Betrayed Luna's Second Chance Alphas
Betrayed Luna’s Second Chance Alphas – Chapter 20

-Riley-

Roman blinked, looking dazed. “The door,” I whispered as he tugged at his hair, looking confused as hell. He looked spooked, as if he had just seen a ghost or something.

“What?” he mumbled as he looked around us.

“Roman? The door.”

“Yeah,” he blinked as he moved towards the door. I grabbed the dress and ran towards the room, before slamming the door shut behind me.

“Ad, what are you doing here? I told you to wait with the kids.”

“Don’t worry. The beta is there, and the human is also there… I have a feeling that she would kill Hiran with her bare hands if he got anywhere closer to the kids.”

“She probably would,” I mumbled to myself with a smile. Knowing Dee, she must have already ripped Reid a new one, too.

“I came here because…” Adrian’s voice trailed off as I pulled the door open. His eyes scanned me up and down and he gave me a wink. “You look disheveled and…”

I flushed and choked on air. Adrian had a bright smile on his face.

“Because?” Roman said with a grunt. Adrian sighed as if he had completely forgotten what he was coming to say, and nodded.

“I got a call from Dean. I tried to mind-link you and he tried to call you,” Adrian said with a frown marring his features. He looked angry, too.

“What did Dean say?”

“You have to go, Roman. Now. You know the thing Dean was doing and-“

“Don’t worry. She knows. Now tell me why I have to go to Dirty Secrets. I assume that is where you want me to go.”

I had this small twitch in my stomach when I thought of him going away. I didn’t want him to go anywhere, but I knew it was impossible for him to stay here forever.

“I wish he can stay here forever,” Gem whispered and I didn’t want to agree with her, but some part of me subconsciously agreed with her.

“No, but you have to go back to New York. Dean said that they are not only using the wolves for their illegal fight,” Adrian paused. “They are also kidnapping humans.”

“I will kill Ebenezer, that freaking a*****e,” Roman growled, and once again, I saw the magnitude of his power, his rage.

“It isn’t Ebenezer, Roman. Ramsay is back, and he is the one doing the experiments on the wolves and humans, as well. Those human scientists we are investigating, it looks like they are helping him. The illegal club and the scientists, they are both operating under the leadership of Ramsay, it seems or that is what Dean thinks,” Adrian said with a soft sigh as he looked at Roman with concern in his eyes. “Bella agrees.”

I had no idea who Bella and Dean were, but I had a feeling they were someone imperative to these guys’ operation. They all were like Lycan detectives or something and that kinda made sense, with the guns and the… um, handcuffs.

“Oh, I am glad he had handcuffs! It was surprisingly fun!”

I ignored the wolf. My eyes were trained on Roman and his movements. As soon as Adrian said that, Roman stilled. His body shook and his eyes widened. And I saw a hint of pain in his eyes before it completely vanished and his eyes looked blank and empty. Adrian took a step back towards Roman as if he wanted to console Roman, but Roman shook his head and took a step back from Adrian.

His fists were clenched at his sides, and his jaw was set so tightly that I could hear the sound of his teeth grinding together. The sound of his heartbeat was rather loud and violent and his eyes… they had become pure black.

He radiated an aura of danger and aggression, and for the first time since I had met him, I actually feared him. This was… not the Roman I knew. Yes, he was angry when we talked about Hiran, but this was a thousand times more. Whoever Ransay was, I could see from the taut set of his shoulders and the intense rage, Roman hated this man with a burning passion.

“What is he doing back from London?” Roman’s voice came out in a deep rumble.

“That is what I want to know. I think he is the one doing all of this.”

Roman whirled around as a dangerous growl left his lips. He stalked back and forth, looking like a caged animal. I didn’t know what I should do. I knew nothing more than a small dot in what looked like their bigger ocean.

Experiments. Humans. Kidnapping. And somehow, Hiran was also a part of all of this chaos. I could have forgiven, even the cheating, as time passed, but the way he acted after that… and then this… knowing he was a part in something so odious, it was like a thunder crashing down on me.

“Is she back in NY too?” Roman stopped and bit his lips as he looked at Adrian, and I saw his body shudder. His claws lengthened and I saw b***d dripping from his palms as he clenched his fists.

“Roman…” I whispered, but he didn’t look at me. He was staring at Adrian, his eyes shining like black diamonds. Or burning like black coals.

