All Chapters of THE REJECTED LUNA’S SECOND CHANCE WITH THE BIKER ALPHA: Chapter 91 - Chapter 100

108 Chapters

Chapter ninety one

Bella's POV"Hi, I'm Bella," I whispered, staring back at the little boy with his wide brown eyes.He was a cute kid, red hair falling over his forehead into his face, and he seemed entirely unbothered by the fact that he was lying on a stranger in the middle of the road."Jamie." Gordon's voice came from somewhere above us, sounding strained between relief and mortification. "What did I say about running on the path?"Jamie rolled over as he considered this seriously."Not to," he said."And?""And I did it anyway." He looked at me, still on the ground, with the particular lack of remorse that existed in children under ten. "Sorry," he said, not sounding very sorry at all."It's fine," I said.It wasn't really. I could feel his elbow in my ribs and I was likely going to be sore for a few days but it wasn't bad enough to scold the kid.Besides, I didn't really mind it. I hadn't been this close to a child in years. In Moonstone Pack, despite being Luna in practice if not in title, I ha

Chapter ninety two

Draven's POVRain was coming, I could smell it in the air as my paws pressed against the dry soil.I had been running for almost three miles past the northern border stretch when Thor's howl echoed along the forest. That was an alarm.My paws scratched along the grass as I pushed a burst of speed flying across the plain to catch up with his howl. The closet I got my wolf caught the scent of the runner before I heard the footsteps — one of the younger pack members, barely patched in, moving fast enough through the trees that I shifted my direction without breaking pace.He slowed down when he found me, breathing hard. I shifted to my human form in barely two minutes exhaling sharply, grabbing the folded note he held in his hand without speaking and I opened the message.Representative from the Alpha Council. Arrived twenty minutes ago. Waiting in your office. Come back.I read it twice.Then I folded it and looked to the young cub“ Tell him I'll finish the run,the rep can wait” I mu

Chapter ninety three

Bella's POVThor found me as we made our way back to the garage. I saw his face before he said anything and I stopped walking.Jules nearly walked into my back."What?" I said.Thor looked at Jules, then at Gordon, then back at me."Draven needs you," he said shortly. "Now."Jules and Gordon exchanged glances but I ignored it and waved them off."I'll catch up, tell Cade," I said to them. Gordon nodded but Jules looked like he was about to say something until Gordon dragged him off. I fell into step beside Thor going the other direction."What is it?" I asked."Council representative," he said. "He arrived forty minutes ago.""No advance notice?" I asked, frowning and he nodded."None," he confirmed. "Full documentation, council seal, everything legitimate on paper.""Why am I going?""He asked for you specifically," Thor said. "By name. Has a report that apparently requires your direct acknowledgment. Can't go through Draven."I kept walking, keeping my face neutral while my mind wor

Chapter ninety four

Bella's POV"I think I'm going to leave," I muttered as I rose to my feet, running my hands through my hair."We need to talk about this," he roared but I waved him off."I need some air, we can talk about it later," I hissed as I walked out of Draven's office the same way I had entered it.This time though my mind was in more turmoil than when I had walked in.I understood why Draven wanted to talk about this now. If I was the one racing then a lot of things changed. I would need a new bike and I would have to relearn how to ride. I hadn't done it since my parents died.But I didn't work that way. I needed to process things for a while and make my own decisions. I had planned to use this race to free myself from Ronan's control, to take my revenge. This changed things."Where are you going?" I turned to the voice. It was Thor leaning against the wall with his arms folded over his chest looking like he'd been through hell and back."I need some air," I mumbled and he nodded."I can un

Chapter ninety five

Bella's POVThe moment I got on the bike, everything felt wrong before I even started the engine.It wasn't the bike itself — Cade had built this one and I had worked with it a few times with him so I knew every bolt and cable and the particular way the frame sat under pressure.The bike was right.It was me doing something wrong, the way I was sitting on it, the way my hands found the grips and then second-guessed the finding, my body had forgotten what it felt like to be on a bike for the thrill of it.Ten years.I hadn't let myself count it until now, sitting on the bike in the early morning with the crew ranged along the run-off and Draven standing three feet away watching me with his arms folded and nothing on his face that could tell me what he was thinking.Ten years was a long time to forget something that had once been as natural as breathing."You're sitting too far back," Draven said.I adjusted."Further."I moved forward on the seat and felt the weight distribution shift

