Betrayed Luna's Second Chance Alphas
Betrayed Luna’s Second Chance Alphas – Chapter 39

-Riley-

We all stood in the emptiness after Bella hung up. The silence was pregnant with so many unsaid things, not just about Dean.

I could almost hear our thoughts, hear everything. My body prickled as I looked around. Dee was still glaring at Keller, and I knew it would take her a long time to forgive him, even after I did because, as far as she was concerned, he betrayed both of us.

Ashelene was glaring at Feyona, and Feyona kept looking at Roman, her eyes doleful. If she had a chance to go back and not do what she did, I knew she would take it.

“I am going to finish that a*s.hole.” Even Roman’s voice carried the unmistakable undertones of anger. Every word that escaped his lips was laced with a raw, barely contained fury. I could see it took him a long time to pull himself back together.

“I am going back,” Adrian said when the silence became too much to bear. “Finn and I would conduct our investigation there.”

“Finn will take care of everything there with the guys,” Roman said, but he looked conflicted as well. I could see the vein throbbing in his forehead. He was not pleased about this. He hated that he was stuck here, unable to help his friend.

“You two should go,” I said with a nod. “He is your friend and I could see you want to be there with him. Go.”

“But Riley… I can’t- I can’t leave you alone with Hiran, especially not after what happened.”

“I can deal with him, Roman. Don’t worry about me. You know my whole pack is behind me. He is the unwanted one. Not me. If anything happened, they would support me, and protect ME. Not him.”

And that was the absolute truth, too. I had no second thoughts about that. Hiran did have some of his lackeys, but they were very few.

“She will be fine. I will stay with her in the pack,” Dee said as she looked at a worried Roman. His body looked tensed as if he wanted to pounce at someone, probably at Ramsay or Hiran.

“No, I think one of us should stay,” Adrian said as he tugged at his hair, looking frustrated. “He had already tried to hurt you so many times, Riley, and we won’t know what he would do once he remembered everything. It is not safe, Riley. I don’t- I will keep worrying.”

Adrian rubbed a palm over his face, looking tortured. From both their faces, I knew they wanted to be go to NY to replace out what happened to Dean, and I was not going to be the one stopping them.

“I have Reid, I have Miller and Dee, too. She could take a grown wolf or two. That is actually how we met. She killed a rogue and hurt the other and saved me,” I said as I looked at Dee, and her face melted as she looked at Keller, and we all smiled together. I knew it would take a long time to go back to where were, but I knew we would replace a way. Keller was just an idi.ot. He wasn’t malicious like Hiran.

“I could stay with Riley if you both want to go,” Ash said as she looked at me and I shook my head again.

“No. Bella needs you right now. I promise I will take care of myself, okay? Find out what happened to Dean and then come back,” I said as I looked at Roman and Adrian.

“No, don’t send them away. I have a bad feeling about this.”

“They should be there for their friend, Gem and I am not going to ask them to stay for me. I will be fine with Reid.”

“I really don’t want to leave you here alone, Riley. How about we all leave? We could come back when it is over.”

“I can’t. I have to go to work tomorrow. It is my first day and I can’t miss it.”

“Work?” Dee blinked as she looked at me. I smiled.

“I went back to Maria’s,” I said and she squeaked.

“You always loved it there. How is Caleb J?” Keller asked. I nodded and said he was fine. Dee growled at Keller like a fierce mama wolf. I shook my head and she pouted.

“Stay safe, Keller. Also, I know NY is a big place, but Hiran did have connections there. Just- just keep a low profile.”

“And don’t be an attention seeking b.itch,” Dee said with a frown and Keller nodded. He had always been loud and that was what we loved about him. He was certainly loud when my mate was f.cking him, too. But it didn’t sting as much as it had once to think about that.

Ash blindfolded Feyona, which made me quirk my brows at her. She shrugged. “Just in case. I still don’t trust her. Bye, Riley. Stay safe.”

“Thank you. Tell the Queen that I am waiting to hear from her.”

“My mom? You talked with her?” Ash asked with a smile. “Did she tell you to hold on tight to my brother and don’t let him get out of your claws?”

I shook my head. “No, she absolutely did not do anything like that,” I said with a chuckle.

Ashelene walked away followed by Keller and Dee. I looked at Adrian and Roman, and I wanted to hold on and never let them go. I knew I was the one who told them they should go, and I also knew that was the right thing to do, but my stomach twisted when I looked up at Roman. His eyes were piercing as he looked at me.

“Don’t allow him to go. I will miss him so much.”

“And so will I, Gemmy, but his friend is important.”

“I will miss you, Riley,” Adrian said as he pulled me into a hug. I leaned against his chest, hearing the thunder of his heartbeat. It felt safe, comfortable. Like the home you would want to be in after the storm. And… the brown eyes looking at me… he was the storm and also my safety net.

Roman took me from Adrian and twisted me around before pulling me in to his embrace. I sighed.

“Now I am already regretting my decision,” I mumbled as I pulled away from Rome.

“Say the word, Kitten, and I will stay.”

“I want to. I do, but I know you have to go. Come back to me, soon,” I said to Roman before I turned to Adrian. “Take care of Bella, and your friend and then come.”

