Betrayed Luna's Second Chance Alphas
Betrayed Luna’s Second Chance Alphas – Chapter 17

-Riley-

Roman looked at me, his dark eyes softly tracing my features, and then he sighed. “Come on, let’s go then,” Roman said as he walked forward and I winced as I took another step and g*****d. My ankle looked swollen and red and so damn ugly. s**t. “Wait, what happened to your legs, Riley? Did you twist it? Where are your shoes?”

“Oh, not shoes. Heels. I was wearing heels. Pointy heels. They were stuck in Hiran’s spine now,” I said and shrugged. “But they were good heels. I loved them, too,” I said with a pout. Roman looked at me and then shook his head with a small smile.

“You never fail to shock me to speechlessness.”

“Oh, you mean, you are a chatter-box otherwise?” I said snarkily and he bared his teeth at me, before he pulled me up in his arms when I least expected it. My eyes widened in shock. I gripped his shirt tighter with a yelp. My head spun from the sudden movement, and also from being too close to him. His scent was potent and I wanted to bathe in it. So damn addictive.

“Is this the time? You are always asking me that!” Gem grumbled. “But I don’t mind. I really don’t mind being in such strong arms.”

“What are you doing, Roman? Put me down,” I hissed as he started to walk.

“You hurt your legs, Kitten. I am helping you. And don’t keep squirming like a little worm. Stay in a place.” He continued to walk, putting more distance between Hiran and us. His steps were confident and determined.

“I am not a worm,” I grumbled as I wrapped my arms around Roman’s neck, securing myself tightly against his delectable body. As Gem said, I didn’t mind this much. But still… we were in our pack and if someone saw this…

“Oh, you absolutely look like a worm,” he said with a chuckle as I leaned my head against his shoulder.

I could feel the thunder of his heart under my skin and it calmed me down a little. The fear in my body was slowly fading.

I sighed. “How am I going to stop myself from throwing at you when you are being such a gentleman? I mean, I can’t stop myself when you are being a brooding grump,” I blurted out and then bit my tongue. I didn’t mean to say it out loud. Maybe I had lost too much b***d.

“No, you haven’t. The b***d in your dress is Hiran’s, not yours,” Gem said with a shake of her head.

“Maybe I hit my head too hard.”

“It is your ribs and ankles. Not head, at all,” Gem said with a smirk.

I was pulled out from my banter with my wolf, when Roman g*****d softly.

“Maybe I don’t want you to stop throwing yourself at me,” he said, his voice hoarse and low, his brown eyes peering down at me with so much fierceness that I wanted to melt into him.

I whimpered softly as his fingers dug into my skin. He was too damn much for me and I wondered if I could take him, take this without hurting myself.

“Don’t say things like that, Roman. I am not ready for that.”

He sighed.

“I wasn’t ready for you, Riley, and then you came and sat on my freaking table,” he whispered under his breath as he increased his pace.

Soon enough, I heard loud, angry growls from the shadows.

“It is him,” I said. “He has healed.”

Roman growled under his breath and shook his head as he started to jog. His dark hair fell to his brown eyes. I pushed my fingers through his hair, pushing them back. I mean, he needed to see the surroundings, and I didn’t want his hair to obscure our way. Our lives depended on it.

“Yeah, you are such an i***t, Riley,” Gem said.

“Hold on, tight,” Roman said, and before I could even comprehend what he was going to do. A gasp left me lips as he started to run, and I realized we were not going towards the pack.

“Where are you taking me?” I said as I clung to him like my whole life depended on it. Maybe it did. “I need to go be with the kids.”

“Back to the hotel. We need to talk. The kids will be fine with Adrian. Nobody is going anywhere near them while Ad is with them. I had already mind-linked him and he promised he would stay right there.”

“Bu-but Roman, I don’t think-“

“You don’t want to tell me what Hiran is doing with that little kid? I understand you don’t trust me, but you do trust me enough to know that I would never hurt a kid, right?” His voice floated in the air, as wind whipped through my hair. I was so shocked at how effortless he looked, carrying me in his arms and running and he wasn’t even out of breath. His voice came clear and strong.

Me, I was panting, flushed and my whole body ached and, for goddess’s sake, he was carrying me.

“Oh, I trust you, Roman, I trust you more than I should and it… it scares the s**t out of me.” I finally admitted to him and myself. There was no use hiding it. I trusted that he would help me keep the kids safe, and I trusted that he might replace some way to get them out of the pack.

“Oh Riley,” he whispered as he softly traced my face with his eyes and then I saw something change in his eyes. It was subtle, but it was there. “Don’t trust me too much, though.” His voice didn’t sound as warm as it had before.

