Betrayed Luna's Second Chance Alphas
Betrayed Luna’s Second Chance Alphas – Chapter 32

-Hiran-

I took one last look at Riley’s room as doctor Abel walked with me back to the hospital. I was panting by the time I reached the hospital room. I lay on the bed with a wince, cursing the Lycan b.astard who did this to me.

“Rest Alpha, and please don’t move, if you want to properly heal,” Doctor Abel said before he walked out. I growled under my breath.

“Now,” my wolf said with a snarl. “Call him now. We shouldn’t wait. Or she would keep defying us, and sleeping with other men. I hate that.”

“Ramsay wouldn’t appreciate it. He is a busy man,” I said with a frown as I stared at the ceiling, feeling my wolf’s anger inside me. He was growling, stalking… he wanted to go to Riley’s room and punish her for what she was doing.

“I want that to happen now. She is mine. And she has to be mine. There is no other option for her.”

“But Jin, I couldn’t-“

“Stop giving me fu.cking excuses. You are the one who wanted to sleep with her best friend. I wasn’t. I want her. Only her. She is my fu.cking Luna. And if I don’t get her, I will destroy everything, her and you, too.”

“Do not threaten me.”

“CALL RAMSAY! Vampires are nightly creatures, anyway. It is not like you will be disturbing him in his coffin,” Jin said with a scoff.

The fucker was frustrating. I looked around and saw that the nurse doctor Abel assigned to me was not there. I sighed as I grabbed my phone and dialled Ramsay’s number. He picked up after a few rings.

“Hiran? I thought we had already talked business.”

“It is not really business this time. It is personal. I need your help, Ramsay,” I said, and I could hear Ramsay taking in a deep breath. After a long pause, he grunted.

“Yes, tell me. What do you need, Hiran?”

“I want that experimental drug. The one you use on the wolves in your fighting pit to keep them compliant.”

“What?” His voice was a low growl. “Why?”

“My Luna.” That was all I could tell him. “It is for my Luna.”

“What is she doing? Why do you need a drug for her?” Ramsay said with a disgusted voice. I knew if I told him about what Riley did to me with her f*****g red heels the other night, he would probably never look at me again with respect.

“She is not an ordinary bi.tch. Just send that drug to me. A few dose of it and she would be good as new. She would be the Luna she was before.”

“But you know… that one is not safe. It is still in the testing phase, and we lost two omegas already. Do you really want to-” He hesitated as he waited for my response. I wondered why he was hesitating. He was not the hesitating kind. If he was, he wouldn’t be doing half things he was doing. His experiments were not for the weak of heart, anyway.

“Yes. If she doesn’t want to listen to what I have to say, and obey me and my orders, she should just die. I don’t care anymore.”

But she wouldn’t be walking away into a fu.cking sunset with another man. I would never allow that. Not in a million years. There was nothing more humiliating than that. To see your Luna replaceing her happiness with another wolf.

She should be miserable with me or should just die. Those were her only options.

“And why are you hesitating, Ramsay? It is not like you haven’t used it on the wolves already,” I said with a frown. It was strange to see he was hesitating.

“Because she is your Luna. Your mate. Your wife.”

I scoffed, a derisive smile pulling up on my lips. “And? Why does any of that matter to a man like you?” I asked, completely confused by his strange question, and Ramsay took in a sharp, frustrated breath. I could already feel the wave of his irritation.

“Because I have a wife, a mate, and I would never let anything bad happen to her.” And he sounded sincere, too. I had met Ramsay through a common friend years ago, and I instantly knew he was a sociopath, with no regret or remorse for anything he was doing. But to hear him say this honestly baffled me.

“You love your wife? You do sound like you love your wife. I thought you hated her,” I said, suddenly surprised to hear the most volatile, cruel, merciless man… vampire… I had ever seen, show a side of him I had never thought was possible for him. One hundred and seventy years, and he was still holding on to things like romance?

“I do love her. Yes, we are having our problems, but that is true in every marriage, ha? Okay, if you truly want that, I will send it to you. In a day or two. Just make sure to keep an eye on her, and do not give her a high dose in the beginning. Start from a very small dosage.”

“Thanks Ramsay, and I do hope you and your wife make up.”

“Of course. Now, about the wolves we talked about…”

“They will be there next week. Don’t worry about that.”

“I am not worrying about that. And- about the drug… if she shows any sign, make sure nobody replaces out. The Lycan king is already starting to get a little suspicious, and I don’t want anyone come sniffing to my club. Do you understand?”

“Of course. This isn’t my first gig, Ramsay. I might not be hundred and seventy years old, but I knew what I am doing.”

“Yeah, alright. I hope you do know what you are doing.”

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-Ashelene-

Roza and Linda and the kids were all settled on the fourth floor, which was mostly for the guests — supernatural guests who were visiting NIGHTSHADE. They loved the room service after I taught them how to get anything they wanted from the room. I showed them the collection of cartoons, movies, toys and books that Roman had bought for them –I had no idea when he found the time to buy them, or even why. I couldn’t imagine my grumpy brother Roman in a kids’ aisle, browsing cartoon movies, looking sullen and bored. But here it was… and after seeing Riley, I totally understood why he would.

