Betrayed Luna's Second Chance Alphas
Betrayed Luna’s Second Chance Alphas – Chapter 28

-Riley-

I woke up, grumpy and looking like a hybrid between a racoon and a rat. I grunted as I looked at myself in the mirror, and thanked the goddess that no one was looking at me right now.

The words Roman had said kept ringing in my mind, and I wondered if he even remembered calling me, or saying things… he shouldn’t be saying to me. No, not after knowing me for two days. Especially not on the phone. That bastard was the reason why I looked like this and if I caught him right now… I would probably- faint?

“And then he will catch you with those strong hands of his and…”

“I am not in the mood for this. I am already going crazy thinking about THAT!”

“Well, like you said, he was drunk,” Gem said with a deep sigh. I had a feeling she wanted him to say it when he was sober and not dead drunk. She was- no, she was so f*****g crazy. I wasn’t.

“But now… because of him, I can’t stop thinking about it. I- I am not ready to hear that.” I really wasn’t, and it was messing with my head. I should just forget it. There was no way he meant that. The guy that called me last night was probably not even Roman.

“Then forget it. He might have already forgotten it. Stop making me crazy,” Gem grumbled, looking very cool and collected.

“You are no help, no help at all!”

After a quick trip to the bathroom, I walked out of my room and saw a flustered looking Adrian, who was pacing from one end to the other of the small corridor. He didn’t even notice I was there.

“What is wrong?” I asked and he looked startled before he stopped pacing and looked at me with a smile that didn’t reach his gray eyes. I wondered what was wrong – this wasn’t how Adrian smiled.

“Hey Riley,” Reid said as he opened his room door. His eyes were downcast as he walked towards me. “Can we- can we talk now? I miss you and I don’t want to- I am a terrible friend, and if you want, please hit me. I feel so sad when you-“

“Yeah? Did you feel so sad you wanted comfort from my best friend?” I gave him a scorching look and he choked and paled. I was secretly enjoying all of this. I knew Reid truly regretted what he did, but I wasn’t an easy person. “Hmm… if you break her heart, I will break your skull.”

“I- I- it isn’t-“

“Yeah, yeah, stop,” Adrian cut Reid off. “We don’t have time to keep talking about this. We have to hurry up.”

“Hurry up about?” I said as I looked at Adrian and he tugged at the end of his hair before he g*****d. “The kids.” He thrust his phone to me, where a message was opened. I almost laughed out loud as I read the message.

When I see you again, you slimy a*****e, you better run fast. But I will catch you and I will break your balls and teeth. Oh, and Ash will be there in a few hours, for the pups. Send them with her before Hiran comes back. Also, Hiran is here in NY. I don’t know what the hell he is doing here, but I will find out.

“When did you get the message?” I looked at Adrian, my heart banging wildly against my chest,

“This morning.”

I wanted to ask him if Roman texted anything about me, but I didn’t.

“Don’t worry. I don’t think he will break your balls or anything.”

“You don’t know anything about Roman, Riley,” he said with a deep frown. “But he is not the one I am worried about right now.”

“Hiran? Don’t worry about that a*****e, either,” Reid said as we all walked towards the house where the pups were.

“No, not him either,” Adrian said with a nervous shudder as he looked around.

“What? You look spooked. Wait, don’t tell me you are afraid of Ashelene,” I said with a laugh and he looked at me, his eyes wide. “Really? Her?”

“You don’t know her. She is – she is Satan’s big sister,” Adrian said with a grunt as I knocked on the door. I sent a quick text to Dee, explaining about the pups and the arrangement Roman made.

Nanny Linda opened the door with a smile. I could smell the heavenly aroma of bread baking as I walked inside the house.

The house was filled with the sound of laughter and chatter. Mirabel ran towards us and I pushed my arms forward, waiting for her to run into me, and my eyes widened when she instead hurled herself at Adrian, blinking at him with her wide blue eyes.

“Little traitor,” I whispered to myself. Mirabel giggled when Adrian lifted her up in his arms, and then snuggled closer to him.

“How are you doing, little lady?” he cooed in a strange voice and she laughed again.

She looked comfortable with him, and my heart melted. He was truly a good guy. “I see I have been replaced,” I said to Adrian as I leaned closer to him and placed a k**s on Mirabel’s cheek.

After they all had their breakfast, I motioned them to gather around. Ten eager faces looked up at me, their eyes curious.

“Anyone wants to go on a vacation? To some place awesome?”

“School is not over yet,” Bailey said, pushing her glasses up.

“Nerdy Bee,” Jake said and she glared at him

“Yeah, I am not failing all my classes.”

“I am only failing math,” Jake shrugged.

I laughed. Bailey and Jake were best friends, so I didn’t mind the harmless teasing.

“Yeah, it will be so good, though. You guys have always wanted to go somewhere beautiful.”

“Where are we going?”

“Somewhere beautiful, but this is a secret and you shouldn’t tell anyone, okay?”

They all looked excited. I looked at Nanny Linda and Roza and they both nodded.

“What is really going on here, Luna?” Nanny Roza mind-linked me and I sighed. I knew I had no idea what to tell her or how to explain everything to her. “Is it the Alpha?”

“Oh, Roza, yes. He is- he is an a*s.”

“I wish I could do something to help you, Luna,” she said with a sad smile.

“You are already helping me with the kids. But Roza, will you go with the kids? I don’t trust them with anyone other than you and Linda,” I said out loud and Roza smiled and nodded, along with Linda.

“Of course, Luna. We need a vacation, too, don’t we?” Linda said as she hugged Ryan and he cheered.