“What does that mean?” I asked as my stomach twisted. What was he telling me?

“Nothing, Kitten, nothing.”

“It is not nothing, you i***t,” I grunted angrily, and Roman grunted something under his breath and shook his head. Soon I could see the familiar light of Hotel Delta. It was the only place in our town that looked rich.

The memories of the first time I was here ran through me… And for goddess’s sake, it had only been a day.

A lot had changed that day. I willingly chose to complicate my life that day.

My adrenaline was slowly fading and I felt drained, like someone had sucked my energy right out of me. The anger and fear was gone, and now there was only emptiness.

“So tired,” I mumbled under my breath and Roman looked down at me, concern marring his features.

“I will get you to your own bed, soon enough. But first we need to talk. Really.”

“Suddenly you want to talk?” I said grumpily. I knew he was right, but my eyes were burning and the only thing I wanted was to curl around Roman and get to sleep. But now he wanted to talk.

The receptionist gave me a jealous look as we walked past her. I was sure she wanted to be the one on Roman’s arms. I gave her a smile and she smiled and nodded. After the elevator, Roman opened his room door, never once letting me down. I was sure I was good enough to walk now, but I didn’t mind being pampered for once in my life.

“Wait right here, I will bring you something to eat,” he said as he put me down on bed.

I looked around the room, and my body flushed with heat. Oh. It was as if the memories of last night were printed along the walls, and the sounds that left our lips were recorded in the air.

I looked around and my eyes widened when I saw the dress he had ripped last night folded neatly and placed on the bedside table.

Roman came with a big tray filled with food. “There was nothing. I ordered room service.”

“At this time?” I asked, but I wasn’t complaining. I have always loved food. I licked my lips as Roman placed the tray in front of me. There were burgers and fries, pasta and pizza. There were two glasses of orange juice.

“Hey Roman, it is my dress, right? Why didn’t you throw it in the garbage?” I asked as I narrowed my eyes and Roman flushed before standing up and grabbing it from the table.

“I was planning to, but then we left for your pack,” he said before he walked out with the dress. I shook my head as I grabbed the plate of pasta and dug into it. I didn’t even realize how ravenous I was.

He came back and grabbed a burger. I slapped his hand.

“What?”

“That is mine.”

“There are two burgers.”

“And the two burgers are mine. Find something else to eat,” I said, and Roman glared at me before he took the plate of chocolate cake. “That is mine, too.”

Roman grunted. “You are very frustrating, Riley, very. What can I eat from this big tray full of food?”

“You can eat the fries. And those pizza. I don’t feel like pizza today.”

He ripped the pizza with such force I had to laugh. “Are you imagining the pizza as my face or something.”

“No, your mate’s face. So tell me what exactly happened after you went back to your pack and why was Hiran with that little girl?”

“Mirabel, her name is Mirabel,” I whispered softly. “She is- her parents died almost two years ago.”

“And you built the house for them, right? Everyone was talking about you, and how you were the best. I wanted to know about Hiran, but they would rather talk about you, or Reid.”

I smiled a little at that. “I love them. And Reid, despite everything, is a good man. I always believed my mate loved me, until I found him cheating on me with my best friend.”

“You mean, that bossy woman? Dee or something?”

I laughed. “No, Dee would never do that to me. This is someone else. His name is Keller.”

“His?!” Roman said as he gave me a look. I nodded and closed my eyes, trying to stop myself from thinking about the scene I had witnessed in Hiran’s study.

I told Roman about what he did, and then what he said once he found out about me sleeping with someone else. Roman’s body shook with everything I said.

“That f*****g as.shole,” Roman growled as he stood up from the bed and punched the wall. I saw the same energy twisting around him. The bed shook under my body. He wasn’t moving, but somehow his anger was affecting everything around us. Instead of feeling fear, I only felt curious. And aroused. Yeah, let’s not fu.cking forget that, and that he told me not to trust him too much.

“Who are you, Roman? You are not just an ordinary Lycan, are you?”

Roman closed his eyes tight and when he opened his eyes, they were glowing… His brown eyes had somehow become luminous. Gleaming. My body reacted to that in ways I couldn’t explain.

“My name is… Roman Eros Night.”

“Night?” I whispered as I blinked rapidly. “F.uck. You are- you are-” I jumped up from bed and wildly looked around, wondering if I could somehow walk myself through the wall or something. “Are you f.ucking kidding me? I propositioned a fuc.king prince? Just kill me now.” I was so damn humiliated right now. I should have just hidden under my blanket as I wanted to. It was all Dee’s fault! She was the one who made me go to the guys’s table.

“I would rather k**s you, Riley.”

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