Betrayed Luna's Second Chance Alphas
Betrayed Luna’s Second Chance Alphas – Chapter 74

-Riley-

I walked inside the Red Watcher building with Reid and Dee. Roman and Adrian went with Finn, and they were searching for Ramsay.

My father smiled when we walked inside the lab. He gave Dee a nod and a pat on her shoulder. “Human, congratulations on your marking ceremony.”

“Thank you, Dad Wolf.”

“And Riley told me you are the one who saved her from the rogues. Thank you for that.”

“Of course. How is Dean doing?” she asked, and my dad nodded.

“He is still unconscious, but his vitals are good, and he is responding to my treatment. I am hoping he will wake up in a day or two, maybe.”

“That is so good to hear, dad. We are here to look at the wolves. You know the one that was admitted here yesterday.”

“The ones from the illegal fighting club, right? They are on the floor above.”

We gave a nod and went up the stairs. Reid looked worried and I saw Dee grabbing his hand in hers. They were the most amazing people, and they deserved each other.

“Hiran did this,” Reid said with a growl. “Each time I find out about things he had done, I wanted to kill him more, and he is still alive. That is cruel,” Reid said as I softly knocked on the door. A young doctor came out.

“You are the one doctor Tim talked about,” she said with a wide-eyed look and cleared her throat. “Umm, what do you need?”

“We need to see the wolves that were rescued from the underground club. We heard some of them were from Crystal Park.”

“A few are unconscious still. They had severe head trauma from the fight. The ones who are conscious are delirious and feverish. Yes, one did claim he was from Crystal Park, but we don’t know if he is telling the truth or sharing someone else’s memories.”

“He is the new Alpha of Crystal Park, and he knows everyone from there.”

“Of course, Alpha,” she said as she opened the door. I felt my heart twisting when I saw the state the wolves were in. They were banged up, so banged up even their wolf couldn’t heal them completely. They looked weak, half of what they once were.

Reid and I studied their faces, trying to see them beyond the wounds.

“Beta Reid,” a guy g*****d and we all turned around. “Beta Reid, is it really you?”

“Goddess,” Reid said, and I could hear his breath shudder. “Hanson?”

The man nodded. “Help us, Beta Reid,”

“He will, and he is the Alpha now,” I said as he looked at me curiously. He didn’t know me, of course.

“How is my girl? And Ramon?” he said. “Are they fine?”

“Riley… he is Bailey’s father. And Ramon’s uncle.”

“How is my Bailey? Is she still buried in her books?”

“That fu.cking a*s.hole, Hiran…” Gem growled. “I want to bash his teeth in and then rip his intestines out.”

“I want that, too.”

I wiped my eyes as I looked at him. “She is great. She is right here. When you get better, you can take her back home,” I said and my voice broke. He sobbed, but he was also smiling.

“Oh, I can’t wait to see my baby, but don’t bring her here. She doesn’t like b***d, and I don’t want her to see her mom and dad like this.”

“Do you know what happened to Ramon’s mom?”

“She is dead,” he said. “My sister is dead.” He whimpered softly. My heart broke for this man I had never met before. Hiran was the reason for all of this. My anger burned once again.

“Riley is the one who took care of Bailey and Ramon and every kid who has no one to look after themselves.”

“Not really. Linda and Roza did,” I said with a sad smile.

“Thank you,” Hanson looked at me with a grateful look in his eyes.

“Do you know if anyone else from Crystal Park is here?”

“My wife, and then there is one more. Her name is, Treena.”

“I know Treena,” Reid said. “She is Ryan’s mom.”

I gasped. “Our Ryan?”

“Yes, our Ryan.”

“Where is she?”

Hanson pointed to a woman who was murmuring something under her breath. When she saw us, her bright eyes became wide. She looked red, feverish.

“My little boy… my little Ryan…”

My eyes blurred.

She didn’t even realize we were there. She just kept saying Ryan’s name over and over. I touched her shoulder and she jerked back and growled. “No, let me go. NO. I need to go to my son.”

The young doctor sighed. “They are all traumatized by what happened. Even though she is here, her mind is still in that place where death was the only way out of the ring.” The doctor touched Treena’s back and she shuddered and hugged herself, rocking back and forth. “It will take some time for her to come back to the real world, and she will need a lot of therapy. Every one of them will need therapy.”

“And they will get it,” Reid said with a determined look.

