Betrayed Luna's Second Chance Alphas
Betrayed Luna’s Second Chance Alphas – Chapter 53

-Riley-

I felt like my world was tilting once again. Why wouldn’t it just stop? Why did this keep happening to me?

“Who- who is my dad?” My voice came out weakly. I just wanted to bury myself under a hole and never come out.

“Can we talk in-” Alpha James looked around as if he was scanning for some threat. “Somewhere private?”

I thought I was an orphan, and nobody knew anything about my parents. Why would my father abandon me with Alpha James? I looked at Roman, who was standing dutifully next to me, his body rigid, as if he was waiting to save me if needed. My hero.

He nodded. “Yes. You can use my dad’s study. Come on, let me take you there,” he said as he motioned to Adrian, who was just walking in. “Stay here. We will be back soon.”

“What happened? Is everything okay?” Adrian said as he moved closer to me and my body gravitated towards him on its own accord. It was the bond. It somehow made everything better. Calm. The storm was slowly receding.

“Yes, it is. This is Alpha James. He is the Alpha of the pack I was in before I came to Crystal Park. Roman will tell you everything else through mind-link,” I said, and looked at him. Adrian’s eyes widened as he nodded and sighed. Roman shook his head.

“Go. I will make sure Hiran gets everything he deserves,” Adrian said as he softly rubbed my arm, trailing his fingers down my hand before entwining his fingers inside mine. He looked at me as his fingers tightened around mine as if he didn’t want to let go.

“I will come back,” I whispered and his eyes widened. “I could see the look in your eyes.”

“Yeah, yeah, the whole world could,” Roman said with a grunt. “Now, can I take your mate away?”

“You can beg,” Adrian said and Roman bared his teeth at him. I chuckled a little as Adrian let me go. I grabbed Roman’s hand and waved at Adrian. He smiled before he walked to the front to talk with some of the Alphas.

The elevator ride was silent. We reached Roman’s dad’s study. He pushed open the door and motioned us to go in.

“I can stay outside.”

“There is no secret I want to keep from you, Roman, and you have to know that.” I sighed as we all walked in. Roman poured three glasses of drink, and handed one to me. I gripped the cold drink and pressed it against my cheek as I looked at Alpha James.

Alpha James looked warily at me, before he cleared his throat. He was clearly agitated, and my stupid Lycan standing there like a stalking animal ready to hunt, was not helping. I shook my head at Roman and he relaxed, finally.

Alpha James took a sip of his drink. “Marcus… your dad… he brought you to me and made me promise to keep you safe. You were around six or seven.”

Marcus. I silently whispered the name, hoping it would strike something. A flash of memory? Nothing came though. My past was as dark as it had been before.

“Seven? I thought I was a baby when I came to the pack. Why did I not remember anything then? How do you know my father?”

“No. You were seven, but he said something happened, something bad and that it erased your memories or something. He was my childhood friend, but he left for New York when he was young. He was a doctor, and a scientist.”

Seven was an age when a child could remember her father, but I didn’t remember anything. “Is my father alive? Why did he want you to keep me safe?”

I had a feeling that this was about what happened to me when- when I attacked Hiran. What was I?

“I don’t know if he is alive. I tried to call his old phone number. He never picked up. When he came with you to my pack, he was wounded. I asked him to stay, but he refused. He also made me promise not to say anything to anyone about you.”

“Oh.” I looked at Roman and his forehead was crinkled. He looked deep in thought.

“You told me you were looking for me. Why?”

“Marcus left me with another job. He gave me a vial of something. Every December, he asked me to give you the contents of the vial. One vial for one year.”

“December 21. You will always give me a glass of juice. I thought it was my birthday.”

“It is your birthday, Riley. And that cup of juice-“

During every birthday, Alpha James would give me ‘the juice’. He said it was special and just for me. It always tasted a bit weird, but other than the taste, I felt nothing weird when I drank it. That must have been whatever drug my dad had left with him. What was that?

