Page 76 of Fight between Alphas

“He helped Damien’s mother band together the rogues that Kade used to attack the Crescent Pack but wait Lana” He says as I go to jump up horrified.

“He didn’t know and was trying to help his father, that’s what made him hesitant to challenge his father, thought he owed him for covering up for him”

“Well, if that’s true why beat him up” I demand to know.

“He is lucky he only got away with a few broken bones, I wanted to kill him” He says making bile rise in my throat.

“What, why would you do that Ryker, he is my mate”

“Was your mate Lana, and that’s exactly why I did it, he should have known better then to hurt my sister, he is alive so stop overreacting he will heal, now get out, go pack we leave in an hour”

Chapter45

Lana’s POV

I sat in the front with my brother on the trip there, Arial sat in the back, said she wanted to be out of grabbing reach of Ryker who growled at her as she hopped in the car. The trip took hours and by the time we got to the border of the city I was spent and just wanted to go to sleep. Ryker pulled up to a seedy dark part of the city. Pulling up out the front of the apartment building, he gets out and checks us in. Arial hopping out with me looking around.

“What a dump?” She says looking at the garbage strewn about the street. Ryker returns with a set of keys before grabbing our bags out.

“Come on, this way” He says, and we follow him into the building only to find it was vastly different from the exterior, inside was immaculate, and clean. Polished marble floors and modern inside it, it was actually kind of shocking compared to how outside, the place looked rather run down.

We follow Ryker to a door, and he opens it up revealing three beds a bathroom and small kitchenette.

“Seriously we have to share a room with you?” Arial asks.

“I know you two are hiding something, you think I wouldn’t notice. Neither of you are leaving my side while here, now quit complaining Arial or I will make you sleep at my feet” Ryker says dumping our bags on the end of one of the beds.

Arial flopping down on one of the singles and I do the same. Ryker grabs the TV remote flicking on Netflix, while sitting on the double bed. I use the bathroom slipping into my pyjamas yawning. I was exhausted after the long drive.

Arial goes and has a shower while Ryker raids the mini fridge before pulling out some tiny throwdown liquor bottles, he holds one up offering it to me.

“Want one?” He asks.

“Vodka?” I ask and he looks in the fridge before tossing me the little bottle. He grabs a few that look like whiskey before sitting on the bed.

“So what do you want to do tomorrow?” He asks drinking the contents of the bottle in his hand before cracking another.

“Not sure maybe go look around” I tell him.

“Are you going to tell me the real reason you are here Lana?” He says watching me.

“Just to look around” I lie but he sees straight through it. Ryker’s phone rings and he grabs it from his pocket looking at it stopping him from saying what he wanted to say. He answers it and I feel my stomach drop instantly when I recognise his voice.

“Hey Tate” He says looking over at me. I shake my head, I turned my phone off on the way here after he rang it four times in a row.

“She isn’t answering her phone, can you ask her to ring me please” I hear Tate ask him.

“I can do one better, I will chuck her on” He says before holding his phone out to me. I shake my head.

“Hang on Tate” He says putting the call on hold and looking at me.

“Take the phone and speak to your mate Lana, stop ignoring his calls and answer” He says shoving the phone in my hand just as Arial walks out in her pyjamas. She looks at us and I snatch the phone off Ryker, he sits back watching me as I take the phone off hold placing it to my ear.

“That means talk to him Lana” My brothers says, and I roll my eyes.

“What Tate?” I ask annoyed that my brother was forcing me to talk to him.

“You haven’t been answering my calls”

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