Betrayed Luna's Second Chance Alphas
Betrayed Luna’s Second Chance Alphas – Chapter 68

-Roman-

I looked at Dean’s body. He looked still. There was no movement.

I moved Ashelene’s Lycan away and touched Dean’s skin, letting my power warm him. He felt so cold under my palm. Bella stood there, covered in b***d as she stared at me and Dean. Her eyes were frightened as she looked at Dean and then at th dead body below.

A small growl left her lips as she walked towards the van, her steps hesitant.

“Dean,” she growled out as she stared down at me.

“I am trying. He is not gone. We will find a way to bring him back.”

She looked at the doctor, her eyes weary and regretful. “I shouldn’t have-“

“For all we knew, he was lying. If he could have helped Dean, he would already have. There is no one else in the van though,” I said as I looked at Finn and Dustin. “Sweep the entire building. If you find even one wolf alive, bring them out.”

Dustin nodded as he ran inside. Finn hesitated as he stared at Dean.

“He looks so f*****g cold, cold…” Finn hissed as his eyes blurred. I understood how he felt. It would destroy me if something happened to Adrian. We shared a different kind of bond. Friendship. It was just as strong as anything else in the world.

“I will help him. Go,” I said as Ashelene walked Bella to the side.

When they came back, they were already in their human form and wearing a long shirt.

“Rome?” Ash mumbled and I sighed. He was still unresponsive, but I could feel a faint pulse. He was alive, but he wasn’t really there. My heart constricted to see him like this. He had always been the life of the party, along with Adrian. Finn and I were a bit on the reserved side, but when the four of us were together, everything was better.

I hated to see him like this. He looked nothing like the man he once was.

Bella’s eyes watered, and Ash hugged her.

“Would he ever-” She bit her lips as she looked at Dean. “I wanted to say to him that it wasn’t a fling. He always asked me to – he said he wanted to be my guy, my boyfriend. He wanted to tell Adrian, and you. I would laugh at him and say… he was delusional. I would say… it was just fun. But Rome…” Bella sniffed as she wiped her hand across her cheeks, but the tears didn’t stop. Her body trembled uncontrollably. “But Rome… it is not fun for me now.”

Even Karl was affected. His eyes were wet, too.

“Oh my baby, oh… I am so so sorry, but Dean is strong and he will come back if he knows you finally agreed to accept his as your guy,” Ashelene sniffled as she rocked Bella back and forth.

“Please Dean, if you come back…. I will be your girfriend, and you can be my guy. Please.” A loud sob tore through her chest as she shook her head, over and over.

“Ash, just take her back to her place. She doesn’t look so good,” I mind-linked my sister. Ashelene looked at me and sighed.

“You think she will come with me? She won’t move an inch from Dean,” Ash said as she looked at her best friend.

“Bella? Bella?” She didn’t even respond to my voice. She kept looking at Dean, and muttering something under her breath.

“I am sorry I was a bad, bad b***h, Dean. I took all of that, I took you for granted, but…”

“BELLA!”

“Rome?”

“Go home.”

She shook her head as she gripped Dean’s hand. “No, I am not going anywhere without him.”

“Then go with him. Yes, go with him. Take him to doctor Tim, and Ash, use your power all the way back to the Red building,” I said as I looked at my sister and she nodded. And then I looked at Bella.

She didn’t look like she is in any state to drive.

I mind-linked Adrian, hoping I could ask him to send Reid back. There was no response.

“Ad?” There was only a big, black veil.

f**k. I was lost in this chaos I didn’t even check in with Adrian and Riley. My body shuddered as I jumped down.

“Ash, call Dee. She said she will be waiting close by. She will bring you back to Red watchers.”

Ash nodded as she grabbed her phone.

“I can’t get in touch with Adrian. Bella, can you please try now?” I said to her. Her glassy eyes met mine and for a second, she looked confused and then she nodded, finally grasping what I was asking her.

She tried and shook her head.

“No. Something is wrong,” she whispered as I started to run.

“What a bunch of dumb heads. How can we just leave them there?” Karl hissed.

“I sent Reid. I- I should have checked with Adrian, though,” I said as I cursed myself for this. When I reached the back, I first saw Reid. He was uncosncious and there was a long s***h along his cheek.

And then I saw Clay sprawled on the floor next to Riley, unconscious.

I looked at my mate. Her hand trembled as she held the gun to her mother. She looked pale, and sweaty. My heart felt weird when I looked at her like that. She looked vulnerable, sad, and torn.

They were busy staring at each other that they hadn’t noticed me. I creeped behind the dumpster and grabbed the tranqualizer from my backpack. I almost wanted to kill Nadia, but I knew Riley wouldn’t get her closure if I did that.

“Oh, I don’t know. I think we should just end this b***h right here for what she did to our mate,” Karl said with a snarl. “She doesn’t deserve to live.”