Claire looked at me with a pout. “But we miss you.”

“I know, Claire-bear, but you don’t have to miss me for too long. It will be over before you miss me. Come on now, I will help you pack your bags,” I said as the door banged open.

My best friend walked in looking like she had just come out of death’s door. “What- where?”

“They are all going on a vacation,” I said. “You know, away from the- big, bad wolf.”

“Yeah. So the hottie came through,” Dee said with a smile. “And you owe me a bottle of wine.”

“Not me. Him,” I pointed to Adrian and she waggled her brows before we went upstairs.

“It is time to pack,” I said as we all packed the bags with the kids’ clothes and stuff. Soon, there were ten little bags packed and ten eager looking pups looking at us with wide smiling faces.

“Are we going yet?” Ryan asked and I laughed.

“No. But soon…” I said as I looked at Adrian. “Do you know when she is coming? Did you call her?”

“Umm, I didn’t. I texted Finn. He said she would be here any minute now,” Adrian said as we walked out of the house. I motioned Roza to lock the house.

“What is his problem?” Dee asked as she put an arm around me.

“He is scared of- well…” I stared at the girl walking towards where we all were standing. Her brown hair was sticking up in all directions and her beautiful brown eyes were full of fire as she met Adrian’s eyes before turning away from him and looking at me. Her lips formed a thin line. “HER!”

She stopped before us. “I am Ash, and the mission pups is on right now. We will be leaving in two hours stat. Our pilot and co-pilot need some rest, but then it is straight to NY.”

“Your pilot?” I blinked, totally confused about what she was saying.

“Didn’t my brother call you?” She gave me a look. “I came on our private plane to take the little ones back.”

“You own a plane?”

“Well, technically not me. It is my dad’s.” She shrugged as if private planes were not a big deal, and then she turned towards Adrian. Her eyes gleamed as she took a step towards him, and he backed away from her, his eyes darting to the sides. ”Roman asked me to tell you to sleep with your eyes open!”

Adrian paled. She chuckled darkly before she whirled around. “I am hungry. I need food. A lot of food.”

***

Ash was fun. She was also good with kids. She also ate a lot, and I loved it about her.

“So Riley, you are what my brother smelled like when he came back,” she said as she took a bite of her pizza. “Oh, this is delicious. This is better than what Alonzo makes,” she said as she looked at Marie, our head cook. “If you come with me, I will pay you thrice what they are paying.” Marie blinked and looked at me, looking totally bewildered.

I realized how Ash was like a fierce storm. A good kind of storm.

“How about six times more than what you are making now? No? Still no? Shame!” she asked as she finished her pizza and licked the sauce off the plate. “Goddess, I want to stay.”

“Stop trying to steal our cook,” Reid grumbled and she shrugged.

“Ah, back to you. So… you are mated. What were you doing with my brother? Hmm? I don’t think it was anything innocent. My brother flushed a bright red when I asked him about you and he isn’t the blushing type.”

I flushed as I looked around. Reid’s eyes widened. Dee looked like a f*****g Cheshire cat.

I cleared my throat. “It was nothing. He was helping me with-“

“Some plumbing problems,” Dee muttered under her breath and I glared at her.

“You do smell beautiful,” Ash said with a sigh as she stood up and looked at the time. “Oh, it is time already. f**k. It had gone by too soon. It is very nice meeting all of you, though it is not the best time. Come to NY when you can. Nightshade will always be open for you.”

I walked with her and she stopped before turning to look at me, her eyes intense. Her smile was gone. “If you hurt my brother, I will poison your food. It might not kill you, but you won’t be able to live away from the bathroom for three days. I did the same to Feyona, twice,” Ashelene said before she saluted me. “Ta-ta, now.”

“I told you she is Satan’s big sister,” Adrian said as she walked inside the big van she had driven here.

I would miss them so much, but I knew keeping them safe should be my only priority right now.

I kissed all of them and hugged Mirabel tight. She kissed my cheeks. I buried my face into her little neck and sniffed. She smelled like home. “Oh little pup, I don’t want to let you go… but I have to.”

“Lee-lee…” she whispered as she clung to my dress and I blinked, my eyes blurry. “Luv yooo,” she sang and I laughed.

“You are becoming a big girl,” I whispered as nanny Roza took her from me. “I will be back by your side soon.”

“Don’t worry, Riley, I will take care of them. Your pups will be safe with us, I promise.”

“Thank you for doing this, Ashelene.”

“You should thank my brother. Roman overlooked everything, with a killer hangover, too, but he wouldn’t let anyone mess with your pups. You know what you could do to thank him?”

“What?”

She winked at me, and I knew whatever she was thinking was… nothing good.

My phone blinked with a new message.

I opened it and flushed and looked at Ashelene. She winked. I was startled when my phone started ringing, and almost dropped it when I saw Roman’s name.

“Ah, that must be my brother,” she said and she started the van. The kids waved at me as I answered the call. “He must have had a feeling that you wanted to give him a gift,” Ashelene shouted before she pulled out of the driveway, racing towards the open roads, taking my kids to safety. I breathed out a sigh of relief.

“Hello!” I said and my heart raced. I felt like a teenager getting her first phone call from her freaking crush. This wasn’t good for me.

“Are the pups gone?” His voice was grumpy and familiar and I wanted to wrap myself around him and soak on his grumpiness. I missed him already. Every bone in my body wanted him close… and then I remembered what he did last night. The jerk.

“They just left.”

“Good. From the reports I had, Hiran will be leaving NY tonight, and I want the pups gone from there before he reaches the pack.”