Filed to story: Rylee the Orphan Luna Novel
“No, dad, it’s nothing like that,” I replied. I paused again trying to figure out a way to explain things to them without overstepping. “You two know about the Luna’s story, right? How she was raised as a slave by Halfmoon?” They both nodded. Why wouldn’t they know? Our entire species knew what happened to her after it all came to light with the fall of Halfmoon. “Lanie and her twin sister Lexie had it a lot worse, and from the day they were born.”
“Oh, my goddess!” my mother gasped. My father’s eyes held nothing but anger and disbelief. “Is that why she’s apprehensive about the bond?”
“That, among a few other reasons.”
“Angeline, we can’t force this. If this young lady is his second chance then this is a very delicate situation,” my father said to my mom. “Oh, that poor chi… wait, the other girl. Her sister, Lexie, is it?” I nodded. “Is she Brent’s mate? Is that why they’re together right now?” “Yes, it is.”
“What about them? Did she accept him?”
“Not yet, from what I know. Even Lexie is fighting her bond because she feels that she has to protect Lanie from all the evils of the world,” I answered.
“Those poor girls’ parents. They must think their children are dead, when in fact, they’re alive and well,” my mother said, sounding troubled. “Do we know where they came from? Who their parents are? We have to tell them that we have them and that they’re safe!” My mother was frantic.
“Mom, mom,” I called to her and grabbed her shoulders gently to calm her down. “We don’t know where they came from or who their parents are, not yet at least. But, Richard is going to do what he can to figure it out. The girls are part of our family now. Even if they choose to reject me and Brent, we owe it to them to find their family,” I assured her.
“Yes, yes, of course,” my mother replied. I hated that I wasn’t able to tell them the full truth about Lanie and Lexie’s real identities. I had no choice but to withhold the truth, even from my own parents, in order to keep them safe for the interim. I only had to keep up the charades until Richard was back. The announcement that I would be the next Alpha was his job, and I wouldn’t take that right from him.
My mind began to drift and I found myself wondering how it was going at Blue Lake now that the girls were no longer there. ***Levi’s P.O.V.***
*SMACK*
“WHERE ARE THEY?” he screamed in my face, but I didn’t have an answer. After the meeting ended, the boss went directly to the room where I caught a glimpse of Project Gemini last night to confirm my findings. But for some reason or another, they were nowhere to be seen when he went to check.
“I don’t know, boss. They were there last night,” I answered with my head down. I honestly wished I could kill him already, but I needed the twins just as much as he did, if not more. There was no room for error, if I f****d this up now, it would ruin the plan for what we were really after. All I had to do was successfully deliver the girls to the buyer Bane and I secretly arranged and we could get rid of Archimedes for good.
“You’re so f*****g worthless! What the f**k do I pay you for?” he blasted me. “All this planning! f*****g ruined because of your incompetence!”
“It’s not my fault! They were there! Weren’t you the one who pushed the Alpha’s and Luna’s buttons last night? I wouldn’t be surprised if they knew who you were from the very beginning!”
“Don’t blame your idiocy on me, Levi! You had one f*****g job, and that was to make friends with the Beta and Gamma of this pack! Distract them long enough so I could see Gemini with my own eyes. I needed them to trust me so they would leave willingly. But now they’re nowhere to be found! All because you lost them!”
“ME!? Had you not pissed off an entire room full of werewolves, this never would have happ-” I was cut off mid-sentence as he grabbed me by the throat and lifted me into the air.
“Have you forgotten who you’re speaking to?” he snarled. His eyes turned black and I watched as his teeth elongated. “I am a goddamn werewolf. We are territorial, and aggressive by nature. I don’t have to play by their rules because I don’t answer to their Elders. I answer to no one, especially the likes of you,” he said through gritted teeth. I felt my vision going black as he cut off my airway. “I could kill you right this instant, and blame it on another wolf; however, fortunately for you, I still need you,” he warned. He eventually released his grip and I collapsed onto the floor. I started to cough as I gasped for air, desperately trying to fill my lungs with oxygen. “Find them and do it before the end of tomorrow. We will not leave until we know exactly where they are.”
“Yes, boss,” I replied through fits of coughing.
“And don’t forget to take your potion. Your human stench is starting to make an appearance.” He tossed another potion bottle at me which landed right by my hands. I was grateful it didn’t shatter on the floor since I was still on all fours trying to catch my breath. Later that evening, I headed towards the castle grounds to see if I could do some recon on Gemini’s whereabouts. They had to be here somewhere-there was no way they already left because someone would have seen them. As I was making my way around the perimeter of the castle, I saw a group of younger individuals huddled around a bench near a maze.
“What do you mean Brent left already?” a girl asked.
“That’s what I heard from Hugo,” another replied.
“Kelsey, calm down. He probably had to go back to his pack for whatever reasons. It’s not like we’re never going to see him again,” a boy mentioned.
“Vic, it’s not fair. We haven’t seen Brent in over a year and the one time we get to spend a weekend with him, he leaves less than 24 hours later. What gives!?”
“Kelsey is right, Victor. Brent is one of us, and he always will be. It’s not cool that he just took off without saying bye to any of us,” another boy said.
“Justin, I get it, but he’s one of the head warriors of his pack now. If he gets called back, he gets called back.”
“Ugh, this sucks. I was hoping he would find his mate here,” another girl whined and crossed her arms. “He’s the only one out of our group that doesn’t have one.”
“Speaking of mates, Justin, where is yours?” the boy named Victor asked.
“Tasha was supposed to be back from London by now, but she had one final fashion show she wanted to work on. It was something that would make her career, so she didn’t want to miss out. Sorry guys.”
“I can’t believe that you’re mated to the Gamma’s younger sister. That’s got to be awkward for you and Jason,” the girl named Kelsey pointed out.
“Gamma Jason literally tried to kill me when I grabbed his sister and straight-up humped her on the wall of the rec room. The Alpha literally had to throw him off of me. I don’t think I’ve ever been so f*****g scared.” The group broke out into laughter as another young girl ran quickly towards them.
“You guys! You guys! You guys!”
“Whoa, Nat, where’s the fire?” Victor asked her.
“The girls.”
“What girls?” they all asked in unison.
“Those blonde girls. You know, the ones that Rylee befriended and kept hidden in the west wing of the castle?”
“You mean Lexie and Lanie?” Justin asked.
“Yeah.”
“What about them?” inquired the girl whose name was still a mystery.
“They’re gone!”
“What do you mean they’re gone?” all of them exclaimed.
“I overheard the ranked members talking about it, and they said something along the lines of Rylee leaving and taking them to another pack. Something about whoever was after them had found them here!”
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