Betrayed Luna's Second Chance Alphas
Betrayed Luna’s Second Chance Alphas – Chapter 64

-Nadia-

“Is she the reason why you missed our date yesterday?” A shrill voice snarled. I looked up to see a woman glaring down at Ramsay.

Ramsay stood up. She was a wolf. I didn’t understand why Ramsay looked apologetic. “Feyona.”

Now I did. This was his wife. The wolf. Everyone was so surprised when Ramsay broke up with his girlfriend of half a century and married a wolf. She was sexy, but she wasn’t sexier than Keisha, his ex-girlfriend.

“They say karma is a bit.ch. I cheated on Roman, and now you- you-”

“Fee, listen-”

“F.uck you.” She hit him in the chest. Hard. He stumbled back, but he didn’t do anything. He didn’t even try to stop her.

“I love you, Fee. You know I won’t do that to you. She is just a friend.”

“Why don’t I believe it for a second? You disappear from home at odd times. The other night, I woke up in the middle of the night and you were gone once again. And that was everything that I did… to Roman,” she said with a growl.

She was shaking as she kept glaring at Ramsay, and I wondered why Ramsay was taking it all without putting her in her place. This wasn’t the Ramsay I had known years ago.

“I hate you. Why… why would you do this to me?”

She hit and clawed, but he just kept whispering things to calm her down.

“Can we talk at home? I promise. I am not cheating on you. I would never do that to you. You know, I love you, Feyona. She is a friend and we are looking for her daughter. She lost her daughter and I am just helping her.”

Feyona blinked as she looked at him. “You are not lying?”

“I am not.”

“Did you report it to the police?” Feyona asked and Ramsay sighed.

“It is a long story, Fee. We will talk later, okay?”

She sighed and finally calmed down. “Yes. I am sorry,” she said as she pointed to the scratch in his arms. He smiled and shook his head.

“It is alright, go.” She looked at him for a second and walked away.

“You love her, don’t you? You really do love her. When I heard that you broke up with Keisha, I thought you just became bored with her, but now I see why you did.

He nodded. “I do love her. She is my everything, and-”

“She is a wolf. She isn’t immortal. You aren’t doing this just for money,” I said with an intrigued look in my eyes. “Not anymore, right?”

He took a sip of his drink.

“You are trying to make her immortal like you, but how? The experiment we do is focused solely on making humans live longer, not even immortal.”

“I am working on my own formula, and if we succeed in phase one on humans-”

“You are starting your own phase one.”

“Yes.”

“Did the doctor know?”

“Well, not everything, but yes.”

“It is strange to see you care about something other than money, or power.”

“Love does strange things to even selfish men.”

***

-Adrian-

I finished helping Chef Antoni and after that, I went to meet my parents. We talked about business for a while. I was walking out of their apartment, thinking about Riley and how I missed her already, when Bella came with Ashelene.

I hadn’t seen her or Bella in a while. I avoided going to Bella’s apartment, because I knew Ash was there. I wasn’t ready to put her through more pain from seeing me. I knew she was hurt, and I didn’t want to add to anything.

Ash stopped and then sighed. I almost wished I could vanish.

I gave them a nod, and Bella looked at me as Ashelene walked in. Bella walked towards me and hugged me.

“I am happy for you, Ad. I truly am,” Bella whispered as she pulled away from me.

“I know,” I said. “And we will find Dean, Bells. I promise you that.”

“You know about Dean and me, don’t you?” Bella asked as I wrapped my arm around her. She snuggled closer to me.

“I do.”

“It was just- we were-”

“And once we get him out of that place, I am going to kill him.”

“He is so going to get it. I am ready. I am already sharpening my claws,” Clay said with a snarl.

“And Clay says he is already sharpening his claws.”

“Adrian, Clay, you idi.ots. No one is touching him.”

“What? How dare he go anywhere near my sister?” I said with a growl and Bella shook her head with a chuckle.

“I missed you, Ad,” she said with a sad look in her eyes. Bella and I had always been so close, but for the past few days it felt like we had drifted quite apart.

“I missed you too, Bells. Just don’t get mad at me for things I can’t control.”

“I wasn’t. I just- it pained me to see Ash like that and I just didn’t want her to feel like she was alone in all of this.”

“Of course, she isn’t alone. She has Rome and Finn and you, too. I really feel terrible that somehow I- I hurt her.”

“Tell me something, Adrian. Have you ever felt anything for Ash?” Bella asked and I sighed. I wanted to lie and say no, but that wasn’t always the case.

“It would be a lie if I said no. I felt something for her. I mean, she is an amazing woman and she told me she liked me. How could I not react to that confession? But she was so young and I just didn’t want to hurt her in any way. I knew staying away was the right thing to do, and it was. It is. Riley is everything, Bells, and please don’t push Riley out of your life. She is amazing and I want my sister to be friends with my mate. Just give her a chance, please.”

“We were just coming from shopping. We went to buy Dee’s dress with Riley and Aunt Alex. Ash and I are bridesmaids, too.”

I smiled as I pulled her into a hug. “You are the best sister ever.”

“And Ash is the best sister ever to Roman. You don’t have to worry about her. She will be alright.”

“I know she will be. She will find her mate, or find the right man to love. Bye, Bella. Thank you for doing this for Riley. She had a rough couple of days and…”

“Is it true that she is a Pantera? I heard from Finn, who heard from the King, who heard from Roman that she shifted into-”

I bumped my head against hers. “Goddess, news travels so fast, but yes, she is. Somehow she can shift into both her wolf and her panther.”

“That makes her extremely unique. No other hybrid could do that, right?”

“Yes, her father somehow pushed her dominant side down and brought her wolf out. In yesterday’s chaos, we almost forgot about his journal. We had to read it to understand what really happened. I hope it has answers,” I said to Bella. “Okay, I am leaving now.”