“You should be careful around Hiran all the time. He might try something and-” Adrian started before he looked at Roman. I had a feeling they were mind-linking each other.

“No!” Roman shook his head. “Are you for real? What would you do if she accidentally shoot herself?”

“Just give her one.”

“No, but- but-“

“You like your guns more than you like her, don’t you?” Adrian said with a grunt as he crossed his arms. My eyes widened. Guns? For me. I definitely didn’t feel any aversion to that idea.

“But I need them,” Roman said.

“Two, Roman? Two guns?” I rolled my eyes. “I didn’t think I have to compete against guns,” I said with a deep sigh and Adrian laughed, and for the first time today, he did look like the carefree, charming Alpha I knew and met that night at the bar. The worried look in his eyes disappeared as he leaned against the wall, looking at me and Roman, looking amused.

“I am so interested to see who will win this round,” Adrian said as he cleared his throat. “Ladies and gentlemen, is it going to be Riley or Soph and Saph?”

“Soph and Saph?” I looked at him, wondering what the heck he was talking about.

“That is Sophia and Sapphire. Roman’s guns, oh, sorry, his first and second lovers. You are only the third..”

I slapped my forehead as I looked at a flustered Roman. He bit his lips and glared at Adrian. “You- you shut up. You would never let her touch Onyx.”

“Onyx? What the hell is that? Is that some kind of magical stone which will turn your into something else?” I asked the guys. They both smirked and I was stuck by how impossibly handsome they were.

“Nah. That’s my car. She is a beauty,” Adrian said and I looked at him as if he had gone absolutely mad. They both had. One was refusing to give me his gun, and the other had a car named Onyx? Just- “And I would let you drive it.”

“Forget it, Rome. You can have Soph and Saph. But you know… you will also have to f.uck them,” I said and Roman choked on air as Adrian laughed, slapping against his thighs as tears trailed down his cheeks. Roman grunted as he looked at me.

“Little Luna, you are merciless. Here. Which one do you want?”

“I want Saph.”

“Well, you can only have Soph,” he said as he handed me the gun. I touched it with a shudder. “Be careful with it, okay. It had bullets made of aconitum. It is the less real version. It wouldn’t kill him, but it will stop him and hurt him.”

I nodded as we walked outside. Roman stopped me and gripped my chin in his hand and then pressed a k**s to my lips. “Stay safe, Kitten.”

I nodded.

I watched as the five of them drove away.

“You want ice-cream?”

“Yes. I want Ice-cream.”

***

Dee and I ate ice-creams, but then she had to go back to work, so I just drove around, and then actually took the road that lead to my old town, the one where we lived before we came to Crystal park. I just walked around, taking in everything and then I knew I had to go back home.

It I took a long time to finally go back to the pack. I mind-linked Reid to make sure he was there.

“Hey Reid, I am on the way. Are you there?”

“Yes, I am here. I will wait for you in the dining room, okay? Hiran is here, too, but if he does something stupid, I will deal with him.”

“Ok, I am almost closer to the pack. I will see you there.”

The moment I walked towards the pack house. I looked around adlnd our pack looked unusually quiet.

I had a feeling that said this was going to be a long, long night.

When I reached the pack house, though, everything seemed calm. Was this the calm before the storm or after one? I would never know with Hiran.

I scanned the pack house and walked towards the dining room to meet Reid. But he wasn’t there.

I tried to mind-link Reid, but I couldn’t. My stomach twitched nervously as I quickly walked upstairs. I should just get to my room and lock myself inside my room.

I mind-linked Miller, but once again, radio silence. I sent a quick text to Dee asking about Reid and I told her that he wasn’t here.

When I pushed the door to my room open, I saw the leering face of Hiran.

“Of course, he is here!”

He motioned me to walk in, but I refused to. I stood there with a frowm as I rubbed the bulge in my pants, where Roman had pushed the small gun, just in case if I needed it. My heart beat went fast.

“What do you want? Get the f**k out of my room.”

“Well Riley. I think it is about time you give me a pup. It has been two years and I think I am done waiting.”

“Are you f*****g insane? Have you lost your mind? I would never go anywhere near you, you scum. Especially not closer to your tiny little toothpick.”

He smiled. “Oh, you will, Riley, you will.”

***

-Dean-

Everything looked bright. Too bright. My eyes hurt. My body hurt. I didn’t remember what happened or where I was. I only knew one thing: This didn’t look like a friendly place. Not at all. I could hear the beeps of the machines. I turned to the side and there was a woman lying there, looking frail, almost broken. She had red patches on her skin.

The one to my right side looked exactly the same.

And then I noticed the medication they were giving to both of the unconscious patients was same as the one entering my bloodstream.

“Hello.” A strange british voice made me startle. “You had been asking to meet me for a while. Here I am, now. Tell me what do you want to talk to me? About my little experiments, Red watcher? You are sneaky and good…”

“Where the hell am I?”

“You will love it. It is where I do all my experiments. This place is my first hidey hole. There is another one, the important one. You can get to go there if you become what I want. This place is where you would have come, if you have succeeded to catch me, but unfortuantely, I caught you first. You do really have strong b***d, Lycan. Omegas are a waste of my time. Even the deltas didn’t work, most of the times. Maybe you will become my biggest success story.”

!!!