We talked with the rest of the doctors, and talked with the wolves who were awake. Some were from packs from different countries. It was so horrible. To be pulled away from their family, their lives…

“Ramsay has to answer for all of this. He can’t run away… He can’t escape,” I said under my breath as we walked away.

Reid and Dee had to leave for the airport.

Dee hugged me tight. “I don’t want to leave you here. I want to bring you back with me and hide you away from all of this,” she said. She has always been my strength, my unwavering support.

“I know, I know, but you taught me how to live life without hiding from anything, and you know… when everything with Hiran happened, you are the only reason I stood tall and strong. I am going to stay here, and not hide.”

“I know,” she said as she pulled away, wiping her tears. “I will see you soon? You know, on your marking ceremony?”

“You will. Promise to call me every day?”

I hugged Reid and said goodbye. It felt like goodbye. Even though I knew Dee would always be a part of my life, she would be far away. I couldn’t hold her, see her laugh, drink with her whenever I wanted.

I watched as they drove away in the car. The kids were going straight to the airport with Linda and Roza. The Queen was accompanying them, too.

The rest of them would be staying in Nightshade. The queen promised she would arrange a bigger space for them. Ashelene and two others from Nightshade were babysitting them right now.

“She is something else, isn’t she?” my father asked and I nodded with a watery smile.

“Oh Riley,” he said as he looked at me. When we talked about Dean, or about the creatures, it didn’t feel awkward, but now… I could feel the tension. “I am sorry, you know, for all of this. I am one of the few reasons this happened.”

“Do you really not know about the one pulling the strings?”

“You think I will keep it to myself after all of this if I know his name?”

“Have you talked with Nadia?”

My father’s face twisted. “Yes.”

“Did she agree to help you?”

He shook his head. “Of course not. But she will…”

“How are you so sure?”

He shook his head. “Want to go see her?”

“Why? I feel only anger when I look at her. She is- she is nothing to me. She doesn’t care about me. She only used me.”

My dad sighed. “I am sorry. Riley?” My father touched my hand. “Do you want to go to dinner with me? Some day, when we are not so busy?” He looked nervous. His eyes were flickering.

I smiled. “Of course. When all of this is over.”

“Yes. When all of this is over.”

***

-Roman-

“I tried Feyona’s number again,” I said with a growl. We had searched places we thought Ramsay might be, but we couldn’t find him. We had already arrested Ramsay’s brother, Armond, but Ramsay and Feyona were gone. Armond said he hadn’t heard from Ramsay.

“Trusting her was stupid,” Adrian said with a grunt.

“But she didn’t really… betray us. If she had, I think Ramsay would have become alert even before all of this. He didn’t. We saved Dean.”

Adrian nodded thoughtfully. “You are right. But I don’t know why she has changed her mind now. Well, she has always been unpredictable.”

“The as.shole couldn’t just leave, after putting Dean through all of that,” Finn said with a growl. “I will find him even if he is in space.” Finn looked determined as hell, and I knew him. When he puts his mind on something, he always succeeds.

“I am too tired, and I miss Riley,” Adrian said. “Can we do this tomorrow? It is already evening, and I can’t wait to show her… the gift,” he said, looking excited. He was practically bouncing in the car seat.

“I miss her, too, but calm that fu.cker down. He looks like he is high on something,” Karl said with a snort and I shook my head.

“Karl… STOP!”

“What? I am not lying. Just look at him… and Clay is a braindead butthead!”

I shook my head. “You love Adrian.”.

“Okay, Adrian is not bad. It is Clay… I don’t like.”

“YOU LOVE CLAY, too. Now shut the fu.ck up.”

“You are very rude, Roman. Wait. I will tell Riley that you were being mean to me.”

“What a fuc.king tattle-tale,” I said with a grin and my wolf huffed indignantly.

When we reached Nightshade, Adrian and I went to Riley’s room. She opened before we could even knock. She kissed Adrian and then pulled me into a k**s.

“I really need to stop this,” she said.

“Stop what?”

“Being obsessed with you two. I don’t want to be clingy, but I don’t know why I miss you the moment you go away.”

“Oh, you can cling to me all the time,” Adrian said with a smile, and I had to agree to that.

“I don’t care, because I am just as obsessed with you, Kitten,” I said. “And we have a gift for you. Come with us.”

“What? Come on, tell me. I don’t like surprises.”

