ALPHA RYAN (BLOOD MOON)

Chapter 3

RIANA

I woke up so early today and I am feeling so stranded in my own house and room. I could easily jump out my window, but I am sure I will have all eyes on me. There are people already waiting and staring out their windows to see me walk out my house. I cannot avoid this matter any longer, plus I have training with the squad. So, I grab my trainers put them on, walk out of my room. Peaking down the stairs I see my family seated around the dining table and I decide to hold my tongue.

'Good morning sweetheart.’ I look down at her from the stairs and see her smiling brightly.

'What’s up Luna?’ I say as I reach the bottom of the stairs and see mom looking at me with a raised eyebrow before she walks to the kitchen area.

'You still seem gloomy and grumpy Ana.’ Dad finally says while reading his super-paper.

'I’m doing pretty grand actually. Sometimes people just happen to wake up to feeling gloomy and grumpy.’ I lie through teeth, and I know dad can hear the lie through my voice.

'Don’t you find it strange that you decided to choose this specific day to wake up gloomy? Dad finally shuts his super-paper and places it next to his mug and looks at me eccentrically.

'I see you have decided to make your own conclusions, what more can I say to that?’ I look at him annoyed as I pull my chair back to sit down.

'Riana, will it be possible for you to tone down with the attitude?’ Mom says as she returns from the kitchen. 

'I don’t think she deals with anything associated with tone and attitude.’ Raid says and cuts through the sausage on his plate. I feel so tempted to push his face down on his plate, but I hold back my temper.

‘It would be nice if you shut your mouth if you’re not spoken to.’ I pick serve myself some scrambled egg and hear Raid growl.

'Who do you think you are talking to Riana?’ Raid asks looking at me sternly.

'I’m talking to you Raid, who else was I talking to when I was looking straight at you.’ Raid growls louder at my words and his eyes turn red despite still in human form. I must be really pissing him off that his wolfs eye colour is appearing.

'Stand down Raid.’ My dad says not leaving room for anyone’s attempt to explain the situation that just occurred.

‘She started this bullshit.’ Raid says angrily. Dad looks at Raid angrily probably because of his use of language especially at the table.

I laugh at Raid, clapping my hands as I roll my eyes at his childish outburst, ‘you are no one’s Alpha Raid.’ Raid looks mad at my words but turns from me and angrily bites through his bread.

Mom bangs her hand on the table, which startles all of us, ‘is so hard for this family to have a normal breakfast?’

'We are not a normal family, why try to hold such fake appearances?’ I mutter under my breath and take a sip of my juice.

'Riana don’t make me lose it.’ Mom says looking at me deadly. 'You know Riana you're being rather selfish and rude for no reason. Do you think you're the only person to have met your mate at an early age?'

‘No but doesn’t mean I have to be forced to leave my home so early.’ I say calmly this time.

'Riana, shut up I'm not done talking. I met your dad when I was 16. You are 21 for crying aloud. How do you think I survived? If I did not grow up eventually maybe you two would not even have been here. So do yourself a favour and grow up.’ My mom says not even trying to catch a break in between her words.

'It's not about me growing up more. I am grown I have always been grown. I had to grow up even though I would never be Alpha. I did not get to venture out at the mall with my girlfriends as most girls would do. I was trained as a beta to protect the alpha. I was trained to hide myself because people finding out who I really am would endanger the family and the pack. So don't tell me to grow up when that's all I've been doing all this time.’ I look at my mother extremely upset at her for bullshitting me right now.

'Riana your mother wasn't trying to put you down.’ Dad says joining our little rodeo.

'Well, she sure was trying too.’ I have never cried in front of people, the last time I cried where people were was probably when I was a child. I feel warm tears glade down my cheeks, and I forcefully wipe it away.

'Hey... Don't cry.’ Raid tries to me, but I slap his hand away.

'Don’t touch me, I'm fine, excuse me.’ I stand up from the chair and leave them at the dining table as I walk out of the house. I need to go for a run my family just had to annoy me early in the morning.

'Riana I'm sure you could have handled your situation better.’ I hear Zoe say.

'Excuse me, well if it isn't the might Zoë appearing when she wishes.’

'I've been listening to you Riana, and your just a hot mess.’ Zoe says lazily.

'You have been listening? Besides that, where have you been? Since when does my wolf go mute?'

'I wasn't mute I was giving you space to process everything that happened last night.’

'I didn’t ask you to give me space. You act like you are always on the righteous path Zoe.’

'That's why I chose you, we are alike aren't we Riana.’ Zoe says as she laughs inside my head.

'Just shut up.’ I say annoyed at her.

'I didn't take you to be the needy type. I'm rather shocked.’ Zoe says again.

'Nothing about what I'm saying or doing makes me seem needy.’ I utter in extreme annoyance now.

'You just don't see it honey.’

'I shouldn't have asked... It was actually great when you were mute.’

I was so immersed in speaking with Zoe I had not noticed the pack members that were staring at me while I stood outside my house.

'Shall we go for that run now?' Zoe asks.

'Yes, let us go for it Zoë.’ I reply.

I continue to jog pass the pack members until I reach the forest. I strip from my clothes place them by the tree and transform into my white and golden stripped wolf with blue eyes.

The first time I transformed when I was younger, people were shocked at my unusual colour and at how large I was as my brother Raid who is the next Alpha. I try to push those thoughts back as I start running and I enjoy every moment of it. I feel my thick paws crashing every fallen branch in the forest and desperately praying my problems vanish, like the path I am taking as I leave everything behind as I run.