Betrayed Luna's Second Chance Alphas
Betrayed Luna’s Second Chance Alphas – Chapter 66

-Roman-

“You are right, Finn. And take me with you. I could be the… bait.” Riley’s voice was without any feeling as she looked at Finn. I could feel the anger roiling under the surface, but she looked calm and collected, completely opposite to what Karl and I felt when we heard her say that.

“I would rather kill myself that let her go anywhere near that woman,” Karl said, looking furious as hell, and I agreed with him.

“No way in hell,” Adrian and I said in unison, and then met each other’s eyes in understanding. No way in hell was I ready to do that, any of that? She had already gone through a lot, and to put her through this just didn’t feel right to me. If something went wrong, I knew I would never forgive myself.

“Come on, you know I am strong enough to take care of mommy dearest,” she said. I could see she was getting braver, and I knew she was strong enough to protect herself, but I simply didn’t want to take the chance that there might be one percent chance that it wouldn’t go as we planned.

“It is okay to be confident, but not okay to be over-confident,” Adrian said, once again being the voice of reason. “Just barging in is not going to help any of us, and if something happens to you, we will be a f*****g mess. You don’t want that, do you?”

He was so f*****g smart.

Riley tilted her head as she stared at him, as if she was trying to work out who he was, but well… I had tried, and even though I knew him like the back of my palm, I still didn’t know him.

“It feels like a carefully constructed reverse psychological tactic,” Riley said. “But I know I am not being over-confident or co.cky. I just want to take her out and help you guys find your friend.”

Finn looked at me and sighed. “I understand why you don’t want to do this, but… we will all be there.”

“Why did she even need to be there? We already know the place, don’t we? We can just do it ourselves without having to involve Riley in any way,” Adrian said as he shook his head.

“You think I am going to sit here and wait?” She sounded indignant.

“No. Just stay right there with us, and don’t do anything that put your precious a*s in danger,” I said as I pulled her into a hug and she struggled before she sighed.

“I understand,” she said, but she didn’t look too convinced. I let her go before I turned to Finn.

“So, are we doing this by ourselves, or are the Red Watchers helping?”

Finn shook his head. “Ivanna wants to wait. Dad says we can do it, but we have to be subtle about it.”

“We can’t go in, guns blazing. f**k, that is bad,” I said with a frown. “Soph and Saph are missing action these days.”

Riley rolled her eyes. “I still can’t believe- you… Roman Eros Night, the most stoic, the most grumpy man I have ever met has named two of your guns.”

I shrugged. “We all have our vices. So, are we taking my car or yours?”

Adrian shook his head. “Onyx is not going anywhere near that level of destruction that might follow. But I can grab that old bastard,” he said, mentioning his old car, which almost resembled a pile of crap.

“Old bastard belongs in the junkyard. We will take mine,” Finn said. “I also called Bella and Ash. Your friend- the human one and her mate heard me talking, and the mate wants to help.”

“Reid,” Riley said with a small smile. “He is Hiran’s brother.”

“That a.sshole ex of yours?” Finn looked surprised. Riley nodded her head.

“Yes, him…”

“I want to punch him in his nose and break a few bones. He is such an a*****e,” Finn said, and Riley nodded, as she walked next to him.

“Stand in the line, Finn,” she said, and he sighed. “He is such a selfish bastard.”

“He f*****g threatened the pups and there is no forgiveness for that,” Finn hissed. He looked pretty pissed off. I had seen him with Claire, and they both shared a bond formed out of that desperate day when he had to save Claire. The four-year-old sassy little one also loved my brother. He was her hero.

Riley’s lips pulled up in a snarl. “Absolutely. I hate him. Just thinking about him made me want to punch something.”

“Soon,” Finn said.

I looked at my brother and my mate, and realized they were bonding over their bloodthirsty feelings towards Hiran. Whatever. I just liked that she looked comfortable with him, and he looked the same.

Adrian and I shared another look and Adrian smirked. We walked out of the room and closed the door.

“Oh, we were making an attack plan in dad’s study,” Finn said. “And then we will go directly to the lab.”

“Was it really under my name?”

“Yes, buried under several other names, but yes.”

We went to the penthouse, and my mom and dad were already there, along with Bella and Ashelene, and Dustin was there, too, and Reid and Deidre. Dee was busy talking with my dad. She looked animated. She stopped when we walked in.

“First order of business,” my mother said when we walked in. “Do not get caught. Second, concentrate on saving the hostages. Dean and whoever else was there, then fighting with Ramsay and the others. I know you will want to have your revenge, but remember that this is a rescue mission, first and foremost.”