“The juice is… whatever my father gave you in that vial. Do you still have more vials? Do you know what was in the vial?”

“I do have more vials, so much more, but I don’t know what’s in them. The vials are the reason why I have been searching for you. I have a lot of things that belong to you, things your dad wanted me to give you when you turned twenty.”

My father’s things? When I left the pack, I had nothing that belonged to me, and I felt so sad that I had nothing meaningful that belonged to me. My heart constricted. I couldn’t wait for my father’s things. I wondered what he left for me. Did he write anything for me? A letter, perhaps?

“My friend is in Crystal Park. If you give me your number, she will call you and maybe pick up everything from you?”

Alpha James nodded. “So you were in Crystal Park all along. It was only a few towns over.”

“Yes. I was. Thanks for telling me all of this, Alpha James. It means a lot and also, thank you for keeping me safe from whatever my father wanted you to protect me from.”

“Of course, but I feel like I have failed you, and your father. I wanted to tell you everything when you turned sixteen, as your father asked me to. Once she has a wolf, she will have the power to protect and fight for herself – that was what your father told me before he left.”

“And then I left at sixteen.”

“And you lived only a few towns over, and yet here we are, meeting after six years at a trial.”

“I don’t know what to say to that, Alpha James, but I do want to say thank you.”

“I should go back. The trial will start soon,” Alpha James said and left, leaving me alone with Roman. He opened his arms wide and I buried myself in his warmth.

“Why is this happening to me, Roman? Did I do something wrong? Or am I just so f*****g unlucky?” I breathed in his scent and let his heartbeats calm me down.

“You are not. You are absolutely strong, and lucky too. If you are not, you wouldn’t have two amazing men doting on you, right?”

I laughed as I pulled away from him.

“Roman Night? Joking? Is the world going to end?”

“Kitten,” he said as he tugged at my hair. “Let’s go and end Hiran. You have me and Adrian and whatever happens, you will have us, and we will stand by you. You are not alone in any of this.”

“That is the only consolation. That I have you and Adrian. I have Dee and Reid and my pups and… even Keller. It won’t be so bad.” I looked up at him. “So? You talked with Ash?”

Roman puffed out a breath. “Well. She was holed up in Bella’s house. I talked with Finn, and he didn’t know either.”

“Finn came the other day with Claire and your mom. He was nice and not so grumpy,” I said with a chuckle and Roman puffed. I laughed and stopped when we reached the council court.

Adrian walked towards us when he saw us. A young woman followed him.

“You are Riley?” she said, her eyes narrowed, when I nodded my head.

“Bells, stop glaring at her.”

“I am not glaring. I am just looking. Why don’t you bring her for dinner tonight? Mom wants to meet your precious-” She stopped and shrugged. “You know.”

Adrian must have told his parents and sister, too, and his sister didn’t look too pleased. I was sure I would have reacted the same way if someone was the reason for Dee’s broken heart. So I couldn’t blame Bella for that.

“She can’t com-“

“Oh, that will be my absolute pleasure. I have spent two days cooped up and I think I am ready to see a bit of the outside world. Thank you for the invite,” I said with a sweet smile that was a bit on the salty side, and her eyes widened before she gave me an appreciative nod.

“Hmm. I can see why my brother fell for you.”

My eyes widened as I looked at Adrian and then at Roman. Adrian flushed before he growled at his sister. Roman gave Bella a blank stare.

“Shut up, Bella,” Adrian hissed and she rolled her eyes. My cheeks heated and I felt like I was standing in a burning forest or something. “Forget her. Come on, let’s replace a place to sit.”

And soon two men walked Hiran inside the court. He looked weak. I realized how hard it was to heal from the broken bond without the kind of support I had from Roman and Adrian. Of course, they didn’t spend all their time with me. They had to leave often to talk with other Red watchers about Dean. They met with Feyona one day, to talk about Ramsay, but Feyona didn’t have anything useful. But when all was done, they always came back to me.