Chapter ninety six

Ronan's POVSeven days.I had been counting the days constantly. One would think I had gone mad.It had been a long time since I had been this excited for anything. But it didn't matter, because I would soon get what I wanted.Seven days and Bella would be on a course.Against me.She was frail but determined and stubborn, so I knew she wouldn't reject the challenge.I stood at the window of the temporary quarters the council had arranged, close enough to the rogue territory that I could smell the pine and woodsmoke of it on a clear morning, if the wind was right.Both parties were required to be within a day's ride of the course by race week. My men had set up three miles east in a cluster of buildings the council used for exactly this purpose — neutral ground, close enough for inspection rights, far enough from both packs that neither could claim provocation.I had been here for four days.Four days of looking at that treeline and wondering if I would catch a glimpse of her, even th

Chapter ninety seven

Bella's POVI ran the third switchback eleven times before I let myself stop.Draven hadn't come down to the track that morning — pack business. Thor had said something about the southern boundary that needed his attention before midday.I told myself I was relieved, and that it didn't matter whether he was here or not, but these days I'd told myself a lot of things that didn't hold up well under examination, and this was one of them.His absence let me focus on the bike instead of him, which was its own kind of relief since I didn't have to listen to him nitpick everything I was doing wrong.By the time I cut the engine, my arms were shaking in a good way — the evidence that I'd actually pushed myself instead of just going through the motions.I walked the bike back to the garage myself, waved off Gordon's offer to help with the post-run check."I'll be back in an hour to do this," I said.I was hungry enough that lunch came before the shower.Jamie rushed to me the moment I walked i

Chapter ninety eight

Draven's POV"Train with me," Bella said.We were still standing where I'd stopped her, the garage close enough that I could hear Cade's drill running somewhere inside, and she was looking at me with wide, fixed eyes like training would fix what had just happened in her room."No," I said.She blinked. "No?""Not today.""Draven—""I need an hour," I said. "Maybe two. I'll find you after."She studied me for a second, the same way she studied a bike before deciding what was wrong with it, and whatever she saw must have satisfied her because she didn't push."Fine," she said. "Two hours."She walked toward the garage. I watched her go until she was inside. I could hear her exchanging words with Gordon. Only then did I let myself stop holding my breath.I crossed the field, the rage I'd been holding in my gut climbing into my chest. I found Thor in the war room going through patrol logs.He looked up when I came in and whatever was on my face made him set the logs down immediately."Wha

Chapter ninety nine

Bella's POVDraven was twenty minutes late.I'd already pulled the bike out, checked the tire pressure twice, run through the day's plan in my head three times and crossed the straight at least twice by the time he came down the path from the main building, still buttoning his cuff, his hair damp like he'd washed up in a hurry."You're late," I said."I know.""Thor keep you?" I asked when he didn't make any further excuses."Something like that." He reached for his helmet on the bench without looking at me."Are you riding with me?" I asked, surprised, and he looked up at me with a sigh."Do you want me to just stand here? I want to be able to monitor your position."He dragged his bike closer to me, wincing on each step. I studied him for a second, watching his movements. There was a stiffness in the way he was moving, careful around his left side."Are you hurt?" I asked and he shook his head."I'm fine.""You're favoring your ribs.""I bumped into a doorframe." He swung his leg ov

Chapter one hundred

Draven's POVShe closed the distance between us and I let her.I would think about that choice later, when I was in bed reliving this kiss and the knowledge that I had seen it coming from the moment her hand found the seat to catch herself and I grabbed her arm to hold her steadily and hadn't moved away.But now while it happened as she wrapped her hand around my neck, it was the last thing on my mind.I held her jaw in my palm, my thumb tracing the line of it. I had given her every option to leave that I could think of and she hadn't taken any of them, so I had done my part.Her mouth was softer than I had let myself imagine. There were a lot of things I hadn't let myself imagine about Bella — the kind of imagining I had been careful to avoid.But the thought was irrelevant now, with her hands running through my hair. They found the front of my jacket and pulled me closer.I growled against her mouth, running my own hands from her jaw to the back of her neck as the careful distance I

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