“What your mother said,” Dee said with a nod. “Listen to the Queen. She is right. I know you are all burning for a fight and that you all want to be a hero, but… Dean is the priority now. Dean, and people like him who are trapped in that lab.”

“I can’t kick some b***d-suckers’ asses?” I hissed out and my dad shook his head with a sigh.

“That is why your mom said what she said.”

“I am ready to kick some a*s, though,” Ash said with a smile and a shrug as she wrapped her arm around Bella. “Don’t worry, Bells. We are getting Dean back.”

Bella huffed. “I am not worrying anymore than all of you.”

“Really?” Adrian quirked his brows. All of this might have gone over my head if Adrian had already filled in on Bella’s relationship with Dean. He was right. I was love-blind.

Bella growled at him.

“Okay. We just asked you not to fight the vampires, and now you are fighting among yourselves?”

“Okay. What is the actual plan?” Adrian asked as he leaned forward. I saw Ash looking at him before she looked away, shaking her head.

“You okay?” I mind-linked her and she gave me a quick smile and a nod.

“I think I REALLY am,” she linked back and I sighed and smiled.

“You can talk with me, if you want. You know that, right?”

She sighed in my head. “I know, Rome. I know. I talked with Adrian, I talked with my wolf, who was giving me sass, and I realized… I had built all of this up in my head for so long, and it kinda made me blind. I am okay, now, or I think I will be. I promise.”

“That is good. Adrian is good, but he isn’t good enough for my little sister.”

She chuckled out loud as I gave her a wink.

Adrian looked at me and then at her before shaking his head.

“Listen. You will be going as two teams.” my dad said as he started to map out the plan of our attack. “You will be entering from this part, and Dustin, Bella, Ash and Reid will be on standby. When Team A starts their attack, the one inside the building has to come out to defend their precious lab and everything in it, and they will deal with them, but let’s assume not everyone will be coming out. Now team B will find a back entrance and march in. Save as many people as you can while Team A distracts. We also hope that having Riley there will pull out the important people behind all of this.” My father’s face scrunched as he rubbed his forehead. I could see how it was affecting him, too. Doctor Kaspar was a friend of my father back in the day, back before he supposedly died.

“Makes sense,” Adrian said as my father handed us some weapons. “Yes, but use them when it is absolutely necessary. We are still trying not to start a war, remember. There are also some tranquilizer darts with concentrated aconitum, which will work on the panther, too. Silver bullets will work on the vampire. You can just make the doctor’s fake death real,” my dad said with a snarky smile.

“Dad…” Ash said with a chuckle. We filed out and took Finn’s car and Bella’s car and drove towards the address.

***

-Ramsay-

“What are you doing, Ramsay? What is all this secrecy and sneaking in and out?” Feyon stared at me. I knew I couldn’t run from this conversation, not anymore. I tried to make it work, but now that she knew something was wrong, she would forever suspect me if I didn’t tell her the truth, and I didn’t want that.

“Promise me you won’t- you won’t freak out?” I looked at her and her eyes narrowed.

“What did you do?” She tugged at her beautiful hair and winced.

“Stop. I- I am trying to create something that will make humans live longer and free from illness.”

“Immortal humans?”

“No, just live longer. Maybe another hundred years, before their bodies give in?”

She winced. “But why? Why do you care whether they live or die?” Feyona’s lips pulled up in irritation and disdain. I could see that she wasn’t comfortable with this.

“I don’t care whether they live or die, but I care whether you live or die,” I said as I took her hand in mine and she flinched back as if I had hit her in the face.

Werewolves were impossibly stronger, powerful, but their life span was only a bit longer than the human lifespan, or almost the same.

“What do you mean?”

“I don’t want to live the rest of my lifetime without you, Fee, and I have to do what I have to.”

“You are doing this for me?” she asked, her eyes wide. I nodded. I would destroy the whole world for her, if I had to.

“But Ramsay… I-“

“I know. You sometimes wish you hadn’t made a mess and broken up with Roman.” I gritted my teeth. That was the first reason why he had to go. I would find a way to get rid of him once and for all.

“I am sorry, I didn’t mean to… but are you really doing this for me?”

“I love you, and that is not a lie, Feyona. I have no doubts about my feelings..”

Her eyes widened as she looked at me. “You can stop, Ramsay. We can live without all of this burden and guilt… until I live, and then you will find someone else. There were a million amazing women in this world who would give anything to be with a vampire.”

It was stranger still, to think how this werewolf became a part of my life, but she had become an indispensable part of my life.

“None off them will be you, Fee.”

My phone rang. I motioned her to wait. “Just give me a few minutes.”

I answered the call.

“They know.”

“What the f**k are you saying?”

“They are already on their way to the laboratory and if you don’t move now, you will lose your years of hard work.”

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