Betrayed Luna's Second Chance Alphas
Betrayed Luna’s Second Chance Alphas – Chapter 35

-Riley-

I couldn’t believe the Queen took the call. Of course, I understood that she might be a part of the council… but why would she answer the call? And she asked me to keep Rome next to me all the time? Why? I stared at my phone with a wince.

My cheeks flamed and I had never felt so embarrassed in my life.

“Your future Mother is-“

“Gem. I know what you are going to say and I am going to have to stop you there,” I said as I put my phone down. Now that I had finally taken the first step to cut Hiran off from my life, I felt like a burden had lifted off my shoulder. I rushed out to meet Roman and to tell him about my conversation with his mother — of course, not all of it, but the important parts– but he wasn’t in the room. Neither was Adrian. I walked to the kitchen to see one of our pack members sitting there, looking pale and sweaty.

“Chan, are you alright?”

He shook his head. “What happened?”

“It is the Alpha. He got so angry when he realized the pups weren’t there. He almost hurt me. The two Lycans… they took Alpha to his study to talk,” Chan said with a wince. He was shaking obviously. I wanted to march inside Hiran’s study and slam my shoes against his skull or something. Chan had recently joined the training and he was usually shy and introverted.

“Hey Chan, I am sorry he did that.”

“No, Luna, it isn’t your fault.”

“I still feel bad. Come on, I will take you to Doctor Abel,” I said, and he shook his head with a sigh.

“No Luna, I am already healed. The Alpha didn’t hurt me seriously. The Lycans interfered,” Chan said with a sigh. My heart twisted. I hated this. I hated that he was showing his cruelty more and more. He didn’t care anymore.

It was like once the mask was ripped open, he had stopped being what he pretended to be.

I nodded before I walked out of the packhouse. I wandered for a while. I realized half of my life was about Hiran and being his Luna and the other half was with the pups and teaching them, and taking care of them. Beyond this pack, I had nothing before.

I worked before I became the Luna of Crystal Park. I didn’t earn much, but I still worked. Now I have nothing to do.

It was terrible that I had let myself change for a man, a man who didn’t even appreciate me or deserved me. I changed my life for him, I changed everything for him, and all I got was disrespect and that didn’t sit well with me.

“I have to replace a job,” I said to Gem, and Gem nodded.

“Hiran would never allow his Luna to be a barista or a baker’s assistant as you once were, never again.”

I sighed. “Why did I not finish college? Why did I stop everything for a fu.cking man? I really was pathetic, and it was no wonder Hiran walked all over me like I was a damn mat. Him cheating on me with Keller was like a switch flicked on. And now… I will never go back. Never give someone that kind of power over me.”

Gem sighed.

I really was a good baker. I was studying art, but was working part-time in a local cafe, working under a baker, too, and she said I had natural talent. She promised she would teach me everything. And then I met Hiran. I was twenty, and had stars in my eyes.

After two and half years later, I realized how wrong I was.

“I am going to go and meet Maria. She always says her door and brain is wide open for me,” I openly mumbled to Gem. She nodded. Now that I had decided what I would do, I didn’t even want to wait. I took my car and quickly drove to the busiest cafe/bakery in Crystal Park. We only had three cafes in Crystal Park, but everyone loved Maria’s Treat Addiction, because it had both coffee and sugary deliciousness.

I inhaled as I walked in. The sweet aroma of baked goods and freshly roasted beans welcomed me in. The place was cute and the ambience was always cheerful and jolly. Just like the cute shaped jelly donuts, or the biscuits in odd shapes. She said it gave them individuality.

“Your usual?” Caleb asked me.

“No J, I need to see your mom.”

“You know where to replace her,” he smiled at me before he went to take someone else’s order. I calmed my thundering heart. I knew she probably wouldn’t say no, but I was still nervous. I felt like this was just as big a step as calling the council.

“Riley…”

“Maria,” I said and took in a deep breath. “I need my old job back. I don’t need a lot in terms of payment, but I do need you to train me, if that is possible.” I bit my lips and waited.

She clapped and stood up with a big smile on her face. She might be in her early forties, but she had been doing it for a long time.

“Oh, thank God. Sarah is making me insane. She is good, but she isn’t that good,” Maria said as she grabbed my hand. “I am glad you came back, but Riley… is everything alright?”

“No,” I said with a sigh. “It is a long story.”

“We will have lots of time on our hands, so we will talk then. Is it your mate? Did he do something?”

Most of the people in Crystal Park knew about the wolves. It wasn’t really a well-kept secret.

“I am rejecting him. He cheated on me with, wait for it…” I gave her a look. “Keller.”

She went pink in the face, shaking her head, and I had a feeling I broke her. And then she started spewing curses in rapid English, mixed with Spanish, and I just couldn’t. I laughed. She looked at me like I had lost it.

“I will come tomorrow.”

“Early in the morning, eh?”

“Is five okay?”

“Nah, we are doing it at six now. Grab your order before you go. Caleb is going to be so happy if he hears you are coming back. He still has a crush on you,” she said with a chuckle.

“He could do so much better than me,” I said with a smile. Caleb was only seventeen, and he was smart and also deligent. “Bye Maria, I will come tomorrow, and thank you.”

“Of course.”

