Filed to story: Rylee the Orphan Luna Novel
I know, but he’s with that blonde girl.
Oh. That sucks. I couldn’t help but shake my head at her. Of course, she would be boy crazy and focus on the attractive guy instead of realizing that we almost died.
“Hey, how did we end up here again?” she asked.
“They saw us jumping off of the cliff,” I repeated to her.
“But, how did they know we were going to be there? I don’t remember seeing a single soul when we jumped,” she said. I turned my head to the side as I thought about what she said. On one hand, I could understand if we missed seeing someone in the all-or- nothing leap of faith we took, but on the other she was right. How did they know we would be at the cliff and how could they see us jumping as it was happening to save us in time?
I looked back at the others and something felt off. They didn’t seem to be dangerous, but they weren’t being entirely truthful about something and it made me wonder what we got ourselves into.
***Rylee’s
P.O.V.***
When Wyatt went to take his phone call outside of the hospital, I did something I really shouldn’t have and eavesdropped on Lexie and Lanie’s conversation with my super hearing. I heard Lanie ask how we knew they were going to jump from the cliff and how all of the details seemed to be too coincidental, and it was then that I knew I had to tell them the truth about me. They had already been through so much so I wasn’t exactly sure how they would handle being told that I’m not just your everyday werewolf. When Wyatt came back, he seemed on edge. “Wyatt, is everything okay?” I asked and placed my hand on his arm.
“That was Lorenzo,”
“What? Why did he call?”
He had the same premonition you did. I leaned back in surprise at what Wyatt told me by mind link. Why would William have the same premonition I did? I looked back at the girls and they were looking at us confused.
Why is he calling now? Why didn’t he call sooner? I asked Wyatt in return. Wyatt just shrugged his shoulders.
William said that he and Olivia are on their way back. He wants to meet Lexie and Lanie. I gave him a funny look. “Ummm…I’m sorry to interrupt, but how long do we have to stay here?” Lanie asked.
“You don’t have to stay anywhere, Lanie,” I answered her.
“You two are free to leave whenever you want, but I think you’ll be safer here for the time being. At least until we can figure out the identities of the traffickers that had you,” Wyatt said cautiously. Both of them nodded their heads at each other while exchanging sideways glances, and Lexie went to lie down next to Lanie on her bed.
“Lexie, Lanie, I want you two to stay in the hospital for another couple of days until we get all of your test results back, and to make sure that you’re both healthy,” Dr. Andrews said to them. They both nodded and we all left them in his care along with Sirena. Wyatt and I went back to Dr. Andrews’ office to further discuss Lexie and Lanie’s pedigree. I was still shocked that they had Alpha blood in them, but I was more curious as to who they are descended from.
“Wyatt, you know most of the Alphas within the immediate area, right?” I asked him as we sat down.
“I do, but there are literally thousands of Alphas in the U.S. alone. Not to mention all of the international packs in the world,” he replied. I nodded my head. “Rylee, don’t get too attached to Lexie and Lanie,” Wyatt blurted out suddenly.
“Why?”
“Because we still don’t know if they’re friend or foe,” he responded, and since words failed me I smacked his arm. He gave me a puzzled look because I rarely hit him.
“Wyatt, how can you say that? They’re barely 18, and you saw what they looked like yesterday when you fished them out of the lake. Those injuries and their fear of waking up to an unknown pack weren’t fake! And have you forgotten that I can read minds and speak to anyone’s wolf on command?” I shouted at him. “They’re victims, just like I was at one point. Only Lexie and Lanie had it way worse than I ever did!”
“Okay, okay, I get it Rylee, but we still need to tread carefully. They’re not part of this pack, and as of right now we have to consider them lone wolves. At the very least we need to be wary of them, okay? Until we can figure out where they come from,” he replied. “Fine,” I pouted.
“Alpha, Luna, if I may, I think there is a way we can figure out where the girls come from,” Dr. Andrews chimed in.
“How?” I asked.
“We could always do a tooth extraction, typically a wisdom tooth, and I can have the teeth sent out for an isotope analysis to see where they at least grew up.”
“A what?” Wyatt and I both asked.
“Dr. Andrews, my profession is architecture and business. I don’t speak science,” Wyatt said. Dr. Andrews chuckled and shook his head.
“Leave all of the science stuff to me, Alpha. I will go speak with them after they have gotten some rest, and we will see if we can get an idea of where they come from.” Wyatt and I nod our heads in acknowledgment.
We finally left the hospital and Wyatt gathered everyone in his office to discuss the plan for Lexie and Lanie. After they are released from the hospital in a couple of days, he will have them stay in one of the guest rooms on the second floor until we can figure out their entire story. Based on what I could tell, their story was 100% true, and these girls were running from people who were hurting them. And not just any people, humans that knew of our kind and were exploiting us for money.
After Wyatt explained to everyone what was going on, he made sure that everyone was cautious of the girls while treating them with kindness-as we would extend any other guest. I still felt that Wyatt was being hypervigilant and that he had nothing to worry about when it came to Lexie and Lanie, but he wouldn’t budge on his decision. A part of me wondered if his skepticism had to do with the fact that the Elders were watching our pack as if we were common criminals. Wyatt made a mistake, but in the end, it all worked out. I just felt like all of this was overkill.
“Rylee, will you stop,” Melody huffed at me as I was pacing back and forth in the nursery on her floor.
“What?” I asked in defense.
“Stop pacing, you’re giving me vertigo,”
“You’re a werewolf, you can’t get vertigo,”
“Do you even know what it means?” she asked, lifting her brow.
“I resent that! I’ll have you know that I’ve been reading more and learning. I may not have gone to school like the rest of you, but I’m by no means stupid,”
“I never said that you were. I was just asking a simple question,”
“Whatever,” I sneered at her and watched as Sam and Leighann chased each other around the nursery. Leighann was faster, but Sam was definitely bigger. “Mommy!” Leighann shouted and ran to Melody to get away from Sam.
“I can’t believe how big he is,” Melody said as she looked at Sam who was jumping to grab onto Leighann’s foot while they both laughed and squealed in delight.
“Well, he definitely takes after Wyatt when it comes to size,” I tell her.
“Can you believe that he’s going to be two in a couple of months?” she asks me, and I just shake my head.
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