When I said goodnight and walked out of the room, they were snuggled together and were like happy little clams, clamoring about which movie to watch and Nanny Roza ordering them to go to bed.

“Why did you call me now? It is freaking midnight?” Bella said with a grunt. “I want to go back to sleep, Ash,” she complained and I grumbled under my breath.

“I am your best friend.”

“And?”

“You brother is an a*s.hole.”

“Ah, now I know why I am here. Go on,” Bella said as she crossed her arms and leaned against the couch. “What did he do now? And why do you even care? Get over your crush already.”

I growled at Bella and she shrugged.

“For a best friend, you are not supportive at all. I should have found a kind, compassionate one,” I complained as I pulled the glass of white wine she was drinking and took a sip of it before wincing and handing it back to her.

“Ok, go on. This isn’t the first time and, unfortunately, this isn’t going to be the last. What did he do now?” Bella said as she took in a deep breath.

“He is- he likes Riley. He is a jerk, and a-“

“Riley? Isn’t that the one Roman likes?”

“Oh yes. The same.”

“Interesting. Go on,” Bella said as she rubbed her hand together. She was no best friend. Here I was, bemoaning about her fu.cking brother for the millionth time, and she was here, waiting for some juicy gossip.

“You are the world’s biggest gossip,” my wolf, Mei, said with a roll of her eyes.

“Well, world is boring without some gossip.”

“It is not interesting. He is like a lovestruck puppy, and the way he looks at her…” I felt a moment of displeasure. My stomach twisted. I was not really a jealous person. I had seen Adrian dating every woman he came across.

Women wouldn’t, couldn’t say no to that smile or those eyes. They just couldn’t. And I never resented them or him for that.

For the first time, though, I hated that he liked Riley. For the first time, he looked serious and that made me want to scream at him, to beg him to look at me, for once, like a shameless person.

I had been in love with my brother’s best friend for years. And he knew it, too.

When I confessed to him, I was only seventeen. Emboldened by my first stolen bottle of alcohol, I walked towards where he was, and told him that he should k**s me. Well. He looked startled at first and then told me to stop spouting nonsense, stop drinking and to concentrate on my studies, and then he patted my head, like I was his dog or something.

And that was that.

I hated Adrian Mercer. I loved Adrian Mercer. I just wished these feelings would go away, get stuck in an airless vacuum and die.

“Babe?” Bella whispered as she touched my palm. “It is not like this is new,” she said as she looked up at me. “You look sad. But… It is Adrian. He has never been a saint.”

“It is new, with her…” I said and she gasped as I bit my lips and looked at her. “I think I have to replace a way to forget your brother, Bella, and move on,” I said as I gritted my teeth. I knew. I knew this would happen one day or the other.

“But Roman likes her, and what if she picks him?”

“Even if she picks him…no. I think I am done waiting. I think I am done hoping that he would- he would feel something. Anything. You and I are the same to him, Bells, and I knew it is about time.”

“How about that guy? You know the one from the university?”

“How are you my best friend? You don’t even remember the name of the only guy I talk about other than Adrian!” I grumbled.

“Wait. I remember. Jake, right?”

“Yes.”

“So how about him? You even told me he is sexy.”

“But he is human.”

“So what? I love my brother, but I love you more, and I don’t want to see you like this,” Bella said with a sigh. “Come on, babe, Ad is a hammerhead. He doesn’t deserve someone as amazing as you.”

“Ah, now I know why I keep you around,” I chuckled as I leaned against her shoulder and she bumped my head with hers. I grunted in pain, but didn’t move away.

“I wish replaceing fated mates were easy, you know… then there would be no problems like these,” I said with a sigh. “Are you and dDean still doing it, huh?”

Bella gave me a cool look. Sometimes, I had to admit that this girl was such a sly, slick one. If she wasn’t my friend, I would be intimidated by her.

“Yes. You know, you should try it. It is good.”

“With Dean?” My eyes widened.

She chuckled. “No, dum-dum. The friends with benefit thing. It is good for you. I call him when I have an itch to scratch and he answers. Beyond that, we work together, we drink with the boys, but we don’t have any emotional obligations and-“

“And you don’t do emotions. Isn’t that what you were going to say?” I said with a scoff and she smiled.

“Hundred. So… do you want me to set you up with someone from the Red Watchers?”

“Mmm….” I trailed off. “How about Weston?”

“Ooh, good one, babe. I can do that. Weston is hot as hell.”

I took in a deep breath. “But give me a few days first.”

She put her head on top of mine.

“Of course, take your time, but… I do think it is about time.”

My heart felt like someone was crushing it with sharp claws as I thought about Adrian. And then about how he looked at Riley. I nodded, my eyes determined.

“Yes. It is about time.”

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