บททั้งหมดของ The Rider Alpha's Runaway Luna: บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 10

"Are you my dad?"The question made Ryker turn his head instantly, and he froze with his hand on the motorcycle handlebar, staring down at the small boy who'd appeared in the garage and the only thing he could say was this. The kid couldn't be more than six years old with messy dark hair and eyes that were too familiar and knowing for a human child."What did you say?" Ryker's voice came out rougher than he intended as he crouched down to the boy's level, his wolf stirring with interest beneath his skin. Something about this child felt important and right in a way that made no sense because Ryker had never seen him before in his life.The boy tilted his head and studied Ryker with an intensity that would make grown wolves uncomfortable. "I asked if you're my dad," he repeated slowly like Ryker was the child here. "Mom says my dad had to leave before I was born but she gets sad when I ask questions so I stopped asking, but you smell like me and I don't smell like other people."Ryke

Ryker watched emotions flash across Kyra's face and his wolf snarled at the fear he saw there, he hated that his mate was looking at him like he was a threat instead of her protector. Six years ago he'd been an arrogant fool who'd let pride blind him to what actually mattered, and now he was standing in a hallway of a human racing arena facing the consequences of his stupidity."You're still my mate," he repeated, softer this time, watching her flinch at the words. "The contract didn't break the bond, Kyra, it just postponed it, and you know that as well as I do.""The contract said one year," Kyra said, her voice shaking but her chin lifted in defiance that made his wolf want to push her against the wall and kiss her until she remembered who she belonged to. "I fulfilled my end of the bargain and then I left like you wanted, so you don't get to show up now and claim rights to a child you didn't know existed."Ryker stepped closer and caught her scent, honey and home, and the mate

*Six Years Ago*Kyra scrubbed the palace floors of the alpha's private chambers with hands that was starting to bleed from a full day of cleaning, but she didn't stop because she needed this job more than she needed rest. Zara's medical bills were piling up and the pack only paid omega servants minimum wage, so Kyra took every extra shift she could get even if it meant working eighteen-hour days.The alpha's chambers were off-limits to most staff, but the head housekeeper had called in sick and someone needed to clean before Alpha Ryker returned from his meeting with the elders. Kyra had volunteered immediately because private chamber cleaning paid double, and double meant another week of Zara's medications.She was so focused on scrubbing that she didn't hear the bathroom door open, didn't realize she wasn't alone until a deep voice said, "Who the hell are you?"Kyra's head snapped up and her breathing stopped because Alpha Ryker Thorne stood in the doorway wearing nothing but a to

Kyra couldn't focus on her job because Ryker was everywhere and the mate bond was burning under her skin like acid. She was supposed to be managing wardrobe for twelve different racing teams but all she could think about was the alpha who'd just announced he was moving to Portland and the son who was currently sitting in the stands asking Zara a million questions about his father."You look like hell," Marcus said, appearing at her elbow with concern written all over his kind face. "Want to tell me what's going on with you and the Rider Alpha?""Nothing's going on," Kyra lied, checking her clipboard for the tenth time and seeing none of the words. "He's just here for the championship like everyone else.""He's been watching you for the past hour," Marcus said gently. "And his team told me he's extending their stay indefinitely, which is unusual for someone who usually leaves right after winning."Kyra's hands started shaking and she had to set the clipboard down before she dropped it.

Kyra sat on her apartment floor with her back against the couch and watched Kade sleep in his room through the open doorway, her heart breaking with every peaceful breath he took. Zara was making tea in the kitchen, the familiar sounds of clinking mugs and boiling water somehow making everything worse because this was supposed to be their safe space and now it felt like a trap."He's not going to stop," Zara said quietly, appearing with two steaming cups and sinking down next to Kyra. "You know that, right? Now that the secret's out, Ryker's going to push for everything.""I know," Kyra whispered, taking the tea but not drinking it. "I saw his face when Kade called him dad, he looked like he'd won the lottery.""Maybe he thinks he did," Zara said carefully. "I mean, finding out you have a son isn't exactly bad news."Kyra's head snapped toward her sister. "Are you defending him?" she asked incredulously. "After everything he did to me, after how he treated us?""I'm not defending him,