I walked out and grabbed my usual from Caleb before walking to my car, and I felt myself skipping to some music in my head. I had a feeling that I was going to be alright.

But the moment I parked my car and walked inside the pack house, I had a feeling that something was absolutely wrong. The silence was deafening.

I knew. Hiran might have received the message from the King’s Council. It was fast.

I looked around, and I felt a small moment of panic. It looked like we were alone. I didn’t know where Roman and Adrian went.

He eyed me silently. I had expected explosion, but this silence scared me more.

“Don’t worry, I am right here,” Gem said, and I took in a deep breath. My life was finally on track again, and he wasn’t going to derail it. No.

“What did you do?”

“What I said I would. I assume you got the mail from the king’s council.”

“I warned you.” His voice was still deadly. And calm. His eyes were freezing cold.

“You threatened my pups. What will you do now?”

“I will replace them. And I will destroy them, even if I had to spend another decade trying to replace them, I will. Just for what you are doing to me now. Remember that, Riley.”

I growled, and clenched my fist as he lunged at me.

“You are a monster, Hiran.”

He grabbed my hand in his and his claws dug into my skin, breaking it.

“And it is best you remember that, Riley, or you will see my monstrous side. I will hunt you, hunt everyone who will choose to follow you.”

I punched him in his chin, but he barely moved as he stared at me, his eyes lethal.

“But don’t worry, Riley, none of that will happen, because you will forever be mine. Only mine. Jin and I own you, and you will not get out of this.”

“You can’t keep me a prisoner here, you arrogant bastard. You will pay for all of it.”

“No, I won’t, you will,” he said as he swung me to the floor. I tried to replace my balance, but my ankle twisted and I winced. I waited for fall to come, but it didn’t. Someone grabbed me by my arm and I looked up to see Keller looking down at me, his eyes concerned and sad.

He pulled me up before he turned to Keller.

“What are you doing?”

“Where have you been? I have been calling you for days,” Hiran said as he rushed towards Keller and kissed him on his lips as I stared. Keller stood there frozen for a second before he pushed Hiran away. “What the f**k are you doing?”

“She is right here,” Keller whispered. “What is wrong with you?”

“Now that she knows what was going on, we don’t have to hide it. She could join us, if she wants,” Hiran said with a derisive snort. “But then again, she is a f*g bore.”

“I am not the bore here, Hiran. It was you. It has always been you. Like I said, I have better o****m.s now that you are gone,” I said and he didn’t like the insult I threw his way in front of one of his many lovers. He pounced on me and grabbed me by my neck. He strangled me and my breath came out in short pants as I tried to kick him away.

“Let me… come and destory this crummy piece of s**t,” Gem said with a violent look in her eyes.

My claws lengthened as Gem came to the surface.

“You f.ucking coward with a di.ck the size of a needle… I am going to freaking staple your tongue to your dic.k and then I am going to kick your a*s as you watch,” Gem hissed as she scratched his face. Long red marks formed along his cheeks as he winced and cursed.

“You fu.cking wolf,” Hiran glared at Gem. “You are the reason she is talking too much, aren’t you? You have always been a-” He grabbed Gem by her hair as he slammed her against the wall.

“Let her go,” Keller said and Hiran whirled around and glared.

“You DO NOT talk to me like that. You DO NOT get to reject me. If I ever want to discard you, I will, and until then, you will stay put.”

Gem snarled as she thrashed in his arms and plunged her claws into the side of his neck where her mark was once made with so much love. She tore his skin with a vicious growl and he howled in pain and anger.

I had a feeling the mark would now be a mangled mess.

“Okay, you want to leave me? Huh? You can leave. Death will be your liberation,” his claws lengthened and I saw Jin’s eyes staring at Gem with disdain and rage.

She would be no match for the wolf. He grabbed a vase sitting at the table and threw it at Gem. She quickly moved, but he used her distraction to grab her again. I expected another crushing pain… but…

I heard a loud sound of something hitting a skull. My eyes widened as Jin stood there, stunned for a few seconds and Gem used it to kick him down and punch him in his throat.

“Thank you,” I whispered as I looked at Keller. He didn’t say anything as he slammed the chair against Hiran’s face, hard, once, twice, until he lost consciousness. He was bleeding from the wounds… I almost wanted to plunge my claws deep into his chest and rip his heart out.

We both stood in the chaotic mess, our bodies shuddering.

“Oh Riley…” He looked at me and looked at Hiran.

I rubbed my neck and winced when I saw it came out bloody. My body was still shaking from what happened. My lips trembled. My whole body was aching. I felt like a truck had run over me.

“Oh…” Keller took a hesitant step towards me, and I looked at him, my heart breaking. He touched my shoulders and I threw myself at him, hugging him tight. He pulled me closer and his scent was so fu.cking familiar. “Ssh, ssh!”

“This doesn’t mean I forgive you, you a*s.hole,” I whispered as I sniffed.

“I know.”

“I hate you, you b.itch banana,” I growled out.

“I know.”

“I wish I could kill you and… Why did you do that to me, Keller? Why?”

“Because I was a fu.cking idi.ot. And there are no excuses. I just wish I could take it all back now, Riley. I do. I miss you and Dee and I feel like I have lost my home. You two were my home.”

“You- you are the one who chose this…” I pointed to Hiran. “Over me.”

“I know! And I will forever regret that.”