Filed to story: Rylee the Orphan Luna Novel
“Lexie, can you tell me why you and Lanie jumped off the cliff over the lake?” I gulped and vigorously shook my head. “Lexie, we’re not going to hurt you. I want to help you, but in order for me to do that, I need you to tell me the truth, okay?” I let out a deep breath and looked over at Lanie who was still out cold. “Is my sister going to be okay?” I asked, trying to change the subject.
“Yes, she will be. As I said, she’s in a deep sleep because of the medication we gave her,” Sirena answered and smiled. I nodded my head and looked back at Rylee.
“This is my mate, Wyatt,” Rylee said, pointing to the good-looking guy standing behind her. “And that’s Dr. Andrews, he is in charge of the pack hospital,” she said pointing to the older man. “And you’ve already met Head Nurse Sirena and her mate Owen.” “Mate?” I asked and this made Rylee look even more confused.
“Ummm… yeah… it’s kind of like having a boyfriend, or in Sirena’s case, a husband,” Rylee explained.
“Oh,” I replied and nodded.
“Lexie, mind if I ask you a few questions,” Wyatt said to me and I shook my head. “Are you and Lanie werewolves?”
“What?” I asked in shock. “Why would you ask me that?” I asked as I began to shake in fear. How could they have possibly known that Lanie and I weren’t human? Are they going to hurt us the way those men did?
“What men?” Rylee asked. My eyes widened at her. “Oh, sorry, I couldn’t help myself,” she said and bit her lip. “Lexie, you don’t have to be afraid of us. We’re werewolves too.”
“You are?”
“Yeah, we all are. That’s why I said pack hospital a moment ago. You’re in our pack territory. The lake you and Lanie jumped into belongs to us.”
“I’m sorry, we didn’t mean to trespass,” I said, lowering my head.
“Oh no, please don’t apologize. I’m glad you, well I’m not glad you and sister tried to commit suicide by jumping to your deaths, but I’m glad that you ended up on our pack territory because it gave us the chance to save you,” she told me, her voice full of emotion. “We weren’t trying to commit suicide,” I clarified.
“If you two weren’t trying to kill yourselves, then why did you jump?” Wyatt asked me curiously. I looked at him, then at Rylee who gave me another warm smile. I took a deep breath and nodded my head.
“Lanie and I jumped off the cliff because we were being chased by a group of bad men.”
“Are they ones that hurt you guys?” Owen asked and I simply nodded my head in response.
“We ran away while we were being moved to a new location. We overheard them saying that they were going to sell us to the highest bidder and that we were also going to be separated. Lanie is my twin sister, and we’ve been together ever since we were born.” “Wait, were you born in captivity?” Wyatt asked and I nodded. Sirena and Rylee both gasped.
“Where are your parents?” Sirena asked.
“We don’t know our parents. For as long as I can remember, we never knew anyone other than the men that held us captive, as you put it,” I said to Wyatt.
“Lexie, were these men human?” Dr. Andrews asked and I nodded my head again. “That’s why the girls smelled more human than they did wolf,” he said to everyone in the room. “When wolves are surrounded by humans for a long period of time, their scent can be covered gradually. Once the girls landed in the lake the human smell started to wash away, but since they had been around them their whole lives, it lingered longer than normal,” he continued. Everyone just nodded their heads and returned their attention to me again.
“Lexie, you never met your parents?” Rylee asked carefully and I shook my head.
“I knew that Lanie and I were different, but I wasn’t sure what we were,” I said truthfully.
“Wait, you didn’t know that you and your sister were werewolves?” Sirena asked.
“No,” I answered and took another deep breath. “It wasn’t until about a week ago that Lanie and I both started to hear voices in our heads, and whenever we were hurt by the men holding us that our cuts and bruises healed faster than normal. At least, some of them. A lot of the burn marks on our backs and stomachs are taking a lot longer considering they were there since we were young.”
“How young?” Owen asked.
“I honestly don’t even know,” I answered. “I don’t even know how old we are,” I admit sheepishly.
“You said that you started to hear voices in your heads about a week ago?” Rylee asked and I nodded. “Wyatt, they must have just turned 18 and gained their wolves,” she said as she turned to face him. “Alpha, I also think that these humans were possibly traffickers,” Owen said.
“What are traffickers?” I asked.
“They’re bad people that take what doesn’t belong to them and sell it for money,” Wyatt answered. I watched as his eyes turned black and I gasped reflexively.
“Oh no, don’t be scared. He’s not mad at you Lexie,” Rylee said quickly taking my hand in hers. “He’s just angry at the situation.”
“Why did he call you Alpha?” I asked Wyatt. “Because I’m the Alpha of this pack,” he replied. “Essentially, I’m the leader.”
“And because I’m his mate, I’m the Luna. I help Wyatt run the pack.” I just nodded my head at what Rylee said even though I didn’t really understand everything being thrown at me all at once. “Mmmm…” I heard a noise. I turned and saw Lanie moving her head.
“Lanie?!” I shouted at her and watched as her eyes opened. “Lanie! Thank god!” I said and tried to reach for her, but she was too far.
“Lexie, where are we?” she asked.
“Lexie, talk to her, and keep her calm. Since you’re more awake than she is, we think it would be best if you told her everything,” Dr. Andrews said and I nodded. Sirena helped me out of my bed and I went over to Lanie. I gave her a quick summary of everything that occurred thus far. Her reaction to us being werewolves shocked her too, but I could see in her eyes that it all made sense no matter how outrageous it sounded.
Lexie, can we trust these people? She asked telepathically. We figured out we could hear each other’s thoughts, but no one else could. I wasn’t sure if this was a werewolf or a twin thing, but we were glad it was possible.
I think we can. They haven’t given us a reason not to, and they’ve already answered a lot more questions in the last ten minutes than anyone else in the last several years.
“Are they mind linking?” I heard someone ask. I turned around and saw everyone staring at us.
“What’s mind linking?” I asked.
“That thing you were just doing with Lanie,” Rylee said. “It’s how wolves of the same pack, or in this case, family members communicate privately.”
“I guess it is a werewolf thing,” Lanie said. Suddenly, the sound of a phone ringing caught us off guard.
“Excuse me,” Wyatt said and walked out.
Lexie, he’s handsome.
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