Betrayed Luna's Second Chance Alphas
Betrayed Luna’s Second Chance Alphas – Chapter 38

-Adrian-

“Oh, suck it, Adrian. Shut the f.uck up and get the hell out of my face. I am done! I have wasted years… and I won’t do that anymore. I am truly DONE!”

I felt like she had just hit me.

“Ash, stop. Please.” I grabbed her hand and the look she gave me was heated, I almost felt the burn in my skin. Maybe her powers were already developing.

She scoffed and her eyes became so dark that it went black. “I can’t understand you. You know… I like Riley, she is amazing. I love Riley for Roman, but you are… not- and you will never be her first choice. You know that, don’t you? Are you okay with that, Adrian?” Her lips pulled up in a derisive smile. “Pathetic. I thought I was the pathetic one, but you, it is you!”

I pursed my lips as I looked at her with a growl. She didn’t look so sad anymore. She looked ruthless. Like she wanted to tear me from limb to limb. Maybe I deserved that, but… sometimes a heart wanted what it wanted.

“You don’t know anything,” I hissed and she crossed her arms and tilted her head as she looked at me with a piercing gaze.

“Do enlighten me, Bella’s brother.”

I hated that she was looking at me like that, like I was someone she never wanted to see again. I had never wanted to hurt her.

“I like her.” It was more than just like.

“Why? Why do you like her? I am this close to asking stupid things like… what does she have that I don’t, but I won’t ask that. Tell me, why do you like her?”

“She is kind, and smart and-“

Why?

I had never really thought about it, but the very first moment she sat at our table, I felt something for her. Something more than just l**t.

She was funny, sarcastic, brave, wild and she made me feel things that I had never felt with the other women I had dated. Riley wasn’t the first woman I wanted, but she was the only one that made me FEEL.

She was the one who made me think that she would be worth everything, worth even a broken heart.

I wanted that. I had always wanted that, wanted what my parents had. They weren’t fated mates, but they would die for each other. But I never found it with anyone, and I thought I would never find it again. And then Riley came. It was instant, the connection I felt with her.

“And I am not? I am kind, I am smart, too and-“

“You are my best friend’s little sister and I want you to be happy, but…” She wouldn’t be happy with me.

She shrunk her face as if she couldn’t believe me. “That had always been your go-to response. But now, you just sound dumb. You could- you would want your best friend’s woman, but not his sister? Do I look like a crazy idiôt, or are you the crazy idiôt here?”

“Why do I want her? When Riley smiles, I want to smile with her. When she cries, I want to do anything and everything to destroy the person who is responsible for her tears. I want to make her happy, protect her. Isn’t that what the bond is?”

“Does she feel the same for you?”

I had known Riley only for a short time, but sometimes, time just didn’t matter.

The connection mattered, and I felt it. I felt something for her that night when she was drinking with her best friend, and that was the only reason I was staring at her, and then she came to our table and everything else was… well, things happened, things I didn’t like very much, but I was happy she was a part of my life.

“She will. She just needs time. We all do.”

Ash sighed, and this time, her eyes were full of pity. For me? I hated that.

“I hope you will be happy, Adrian. I really do, even though I hate you right now.” She leaned closed and pressed her lips against my chin. My heart broken. Her face was blank. Something had changed. “Goodbye, Adrian.”

“Wha-what?”

She didn’t say anything as she walked back in.

I stood there for a second, trying to think about what had happened. I took in a deep breath and walked inside. Roman and Feyona were already talking. Riley looked comfortable next to him.

“She is right, though,” Clay said.

“Not you, too. Don’t start.”

“But I do want her still.”

“Is there a way to find out who is supporting Ramsay? I don’t think he is doing this all alone,” Riley said.

“You are right. He is really not doing it alone. We were only back a few months ago, but this doesn’t- it looks like it was going on way before Ramsay was here. Maybe his brother is also a part of this?” Feyona said as she scratched her neck.

“Okay. Armond is a bigger a.sshole than Ramsay, but I still think they are only a smaller part of this. What the hell are they really doing?” Roman grumbled as Riley stood up. “You have to go back and find out, Feyona, but be careful.”

Feyona nodded and looked at Roman with a sad look, as if she regretted everything she had done. I could see the feelings flickering in her eyes that had always only ever been cold.

“I am sorry, Roman. I really am.”

Roman looked at her for a second before he shrugged. “We were both not ready for that back then, I suppose.”

It was strange, Roman saying that. And I knew it was because of Riley. It made me happy that Rome had found something so good with her, and I also felt a twitch of jealousy, but I knew this was going to be my new normal.

“So? That is it? Should we go now?” Ash asked Roman with a glare. She didn’t look too pleased to be here.

“I am just going to transfer all these files to my laptop and Keller will be here soon. You can go after that.”

“I am going to call Keller. He was with Reid and Dee. They stayed with him, just in case.” Riley walked towards the room and I followed her. I could feel Ash’s eyes on my back. I almost wanted to turn and leave, but I didn’t. I closed the door behind me and Riley looked at me with a soft sigh as if she already knew what I was going to say.