“I don’t know. Dean hadn’t seen her anywhere in the club.”

“Who is she?” Gem asked, sounding frustrated. How the hell would I know who this mysterious ‘SHE’ was. And I almost wanted to shout at them to tell me who they were talking about, but the atmosphere around us was too tense, too full of angry energy and I didn’t want to poke my little nose where it was not wanted.

Roman sighed.

“Okay, I will go,” he said as he opened the door.

“Now?” I said and blinked, and Roman stopped with a startled look on his face, and I realized with a pang that he had completely forgotten I was there. Okay, that didn’t hurt at all. No. I shouldn’t let it bother me. We were nothing more than a one-night-stand. I knew that.

“Yeah, I had to run to PDX to catch a flight to NY, and it is going to take so much time.”

“You can take the car, right? Tomorrow?”

“I think I would just run. I need the run,” Roman said, still not properly looking at me. My stomach twitched nervously as I stared at him, trying to catch his eyes, but he just wouldn’t look.

“Okay,” I said with a grunt. “About the pups…” I looked at him and this time he looked at me.

“Don’t worry. I will talk with my dad, and call Adrian about it.”

“You can call me, too. I have a phone,” I whispered, but he didn’t say anything as he pulled the door open.

“Bye. You should go back to the pack,” he said as he looked at me and then at Adrian.

I had a feeling they were mind-linking and talking about something they didn’t want me to hear.

Roman walked out.

“Tell him to stay safe. Tell him something.”

“I think he didn’t want to talk with me.”

“What if he doesn’t come back? At least say goodbye.”

“Roman,” I said, and he stopped. “I have a feeling you don’t want to talk anymore, but just… Take care and stay safe. It was nice meeting you.”

He took a look at me, and then sighed, running his fingers over his face.

“Oh, this is far from a goodbye, Riley. I will be back, soon,” he said.

“Okay,” I nodded and he gave me a nod before he walked away, leaving me alone with Adrian. I looked up at him and he sighed.

“You have questions.”

“If you don’t want to answer, it is okay.”

“Oh Riley,” he said as he sat on the couch and patted the seat next to him. “You can ask. I will tell you as much as I can.”

“Ask about the woman,” Gem said with a frown.

“The club, how bad is that?”

“Very bad. The wolves have to fight until one of them died. The only way to walk out of that ring is to kill others or getting killed. Sometimes… the two wolves fighting against each other are family members, and Dean… Dean McAllister is the strongest man I knew, but even his voice sounds desperate when he talks about the club.”

“So… are you guys like some kind of detectives?”

“Almost close. Have you heard about the Red Watchers?”

“Yes, I know they work to protect the peace of the werewolf packs, solve the problems. Basically like the cops for wolves, right? I have heard that it is a big organization, and it is all over the world.”

“Yes, exactly, and each country has its own order. Ours is Red watchers, and for the UK, it is Black watchers, and so on, but on the whole, all the watchers work under a collective council of the Lycan kings in every country.”

“So you guys are part of the watchers. You and Roman and this Dean and Bella?”

Adrian nodded as he ran a finger on the back of my hand and I looked at him, my eyes wide.

“Sorry,” he whispered, but he didn’t look sorry.

“So who is Ramsay?” I finally asked, and my heart thundered. Adrian took my hand in his.

“I can hear your heart thundering, Riley,” he whispered as he cupped my palm between his palms. He ran a finger along the inside of my palm and I sighed. “You want to ask who we were talking about, the woman, didn’t you?”

There was no use lying. I nodded.

“I love Roman, so much, Riley, and I would love it if he got someone as amazing as you, but… I like you, too, and you should be careful with your heart. Roman is… Roman. Amazing, but also complicated.”

“It is nothing about my heart. We f*cked one time and kissed a few times.”

“Is that all, Riley?” he whispered, shaking his head. “I have a feeling that is not all. But if it is just that, then…” he whispered as he placed a k**s on the back of my hand. I felt my body trembling. I didn’t mind that, not much. But I still wanted to know about the woman.

“Who is the woman?”

“Ah…” Adrian smiled and shook his head. His gray eyes shone as he studied me. “You are jealous, Riley, but you are right to be jealous.”

“What do you mean?”

“The one we talked about… Her name is Feyona. Roman’s ex-mate. Ramsay’s now-wife.”

I gasped.

“Oh sh*t.”

“Oh s**t is right, Luna, oh s**t is so right.”

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