Betrayed Luna's Second Chance Alphas
Betrayed Luna’s Second Chance Alphas – Chapter 60

-Riley-

A panther. I could feel the animal’s confused thoughts. It was like a flash of lightning inside my head. Pulsing. Skidding. She didn’t know what was happening, and neither did I. How could I comfort her when I was feeling the same panic?

A freaking panther? How could that be even possible?

“Gem?” I needed someone familiar, and now that Rene had shifted, I only had one person to turn to. “You okay? Do you understand anything that is happening here?”

Gem blinked. At least she was still there and hadn’t disappeared like she did when I became a f.ucking Hulk and almost smashed Hiran’s skull in.

“I understand that you have a werepanther. I also understand that it is impossible.”

I sighed as I looked at Roman through Rene’s eyes. Roman was looking down at her with adoration in his eyes. He wasn’t scared of her.

And then he whispered, “Mate,” at the same time I heard Rene’s thought in my head. It was the first clear thought I had heard from her.

“He is mate,” she said with wide eyes. “Riley.”

She was talking to me, like Gem and I used to talk with each other. The foggy thoughts were slowly becoming clearer.

“Wait, back up. What did the b*tch just say?” Gem asked with a nervous giggle. My eyes widened. I was too lost in all of this I almost missed Rene’s nervous voice saying MATE.

She was looking into the honey brown eyes I so loved.

She called Roman mate. My Roman. Oh! It felt like the whole world was finally starting to make sense again.

My heart hitched and right now I wanted nothing but to shift back and run into Roman’s arms, and let him hug me, take me.

My mate. I loved him even without the bond. Even when he wasn’t my fated mate, he was mine. But this only made it all the better.

Roman ran his fingers through Rene’s silky black fur and we trembled together at that touch. Tingles shot from the tip of his fingers to my body. It felt perfect. The remaining puzzle piece finally clicked.

I felt like I was home. He was home. Both him and Adrian.

“He is kind,” Rene said again, her voice hesitant. She looked nervous. The anger was now long gone, and now she looked like a little lamb who didn’t know where she was or what she was doing.

I felt sorry for her. Why could I not remember her fully?

In my dreams, though, the little girl –me — said that she had Rene. That meant I had shifted when I was only seven? Six? I felt like I would faint. So many information, so many new… new tidbits I didn’t even know about myself. It was too hard to process. My brain felt like it would short circuit.

“He is, and you will be alright, okay. You have Roman and Adrian and -“

“Why did you- why did you not want me, Riley?” Her voice was not hesitant anymore. It was accusatory.

I flinched. I didn’t know how to answer her.

“Oh mama,” Gem whispered.

“I didn’t know what happened. I don’t remember, but I promise, I wouldn’t have chosen this, even if this was the only option. Dad- dad did this.”

“Why? Why didn’t dad like me? He must have wanted a wolf like him.”

“You remember dad?”

“Once I shifted, I remembered most of it. Can’t you feel it from my memories?”

“I don’t know. But I am still not ready to take it all in. Give it to me in small doses, okay? I am sorry but…”

“Understand.”

I didn’t have answers to her question though. Why did dad kept Rene dormant?

“Or…” Gem said with a sigh. “He was worried that you might put Riley in danger.”

“But why?”

Two voices? Having one was already too much. I blinked and tried to not go crazy from all of this.

“I don’t know. We have to replace this father I don’t know about and ask him,” Gem said.

“I remember father. He was funny and kind. Mother was…”

“A b***h,” Gem said without blinking.

Rene blinked. I was once again reminded of how new this was all so new to Rene. She was like a freshly hatched chick.

“Hey Rene, I think we should shift back. Do you think you can do that?” I asked with a sigh. I wanted to touch Roman, to make sure that this wasn’t a dream, that this was real.

“It is real,” Gem said with a shake of her head.

“You jealous that you have to share him with Rene?”

“I have Adrian,” Gem huffed.

“I will try to shift,” Rene said.

I saw her looking at Roman with her heart blinking in her eyes, and he looked at her with a smile that made my heart twitch and tilt. It was the kindest, most beautiful smile in the whole world.

“You will be alright, Rene. Shift. I am right here.” His hand on her head softly ruffled her fur, and it calmed her down. She whimpered softly as he caressed her body. “It is okay. It will get better. It will get easier. The pain will go away.”

She nodded and then growled out in pain. I felt the pain, deep in my stomach. If I was standing, I would have collapsed.

I hissed out and cursed, but this time, the pain wasn’t as intense or long as it was the first time.

Soon I was standing in front of Roman, naked. He gave me a smile that was like a punch to my heart. I had never felt so happy in my life as I was at this moment.

They were mine. Both of them. I didn’t have to worry about the phantom woman who might come to claim Roman as hers. No. I was the one who got to claim him.

His eyes darkened as he traced my naked body. “Roman…” my voice came out desperate, and needy.

“My Kitten,” he whispered as he pulled me against his body and crashed his lips against mine. “You are mine. ALL MINE. Tell me you are mine.”

“I am yours. I have always been yours.”

“And mine…” Adrian said as he turned me around and looked me in the eyes.

“And yours,” I m****d out when his fingers softly caressed my throat.

“You alright, Riley? That Panther was…um… a bit wild,” Adrian said with a smile.

