All Chapters of The Bond He Broke Too Many Times: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

9 Chapters

Chapter 1

That night, Aaron held me harder than usual.His mouth had moved over my collarbone, then lower, leaving slow heat everywhere he touched. When he kissed the skin above my heart, I had almost closed my eyes and let myself believe the tenderness was real. For a few breathless seconds, I forgot that Aaron only held me this way when he was about to ask me to give something up.His Alpha scent still lingered in the room, cold and dominant, threaded with black pine and aged whiskey. The back of my neck was warm where his mate mark rested, the mark every wolf in Blackridge recognized as proof of our sanctioned bond. Once, that closeness would have made me soften and convince myself that I still mattered to him.This time, before my breathing had fully steadied, he lowered his mouth to my ear and said, "Claire, Vivian returns to the pack in three days."My body went still, but I did not question him. Aaron's thumb brushed over the mark at the back of my neck, gentle enough to feel like comfort

Chapter 2

After Vivian returned to Blackridge, Aaron did not contact me once.In the past, I would have stared at my phone, waiting for him to explain why she needed him again. This time, the mate bond dissolution papers had already been signed, and I had no desire to send myself back to a man who only remembered me when Vivian no longer needed him.Bella took me to lunch in the city center. Near the end of the meal, she handed me her phone.Vivian was trending.In the photo, she stood beside Aaron with her hand on his arm, a pink diamond ring shining clearly on her finger. The entertainment accounts wrote that the Alpha of Blackridge had bought the five-million-dollar diamond at last night's pack charity auction, and Vivian was the first woman to wear it. The comments were already asking whether she would become Blackridge's next Luna.Bella's face darkened. "Your bond was just dissolved, and he already let her wear that kind of ring. She is not explaining anything because she wants people to m

Chapter 3

The next few days were calmer than I expected.Bella occasionally sent me news about Vivian. Sometimes it was Vivian in a couture gown for an interview. Sometimes it was another close shot of the pink diamond. In a few photos, Aaron stood beside her, close enough for every entertainment account to invent a romance.In the past, I would have enlarged every picture, studying their hands, their eyes, the space between them, searching for proof that Aaron still cared about me. Now, I looked once and turned the phone over.Vivian wanted attention, and Aaron was willing to stand beside her. What the outside world wrote no longer had much to do with me.In a few days, I would leave Blackridge.Aaron called while I was checking the details of the place I would stay after leaving. His name lit the screen, and for the first time, I felt no urge to answer at once. I let it ring until the sound was nearly gone before picking up."Claire?"His voice was low, with a hesitation he did not quite hide.

Chapter 4

On the nineteenth, Aaron started messaging me in the morning.[Claire, I will be on time tonight.][I have cleared Celestia for us.][Let us talk properly.]I did not reply.That evening, I put on the blue dress I had worn the night we first met and curled my hair the same way. The woman in the mirror looked calm, almost as if she were dressing for a date. Only I knew this was not a date. It was a farewell.Celestia looked the same as it had five years ago.The table by the window had been kept for me, with white roses, silver candlesticks, and the dessert wine I used to like. Aaron remembered many details. That had never been the problem. He could remember everything and still choose Vivian whenever it mattered.I sat at that table and watched the light outside fade.At seven, Aaron called."Claire, the meeting just ended. I am on my way." His voice was lower than usual, as if he truly feared I might hang up. "Wait for me. I will be there soon."I looked at the empty seat across from

Chapter 5

Aaron POVThe Bonding Hall was ready.The elders waited inside with the ledger opened to Claire's name and mine, and the ring box in my hand held a pink diamond larger than the one Vivian wore. I had bought it for Claire, certain she would come back as she always had.This time, her place stayed empty.Bella's call had just ended. Claire had left me with one sentence."Goodbye, Aaron."No tears. No questions. No anger I could answer.That was when I understood she was not waiting for me to chase her.I called again. Nothing.Bella stood at the foot of the steps, watching me coldly."Where did she go?" I asked.She laughed once."Now you care? Every time Vivian came back, you erased Claire from the bond ledger. Every time Vivian left, you wrote her back in. Did you ever think she might stop letting you do that?"I said nothing."She did not tell me where," Bella continued. "Only that she would take any road, any flight, any train, as long as it led somewhere you could not find her."The

Chapter 6

Claire POVBy the time the plane landed, night had fallen.Northvale was neutral territory under Council jurisdiction. No pack Alpha could walk in and take someone away at will. There were no Blackridge crests here, no Alpha residence, and no one who would hear Vivian's name and immediately expect me to step aside.I walked out of the airport with my suitcase, and the cold air felt almost clean.I had booked the hotel in advance. The receptionist checked my ID, glanced at my surname once, and asked no questions. My room was small, with a view of Northvale's main street below. Council guards passed the streetlights now and then.After showering, I turned off the pack app and left every Blackridge group chat.Then I sat on the edge of the bed for a long time.No one knocked. No one asked me to sign anything. No one told me Vivian needed something again. The room felt strange in its silence, but for the first time in years, I could breathe.Northvale was not a place where I could hide for

Chapter 7

Claire POVAaron did not try to force his way into the hotel again.For the next two days, he submitted one meeting request to the Council each day. I refused both. Northvale's rules were simple. A visitor could wait, and the person he wanted to see could say no. With no Alpha command over my head, even refusal became easy.On the third evening, I left the Council office and saw Aaron across the street.He had no guards with him and was not wearing the long coat that marked him as Blackridge's Alpha. Only a dark shirt, plain enough to make him look less like the man who used to give orders and more like someone afraid his power would make me leave faster.I could have walked away.Aaron spoke first."I will not come closer."He stayed where he was, his voice carrying across the street."Claire, I just wanted to know if you were all right."I almost laughed."Now you want to know?"His face stayed quiet, but he did not answer me with the old certainty."I am too late."I said nothing.A

Chapter 8

Claire POVAfter Vivian's statement went public, reporters soon gathered outside the Northvale hotel.They could not enter, so they stayed across the street with their cameras lined up, as if they had been waiting for me. The statement never named me, but the blue dress, Celestia's back entrance, and Blackridge's former Luna were enough.Bella's messages kept coming.[Do not go outside.][The comments are insane.][They are saying you stalked Aaron and made Vivian suspend her promotion.]I turned off the screen.Not long after, a Council guard knocked and said Aaron was requesting to see me. His reason was simple. He had proof that Vivian's studio had falsified the story.I let him in.Aaron entered with a colder expression than yesterday. He did not ask whether I was all right. He only placed a tablet on the table."Full surveillance footage."In the video, Vivian stood at Celestia's front entrance and personally asked me to leave through the staff passage. A few minutes later, her as

Chapter 9

Claire POVThe next evening, under pressure from Blackridge and the Council, Vivian apologized publicly.She was no longer sitting in a hospital bed crying, and the pink diamond was gone from her hand. In the video, she looked pale, her voice stripped of its usual careful softness.She admitted she had cropped the Celestia footage, contacted reporters before the crash, and used the harassment claim to redirect public blame. She did not say she loved Aaron. She did not mention her father saving his life. She only lowered her head and said she would suspend all promotional activity and accept Blackridge and Council investigations.The comments turned against her.The people who had defended her said they had been deceived. Entertainment accounts deleted old posts overnight, and Blackridge pack media removed every piece of promotion tied to her.Bella sent me a message.[She finally fell.]I looked at the screen and felt little satisfaction.Vivian had lost her reputation. The years I had

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