“Look at you, Ad. You have changed a lot since Riley, and it is a good change. My brother might just have grown up.”

“I have always been a grown up,” I said with a grunt before I walked towards the elevator. The door was going to close when I saw Ash running towards me.

I stopped, and she walked inside. “I am going to Nightshade, too. Drive me there?” It felt almost like a white flag. I nodded.

“Hey Ash…”

“I am sorry, Adrian, I am sorry for what I said to you the other day. You weren’t pathetic. You felt what you felt for her, because she was your mate, and you just couldn’t recognize it fully because of Hiran’s mark. I am sorry. I wish I could take my words back, but…”

“It is alright, Ash. I don’t blame you for anything you said.”

“Because you are Adrian, but I know I was wrong. I shouldn’t have- I was hurt and angry and I acted like a b***h. Forgive me?”

“There is nothing to forgive, Ash. I just want you to be happy.”

“I will be alright, Ad, I will be. And I am glad you and Roman are happy.”

We were silent the rest of the ride, but it wasn’t filled with awkwardness. We reached Nightshade and she smiled at me and thanked me.

“I need to finish some of my assignments. I haven’t been to college for a few days,” she said with a wince and gave me a nod. “Bye, Adrian.” She ran away and I smiled as I handed the keys to the valet and walked in. I went to Roman’s old room, where Riley was staying now.

I knocked on the door, but she wasn’t there.

I mind-linked Rome.

“Hey, where are you and Riley?”

“On a date,” Roman said, panting, and I smiled, knowing very well what kind of date it was.

“Why are we not on a date now? I want to be there with Riley and Gem now,” Clay whined in my head.

“Another time. It is going to be hard to share her with someone else, but Roman deserves time with her just as we do.”

“You have always been so logical. I hate you,” Clay sulked and I laughed.

“Ask Riley if it is okay for me to go through her dad’s journal while I was here alone, ditched by my best friend and my mate, as they enjoy their date,” I said in a fake sad voice and Roman grumbled.

“Riley said you can do whatever you want to do. You already have the key. Go and read to your heart’s content,” Roman said with a smirk in his voice.

“A*s.hole,” I said before I opened the door and switched on the lights.

The small box was still on the bedside table, and I had seen Riley had read some pages.

I tried to read, and cursed. My future father-in-law’s handwriting was like an evil curse.

The first few pages of the journal are about when Riley was born, and how she looked.

I was leafing through the pages when I realized a few pages were stuck together. I tried to pry them away, but they were glued together.

“What in the world is here?” Clay asked and I shrugged.

I carefully cut through the pages and it opened. They were pictures. It was one of Riley when she was so little. Her head was a mop of curly red hair. She was beautiful as a baby. Another was when she was around four or five. The third one was a picture of a little Panther. So little. It was barely the size of a puppy, but the yellow eyes were astute, sharp.

“Rene, is that Rene? My Goddess, she is adorable,” Clay said. “I want to pinch her cheeks.”

“She is, but don’t try to pinch her cheeks now. She will bite your head off,” I said as I touched the picture. She was magnificent. My heart hurt that she was locked inside from the outside world. I understood why Marcus had to do it. To protect Riley, but it still wasn’t fair to Rene.

But if Marcus hadn’t brought Gem out, I might never have found out she was my mate.

It is rare to find true mates in our world. Also, Hybrids only find a mate bond with their dominant animal. The animal they would shift to. The other side would never find their mate. So, a hybrid would have a true mate, but the true mate of the other side of the hybrid would never have the fortune to find their true mate bond.

If Rene was the only one in Riley, I would never have found that she was my true mate.

“I do feel sorry for Rene, but I am not sorry that Gem is here. Gem is ours, and I deserve to be with her.”

“You are right, Clay. I am sorry that Rene had to go through all of this, but she is here now, and so is Gem, and that is all that matters.”

There were a few pictures of the woman we saw on the internet the other day. Riley’s mom. She had cold eyes. Empty and emotionless.

“That is our future mom-in-law, huh? She looks like a villain.”

“She is a villain,” I said with a grunt. “Wait, there are things written on the backside.”

Riley’s baby picture had a name scribbled on the back: Emorilee Vanessa Andreas-Lowe.

“Is this Riley’s name? That is a mouthful. She is cute, though.”

“It looks like that,” I said to Clay. “Yes, she is adorable.”

I quickly leafed through the journal and realized there were so many pockets made within the journal like the first one. I carefully pulled all of them open, and found a lot more pictures.

One was where Riley’s eyes were red and green, the same way they looked when Riley attacked Hiran. “She looks cute even with red eyes,” I said with a frown as I read the journal entry and made notes about important things.

He talked about the creature, about Riley’s mother, and about Rene. All his entry were addressed directly to Riley.

June 15,

Dear Riley,

I found a way to curb Rene. It hurt me to do that to Rene, but I have to do it to keep you safe. As long as Rene is there, Nadia will know where to find you, and I can’t let that happen. I also hid the ring that would connect Rene with your mother’s primal energy. If you are ever ready to find your mother, fight your mother, wear the ring and Rene will come back. Or do not ever touch the ring.

s**t. So… Nadia could sense her now?

I searched and read and re-read the entire journal for any clue about the lab where they had once conducted the experiments, but there was nothing like that. Why wouldn’t her father mention anything about that?

To keep Riley away from them? To protect Nadia?

Was Marcus really a good guy? Or was he only a good guy for his daughter?

I mind-linked Rome. “Nadia may or maynot know where Riley is… I read the journal.”

“We will be down in a few minutes.”

“It is alright. Take your time. I have a few things to take care of right now.”

!!!