Alpha Nicholas
Chapter 52 –

Bonnie

The ride back to the Pack House seems to take forever. The whole way there, my heart pounds against my chest, and my palms sweat. I have no idea what I'm going to say or do when I get there; I just know that I need to go there. I do not want to stay in town; I want to be at the Pack House and as close to my mate as possible. Yes, we have spoken about us, but the truth is that I've still struggled with it, but finally, my head and my heart seem to have come together, and while I'm happy, I'm also terrified. "He's closed his link, but he's up on his floor, so I'll take you up there." Inside, I start panicking while my instinct to run tries to kick in. "I don't want to disturb him. If he's closed his link, he wants to be left alone, and we should respect that." "Trust me, Bon, he doesn't want you to leave him alone. Besides, if he wakes up in the morning and replaces out that I brought you back here and just put you in a room and that you had been that close to him all night, and he didn't know... yeah Robbie would be a dead wolfie that's for sure." He gives me a playful pout and bats his eyelashes making me laugh. "You wouldn't want your newly favorite brother to die a slow and painful death now, would you?"

A laugh bubbles its way out of me at his playfulness because he always seems to be the quiet, mysterious one, but from what I've learned tonight, Robbie has a wicked sense of humor and a heart the size of the ocean. "Oh, we wouldn't want that to happen now would we?" He nods while trying to hold a fake pout, but he just ends up doubling over as he laughs. I was more than prepared to stay in a room and see Nick tomorrow as I didn't want to disturb him, but I can't deny how happy both Lexi and I feel at the idea of seeing our mates again.

As we reach the Alpha floor, I feel my nerves kick in, but I try not to show them. Robbie takes me through a door and we enter a living area. It is pretty dark in here, but it's clear to see that it is massive and absolutely beautiful. "At this time he is more than likely in his bedroom. If you go down that little hallway, his room is the 3rd room on the left."

Before I can say anything, Robbie starts heading for the door, leaving me standing in the middle of Nick's living area all alone. "You're leaving?" He gives me a smirk. "Of course. Unless you want me to stay and have a sleepover with you and Nicky?" I can't help but laugh when I realize how stupid I sounded, but thankfully, Robbie saw the funny side to it. I shake my head silently answering his question as he gives me a wave before exiting the room.

As soon as the door closes behind him, I take a moment to look around the room while I take deep breaths trying to calm my nerves. I've been around my mate a lot these past few days, so why am I so nervous? "Well, there's the fact that you are on his floor, in his living area, and about to go and replace him in his bedroom." Of course, it's now that Lex decides to stick her two-pence in after the girl has been radio silent most of the day. "You're welcome!" Goddess give me strength!

Before I can freak myself out, even more, I straighten up my spine, square out my shoulders, and tell myself to stop being so dramatic and head for the door that Robbie told me was Nick's bedroom. As soon as I'm standing outside, I knock before I can lose my nerve and suck in a deep breath when the door swings open, and I'm greeted by the sight of my mate in just a towel. Oh goddess have Mercy! Alpha Nicholas

Watching my mate leave with my brother was hard. While every fiber of my being was telling me to stop her, the sensible part of me knew that I had to let her go, no matter how much I wanted to keep her with me and never let her go. Before she left, I saw the look in her eyes. She was struggling with her thoughts and needed some time. As her mate, I want the best for her and if her taking some time to be on her own is what she needs, then that is what I have to do.

"Still should have kept her here!" Storm is in one hell of a bad mood and I get it, I do, but I know that once he calms down he will also agree that I did the right thing. "Doubt it!" He is going to be a major pain in the ass tonight! "Yep!" I close the link before he can say any more and watch as my mate leaves my pack lands. It feels so wrong.

Once she's out of sight, I link Will, Shane, and Tony to inform them that they are in charge for the rest of the night before closing my link and heading for my floor. As my Beta, Shane is usually the one in charge when I'm not and if he is busy, then it falls to one of my other brothers, but with Will and him both just meeting their mate, and Robbie currently taking my mate into town, I am sharing out the responsibility to make it fairer. Granted, Tony doesn't hold a title that would usually allow him to cover my title, but he is my best friend and I know that he would protect the pack members with his life.

I rarely close my link, but tonight I don't have the head to be in charge, I just want to head to my room, take a shower, and be left the hell alone. I need to figure out a way to convince my mate that I'm all in. Jesus being a dick to her at the beginning has seriously come back to bite me in the ass. Although, seeing her holding her own and not taking my shit is also a major turn-on for me.

Within ten minutes of heading to my floor, I'm showered and sitting on my bed in joggers and a t-shirt while I try and look for something to watch which is proving harder than I thought. It's hard to pay any attention to the TV when all I can think about is my mate. I'm so lost in my thoughts that I almost jump off the bed when someone knocks on my bedroom door. Being so lost in my head that I don't sense or hear someone entering my floor is fucking dangerous, stupid, and not a move an Alpha should make. I calm down a little when I remember that only my brothers, Tony, and my parents have the code to my floor, and seeing as my security alarm didn't go off, it must be one of them. I can't even shout at them for turning up without letting me know beforehand because I've closed my link and turned off my phone. I knew it would come back to bite me in the ass!

"Can't I have one goddamn night off!" I open the door feeling pissed off, expecting to replace someone who's about to ruin my night, but what I'm not expecting to replace is my mate standing on the other side of my door, and I'm instantly worried. She's supposed to be in town so what the hell has happened to make her come back?

"Bonnie, are you ok, darling? What's happened? Where's Robbie?" She seems frozen for a moment and I swear that she's checking me out which makes me insanely happy, but I choose to ignore how it makes me feel because right now I need to know what's going

on.

"Bonnie!" My tone is harsher this time, but it seems to do the trick as she jumps a little before letting out the cutest little laugh. "Sorry... I... ah... No, nothing is wrong... I... am..." She's the cutest when she's shuttering. "You what, Bon?" She shakes her head a little and suddenly her cheeks start to turn a little pink. "I wanted to come back here. Robbie brought me back and showed me into your living area... told me which door was for your bedroom.

I expected to stay in a room, but he insisted that I come here... he said that... that you wouldn't be happy if you found out that I was in another room." Her stuttering has turned into rambling, and now I'm not sure which one is the cutest. "Well, Robbie was right about that." Her head shoots up, and it's clear to see that she wasn't expecting me to agree with him. "Why did you want to come back with Robbie, darling?"

"I.. ah... I wanted to see you. I changed my mind about staying in town. I hope that is ok. I can still go to the town if that's what you want." I'm starting to realize that she rambles a lot when she's shy and, while it's cute, I never want her to feel too shy to tell me what she wants or needs. However, I am stupidly happy that she wanted to come back here of her own accord. She wanted to come back to see me. Fuck, it makes me feel like a giddy teenager.

Without saying another word, I take a step towards her and take her hand in mine before pulling her into my room and pushing her up against the door as I close it. It's time to get things between me and my mate straightened out, once and for all!