Filed to story: Rylee the Orphan Luna Novel
Though finding his story was the good part, the bad part was that his family wasn’t looking for him. Apparently, they had a funeral for him and his girlfriend one week after they were taken when their bodies were found. “Damn, whoever did this covered their tracks,” Milan said reading over the article.
“I found another one, apparently the body that was supposed to be Victor wasn’t identifiable, so they used dental records,” Melody said.
“What about the girlfriend?” Milan asked.
“Her body was identifiable, her face and everything was intact,” Melody said softly. We all hung our he
“Wait, how could they use dental records if it wasn’t his body?” I asked.
“Oh, that’s a good point,” she replied.
“What if someone in the city morgue was in on the kidnapping and faked the records?” Milan asked.
“That’s a sound theory,” I responded. I gathered everything we found and was going to head to Wyatt’s office next door, but he and the others came into Rylee’s office right on cue. “Hey, perfect timing,” I tell him. “What did you guys find?” Wyatt asked.
“Everything,” Melody replied. We all went over the various articles talking about Victor and Gina from the mugging, the missing person reports, his parents’ media coverage, and even the obituaries of his and Gina’s funerals.
“So, I was right,” Lorenzo said, and we all looked at him. “He was never meant to be captured. He was either supposed to die in the battle, or he was supposed to return to whoever turned him into a rogue werewolf, albeit it was only temporary,” “Why would someone kidnap a human, and turn them into a feral rogue werewolf? Let alone somethi at size?” Milan asked. “And how?” she added.
“Dark magic,” Lorenzo answered. “In the many centuries that I have been alive, I have never seen anything like this,” he states. “And something tells me, that all of the rogues today, and possibly from your first encounter were all humans,” we all looked at each other, and the girls and I went back to searched the internet for missing person reports of any humans that ly went missing, and then died not too long after. Milan eventually pulled up a virtual map of the United States onto the whiteboard in Rylee’s office, and we started to place colored dots on all missing persons within the United States that matched Victor’s case. Affluent, healthy, and young adult. “Um, I have one in Houston, Texas,” Melody said. “18 years old, Michael Stark, went missing after a foo me in November. His body discovered two days after his parents went on T.V., identified through old remodeled injuries,” “I have another,” Rylee said. “Boulder, Colorado. 20-year-old Megan Peck went missing after studying the library of her university. Her body was found nine days after her disappearance, burned, they used dental records on her as well,” “Damn, I have another. 21-year-old track star from Michigan State, Kevin Beckett. Same story as Victor’s. Went missing after going on a date with his girlfriend Natalie Ortega. Both bodies were found, but only hers was identifiable,” Jason said. “You guys, our map looks like a f*g Christmas tree!” Milan exclaimed. We all looked up and sure enough, there at least a hundred dots on the map and all over the United States. “Someone is kidnapping humans and turning them into fake werewolves, but why?” Rylee asked. We all looked at her and none of us had an answer.
“Alpha, I think you should reach out to the other packs in your area to see if they are also experiencing this,” Lorenzo said.
“I think that’s a good idea,” Wyatt agreed. “Kendrick, you, Melody, and Milan keep searching. We need to see how far back this really goes. Dearest, you and Lorenzo go back down to the cell and check on Victor. Since he’s no longer a prisoner, I don’t need to go with you. Jason, go to Dr. Andrews and tell him to get a rush on Victor’s blood work, and to check if there are any foreign substances in his blood. I’m going to call around to the other packs and see if they’ve been attacked or not,” we all nod our heads, and everyone goes to do what they need to do. ***Wyatt’s P.O.V.***
I spent hours on the phone with packs across the country, and to my surprise, none of them have been attacked. Which my suspicions with these artificial wolves even more heightened. We were the only pack being attacked. Though we haven’t lost anyone yet, what’s not to say the next attacked won’t be bigger and with more of these things. I leaned back in my chair and rubbed my face with my hands when I heard a knock on the door, it cracked open. I looked to see Rylee smiling at me, “Come here,” I said to her and she walked over naturally sitting in my lap and snuggling close to me. “How’s Victor?”
“He’s resting now. When he’s strong enough, we should move him to a guest bedroom, or one of the cottages. I don’t think it’s safe for him to go home,” she said softly.