“I know. I want to, but looking at Riley now… I think it is better if we take her alive,” I said as I walked out, hiding my Wolf’s scent and my Alpha Aura. It was one of my many powers that came in handy at times like these.

I made sure not to make a sound, before I aimed the tranq gun at the woman’s back and send it flying. She whirled around at the last second and caught it, almost dramatically. Nadia’s lips pulled up in a derisive smirk as she threw it down.

“You want me to hurt all your friends, Riley?” Nadia asked Riley and Riley shook her head as she looked at me and then down at Adrian’s Lycan. He looked like a block of ice. Why was he not moving? What happened? Fear gripped my throat, but I knew it wasn’t the time to let fear overtake me. Or anger.

There was not even a single show of fear in her eyes. Somehow she looked like she had the upperhand, even though she was outnumbered her. Did she know something we didn’t?

For now, I had to channel Adrian, and think.

“And wolf, do not try to even get closer to me,” Nadia said as her black hair shone. Her yellow eyes were so empty, emotionless.

“What did you do to Adrian? Why is he not waking up?”

“Oh, don’t worry, Riley, he will only wake up if he has the antidote,” she said, her eyes freezing cold and I shuddered. No. No. Nothing could happen to Adrian.

Riley shook her head and shot at the woman. She jumped and smiled again.

“

“You have a very good aim. If you have intended to kill me, you would have killed me.”

***

-Riley-

My whole body shook.

“KILL HER,” Gem roared in my head. I felt Rene’s denial in waves, when Gem said that. The two animals looked at each other with a wave of distrust and I hated it. And her.

But, I couldn’t bring myself to take that shot.

Looking at Roman gave me some strength, but I felt like I had failed Adrian, failed him, everyone. I was a f*****g weakling when it mattered.

“He will only wake up if he has the antidote,” Nadia’s voice was smug, and Gem growled again.

“If you don’t do something now, Riley, I will…” She sounded angry. And I almost felt her pushing… She wanted to shift. It felt different.

Usually, when I shifted, we would think about it together, and the shift would be as easy as breathing. But now… it felt like my skin was breaking into pieces.

“Please, I will take care of this.”

“How? You can’t even shoot, and my mate looks like… this,” Gem said as she let out a roar.

“Stop! I asked Rene to trust me. But now… you are the one who is not trusting me?”

“Have I ever not trusted you? But I can’t this time… not when Adrian’s life is on danger.”

“He is my MATE too, and I love him. I love him more than I hate this woman. Let me deal with her,” I said as I looked at Nadia and shoot at her. The woman moved away and laughed at me.

She was so, so smug.

“You have a very good aim. If you have intended to kill me, you would have killed me.”

What the hell was she talking about? I had only ever shot Hiran when he was being an a*****e.

“Your father trained you when you were little, and you never missed a target,” she said, her voice laced with- was that pride? What was this woman? I couldn’t understand her, but maybe I shouldn’t try to.

She was NOT my mother. She was a scientist who used me to study and improve her project. She used me as a pawn to get whatever she wanted. What kind of love was that?

Her narcissism was just as stark and bright as Hiran’s.

“Yes. If I wanted, I would have killed. Give me the freaking antidote. If something happens to him, I will hunt you down.”

“I never said I won’t give you the antidote, Riley, but… I have always loved bartering. I will give you the antidote, and you will come with me. See, it was a fair trade. A life for a life.”

I growled as Roman pounced at her. He took a swipe at her side, and she did stumble back this time. Maybe because Roman was stronger, and blue b***d.

“You did a big mistake, you beast,” she said as she closed her eyes and let out a loud roar. Roman’s body was covered with his power, the one that came with being the blue blooded Lycan.

Nadia seemed unimpressed and I watched with fascination and fear as black fur begin to form on her hands and long claws protruded. Her eyes were brighter than before as she looked at Roman and I saw the yellow light twisting around her. It looked like… how Roman’s power looked, and felt. The buzz of the power was intense.

He looked stunned for a second before he let out an ear-splitting roar and stormed at her. They both stumbled back from the force of their power and I felt the air crackling as their powers slammed against each other and then broke open the silence.

I had heard that only blue blooded shifters and wolves. Was she- Royal?

“Mother is an Alpha just like us, and she is also… of an old royal line,” Rene said. I blinked.

She looked straight at me. But she wasn’t looking at me, she was looking at Rene, the Panther inside me. I didn’t know her much, but I hoped Rene would understand how bad mother was.

“Rene… don’t you miss your mother? Your father is the reason you were buried. He had always wished Riley was a wolf.”

“Do not- she isn’t going to come with you, you f*****g-“

I bent down and grabbed my stomach. Pain shot through my nerve ends.

This time it wasn’t Gem who was trying to shift. It was Rene.

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