“She was scared. It is alright. She is calm now.”

“She almost bit my head off. We were scared,” Adrian said as he pulled me closer and hugged me.

Roman bit the back of my neck and then blew hot air against my neck. I trembled in their arms, as Roman’s hand slowly moved lower until he was rubbing his finger against my cl.it.

“OH.”

Adrian sucked my lower l*p between his teeth and tugged.

“Red… you are magnificent.”

“I know right,” I said with a soft laugh and they both chuckled. Their laughter vibrated along my skin. I felt liberated. Like somehow, everything was finally, finally alright.

Someone banged against the door.

“Oh, s**t,” Roman said before he whirled around and walked towards the door. “Finn?”

“Yeah. The doctor had tested the drugs, and he wants to give it to one of the creatures first.”

“We will be there in a few minutes.” I could hear Finn’s footesteps walking away. I looked at the guys and pointed to myself.

“I need something to wear.”

Roman looked at Adrian. “You might have something.”

I growled at Adrian and he gave me a mischievous smile before he walked out and soon came back with a dress. I narrowed my eyes and he shifted from one leg to another, looking edgy.

“It is, it is all in the past,” Adrian said finally and Roman laughed, looking very amused. I pulled the dress down and frowned at him.

“What are you laughing about? You aren’t any better. Come on, let’s go,” I said as I walked out.

Finn gave me a weird look. I was sure he had noticed I wasn’t wearing this dress when I left the lab. He didn’t say anything, though. He just gave me a smile.

“Okay, I am going to fill these tranquilizer dart with one vial and shoot it at him,” Doctor Tim said as he pulled the trigger. The creature growled and roared.

“Nothing is happening.”

“It has only been a second,” Doctor Tim said.

The creature was still howling and roaring.

And then I saw it. It was like a miracle. The red in his pupils slowly started to blur to show blue.

His skin, still ugly, though was not as pale, or patchy.

“Hey? You remember your name? Anything? What happened to you?”

He howled and snarled and banged against the iron rods.

He shook his head and then he looked at me and whispered, “Mirabel.”

***

-Nadia-

I was talking with Doctor Kaspar when I felt it. I hadn’t felt it in years. The last time was when Rene was just seven. My little pantera. How I had missed her.

My eyes flashed, as I looked at the doctor with a smile.

He looked confused for a second. “You are right. She is here, and I can- I can feel her. Rene.”

“Do you mean she shifted finally? Into her panther?”

My eyes gleamed with happiness and pride. Yes. Somehow, she found a way to come out of the prison Marcus had locked her in. I knew he did that to keep her away from me, but not anymore. After years, I finally found my daughter and I would be bringing her home. Soon. I couldn’t wait.

“Yes. I knew why Marcus did what he did, but Rene is back, and I know she will come looking for us,” I said with an excited grin. I couldn’t wait to see Rene.

“If she didn’t come?” the doctor said with a curious look. I ran my fingers through my red hair, and smirked.

I had been waiting all these years for this one moment. To feel the connection, and nothing was going to stop me.

“If she didn’t come on her own, I would make her come. She belongs with me. She is mine. My daughter.” I had always loved Rene, more than I loved my daughter.

Rene was everything. Rene was the one who was a part of me, a powerful part. My little Alpha queen.

Usually, panthers could only shift after they reached fourteen to sixteen, same as any other species, but my perfect daughter had always been special. She shifted when she was just 5. No one had ever seen anything like that. She was so small, but still so big…

I still remembered the look in her yellow eyes when she first shifted. Pride. Strength. Her aura was strong even back then, as it should be. Her dad was only a werewolf. But she was a royal Pantera, with Alpha b***d.

When Marcus took her and left, I wasn’t worried at first, because I knew the bond would always keep us connected, and I could replace her. But then… I felt the bond break and the pain was impossible to bear. It was too much that I had to leave my precious project for a while. For a long while.

But she was back, and so was I.

I looked at the man lying on bed. He looked delirious, feverish. He was slurring and b***d dotted his forehead and his tanned skin.

“He doesn’t look too good, doctor,” I said as I poked him. “Dean, right? He was doing so good just a day ago. What the hell changed?”

The doctor’s face twisted as he studied the comatose man who was mumbling something under his breath.

“I need more time, to adjust the dose, prepare his b***d, but he will get better. I know it. And then we will be extracting his b***d and pumping into the humans. And our second phase would begin then.”

“If you say so,” I said as I looked at Dean again. He didn’t look like he would get better soon, but Doctor Kaspar was one of the best I knew, and I had always trusted him.

For now, I only wanted one thing. To replace Rene and bring her back home. She belonged right next to me.

Panthers were mostly extinct. I only had Rene, and my brother. And when I lost Rene, it was like a hit in my chest, but I would be getting her back soon. Marcus would lose this game.

I had always loved winning, and this time, I wouldn’t let him win.

“Get her room ready for her, Doctor Kaspar. I will replace her and bring her home.”

“The same room?” the Doctor asked as he started at the glass room.

I looked at the empty room. It was so lonely without her. The glass walls had pictures drawn by a child. The child was a stick figure, and in her legs were massive chains.

But sometimes chains were there to protect you and keep you safe. Poor baby never understood that.

“Yes. It always belonged to her. Only her.”

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