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I agree with you. His family thinks he’s dead, and I’m sure whoever is behind all of this thinks he is too,”
“What did the other packs have to say?”
“None of them have been attacked by rogues, at least not recently. They’ve only had their run of the mill rogue encounters, and nothing has seemed off,”
“Wait, are you saying that we’re the only ones getting attacked?” she lifted her head and looked at me.
“That’s exactly what I’m saying,” her facial expression to my answer was full of fear and concern. “Hey, don’t do that, don’t go there. We’re going to be okay baby, nothing is going to happen to us or the people we care about,”
“Wyatt, you can’t promise that. The first attack was almost a dozen, this last one was almost thirty of if not more. What’s not to the say the next one won’t be fifty or even a hundred,”
“Rylee, whoever is doing this can’t kidnap that many people without being noticed,”
“But they already have, Wyatt. You saw the map in my office, there were over a hundred dots, and those are only humans that were reported missing, within the last month. Who knows how long this crazy person has been kidnapping humans and turning them into fake werewolves to come after us,” as much as I hated to admit it, Rylee had a point. We had no idea who or what was behind this and how long they’ve been behind it. The only thing we could get an upper hand was to somehow get Victor to remember where he was for two weeks before the attack.
“Yo,” Jason said coming into my office. “Dr. Andrews says he has an answer for us,” Rylee and I got up and headed down to the pack hospital. We went straight to Dr. Andrews’ office.
“Ah, Alpha, Luna, Gamma, please come in,”
“Dr. Andrews, Jason said you have an answer regarding the human?” I asked.
“I do, and Victor is telling the truth. He is in fact human. He has no supernatural DNA in him whatsoever; however, I did run a tox screen on his blood and found something very interesting, or I should say several things,”
“What did you find?” Rylee asked.
“I found feral wolf DNA,”
“But you just said that he had no supernatural DNA in him,” Jason said.
“Gamma, the feral wolf DNA was not from that of a werewolf, it’s from a normal wolf,” “What?!” we all exclaim.
“In addition, I found a strain of the canine parvovirus, rabies, and anabolic steroids,”
“I don’t understand, what is parvo?” Rylee asked.
“Luna, Canine parvovirus is a contagious virus mainly affecting dogs, but there is a strain that can actually affect humans,” Rylee furrowed her brows and c****d her head. “It is a virus that werewolves can also contract, which is why it’s part of a pup’s newborn shots, just like that of a puppy a human would raise,” Rylee just nodded her head in understanding. “Dr. Andrews, the canine parvovirus is deadly, how did a human contract it and not die?” I asked.
“Well, this particular strand doesn’t have the same effects as the normal parvovirus strain. It has been genetically altered, and I believe with the mix of wolf DNA, the virus, rabies, and the steroids, and some dark magic, it can turn a normal human into a feral werewolf,” I was dumbfounded by what I just heard, Jason was in shock, and Rylee just grabbed her hair trying to take in all of the scientific mumbo jumbos Dr. Andrews just spilled. “Alpha, by any chance do you remember if any of these feral rogues returned to their human form after death?”
“Umm…I don’t know honestly doctor, I didn’t sick back and wait,”
“Wyatt, they didn’t turn back,” Jason said to me. “When a werewolf dies, it should turn back to their human form, but these didn’t,”
“Alpha, I would like to do some research, but I would need a fresh cadaver to do so. I hate to say this, but if we are attacked again, I need one of the corpses intact, head and all,”
“It’s not a matter of it, it’s a matter of when,” I reply. “None of the other packs have been attacked, so that means we’re being targeted, and someone in our pack is helping the enemy get these fake wolves to get into our territory,” I say to no one in particular. The energy in the room was dark and cold, but they needed to hear it.
After we left Dr. Andrews’ office, we all had dinner in the main dining room. I explained to everyone else that we’re the only pack being attacked, and everyone’s guards went up. The first rogue attack wasn’t random, and we all knew that now. It was orchestrated, and this second one was a complete ambush. Because Rylee was training out on the lake, we were caught off guard, but we were lucky that no one died. And Victor’s survival is what allowed us to figure out what is going on, or least partially.
After dinner, everyone went to their respective rooms, but Rylee wanted to check on Victor and take him down some food and water. So, I went with her, plus, I needed to explain to him what was going on if I wanted him to trust us. He was a victim in all of this, and he deserved the truth.
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