“Are you feeling sorry for me? Is that why you said-“

She shook her head as she walked closer to me and took my face in her hand. “Sorry for you? You are charming, kind, strong and amazing. Why would anyone feel sorry for you? It does hurt my heart when I see you sad, but that doesn’t mean I am sorry for you. I mean, I won’t go around kissing people just because I feel sorry for them. That is just ridiculous,” she said. “This is strange for me. This is… confusing, Adrian. You know, I am more confused than you and Rome are. But…” she trailed off as she touched my jaw, tracing a finger down to my lips.

“But Riley… Roman and you-“

“I know, Adrian. I know we really have to talk about it. But after I send Keller back with Ash, okay? I promise it is not pity.”

I nodded as she dialed the number and I heard Dee’s voice on the other end.

It isn’t pity. That was all I needed right now.

“Reid left because Hiran called him. He finally came back to his senses, and thank God, he still didn’t remember what happened that day. Roman’s power is pretty dope, huh?”

“Yes, it is. And Dee, Ash and Feyona will be leaving soon. Can you drive Keller to The Delta. We are all here.”

“I don’t know why you care whether this as.s nugget lived or died,” Dee said and Riley chuckled.

“Just bring him, and don’t change your mind and kill him yourself.”

Riley hung up before she turned towards me and motioned me to sit with her.

“Little Luna, you know what I-“

“Listen to me, sunshine…” She said and I chuckled. It was what she called me when we met at the bar the first day. “You feel it, too, don’t you? The connection we have? I know it is not what I feel for Roman, I know it is not crazy and desperate, and this is something different, but it is there and I am willing to be selfish for once, but…”

“But Roman comes first.”

Ash was right. I didn’t know why I was so pathetic, but I was. That wasn’t going to change now.

She looked guilty. Her face fell. Her bright green eyes lost its shine. “And that is not- that is not fair to you. I don’t want to hurt you, but I feel like I am going to end up hurting you either way.”

“You really are an idio.t.”

“It is alright. You can hurt me,” I said. “I want something, even if it is only a bit of what you would offer Rome and-” Someone pounded on the door. I knew who it was.

“Can’t you wait?” I mind-linked Roman.

“I would love to, but there is something… Bella called.”

“Bella? What?”

“Yes. She was- she was hysterical. She said something happened to Dean.”

Hysterical? That was so unlike Bella. She was the cool, collected one in our family.

Fear tightened my throat. I kicked the door open. Roman looked angry, and pale, too. His body was rigid.

“What happened to him? What did she say?”

I had very few friends, and Dean was one of them.

Ash opened the door for Keller and Dee. Riley nodded at them as we all kept staring at the phone.

“Try calling her again.”

“I am trying. She isn’t picking up. Oh God, she must feel terrible. Even though she always says he is only a-” Ash stopped and blinked.

“Only a? What is he?” I asked her.

“Nothing.” I knew she was lying, but I didn’t care about that now.

I hoped Dean and Bella were safe. They were too close to danger, but that was the only way. I told Bella to not go there, but she was stubborn and when she had decided something, she would not back away.

After what felt like eternity, Bella picked up.

“You are on speaker.”

“Bella, Bella, are you alright?”

Her voice shook as she talked. “Ad- I am fine. But it is Dean. I think- I think Ramsay has found out he is a part of the Red Watchers. I hadn’t heard from him and he missed dinner plans with me and he wouldn’t have if something hadn’t happened.”

I didn’t miss the fact that she just told me he missed dinner. With her.

“I called him, but his phone was unavailable. I am scared, Adrian.”

“Oh Bella, he will be alright. He was strong and he had been doing this for a long time.”

“But they were just as powerful as him, and if they want, they could easily kill him. One drop of vampire b***d would disarm him.”

A vampire’s b***d worked the same way as how Wolfsbane worked. It would drug our wolves, and the wolves would temporarily lose their senses.

“Don’t worry. Did you call Finn?”

“I called him. He was driving around, and the king called the cops. They were trying too, but no one could directly walk into the club and ask around. It is terrible.”

“Don’t go anywhere near the club, Bella,” I ordered her and I heard her taking in a breath.

“But I have to. I am the only one who knows all the-“

“NO.”

“You are not my master.”

“But I am your brother, and listen to me. Do not go anywhere near Dirty Secrets, Bella. Please.”

“He is right, Bella. I will call Rory and Dustin and they will ask around. They will find out what happened to Dean,” Roman said and Bella sighed.

“Yes, Rome. Please, call them.”

The worry in her voice was obvious.

“I will. I am calling them right now.”

“Listen Dustin, did you hear from Finn that Dean is missing?”

“Yes. Finn just called. We are leaving now. Don’t worry. Dean is a strong bastard.”

Rome chuckled a little.

“If you find anything about him, call me.”

***

-Hiran-

“Something happened,” I said to Ramsay. “I need that drug soon.”

“I am sending it already. You will get it by this evening. Just be patient,” Ramsay said. “I have to go. We just found a rat and I am going to enjoy torturing the rat.” His voice sounded malicious.

It still shocked me that this was the same man who called his wife his mate. Oh no, vampires didn’t have a fu.cking mate. They only had partners, or wives.

In this world, even wolves only, occassionally had mates, but it was alright. I had Riley. And I would always have her.

Even if she wasn’t really my fated mate… she was mine. I made sure of that the first time I met her, and I made sure of it every other day that followed. And no, she would not break the bond I worked so hard for.

If anyone was going to have her, it would be me, or I would make sure nobody else had her.

Jin chuckled. “She is officially my b***h!”

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