I knew it wouldn’t have been easy without them.

Roman walked to the front as Adrian gripped my hand in his.

“He is done for, Red. Don’t worry. This is just a formality.”

Hiran’s eyes met mine and I saw his loathing. If he could, he would kill me right here, right now.

“He is done for,” I said as Roman started talking about all the accusations against Hiran.

He was truly a monster, but today was the end of him.

Our eyes met. He snarled. I smirked. I almost wanted to show him the middle finger, but instead, I leaned closer to Adrian and kissed him on his lips, and I winked at Roman. A loud growl left Hiran’s lips as he moved against his shackle.

That was my middle finger.

***

-Deidre-

I kissed Reid on his cheek, hoping I could somehow make it all better for him. “I am sorry, Reid.”

“It is alright. He deserved it.”

Today was Hiran’s trial. Riley and I talked yesterday about it and she also told me about everything that was happening and I was happy for her.

Reid decided not to go to the trial, even though every Alpha was invited to it. I understood why he didn’t. It would be very painful for him. Even though Hiran was a monster, he was Reid’s only family left.

“But he is your only family.”

Reid shook his head. “No, I have you.” My eyes widened as I looked at him and he nodded as he grabbed my hand in his and pulled me to his lap. His arms went around me as he pulled me closer to his body. “You are my family, already, Dee, and I want it to be official.”

“Official?” I blinked and flushed. My throat felt dry. What the hell was he-

“Will you be my Luna, Deidre Lynn Torres?”

I pulled away from him and stared into his blue eyes. My breath left in a gasp.

“Don’t you want to wait for the -“

“I don’t want to wait for anything, because I have been waiting for two years for you, Dee, and I have you now. I don’t want to wait anymore. I want you to be mine, Dee. Only mine.”

I gasped. My heart raced. But I knew the answer.

“If you replace your mate-“

“After I have marked you, I will not recognize my mate, at all, and it doesn’t bother me, because I love you, Dee. I fell in love with you the first moment I saw you. You were beautiful, fierce and hilarious. You were all of my dreams and I want you with everything I have.”

“I never knew you could talk like this, but Reid… I have to say no.”

He blinked and gasped and looked utterly broken. I pressed a hand to my mouth and snickered as I looked at his stricken face. He looked pale.

“I mean, you don’t even have a ring.” I laughed and he grabbed me by my waist and pulled me closer.

“You are a bad, bad girl, aren’t you? I will make you a good girl, darling. A good f*****g girl.” His breath hitched as his hold on my h**s tightened. My lips parted and I recognized his look. He wanted me. He wanted to take me, mark me, make me his, and I couldn’t wait to be his.

“Dee…” he hesitated.

“What?”

“It is Liam. My wolf.”

“Hmm?”

“He wants to… umm… to put it elegantly, f**k you.”

I gasped. My body throbbed to his response.

“Your wolf?” My voice came out husky, wanton.

“Yes.”

“What exactly did he say?”

“Nothing elegant.”

My eyes widened as I leaned closer to Reid. “Tell me everything he said.”

“He wants to bury himself inside you until you lose all of your rational thoughts. He wants to f**k you hard and long until your legs become jell-o, until you go crazy. He wants his c*ck to be coated with your juices, and then he wants you to suck him until you clean him and then he will make you dirty-“

“Enough,” I said as I removed my pants. “I have heard enough. Now, get the hell away, Reid, and give me the wolf.”

“Very rude, Dee, very rude.”

“Well… what can I say? I am a curious person, and he has ignited my curiosity.”

“Well, hello there human. Are you ready to be a good girl?”

A soft m**n left my lips as I looked into the wolf’s bright eyes. He gripped my a*s in his hands and pulled me against his e******n.

“Yes, Liam. YES.”

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