The Twin Alphas Warrior Luna (RYN)

Chapter 56 MIRO

Way worse?

Could Ryn be talking about the special diet I have with my father? That was literally the only strange thing I've been eating lately. Theon's warning about my 'nasty diet' suddenly echoed at the back of my mind.

"Care to elaborate?" I asked, tightening my jaw.

Ryn shifted her body to face me, sliding her hair behind her ears. Then I saw the sun hit her face in a way that made her eyes glitter like diamonds and that's when I realized I wouldn't mind looking at them all day. I caught myself staring and looked away, clearing my throat. "I'm listening." I said, starting the car and easing back on the highway.

"Okay so, based on experience, golden flecks and abnormal temperature indicate that something foreign is in the body and whatever is foreign to your system is generally known as poison.

I glanced a at her. "You think I have been poisoned?"

"It seems so." She said carefully, "but you have to see your doctor first to be really sure. The earlier you get a checkup, the faster we can battle that poison."

I frowned. "Don't call it on't call it poison yet. You're 're not a doctor." I snapped.

Ryn

blinked in

in suprise, watching me with wariness. "Yea, you are right." She said, shifting her body away from me.

I saw the sadness on her face and my wolf stirred, letting me know I was being an arse. I agreed but I couldn't bring myself to apologize so we rode in silence for a while. During this moment, I thought about her words.

"You said something earlier." I began, getting Ryn's attention. "You said, 'based on experience! What did you mean by that?"

Ryn shrugged. "It's just something I have seen happen to others o close. They had similar symptoms to you and were agresssive."

I glanced at her at the last word and once again, my brother's observation about my behaviour came to mind. "These people you're talking about, were they eating a new diet?"

"Not necessarily a diet." Ryn mumbled, her head hung low as she twiddled with her fingers.

"What are you not telling me, Ryn?"

The little firecracker glanced at me and then sighed. "If I tell you this, you have to promise you won't make a big deal out of

it.'

My brows pulled together as I thought about her request. "What if it's a crime you committed?" I asked, "Are you trying to make me an accomplice?"

Ryn's eyes narrowed, practically telling me not to be ridiculous. No. It's something I witnessed and I'm not supposed to talk about it."

"Fine. You have my word." I replied.

Ryn sighed again before looking out the window and I was glad that I had managed to help her get over her panic attack.

"There was this time when I was nine years old," Ryn began, "my ex-Alpha wanted to help his men build resilience against poison, so he made prisoners in jail his test subjects. The deal was that, if they particpated, they'd get some time off their sentence. So they did and he used them to test the effects of mistletoe and wolfsbane separately." 1/3Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.

"That's illegal." I replied. "Using werewolves as test subjects is a very punishable crime."

"I know. That's why I said you can't tell anyone." She said,

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"How did you even know this?" I asked. "Doing something like this can't be public knowledge so how did you know he was doing such?"

I heard Ryn's heart stutter before it began to beat faster.

"Uhm." She stammered, looking everywhere else but at me.

"Don't lie to me Ryn." I warned, feeling my anger rise again. "Are you making things up about your Alpha?"

"What?!" Ryn's eyes went round. "I would never!"

"So how did you f****g know?"

"Because I was there!" Ryn yelled and then avoided my gaze. She took a deep breath to cool down and then used a hand to push back her hair from her forehead. "I was there when it happened, okay?" Her voice came out shaky.

Still I frowned at her in confusion. "Why would a nine year old be anywhere near that scenario? Doesn't make sense."

Ryn sighed. "It would if she was the test subject."

What. The. F***?

pressed the brakes before swerving off the road for the second time. When we parked, Ryn was looking at me wide-eyed and breathless. "What's happening?"

I looked into her eyes. "Let me get you straight, your ex-Alpha used you as a nine year old girl to test poison?"

Ryn nodded and I could see her eyes glass over. "Here, if you don't believe me," She said, leaning back and raising her top so I could see a part of her ribcage just below her bra strap. Moving closer, I saw three red dots that could only stand to mean. injection marks. "That's where they injected me several times." She said, before pulling down her top.

I leaned back in my seat, baffled. "How could he do that to you, especially at such a young age? What about your parents?"

"Dead." She said, staring into space. "They died when I was seven."

"I'm sorry to hear that and I am sorry you

had to go through that."

nodded but still stared blankly.

Ryn nodde

"Were you the only child he experimented on?"

Ryn

nodded again. "His test subjects were prisoners and I was in prison as well."

I blinked in suprise. "Are you f**** kidding me? Why would you be in prison?"

She sighed and when her head hung low, her hair covered her face. "I was caught stealing food and my ex Alpha decided it was best to try me as an adult and make me sit in jail with criminals."

I couldn't believe my ears. A child. In prison and I thought I had it rough as a kid. Here was someone who had it than me.

way

worse

But seriously, what level of sick and twisted could someone be to do that to a child? My hand tightened again around the steering wheel. I might need to pay the guy a visit one of these days. "So what happened to the program?" I asked as I moved back onto the road. Chapter 56

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"It didn't work as expected, so it was shut down." Ryn answered, straightening up. "The wolfsbane had some people killed and the mistletoe was what brought out the symptoms I spoke about. You should let a doctor check you for traces of it." We eventually arrived at her dorm which was an exclusive building separate from the rest of the other dorms. Ryn turned to me, shifting her lips to one side but I could tell she was not happy. "Thanks for the ride and for helping with my panic attack." "You're welcome." I replied, "thank you also for

tip.'

Ryn exited my car and I knew I couldn't just let her go like that. "Ryn." I called, and she bent down to peer in at me. "I just wanted to say, good job on what you accomplished today. You made history... despite the odds."

Her eyes grew sad as well as her little smile. "Thanks" she said and quickly walked away to the gate. When she got there, some part of me hoped she'd turn around and wave and when she didn't, I shook my head and wondered why I wanted her to in the first place. After Ryn went out of sight, I thought about what she said and brought out my phone to text Healer Kwan. At first, I wanted him to come to the house to do a checkup on me but I didn't want my brother walking in on us, knowing or thinking he was right all along. So I informed the Healer that I would be coming to his hospital.

Throughout my journey there, Healer Kwan did not respond which was unlike him. He always responded within the first hour but I gave him the benefit of the doubt. He could be busy. I arrived at the hospital and after going in, I was attended to and given a room to sit in. After waiting a while, I finally got a text from Healer Kwan.

"I apologize for the delay, my Prince. I'll attend to you shortly."

My jaw tightened as I stared at his reply.

Seriously? That's all I I get? As a

a Prince, I was supposed to be number one in priority, no matter what. So why was he just responding now?

"You had better have a good reason for keeping me waiting." I replied, feeling my anger start to rise by the minute.

A minute later, Healer Kwan showed up in person. "Your Highness!" He bowed, his voice a little shaky. "My sincere apologies. I had been stuck in the intensive care unit for hours."

I knew I was being unreasonable and an arrogant bastard. Still, I couldn't help the anger I kept feeling.

"It's fine." I said, suddenly feeling unhappy with my actions. "Can you attend to me now?"

"Yes, your Highness but before I begin, I'll need a minute to check on your brother before I start with you."

I frowned. "Check on my brother? Why?"

Healer Kwan gave me a look of surprise. "You didn't know?"

"Know what?" I asked, rising to my feet.

Healer Kwan had this somber look on his face as he stepped closer to me. "Your brother suffered a big injury in the field today and has been in the intensive care unit for hours."

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