“For someone who doesn’t like surprises, your life is full of them, Red,” Adrian said as he pulled her out and wrapped an arm around her waist.

I locked the door before I put my arm on her shoulder and we walked out. There were some looks, but everyone already knew why Riley had two mates. They were still bewildered, of course, but what the hell… we didn’t care. As long as we were all happy, I didn’t care what anyone thought about her or us.

“Tell me where we are going?”

“Hush, Red,” Adrian said. “Patience.”

“Is not her strong suit.” I laughed at Riley and she glared at me.

“Now you guys are ganging up on me?” She pouted and I quickly leaned in and kissed her on her pout.

“Well… It is bros before…” Riley snarled at Adrian and he raised his hand. “No, I wasn’t going to say hoes, I promise.”

“Sometimes you don’t know when to shut up, Ad,” I said with a wince as Riley bared her teeth at him.

“No, no, it is always you before everyone else, my Red,” Adrian said.

“Too late,” Riley said with a grunt. “Gem is not pleased. She is going to deal with you later.”

We stopped in front of a building which was closer to Nightshade.

“Where are we?”

“Close your eyes,” Adrian said as he put an arm around her.

“Goddess… where are we, guys?”

I opened the door and the wind chime tinkled. The sound was pleasant.

“NOW. Open your eyes, Kitten.”

“Welcome to your new shop.”

“MY WHAT?” She squeaked.

“And here,” Adrian handed her the key and the admission papers. “This is your shop, but before this, you need this.”

“This is an application form to the Culinary Institute of America?” she gasped. “It is one of the most popular institutes in NY that offer baking programs…”

I chuckled. “Yes. We know you wanted to train with Maria, and can’t because of all of this.”

She blinked and looked up at us, her eyes shining. “And you remembered that?”

“Yes. We knew you were excited about that. So now, you will have your own shop, once you are ready to that. Here is the deed to the shop. It is in your name, and you can do whatever you want to do with it.”

“Did I say I love you, so damn much?” She wiped her eyes and I pulled her into a hug.

“Don’t cry, Kitten. You should never cry, not for anything, not after this.”

“I love you, I can’t imagine a life without both of you.”

“And it is the same for us, Red.”

***

-Riley-

“This is mine…”

I looked around. It was bare, except for a counter, but I could already imagine what I wanted to do with the place. A glass-top counter for the desserts, hissing machines spewing out froth and coffee and milk… quaint tables covered in beautiful tablecloths.

But the application form… now that made me nervous.

“But can I…” I waved at the form and Adrian nodded.

“Yes, you can, Red.”

“But… Finn said that I have to be the- Que-” I couldn’t even say the word Queen. I knew I wasn’t ready for that, and I didn’t know if I would ever be ready for that.

“My parents had years to be the king and the queen, and I don’t- I don’t even know if I want to be the King. I prefer my life as a Red Watcher, but … I want to be the Alpha of my pack, but without being the king.”

“You will make an amazing king, but I don’t think I will be a good Queen.”

“Well, I can be his Queen,” Adrian said without batting an eye, and Roman glared. “What? You don’t want me to be your Queen?”

“i***t,” Roman grumbled as he smacked Adrian on his head. “Shut up.”

I laughed. “He will make a great Queen.”

“See, I told you.” Adrian laughed at Roman.

As I stared at them laughing and joking… I knew… Whatever came, wherever we will be in the future, we would be together, and happy, and fighting…

“Thank you, Goddess…”

***

-Finn-

“What the hell are you saying? How is that even possible?”

I took the elevator and it stopped on the floor where the King’s court was.

The guards rushed towards me, and they looked panicked.

“We don’t know… what exactly happened. We were guarding the cell where Hiran was… and then smoke filled the corridor and when we woke up, the prison door was broken and he wasn’t-“

“s**t,” I cursed as I marched in. The air still smelled like smoke, and beneath it, I could smell aconitum and something else. No wonder they all fainted. I growled under my breath. It was a mistake keeping this a*s.hole alive. I knew my father made a decision based on how he would help us in the future, but…

I growled as I took a sniff.

“Vampires and humans…. and… someone else.”

I dialled Roman’s number. He picked up in the third ring. He really sounded happy, and I hate to do this now. I knew they were showing Riley her new store.

“Hiran escaped. Someone did a prison break for him.”

“FU.CK.”

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