was cute, I put my arms around his waist and pull him closer to my body, flipping our position.

the knife fell on the floor, he looked at me with jealousy clear on his face. I move my hand behind his head and grabbed his luscious hair, and pull his face backward. his delicious throat was displayed in front of me, I licked the seam of his delicate neck, and he melted like butter in my arms.

I don't know how but I find myself lying on the bed with Craig stranding me. his long white blonde flew behind his back and his lean body put pressure on me in various parts, various dangerous parts. both of us heaved breathlessly staring at each other with lust shining bright in our eyes.

"you belong only to me, you can't think about another, talk to another, " he leaned on me and took a deep seductive sniff, he looked pissed when he wrapped his arms around my neck choking me, "and smell like another," he yelled furiously ripping my shirt off my body.